24 of 28 customers found the following review helpful:
 HEY WHAT HAPPEND TO RIVEN THANX UBISOFT, 2003-12-05
I purchased this with much antisapation, as i have a brand new computer with XP running. Surprise! Riven will not play:-( Myst and Exile work fine. I contacted Ubisoft tec support oh yeah we know about that problem alot of people have the same problem with just Riven thanx for writing us we are working on it.Wow this is suppposed to be reenginered for Win XP dvd big let down.So now i wait for a patch or a fix, Also i am glad i checked to see if URU would be compatiable with my video card nope big list of non-compatiable video cards. As you all know we can not return software if opened we just have to live with the programers mistakes :-(
4 of 6 customers found the following review helpful:
Perfect Price-, 2003-12-03
$5 each game not bad.. Triple DVD set comes in way oversize but striking box.
1. I have never played MYST-it looks promising, but the graphics seem primitive, thus making it hard for me to REALLY be there.
2. RIVEN is the true Masterwork-the thought and time that went into this make it a one of a kind Adventure-The graphics are near 5-Star quality, with most being near Photo Realistic, and even the lesser rendered objects look believable.
3. MYST 3-I got this in great anticipation only to be VERY let down-I was thinking that if RIVEN were near perfection, graphics wise-then 5 years of computer progress would have the sequel looking spectacular.
NOPE.
The graphics look so cartoonish as to be laughable, I half expect Bugs Bunny to hop out from behind a bush.
The story, and "feel" seem like some Madison Avenue types were in charge of the project-it just doesnt have a good feeling about it.
Finally, the tag-line: "THE PERFECT PLACE TO PLOT REVENGE!" seems laughable as the world of MYST seems a more intelligent and peaceful place, and even if it were called for-I suspect that this world would have far more advanced ways of dealing with disputes/crimes.I hope some day a 2-disc RIVEN MASTERPIECE EDITION comes out, with even smoother graphics, more detail (bigger bit budget) and UBISOFT awakens from its slumber, and makes it OS X native.
This edition JUST came out, yet OS X has been with us for what, 3-4 years? And to add insult to injury, MAC users have to install, BY HAND, the files to make the games work. Also, it would be nice to be able to load the whole program onto your Hard Drive, so as to be done with the Discs altogther, but it is set up so that you MUST have the discs-none of the VOB files are present to copy over, as they were in the RIVEN DVD of a few years back.
This is the what, 3rd incarnation of the MYST Collection?-lets hope they can get it right the next time.
7 of 29 customers found the following review helpful:
 great games==lousy format??????, 2003-11-28
I just read a review from someone who got this DVD-rom set for free since he purchased Uru: Ages Beyond Myst. He said he was glad he did not pay for them and warned others not to buy the set unless you have Windows XP. He said he tried it on all the other operating systems to find that they did not work. His intention to save some people money was very good, however, a loss of profits could hurt our beloved company behind Myst as much as pirates could by stealing the software. Maybe the DVD versions he has now really do work, and he just does not have a DVD-rom.
12 of 27 customers found the following review helpful:
Great Games==Lousy Format, 2003-11-23
I got these games for free from Amazon because I bought URU-Ages of Myst. I'm glad I didn't pay for them, because they don't work at all! Myst doesn't play on OS X or OS 9 on Mac, or Win 2K on an Intel platform. Exile doesn't play either. Hey, maybe it works on XP, but the games were all fabulous when I played them the first time and I was hoping I'd have them all in a single package, compatible with modern OS's. No such luck. Stay away unless you have Windows XP.
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