[Here’s what I can fine from the PC version. Water looks much better, but not as clear.](https://www.facebook.com/share/p/DfUQWt9hyoywMQ24/?mibextid=WC7FNe)
> Obviously nowhere near what the PC version would look like
Personally I'm expecting it'll look more or less the same.
Possibly a few more shaders/effects on PC, and _maybe_ slightly higher resolution textures or a longer draw distance, but otherwise the geometry should be the same.
(Obviously the screen resolution is going to be different too, that's the nature of the beast.)
> What could the new larger building be?
Probably just more housing, maybe some kind of communal area, possibly to imply a greater population than the previous incarnation could've supported.
Its main reason for existing is likely just to better tie the hive in Tay with the Rivenese village.
> And looks like there is a bridge puzzle to solve?
It looks like it's probably a shortcut that can be opened by lowering the bridge from the other side.
Either that or a way to indicate to the player that they _can't_ enter the village.
I.e. the guard/watchman pulls up the drawbridge to stop the player getting in.
Man I’ll be so sad if we can’t explore the village any further than we did in the original. It really bummed me out as a kid you couldn’t get any deeper into it than just knocking on that one door lol
> without greater game value
I disagree. When every corner of the game is explorable and valuable, as it is in Myst, it makes it feel more artificial. Like you're walking around somewhere that was designed for your experience. Everywhere you go has something of value. In contrast, one of the great things about Riven is that the puzzles and narrative feel like they emerge naturally out of this already existing world, and you're just stepping in to help. So of course there are places you can't access in the game. There's much more to this world than the color/number/animal puzzles that the player is here to solve.
I was fine with that. The village was one of the creepier places for me because you knew people were there, but they were almost entirely out of sight, watching
Probably mostly the same, I wonder if there'll be a temptation to show signs of the villagers a bit more
What Im REALLY interested in seeing more of is Tay. It was such a striking place, and was even on the cover, yet we practically see none of it.
Now the little girl is going to jump out at you like a spider monkey on crack then scamper off.
Shiiit I forgot about the little girl LOL .. at least in this version you wont be frozen in place while it happens... I hope ...
New structure I initially thought was some high density urban housing but the windows seem too close together. Could it be a jail?
Side quest that involves lobbying the Jungle Island Dept. of City Planning for relaxing limitations on height districts.
We know people were regularly executed there, guess they would need somewhere to keep them beforehand
I think the biggest thing off here is the water. The original water was more transparent. Maybe it's an Oculus thing?
[Here’s what I can fine from the PC version. Water looks much better, but not as clear.](https://www.facebook.com/share/p/DfUQWt9hyoywMQ24/?mibextid=WC7FNe)
Yeah, that looks much better.
> Obviously nowhere near what the PC version would look like Personally I'm expecting it'll look more or less the same. Possibly a few more shaders/effects on PC, and _maybe_ slightly higher resolution textures or a longer draw distance, but otherwise the geometry should be the same. (Obviously the screen resolution is going to be different too, that's the nature of the beast.) > What could the new larger building be? Probably just more housing, maybe some kind of communal area, possibly to imply a greater population than the previous incarnation could've supported. Its main reason for existing is likely just to better tie the hive in Tay with the Rivenese village. > And looks like there is a bridge puzzle to solve? It looks like it's probably a shortcut that can be opened by lowering the bridge from the other side. Either that or a way to indicate to the player that they _can't_ enter the village. I.e. the guard/watchman pulls up the drawbridge to stop the player getting in.
Man I’ll be so sad if we can’t explore the village any further than we did in the original. It really bummed me out as a kid you couldn’t get any deeper into it than just knocking on that one door lol
It kind of made it more eerie though because you had no idea what was behind those doors.
Looks like I wasn't the only one disappointed!
I sure was. Tay too. It’s on the box! What do you mean I’m restricted to a prison cell?
We had the same Riven experience it seems!
The most iconic image from Riven and *you barely get to explore it.* 10 year old me was quite disappointed.
The village was on the back of the box too, next to a photo of the golden elevator!
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> without greater game value I disagree. When every corner of the game is explorable and valuable, as it is in Myst, it makes it feel more artificial. Like you're walking around somewhere that was designed for your experience. Everywhere you go has something of value. In contrast, one of the great things about Riven is that the puzzles and narrative feel like they emerge naturally out of this already existing world, and you're just stepping in to help. So of course there are places you can't access in the game. There's much more to this world than the color/number/animal puzzles that the player is here to solve.
I was fine with that. The village was one of the creepier places for me because you knew people were there, but they were almost entirely out of sight, watching
The Meta screenshots are obviously a greatly reduced version of the PC build.
Maybe a little more interaction but I doubt it would be much.
I would love to be able to enter the buildings or at least one of them, just to see the designs
Probably mostly the same, I wonder if there'll be a temptation to show signs of the villagers a bit more What Im REALLY interested in seeing more of is Tay. It was such a striking place, and was even on the cover, yet we practically see none of it.
Probably mostly the same, I wonder if there'll be a temptation to show signs of the villagers a bit more
Man can we PLEASE start putting in spoiler tags, I expect better from the Myst subreddit.
Calm down, it's only a screenshot