The *game* isn't what is being made into a movie. I agree, that would be dumb and relatively pointless. The story *surrounding* the game, with Atrus, his two evil maniacal backstabbing sons, his grandmother, and his wife is what is being transformed into a movie, and most of what's in the movie hasn't even been told yet as part of a novel or game. There's a good 30 years on the timeline that has no information, and I think a movie would be a great way to fill in this hole, as it's a airly high-action part of the story (and could get kinda gorey, for those who like that kind of thing).
OK, I have Myst III. It runs FINE on my computer, and just as well on the other two computers in my house. With that aside, let me be so kind as to point out some major faults in this "review"...
"No instruction manual, no installation guide, nothing to get you into the spirit of Myst, no handy journal to write down your thoughts, just a CD case rattling around inside a box that is about 10 times larger, by volume, than necessary to hold the case."
OK, first off... if this guy had bothered to actually OPEN the CD case, he would have found a manual booklet inside the case. Secondly, I don't recall Riven coming with a journal, but I don't think anyone who reviewed Riven knocked it for not having a journal... notebooks worked fine for me. And, frankly, most games these days only ship a little CD in a big box (if you're lucky you get a little manual too! Wow!). It's called marketing, get used to it.
As for the forums at Rivenguild (of which I am a member, by the way), I've seen plenty of posts attacking Myst III and calling it crap, but there are also a substantial number of GOOD posts about Myst III. Unfortunately, our reviewer failed to even look at these. Yes, there are unavoidable tech problems with the game, and I realize some people can't run the game at all. Honestly though, if you can't RUN the game, why bother REVIEWING the game since you have NO idea what sort of game it is when it WORKS!
I've seen a few comments in here about contacting Cyan about this. Don't. It's not something they can do anything about. Don't even email or snail mail them about giving the series to Presto and attacking them because the game doesn't work. Once again, they can't do anything about it. If you want to contact someone about TECH issues, try getting a hold of UbiSoft. Presto, in my opinion, did an excelent job with the game, it was UbiSoft who bungled the QA in an effort to keep the game on schedule after slipping the release date several times. Maybe (just maybe!) the patch is late coming out because they actually want to get it right and fix as many problems as possible! Wow, what a concept!
Oh, here's something else. Looking at the Important Stuff regarding replies, it says "Offtopic, Inflammatory, Inappropriate, Illegal, or Offensive comments might be moderated." OK, so I'm just asking, would this review have been moderated down as inflamatory and offensive if it were a reply? I'm fairly sure this reply to the "review" will be, even though I went no further than the reviewer in terms of hostility.
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The *game* isn't what is being made into a movie. I agree, that would be dumb and relatively pointless. The story *surrounding* the game, with Atrus, his two evil maniacal backstabbing sons, his grandmother, and his wife is what is being transformed into a movie, and most of what's in the movie hasn't even been told yet as part of a novel or game. There's a good 30 years on the timeline that has no information, and I think a movie would be a great way to fill in this hole, as it's a airly high-action part of the story (and could get kinda gorey, for those who like that kind of thing).
OK, I have Myst III. It runs FINE on my computer, and just as well on the other two computers in my house. With that aside, let me be so kind as to point out some major faults in this "review"...
"No instruction manual, no installation guide, nothing to get you into the spirit of Myst, no handy journal to write down your thoughts, just a CD case rattling around inside a box that is about 10 times larger, by volume, than necessary to hold the case."
OK, first off... if this guy had bothered to actually OPEN the CD case, he would have found a manual booklet inside the case. Secondly, I don't recall Riven coming with a journal, but I don't think anyone who reviewed Riven knocked it for not having a journal... notebooks worked fine for me. And, frankly, most games these days only ship a little CD in a big box (if you're lucky you get a little manual too! Wow!). It's called marketing, get used to it.
As for the forums at Rivenguild (of which I am a member, by the way), I've seen plenty of posts attacking Myst III and calling it crap, but there are also a substantial number of GOOD posts about Myst III. Unfortunately, our reviewer failed to even look at these. Yes, there are unavoidable tech problems with the game, and I realize some people can't run the game at all. Honestly though, if you can't RUN the game, why bother REVIEWING the game since you have NO idea what sort of game it is when it WORKS!
I've seen a few comments in here about contacting Cyan about this. Don't. It's not something they can do anything about. Don't even email or snail mail them about giving the series to Presto and attacking them because the game doesn't work. Once again, they can't do anything about it. If you want to contact someone about TECH issues, try getting a hold of UbiSoft. Presto, in my opinion, did an excelent job with the game, it was UbiSoft who bungled the QA in an effort to keep the game on schedule after slipping the release date several times. Maybe (just maybe!) the patch is late coming out because they actually want to get it right and fix as many problems as possible! Wow, what a concept!
Oh, here's something else. Looking at the Important Stuff regarding replies, it says "Offtopic, Inflammatory, Inappropriate, Illegal, or Offensive comments might be moderated." OK, so I'm just asking, would this review have been moderated down as inflamatory and offensive if it were a reply? I'm fairly sure this reply to the "review" will be, even though I went no further than the reviewer in terms of hostility.
And if he blows himself up in the process... I just like to be the skeptic. "The only certainty is that nothing is certain." -Pliny the Elder