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| 9 JUN 2008 at 6:41pm |
IviniaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | What have you done with the dome so far?
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| 9 JUN 2008 at 6:54pm |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Small hint, Clarinda: Spoiler AlertYou don't have to use the front door.
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 9 JUN 2008 at 7:01pm |
SirDaveGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Ivinia (9 JUN 2008 9:40am)
Originally Posted By TheTraveler (9 JUN 2008 9:24am)
Riven however seems a bit more involved with a lot more variety. If anything, the amount of ground to cover is substantially larger and more time consuming. While I have had several breakthroughs with it, I haven't had the same type of breakthrough as I had with Myst where everything fell into place.
That was an example of the genius of the Miller boys et al. With Riven, you know that this is very much a Myst game, but it is such a major step forward in design & challenge. Myst III, Exile continues with a design that seemed to blend elements of both Myst & Riven. Of course, it wasn't a Cyan product, but you almost wouldn't have known it unless you saw the significance of the 'developed by Presto' on the box, though we do know that not only did Presto confer at various points with Rand Miller, but Rand apparently did some work on it also.
Still, IMO, Riven is the 'piece de resistance' of the Myst series. I always flip-flop on whether Myst or Riven were my favorites, but when push comes to shove, Riven was the best.
Eric, I envy you being able to experience Myst & Riven for the first time. They will always have a special place in my gaming heart...obviously.
The future ain't what it used to be!
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| 9 JUN 2008 at 7:08pm |
SirDaveGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Lady Kestrel (9 JUN 2008 6:53pm)
Small hint, Clarinda: You don't have to use the front door.
Bad Lady K. This is a classic: especially requires the spoiler option no matter how teeny-tiny the hint!
The future ain't what it used to be!
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| 9 JUN 2008 at 7:52pm |
pollodiabloSorcerer Apprentice
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Status : Offline | Oh you guys have already started I was hoping after the European Championships :-X
Oh well, I'll see if I can start playing during lunch breaks
Beta-tester of 'The Path', 'Rhiannon', 'Scratches', 'Hope Springs Eternal', 'Time Stand Still', 'Frasse and the Peas of Kejick', '1893: A World's Fair Mystery', 'Carte Blanche' and 'Oakhaven Plantation' a.o.&&
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| 9 JUN 2008 at 7:54pm |
IviniaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By SirDave (9 JUN 2008 7:08pm)
Bad Lady K. This is a classic: especially requires the spoiler option no matter how teeny-tiny the hint!
She SOOO needs to sit in the corner and take a time out.
Jump right in Pollo, the more the merrier!
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| 9 JUN 2008 at 9:35pm |
JanuaryIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Ivinia (9 JUN 2008 6:40pm)
What have you done with the dome so far?
I am in the room with the golden bugs, and have looked into each bug, and rotated the room also and took note of the screens. And I went out and in, the revolving room with both kind of doors.
Spoiler AlertI noticed some writing on the wallsscho and the D'ni alphabet (I assume, from when I was in the submarine and visited the school).
I found the other entrance, but I can only look in.
I have not entered the dome room yet.
Thank you again Lady K for the 2nd hint
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| 9 JUN 2008 at 9:38pm |
JKingSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By pollodiablo (9 JUN 2008 7:52pm)
Oh you guys have already started I was hoping after the European Championships :-X
Oh well, I'll see if I can start playing during lunch breaks
Argh, don't remind me. Damned OMNI and their crackerjack broadcasting outfit. I care not one wit for soccer, but I do care about having two more digital broadcast television channels!
/me mumbles bitterly.
For what it's worth, I agree with Ivinia: join in the fun! I can't right now, but at least I can enjoy everyone else's experience vicariously.
You can't kill someone in a studio.
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| 9 JUN 2008 at 9:50pm |
IviniaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Clarinda (9 JUN 2008 9:34pm)
I found the other entrance, but I can only look in.
Just to avoid confusion. Are you refering to the 2nd entrance to get into the room with the bugs or the second entrance to get out of the room with the bugs?
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| 9 JUN 2008 at 10:08pm |
JanuaryIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Ivinia (9 JUN 2008 9:50pm)
Originally Posted By Clarinda (9 JUN 2008 9:34pm)
I found the other entrance, but I can only look in.
Just to avoid confusion. Are you refering to the 2nd entrance to get into the room with the bugs or the second entrance to get out of the room with the bugs?
Spoiler AlertThe entrance down the path in the mountain.
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| 9 JUN 2008 at 10:11pm |
IviniaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Ok, how much of a hint do you want?
Slight hint:
Spoiler AlertExamine all around that door.
Big hint:
Spoiler AlertCrawl
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| 9 JUN 2008 at 10:17pm |
JanuaryIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Online | Thanks Ivinia.
I had a good laugh at myself and my lack of clarity. [smiley=doh.gif]
Not that door.
So, which door do I mean?...well, I have to go look. My game is on my other computer. Brb
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| 9 JUN 2008 at 10:27pm |
JanuaryIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Online | After you go thru that ouside door-- the inside door. That is the one I can only look in.
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| 9 JUN 2008 at 10:36pm |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By SirDave (9 JUN 2008 7:08pm)
Bad Lady K. This is a classic: especially requires the spoiler option no matter how teeny-tiny the hint!
Sorry! I'm sitting in the corner now. Clarinda asked, and since Ivinia was already past that point, I didn't think it would hurt. I've put it in spoilers, but now you'll have to unquote me.
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 9 JUN 2008 at 10:56pm |
IviniaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Clarinda (9 JUN 2008 10:27pm)
After you go thru that ouside door-- the inside door. That is the one I can only look in.
Ok, so you opened the door with the grating and there is that other door beyond it.
Slight Hint:
Spoiler AlertI haven't opened it either. However, be sure to play around with turning that room and looking through the peepholes with each turn. You might find something interesting.
Bigger hint:
Spoiler AlertThere is more that one button that will rotate the room and allow you to look through the peephole.
Major hint:
Spoiler AlertThere is another door in that room that can only be seen when the room is rotated in the proper position(s).
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| 9 JUN 2008 at 11:03pm |
JanuaryIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Online | Thank you for those creative hints. I did find number 3. Now I am in the
Spoiler Alertrevolving room, trying to get secret door open. Pushing bricks, fiddling with the bugs, etc.
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| 10 JUN 2008 at 12:38am |
SirDaveGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Hint: When the giant squid attacks you when you are in the submarine, use the harpoon to stab it just below it's big eye.
Oh sorry, that was Twenty Leagues Under the Sea.
The future ain't what it used to be!
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| 10 JUN 2008 at 10:42pm |
JanuaryIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Online | I gave in and looked at a hints page : , because this game was beginning to be not too much fun anymore.
I am going slow with the hints, so the good news is I haven't looked at a walkthrough.
I did go back to Myst and readjusted my contrast/light and colors. I am going to try to make a wall-paper of one of the screenshots from the floating boat Age. (if possible).
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| 10 JUN 2008 at 11:49pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | Well I have hit a major snag. My W98 machine is feeling suicidal and prefers to hang itself on the W98 screen and when it does start up - it's in safe mode and nothing works. > > > >
And if that wasn't bad enough, the power board under my desk blew yesterday. > I am so tired of crawling around on all fours.... looks like you will have finished Riven before I've even got my machine in order. Probably for the best, I think you're rushing it.
Ivinia will probably have finished the entire Myst series before I get through Riven.
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| 11 JUN 2008 at 1:03am |
IviniaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | That's doubtful Caroline. I have to divide my time this week between playing and finishing up some renders over here. It's all good though...
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| 11 JUN 2008 at 3:21pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | *sigh*...... *bigger sigh*...... I've had a terrible day. My W98 machine won't play... I've bought a new more expensive Belkin power board which has to be returned as the input is too small for the internet wires.... (another 20 minute drive there and back at escalating petrol prices).... *sigh* .... and I'm sick to death of crawling around on the floor with wires - my knees hate me. I'm going to concentrate on getting my assignment in on time and leave Riven for next week when all my problems should be solved.
W98 machine is going to the shop to be fiddled with by a pro. >
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| 13 JUN 2008 at 3:03am |
IviniaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | ..and when will you get it back? I'm finishing up some stuff over here before I jump back into Riven. I've been thinking about it for most of the week, but priorities say otherwise.
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| 13 JUN 2008 at 1:55pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | The shop was busy and so was I so the dud machine is still sitting here. Good news is term has finished so I've got plenty of spare time now.... [smiley=jumping.gif]
... and I have just received a strategy guide for Obsidian that I wish I'd had first time round....
.... so now I'm wondering which game to replay. Maybe I need to investigate this virtual pc thing?
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| 15 JUN 2008 at 3:00pm |
JanuaryIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Online | Got farther in Riven, not too much 'into' it though, maybe it will grow on me. [smiley=shrug.gif].
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