Quote Originally Posted by Omecle View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Necronopticous View Post
Myst/Riven
You know, it's such a shame that they had to go 3D and free-view in the Myst series after Riven. I lost interest in the series after that. Riven remains one of my all time favorite games, and I have a feeling I would have enjoyed the games that came after that had they just kept making them in the same style with still-image progression.

Anyway, yeah. Some beautiful stuff to be seen in those worlds. Can't leave them out.
I agree, however I still really really liked Myst IV with the way it was done. It was a lot better than Myst III's engine by far.

But I think in saying that... it was mainly the designs over the worlds that made them so beautiful!
Agreed. The freedom and realtime aspects of Uru and Myst 5 are definitely great, but the graphics just don't compare with the beauty of the fully rendered scenes in Myst 4, 3, Riven, 1. (although the original Myst game's graphics are very dated at this point)

Although, Necro, they didn't go 3D until Uru and Myst 5. Myst 3 and 4 were still pre-rendered, they just went to spherical VR nodes instead of just stills, which, IMHO makes the games even more amazing.