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Myst Online is back, and is FREE!

HawkHawk ColoradoRegistered User regular
edited February 2010 in Games and Technology
Cyan Worlds has re-released Myst Online: URU Live as free to download, free to play. You can optionally donate to the cause.

http://mystonline.com/en/play/

From official site:
"Everything takes longer than expected these days. Cyan Worlds’ plans are to move MO:UL to open source, and we finally have some good news. We’ve taken a first step and started a MO:UL server, so the Ages of Uru are available again. We’ve opened all the Ages, and added most of the goodies in MO:UL. We’re referring to it as MO:ULagain - feel free to explore and enjoy."

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  • AxenAxen My avatar is Excalibur. Yes, the sword.Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I used to play this on Gametap a long while back. Had fun, it is very Myst-y. Which tends to make my brain hurt.

    A number of the puzzles and such require multiple people to accomplish.

    edit- I am downloading it now. If we get a number of people together we should call ourselves the "Arcadian Archeology Club". :P

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  • AdditionalPylonsAdditionalPylons Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I played a few myst games but never this. How is it?
    The servers are down due to extreme demand D:

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  • claypoolfanclaypoolfan Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    This is AMAZING.

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  • HawkHawk ColoradoRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    It's really fun. It's an extension of URU: Ages Beyond Myst.

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  • XagarathXagarath Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    So how does online Myst actually work?

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  • AxenAxen My avatar is Excalibur. Yes, the sword.Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Xagarath wrote: »
    So how does online Myst actually work?

    Splendidly. :P


    Actually it plays pretty much like a normal Myst game. Except it is third person (unless some of the new ones were IDK). You explore the Ages, solve puzzles, and uncover a mystery (or two). The only major thing that is different is some of the puzzle require multiple people working together.

    Back when I played, the GMs would host actual "classes" on the game. They would teach you the basics, a little history, and then take the Class on a bit of a guided tour of the first big puzzle. I have no idea if they still do that, but it was handy and if they still host those classes I recommend people check them out.

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  • Linespider5Linespider5 ALL HAIL KING KILLMONGER Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Wow. I know Myst made enough cash to justify five additional games' production and three novels (among other stuff), but this is the second or third time Cyan has raised Uru. Or maybe even the fourth. Talk about dedication to a concept. For whatever reason, the destiny of the D'ni, whatever it is, is just not going to go away.

    Now someone rewrite Riven with this thing so we can explore the damn village, and the Rebel Age too.

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  • PMAversPMAvers Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Man, February's a interesting month for M:OL, isn't it? I think it was originally released, cancelled, and released again this month.

    And yeah, we should so get our own neighborhood up.

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  • AddaAdda LondonRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I want to try this but I think the servers are getting hammered :)

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  • HawkHawk ColoradoRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Yeah they are, I'm kind of glad. And I think there's only ONE server right now, but I could be mistaken.

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  • AxenAxen My avatar is Excalibur. Yes, the sword.Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Hawk wrote: »
    Yeah they are, I'm kind of glad. And I think there's only ONE server right now, but I could be mistaken.

    IIRC, couldn't players make their own private "instances" of the game and invite their friends to join?

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  • Linespider5Linespider5 ALL HAIL KING KILLMONGER Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I...I don't suppose Myst Online ever made it to the G5, did it. (nothing I've found says so...)

    :(:(:(

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  • PMAversPMAvers Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Axen wrote: »
    Hawk wrote: »
    Yeah they are, I'm kind of glad. And I think there's only ONE server right now, but I could be mistaken.

    IIRC, couldn't players make their own private "instances" of the game and invite their friends to join?

    If we're talking about the same thing, yeah. Those are the "neighborhoods." They're still on the same server, but you wouldn't run into anyone unless they joined the same one. There's a few "common" areas which aren't instanced. The Guild halls and the bar, for instance. I think the Port isn't instanced, either.

    Same with Ages. Each Age is a specific instance of it, and you'd only see people who joined your specific one (via the book in your house). You have controls (that little latch on the book) that you can open it up for anyone who can get to the house to join, etc.

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  • AxenAxen My avatar is Excalibur. Yes, the sword.Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    PMAvers wrote: »
    Axen wrote: »
    Hawk wrote: »
    Yeah they are, I'm kind of glad. And I think there's only ONE server right now, but I could be mistaken.

    IIRC, couldn't players make their own private "instances" of the game and invite their friends to join?

    If we're talking about the same thing, yeah. Those are the "neighborhoods." They're still on the same server, but you wouldn't run into anyone unless they joined the same one.

    Same with Ages. Each Age is a specific instance of the world, and you'd only see people who joined your specific one (via the book in your house).

    Yep, that is what I was thinking of. :)

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    They're in the process of making the entire thing open source so that anyone can host any server and it's unlikely to completely disappear.

    I tried to get it yesterday but yeah, the server's hammered since it became a big news story a day or two ago.

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  • AxenAxen My avatar is Excalibur. Yes, the sword.Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Yeah I don't think I'll be downloading this anytime soon. :( The patcher has been sitting at "Initializing" for awhile now. :(

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  • AddaAdda LondonRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Axen wrote: »
    Yeah I don't think I'll be downloading this anytime soon. :( The patcher has been sitting at "Initializing" for awhile now. :(

    Apparently that is two patchers stuck loading. Go into task manager and kill the process (not just ending the application), then try again.

    EDIT: I'm currently looking at a 48 minute download apparently.

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  • AxenAxen My avatar is Excalibur. Yes, the sword.Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Adda wrote: »
    Axen wrote: »
    Yeah I don't think I'll be downloading this anytime soon. :( The patcher has been sitting at "Initializing" for awhile now. :(

    Apparently that is two patchers stuck loading. Go into task manager and kill the process (not just ending the application), then try again.

    EDIT: I'm currently looking at a 48 minute download apparently.

    Well hey, look at that. :D

    Thank ya sir.

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  • AddaAdda LondonRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    No worries, see you online later for some crazy puzzle solving!

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  • HawkHawk ColoradoRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I wish I let the installer go overnight...

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  • AddaAdda LondonRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Don't worry, looks like account creation is a no go at the moment anyway.

    I still know very little about this game. Do solved puzzles open up areas etc for everyone on the server or what? how does it work exactly?

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  • solsovlysolsovly Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    So I never really played Myst outside of pointing and clicking a couple times as a kid when it came out. Which version is a good starting point? There was a couple versions last time I checked, including a fully 3D one.

    Edit: GOG or Steam preferably

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  • PMAversPMAvers Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I'd say start with RealMyst (on GoG). It's the original game, except in full 3D instead of Hypercard screens.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kDzGSxU1-o

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  • ThrackThrack Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I played all of the Uru offline components, including to D'ni and Path of the Shell, but never really got into the online component. Does this include anything new from the boxed retail releases?

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  • NocrenNocren Lt Futz, Back in Action North CarolinaRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Adda wrote: »
    Don't worry, looks like account creation is a no go at the moment anyway.

    I still know very little about this game. Do solved puzzles open up areas etc for everyone on the server or what? how does it work exactly?

    Kinda weird in that URU was unique. It just opened up for YOU and anyone you brought with you to your version/instance of that Age. If a player wanted to access the stuff on their own, I think they had to do it in their own instance.

    And yeah, I was sad to see it be stillborn the first time (I got into URU after the servers died and they released everything as a single player expansion) then I supported Myst Online:UU (Until Uru, essentially what it is now) then I was excited when that got taken down because a week later they announced that Gametap was going to fully support it. I signed up that day. Of course, I didn't see URU for a few months, but Gametap is awesome anyway. I tried to get organized but URU at that time was a constantly evolving/changing world.

    For those interested, here's the last URU Thread we had and summarizing the Gametap storyline.

    Glad to hear it's back, and I'll gladly support it again.

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Thrack wrote: »
    I played all of the Uru offline components, including to D'ni and Path of the Shell, but never really got into the online component. Does this include anything new from the boxed retail releases?

    I just asked about this on their forum, they said this:
    Uru Live contains all the content from Uru: Complete Chronicles (Uru Prime, To D'ni, and Path of the Shell), plus some new ages which were released during the last online version. I'd prefer not to spoil the experience for you by listing them here. :)

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  • HawkHawk ColoradoRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Wasn't Myst Island explorable in this version?

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  • NocrenNocren Lt Futz, Back in Action North CarolinaRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Kinda... They released an adventure where you visited the Library but couldn't leave it.

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  • AdditionalPylonsAdditionalPylons Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    My URU launcher is stuck at "Checking patcher update....." :x

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  • AxenAxen My avatar is Excalibur. Yes, the sword.Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    AdditionalPylons wrote: »
    My URU launcher is stuck at "Checking patcher update....." :x

    Mine too. :( It was working, then it said "lost connection" or some such. Now it does not go past "Checking patcher update.....".

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I can't even register an account. Bah. I'll try again later.

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  • AdditionalPylonsAdditionalPylons Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    BahamutZERO wrote: »
    I can't even register an account. Bah. I'll try again later.

    "The MOULagain server is back up (had to switch to dilithium crystals, the lithium crystal wasn't cutting it).

    However, the account creation web page is still have a little bit of a problem. So, if you already have an account you should be able to get in. If you don't have an account... we hope to have it running soon.

    Also, the ip address for the web server has changed, so the dns change may not propagate to you until tomorrow.


    Thanks for all support and the waiting!

    Enjoy,
    Chogon"

    You gonna have to wait a little :P

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  • HawkHawk ColoradoRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Servers still slow, but working for the most part

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Since it's free and I love Myst I have no excuse not to try this now.

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  • Stabbity StyleStabbity Style He/Him | Warning: Mothership Reporting Kennewick, WARegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Yeah, their servers are getting hit pretty hard, they've been going down constantly since release. Man, I've been wanting to try this ever since I saw it released on GameTap. The whole idea of a puzzle/exploration game like this is very appealing to me.

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  • AxenAxen My avatar is Excalibur. Yes, the sword.Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Just a friendly bump to remind people about this.

    The MMO thread is here.

    We need mans.

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  • NocrenNocren Lt Futz, Back in Action North CarolinaRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    UncleSporky wrote: »
    Thrack wrote: »
    I played all of the Uru offline components, including to D'ni and Path of the Shell, but never really got into the online component. Does this include anything new from the boxed retail releases?

    I just asked about this on their forum, they said this:
    Uru Live contains all the content from Uru: Complete Chronicles (Uru Prime, To D'ni, and Path of the Shell), plus some new ages which were released during the last online version. I'd prefer not to spoil the experience for you by listing them here. :)

    That's actually kinda nice. The Gametap version DIDN'T have To D'ni or Path of the Shell. Well, it had parts of To D'ni but not the full story.

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  • KrathoonKrathoon Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I wonder if it is somehow possible to carry over a save from the solo edition.

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  • NocrenNocren Lt Futz, Back in Action North CarolinaRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Not that anyone's been able to find so far.

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  • KrathoonKrathoon Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I'll try it out. I was just after the part at the start where you enter the tree in the Complete Chronicles version.

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