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[Let's Troubleshoot]Riven - I hate DirectX 5
Mortal Sky
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So welcome all to my first Let's Play. I will be playing the game Riven, the Sequel to Myst : DVD Edition. Or Riven for short. This is the second game in the wonderful Myst series of puzzle/adventure games. I have been motivated to do this, ever this came up during since discussion on games that were magic for us as kids, and how jaded we are reminded me of how much I loved this game. (lol awkward sentence)
So what is Riven, you ask? Basically, it's one of the best adventure games ever. Made by the geniuses at Cyan Worlds in 1997, the graphics still hold up amazingly. With minimalist controls and HUD, little dialogue, and an explorable world with a strange linearity, Riven is less a game and more a work of art with controls.
Now, it's been years since I played this, and this was when I was about 8, so I forget a lot. So I'm not gonna use a walkthrough. Instead, I'm gonna explore around, and let you guys in the thread help me out a bit. No spoilers, and no outright answers to puzzles. Hints are fine, though.
So let's get this ball rolling.
Current Status:Trying to fix my computer's graphics drivers because of a mishap involving the accidental installation and refusal to be removed of DirectX 5.
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You had to go there.
I have all the games on DVD, now I have to play this. Now nothing is going to get done. I hope you're happy.
I'm sorry but this is quite possibly the greatest Let's Play ever.
Also: I loved the hell out of Riven but damn did it ever stump me in ways Myst never did.
So instead of, like, seeing symbols related to sound effects and having to plug them in elsewhere, you have to figure out a native race's numbering system.
I think I might have a solution to your problem as well. The first two games are apparently not compatible with newer versions of Quicktime, so you'll need to replace a few files. Send me a PM with your email address, and I can send you those files with instructions on what to do with them.
Well, when a game is as old as Riven, with as many technical oddities, there are gonna be a ton of differences. One thing I think I'll try if I can't get it running on XP is running a virtual box of Windows 95.
The weirdest thing is that the game doesn't even run. Like, the exe isn't even shown in the process listing.
Time well spent.
God I love the whole Myst series, but Riven will always have a special place in my heart for the first one I truly solved.
Exile has a special place in my heart. For being the only one I solved without ever using a hint, and for having the guy who was Wormtongue in Peter Jackson's LotR as the main bad guy.
Myst I didn't get a chance to solve by myself, as somebody else showed the whole thing to me, and I bought the guide which was written in a story format that was actually interesting. Riven was too damn hard. Revelation I really tried, but it was too much, especially at the end.
And then this other guy asked us how we did it and then spent a months worth of lunch breaks just picking up the white page and completing the game with it.
Repeatedly. And making sure we noticed every time he did it.
but it was a wonderful game when playing through it
I look forward to this LP!
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I'd be interested in seeing what they can do with today's hardware.
EDIT:
Huh, interesting.
Although I'd still like for them to create another world as a stand alone game.
Although, I was playing the 5-CD version, which I can say just absolutely sucked about half way through the game, and I had to keep running back and forth between islands, swapping CDs about every 5 minutes (it might have actually not been that bad, but that's how I remember it
Plus, I was *almost* able to beat it without a walkthrough. Almost. (I was upset at the time that I had to resort to a walkthrough to beat it, but in retrospect, I'm actually kinda proud I got that far without it
Also, I'd have to throw my support for realMYST in here, as a beautiful recreation of MYST.
I might, however, be slightly biased
I'll have the first update after school today.
Disregarding for the nostalgic bonus of the first one, from a neutral standpoint, I think Exile really is the best one of the series. It got just the right amount of content, never gets too convoluted and has a kick ass plot.
Of coruse I love them all, but Exile is the one I'd place on the top.
Riven... was nice. I dont like the fact that theres only one real island to explore and one of the puzzles I remember as downright TEDIOUS, but all that gets easily redeemed by the amazing ending... But yeah, youll get there I guess.
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URU is special to me mainly because of the fan service, like seeing D'ni and the Cleft. I like being able to own and customize your own age (Relto), but I would have liked more options in it. I should check into the modding scene as they were making progress with that way back.
I was 9, I was also 'what the fuck?'
Now I'm afraid of ordering the 10th Anniversary Pack.
And trust me, we tried system restore. And that wouldn't even initiate.
Congratulations! MS can now name a problem after you!
Though, I was really looking forward to this LP, since I've never played anything beyond the original Myst.
Apparently that's not always the case. Good luck with your troubleshooting!
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Oh man. Don't get me wrong, Myst was a great game and revolutionary in many ways, but holy crap do later games in the series blow it away.
I doubt DX5 on a Riven disc is looking for a more current version of DX.
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