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exquisite tea posted:Riven is still one of my all time favorite games. Nearly 25 years ago it brilliantly demonstrated how puzzles could be used to tell a story, rather than them just being an obstacle for the player to overcome. Sadly the source code was lost so it’s unlikely to ever see an HD remaster unless somebody uses a deep learning AI to upres all 30,000 screens or however many there are. There's a fan project to completely rebuild the game from the ground up in real time 3D, with Cyan providing what they can to help. Unsurprisingly, it's been in development for a long time already and will continue to be for longer still.  Re: Myst-likes, I also want to mention The Eyes of Ara. It's not quite as slick as The Room games or Quern, but it's still pretty solid.
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Just wrapped up The Room 4: Old Sins. It's...alright. It feels like they ran out of budget about 2/3rds of the way through, because suddenly the game gets a lot more linear and the puzzles feel less intricate. It also fumbles a bit more w/r/t conveyance and repetition. I replayed through the rest of the series to refresh myself beforehand and while 3 has some awkward spots it's proven a tough act to follow. Also there's no real big story reveal or twist to it, which was disappointing.
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Well I'd hope Doors were simpler than Rooms. 
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