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100% Empfehlung Endlich wieder ein neues Spiel wie Myst in einer epischen Grafik. Die Story ist fantastisch und auch die Rätsel sind Myst ebenbürtig. Inzwischen kann man die in manchen Rezessionen bemängelte Sprachwiederholung "we are the ceepers" ausschalten, wobei es mich aber nicht gestört hat. CYAN mehr davon bitte !

1/10. No. This is Cyan only in name. Terrible controls, terrible puzzles, terrible plot. Dive puzzle in Curievale was the nail in the coffin. Coming from Myst/Riven/Obduction this was an insane disappointment and a huge departure in what I expect from Cyan.

Great story line with a unexpected twist.

Pros: 1. Art Design: As always, Cyan Worlds delivers a beautiful, detailed and incredible world of 3-4 "realms" that were just pure eye candy. Many moments I just left the game rolling while I just soaked it all it. 2. The first 3/4th of the story: I have no idea what the reviews that state the game "only has a story in the finally quarter" because I felt compelled with the narrative of the Mentor's narration nearly to tears at many moments. Mainly by the commentary on control, collectivism and conscience. 3. Cyan Worlds all the way down: There is something about this game that reminded me of Uru and Myst V in good ways. It is very much many of the same people at the studio working on this that worked on those. This really felt like a lost Uru expansion in many ways. 4. Music...as always: The score just fits so well. So dreamy when it needs to be and oppressive when the walls begin to close in. Cons: 1. Buggy: Riven (2024) and Myst (2020) run flawlessly at "Ultra" and ray-tracing on my PC, but for some reason this game had massive amounts of stuttering. And then in the final 1/4th of the game the FPS went from 130 to 40. I turned off ray-tracing and it shot to 200. Just very strange. There were were a few odd audio bugs as well that required a complete restart. 2. The last 1/4th of the story: I don't want to spoil the story, but the ending wasn't a let down, but it was a bitter of a bummer in that I think I prefer Cyan when they are operating fully in other worlds (sans Obduction, but I have some minor quibbles with that story) rather than invoking the "real world." It is a minor issue as I still found the ending compelling despite the "trappings." 3. Difficulty: In that out of all the pervious Cyan games this is the one I never felt the need to write a single thing down. Was it easy? No. But it didn't tickle my brain the same ways as Myst, Riven, Uru, Myst V, Obduction, Myst (2020) on randomize and Riven (2024). I feel like a damn fool. I was a backer on this game from day one and it took nearly 3 years to finally finish this game. I feel terrible because I love Cyan Worlds' games, (Riven being my favorite game of all time) but I never finished this one even though I truly believe in them. I think many of the mechanics turned me off early on, but once I pushed past that I finished the game within 30 hours. Is this among the pantheon of their best work? No. Is it still compelling, inspiring, beautiful and awe inspiring? Of course. Cyan knows only one speed and that is captivating me in particular. But in the ranking I think this does rank in the deep end. But a lesser Cyan Worlds game is still better than 80% of other games in my opinion.

Que dire ? C'est beau, c'est malin, c'est dense... C'est Cyan, quoi !