Myst V: End of Ages

Flawed final entry of the Myst series. 3/5, contains some brief flashes of Cyan brilliance

This game is really only for the Myst lore. It tries to tie up the Myst series by exploring the liberation of the Bahro as well as some of the reasons why the D'ni fell through their oppression, and gives a gloss over Yeesha's back story. It is definitely recommended just to get the lore dump. However, an average player with no knowledge of playthrough of the earlier games would find this unplayable and tedious. Admittedly, this is the weakest game of the series. The Ages are beautiful, but the animation of the characters are a bit off and a bit creepy. Puzzles are average. Gameplay is a bit mid. The story is a bit of a debate as some think this is more like a retcon or going in a completely different direction to what the first games were about. It definitely does feel rushed. One thing I found annoying is that the journal you can write your journey in (which I feel is one of the main experiences you can get out of playing this game) defaults to the beginning every time you close it so you have to flip many pages to get to where you left off.

Ouuu she's not giving. Who are these aliens and why is there a brand new magic system introduced here. Might side with Robyn and consider the first two installments the true canon if this is what the rest leads to

For me this game was not so good than the previous games, but it's Myst, still good, still beautiful. <3

SCORE: 5/10 - MEDIOCRE The conclusion to the Myst series isn't as grand as I hoped. You get four short Ages to explore with puzzles of moderate difficulty. The graphics are quite good for a game released in 2005 and the ability to move and look about freely are a welcome feature. But overall, I found Myst V to be a disappointingly meager experience due to its short length, frequently simple puzzles, and a story that failed to get me invested, perhaps because the characters were a bit too performatively dramatic to be taken seriously.

Myst V : End of Ages vient conclure la saga. L’aventure rappellera Uru dans ses graphismes, son déroulement et son histoire, bien que bien plus guidé que ce dernier. Vous aurez pour mission d’accomplir une toute dernière quête pour mieux connaître les D’ni, mais aussi et surtout les Baros, espèce asservie et utilisée par les D’ni qui est toujours soumise à leurs anciens maîtres, malgré leur chute il y a des siècles. Deux visions vont alors se dessiner au fil du jeu, incarnées par deux personnages qui ont échoués cette quête avant vous. D’une part, Yeesha, fille d’Atrus et incarnation vivante du pouvoir et des prophéties D’ni, profondément empathique et ainsi honteuse de l’héritage de son peuple, et qui, après l’introduction, vous laissera découvrir par vous-même son histoire et ses doutes au travers d’écrits disséminés sur votre chemin, tentant de ne pas vous influencer. Elle qui incarne la toute-puissance des D’ni souhaite la libération des Baros de leur servitude. D’autre part, Esher, un des derniers D’ni de sang pur, profondément arrogant, nostalgique du temps où ils asservissaient des peuples et modelaient des Âges à leurs guises, héritier de tous les pires vices des D’ni. Il souhaite, quant-à-lui, vous convaincre d’aller dans son sens, de lui donner les pleins pouvoirs sur les Baros à la fin de votre quête, de les garder asservis et de faire renaître la civilisation D’ni de ses cendres, et interviendra donc très souvent pour vous démontrer à quel point les D’ni ont pu être ingénieux et respectés. Après avoir complété 4 Âges, vous aurez ainsi la possibilité de décider du sort des Baros. Le jeu est finalement assez simple et linéaire mais un passage obligé pour terminer l’histoire de la saga et apportant, tout de même, de bonnes idées comme la présence d’une ardoise permettant, en dessinant les bons symboles, d’ordonner aux Baros de réaliser certaines actions. Enfin bref, je conseille tout autant que la série dans son ensemble ^^

I love this entire series, and though this particular game is not my favorite, it is still very good for a point and click puzzle exploration game. On a side note, this game does have some issues when playing on the steamdeck. I have noticed lost frames while moving and looking around, camera sensitivity is off the charts if using the right joystick, text is slightly blurred and distorted, and there are audio issues when opening up the Steam menus. This was all found in the first 5 mins of playing. These issues are not surprising given the age of the game, and I do not fault Cyan Games for these issues, nor do I expect them to work to fix these issues. I do recommend the game for any who like P&C puzzles for PC users. However I cannot recommend it for any individuals attempting to play the game on a steamdeck.

Comme pour les premiers je retrouve avec grande joie ce magnifique jeu qu'est Myst 5, plus difficile que les premiers volets de la sage mais celui-là est particulier retors en matière de réflexion et ça, j'adore !!

When I played the other Myst games back in the day, I always had to cheat at some point and look something up. With this being the final Myst game, I told myself I would beat it without any hints. As a result, I never beat it. I came back to it twice, but the puzzles are just absurdly hard and borderline impossible to figure out without hints. I respect a hard puzzle game, but this went too far. Still, no one makes an exploration game quite like these guys. This is my least favorite in the Myst series, but still a decent game. 5.5/10

There's some good ideas in here but none of them are executed on. Just kind of a slow uneventful title, bummer end to the series.