Uru: Ages Beyond Myst is a puzzle-adventure game that takes place in worlds known as Ages. Players use their avatars to explore the abandoned city of an ancient race known as the D’ni, uncover story clues and solve puzzles. Gameplay can be viewed from first- and third-person perspectives, a departure from other Myst titles. Uru was originally conceived as a multiplayer game; the single-player portion was released, but the multiplayer component, Uru Live, was delayed and eventually canceled.
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Uru: Ages Beyond Myst is a puzzle-adventure game that takes place in worlds known as Ages. Players use their avatars to explore the abandoned city of an ancient race known as the D’ni, uncover story clues and solve puzzles. Gameplay can be viewed from first- and third-person perspectives, a departure from other Myst titles. Uru was originally conceived as a multiplayer game; the single-player portion was released, but the multiplayer component, Uru Live, was delayed and eventually canceled. Critics admired the visuals and new features of the game but criticized the lack of multiplayer in the retail version and clunky controls. The game was a critical and commercial disappointment for Cyan, causing the company financial troubles; nevertheless, it has attracted a cult following. It was re-launched for free in 2010 and has since become a cult favorite among fans of the Myst series. It is the fourth game in the Myst canon, and the first in the Uru series to be released outside of the United States. It took five years and USD 12 million to complete and was developed by Cyan Worlds, which left future Myst sequels to be produced by third-party developers. The multiplayer portion of Uru has never been integrated into the retail release, and was canceled again in 2007 due to a lack of subscribers. It has since been re-released for free on the GameTap online video game service in 2010. It can be downloaded for free from GameTap’s website or from the App Store for PC and Mac.
The Uru website can also be downloaded from the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store for Android and iOS. It costs $20.99 for the PC version and $30 for the Mac version, and $50 for the Android version. It will be available in North America and Europe in the spring of 2013. It comes in black and white, with a black-and-white interface and a black and gray interface for the iPad and iPhone versions. It also comes with a special linking book, a volume that serves as a portal to a personal world or Age, known as Relto. The personal Age is a hub in Uru, containing a bookshelf with linking books to Ages players have explored, as well as avatar customization options and game information. As in previous Myst games, player characters cannot die. For example, falling off a cliff sends characters back to Relto, and players must also find seven “journey cloths”. These cloths serve as save points in lieu of a game-saving option; characters are transported to the last cloth they touched when they restart. According to the game’s fictional history, archeologists found an entrance to a vast cave system near a volcano in New Mexico in the 1980s. The caves led to an ancient city built by the D’ni, an enigmatic civilization. The D‘ni practiced an ancient ability known as Art. By writing a description of the world, they created a single world called Ages. Soon after making contact with the single world, the entire civilization disappeared.
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