Riven (Remake) Review - A Classic Puzzle Adventure Game REBORN!?

In this video, we dive deep into the recently released remake of the 1997 puzzle adventure game Riven. Join us as we explore the stunning visuals, challenging puzzles, and captivating storyline that made the original game a cult favorite. Find out if the remake lives up to its predecessor and whether it's worth rekindling your love for this timeless classic.
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Will you be grabbing Riven? Let us know in the comments below! Voice to the voiceless!

[DwarvenMechCommando]

I'm 42 I played the original at release and honestly can say Riven 2024 is mostly everything I'd hoped it could be. It's amazing!

[colorfuljosh]

I'm 32 and I used to watch my dad play and love myst and riven. He's dead now but part of me wants to play these games just for reliving that time

[solo-ion]

Riven was one of those games where you sometimes needed to write something down, which puts you at a disadvantage if you are playing in VR.

[RichardDuryea]

It was really cool to switch out the five different discs on the original. My siblings and I were so excited when we finally got to put in disk number five.

[Welther]

I still prefer the pre-rendered, 360 degree node-based system. It's just more relaxing than having to use wasd & mouse.

[BucklingSwashes]

My family got a PC in 1993 and I was the first in my family to finish Myst. I was so engrossed by the concept and story that I got all three books that released over the next few years. For Christmas in 1997, I got Riven, as well as its soundtrack and a poster.

And then I never finished Riven. I got completely stuck in it, and refused to look up anything on AOL to try to help me. (I knew GameFAQs well enough by that time that I'm sure I could have.) I didn't play any of the games in the series that followed until the Myst remake a few years ago.

Now, nearly 27 years later, I think I'm ready to give Riven another go. I love that Cyan Worlds has stuck to what they do best all these years later.

[mathogre]

Thank you so much for your review! I played the original Myst and Riven on PCs, both of which had exquisite beauty and annoying clunkiness. I loved both games! Today I'm looking at reentering Riven. I'm glad Cyan is still around. Riven looks very good, reminding me of some of the places and scenes from my recollection of play years ago, before my baby in my avatar was even on her way; she's now grown and flown. Now I'll play on either an iMac or an M1 MacBook Air. I remember how long it took to play both games in the past. Decisions, decisions... The linking book is open and in front of me...

[nosouponhead]

These are literally the best graphics I've ever seen.

[vincent-louisapruzzese]

This was a good review. Sadly i spent many months looking forward to this, having played myst when and the rest when they were originally released, only to find Cyan was not supporting Intel Macs only a week before the game’s release. Being a huge Riven fan, this was going to be a bright spot after a very challenging couple of years. Maybe someday I will get to play it but at least the shots you showed make it seem like if I do, it will be worth it.

[jasonblalock]

Long-time fan of the Myst series. I still can't believe this is real, since it seemed so unlikely for so long.

Also 6:00 The best way to understand the gameplay is that there are very very few actual puzzles in the game. 90% of it is about environmental observation and understanding *why* things are in the world. This is a deliberately-designed space. Everything is a certain way for in-universe reasons, which you must suss out. Typically, understanding how a machine works requires intuiting *why* that machine is there. Overall, I'd say there are only two true puzzles in Riven. Everything else is simply figuring out the world and how it works.

And contrary to what the review said, IMO, Riven is one of the best games for "ah-ha moments" ever made. You just gotta take it seriously.

[spyro]

Riven was the first myst game i ever played. A neighbor gave it to me 14 years ago and I've loved it ever since

[gaminginstilllife]

I can say that on my pimax Crystal Light this game looks unbelievably beautiful the most beautiful spectacular game I've ever seen on my headset

[JewTube]

I played this on play station back in the day. Now I can play it in VR - a technology I only got to use 1 time in the 90s at Sega World.

[GorgonFreemint]

Just bought this last night. I have never played the myst series until the Myst remake. I loved it and have heard a lot about Riven, so i am excited to dive back into it.

[KeimpeJ]

I miss the tapping of the cursor you could do on different surfaces. It was a nice way of making the world real.

[crithi]

I must admit, what lured me into Riven was the way it hit my senses, both visually and acustically. The game handles its music, sound design and ambience so incredibly well, it's almost to a pornographic degree. It is jaw-droppingly immersive. I remain a bit undecided about the puzzles however: They almost felt few and far between, but they never struck me as forced or arbitrary and connect with the game's environment naturally. Maybe it's because I expected more interactions with items, people etc. There was only on time I got mildly frustrated when I couldn't figure out how to get around the turned tree root on prison island to get a look at that totem's animal.
Riven is different from the puzzle/point-and-click adventures that I am used to, but in what it is trying to be, it absolutely succeeds. Never in a game before have I just stood there and enjoyed the scene.

[Cooper]

Two more hours to wait until Steam launches the game, I'm excited.

[marcusanakonda]

The lens was a really neat idea, I certainly had a-ha moments quite a few times, and every puzzle solved felt like an achievement on its own. What I didn't like was the slow and tedious nature of some of the animations, especially when you are frequently traveling between the islands. For example opening the domes could have been simplified.

[equivocator]

Back in the day we played Myst and Riven et al with a pen and paper at our side.