UBISOFT
Myst 4 - Revelation Version 1.03
Febuary 2005

Fix in version 1.03

PC & MAC
- Subtitles for English, Italian, German, French or Spanish are now available.
- Fix some memory leak and random crashes.

PC ONLY

- The NVidia driver 66.93 is not working properly with some combination of AMD CPU and Geforce 4MX. We recommand users to upgrade their driver when a new release will be available from NVidia.

MAC ONLY

- We recommand user of OSX 10.3 to upgrade to OSX 10.3.8. OSX 10.3.8 fix many issues with Myst 4.]

Windows:
http://patches.ubi.com/myst_4_revelation/m...to_v1.03_pc.exe
MacOS:
http://patches.ubi.com/myst_4_revelation/m...o_v1.03_mac.jar

Mirror sites:
3D Gamers:
http://www.3dgamers.com/games/myst4/downloads/

Gamers Hell:
http://www.gamershell.com/download_8497.shtml

Multiplay.co.uk:
Win32 Patch:
ftp://ftp.multiplay.co.uk/pub/games/other...to_v1.03_pc.exe
MacOS Patch:
ftp://ftp.multiplay.co.uk/pub/games/other...o_v1.03_mac.jar

Ausgamers:
Win32 Patch:
ftp://ftp.multiplay.co.uk/pub/games/other...to_v1.03_pc.exe
MacOS Patch:
ftp://ftp.multiplay.co.uk/pub/games/other...o_v1.03_mac.jar

Uru was built for people - a place for people to meet, grow and wonder.

The deep city came alive with the sounds of life - and then it was silent again.

But the life of Uru is in the people. It will not awaken again until Uru has people again

...Untìl Uru has people again.

This is not Uru, or Uru Live. It's only a breath, a spirit of what Uru was. It's a heartbeat until Uru can slowly grow again.

...Untìl Uru can slowly grow again.

Myst IV Revelation E3 2004 Preshow Impressions

The Myst series endures as one of the most beloved in gaming, with its characteristically rich, immersive, beautiful worlds, interesting characters, involved mythos, and challenging puzzles. It's also endured many changes in its development teams, and this time, it's Ubisoft Montreal who will be bringing us Myst IV Revelations. In our first look at the game, it seems as if Ubisoft Montreal is well on its way to producing an interesting and worthy successor to the Myst name.

The story of Myst IV Revelations will harken back to the very first game, Myst, and your two major antagonists in that game, the brothers Sirrus and Achenar. Fans of Myst will recall that at the end of the original game you imprisoned the corrupt brothers in the worlds of two separate books. In this game, Atrus (the father of Sirrus and Achenar) is petitioned by his wife, Catherine, to finally free their sons from their punishment. As they argue, there's an explosion in one of Atrus' labs and their 10-year-old daughter, Yeesha, disappears. Atrus appeals to you for assistance in finding her, and you will embark on a journey that will take you through four different "ages," including the worlds that you stranded Sirrus and Achenar in, in the first game. Ubisoft Montreal promises that Myst IV Revelations will at last reveal what has happened to the brothers.

The game will play much like the other titles in the series, as a first-person adventure. You will be able to move through the world and explore its many areas by simple mouse-clicks. You will be able to interact with just about anything you can reach in the game, from turning on a table lamp, to crouching by a puddle of water and touching its surface to create ripples, to using your hand to gently swat away moths from a light source. You'll pick up a number of different items in the game, and one such item that we saw was an amulet that had belonged to Yeesha. Upon picking up the item, there was a flashback sequence depicting Yeesha herself fleeing from someone or something. The developers told us that there will be numerous flashbacks of this type during the game as you uncover the mysteries surrounding the girl's disappearance. There will also be many journals scattered throughout the different worlds that will provide backstory and context to the game, and we were told that puzzle solutions won't depend on information found in these supplemental materials. Also, the game will have an available "hint" system for puzzles that you will be able to consult for up to three levels of clues to complete certain challenges.

The developers refer to Myst IV Revelations as "Myst comes to life," and the level of detail and immersion in the areas of the game that we saw would support this statement. The environments were full of the kind of rich detail that's come to be expected of Myst games, but instead of resembling static portraits, many had dynamic elements. In a jungle, bog-type world that we saw, the air was alive with dragonflies flitting to and fro and strange creatures preening themselves by the water. Another world consisted of a barren, rocky island surrounded by jutting crags that were being pounded by surf that exploded against the rocks and into the air. On the sand, crabs clustered around a dead fish, feeding themselves. (Apparently, one of the brothers was confined to this island.)

Such environments were also full of sounds, like the surf and the insects. In addition, when interacting with objects, there were a myriad of sound effects. Tapping on a table produced a heavy, wooden sound, and tapping on a glass lamp produced a light, ringing sound. While most of the cast of characters is not yet finalized, Rand Miller (one of the founders of Cyan, who developed the original Myst) will be reprising his role as Atrus.

Fans of the Myst series and adventure game fans will definitely want to keep their eyes on Myst IV Revelations, which is currently scheduled for release on the PC in September of this year.

By Bethany Massimilla, GameSpot POSTED: 05/12/04 06:21AM

Paris - France- April 5, 2004 - Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, today revealed the critically acclaimed and best-selling Myst® franchise will launch its newest adventure, Myst® IV Revelation, this fall.

Peter Gabriel, world-renowned recording artist, composed an individual song to compliment the soundtrack of award-winning composer Jack Wall which creates the game's immersive and ambient soundtrack."

Myst Uru: The Path of the Shell

The name of the second expansion pack has been chosen! Currently scheduled for a June 23rd release, the third chapter in the Uru story will continue where "To D'ni" left off, and will be available via retail and online outlets.

A complete set of all three Uru titles: "Myst Uru: Complete Chronicles" will also be released, and will consist of: Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, To D'ni, and The Path of the Shell. This will be a very valuable addition to all Myst fans' collections!

We can't wait to join you, on the Path of the Shell…

randomos

Wherein we step from behind the curtain...

As you may have noticed, the date implied by the Top Ten List has sort of grown- during the QA process we've had to push the release date back from our original target. We've tried to have fun with the process- and the changes in the schedule- and hope you have had fun too.

Today we learned- again, due to the need to make sure that the quality and level of support were absolutely ready- that the expected date for the release of the expansion pack is now Monday March 22nd. We are very confident that this date is solid, but, with the previous delays, thought it best to clarify the situation and pass along what we know. Please note: this date too might have to be delayed. We really really hope not- but that's the nature of the beast: you can predict your testing results, but the actual process may turn up bugs, and that means fixes and a need to delay the release.

And yes, we'll continue to try to come up with humorous additions to our Top Ten list (and if you have any good suggestions, please drop a private topic invite to Khatie or myself!).

Thanks all!