[PC] Riven: The Sequel to Myst (1997) - Full Playthrough & Bad Ending Reel

[@drrcm81]

10 year old me didn't give a shit about the strategy. I just wanted to ride roller coasters.

[@soloparentsareheros331]

Or annoy the whale

[@mackit]

@@soloparentsareheros331 Before I ever got the full game, I had a demo disk that just had parts bits of the first island and I think some of the second island. I rode that train thing over and over for weeks until my parents eventually bought the game for me!

[@efeykay]

Me the nivvel Nirwana Paradigma beeped me laserly from a outside red laser conclude on a roller coaster riding and opened it 100 meters before the riding ended, puhhhh... I feel stalked alienatelyed

[@lexdimond1]

this game has one of the best sound designs to this day!

[@natasaatlija5028]

And carefully pointing out to make an experience of it in the manual!

[@abramquinn7726]

I have used this Soundtrack to sleep with now for over 20 years!

[@LoneWolf-lk3gt]

Its' great and I like to relax to the soundtrack on youtube sometimes (can't really buy it anymore as far as I know), but I'm playing the game right now (using SCUMMVM to play on Win 10, from GoG) and there are some parts where the louder sounds are distorted badly - and I can tell it's the in-game audio, not my PC. They should have done a bit better job with the PC audio, or fixed it when they updated it to run on modern systems.

[@Enzo_q]

Period

[@DineNastyLakers]

@@Enzo_q menopause

[@fieryphoenix586]

Anyone else get uneasy feelings when you are exploring and the music turns ominus? Makes you feel like you are alone, but someone is watching you.

[@andrewlindner8783]

100% my dude

[@wawawuu1514]

Feeling like you're being watched was one of the design goals, I believe

[@futon2345]

They were watching

[@leonlawson2196]

The nostalgia!! It hurts!!

[@antoinebcotes]

it hurts so bad. i miss these games so much.

[@cute1678]

Me too.

[@Enzo_q]

Me three

[@convexitysummit1229]

Gooooood old days

[@exsosus5002]

Yeah I'm playing it through once more today :-) 2021 yeah!!!!

[@ZeitdiebX]

Timeless masterpiece. To this day I turn to Riven or Myst or any of the other incarnations whenever the sometimes hectic, anonymous daily life gets to me and I need to slow down, breathe, refocus. This comes from a golden age of interactive entertainment.

[@eightyblox6829]

Yes

[@squamish4244]

It is a meditative game to be sure.

[@Epck]

Beautifully said

[@nirv]

Anonymous daily life? Huh?

[@csakegybolond264]

I remember playing with Myst as a child, but now it feels like that even I could make a game like that with few models and PPT-s. In that age it was considered extremely good graphics, but be honest the Day of the tentacle with it's stylized art and great animations and really interactive world has aged better and even the revolutionary Age of empires was released in the same year with Riven. Plus I think this game was only able to bring those graphics with a cost of using only a few parts of the screen most of the time with few decent imitated 3d animations or with worse movement than google maps in the 3d space. Yeah. It was creative but now it's just looks like a lagging 3d game. They wanted make a very beautiful game, but the hardware couldn't handle it and they had to sacrifice too much. I don't remember the gameplay and the story so I believe it was pretty good, but this gameplay was ridiculous for me even as a child, and I couldn't play this even now. But I believe it's very good if someone is not against this kind of gameplay. I think the only game that tried the same and was actually very good was Syberia. But it needed much better hardware. Yet, it became a classic that's considered as a beautiful game even now without hindering the fun to this degree like myst.

[@rickrivethead]

Can't believe this is 23 years old!, amazing!!!

[@jjm1133]

1997. jeez that was a long time ago in video games, and its still a beautiful looking game with amazing audio work.

[@adamspices2918]

I like it when he hovers the mouse over something to explain what we're supposed to be doing as if he thinks I'm smart enough to get it

[@only_he_stands_there762]

My grandpa introduced me to Myst when I was about 5 years old (1993), and I played Riven with him when it came out in 1997. I still remember how cool and exciting it was to find that cable car thing for the first time, and to stumble upon those amphibious creatures!

[@Jon14141]

Nice man

[@MrBicTec]

Same time i played with my father, great memorys

[@GingerDrums]

As a sound designer, I can only take my hat off to Robyn Miller and the Sound Editors. Fantastic work that has truly stood the test of time.

[@advveo]

I've always loved the section of the making-of where they show the sound designers working on the game. Fascinating stuff.

[@mynameisozymandias7150]

Fun fact: Martin O'Donnell, now famous for the soundtrack of Bungie's Halo games, worked in the sound design of Riven.

[@mystman1210]

@@mynameisozymandias7150 Another Fun Fact, Tim Larkin, who now works at Valve and has (Most likely) worked on games like Portal 1 & 2 and Half-Life: Alyx, was also a sound designer on this game. Some of the best of the best worked on Riven and it shows!.. Er, sounds!

[@Rhodochrone]

@@mystman1210 Now, one of Alyx's artists is working on the Riven remake, as the game was one of their greatest inspirations.

[@frankleyva2]

I played this with my mom growing up never knew the name of the game till now but I remember as a kid I was blown away from the graphics and the sound

[@DavidRay_40]

How did you not know the name? It's quite clear when you start it.

[@ciozara]

Jeez. I remember playing this on my old Macintosh computer back in the 90's. That beautifully designed game disc case with 4 or 5 discs inside and that ominous eye on the cover. Thanks for the upload.

[@raydenwins1071]

Same here! Although I was like 8 years old and didn't know how to play it, watching this gives me some serious nostalgia. I remember they gave us the game with the Mac when my Dad bought it, and the guy was going like it was some serious game and the big USP for the computer. Good times.

[@TrixiVR]

My grandfather and I used to play riven alot

[@xoxkaylixox1]

Wow so many memories come flooding back watching this, I remember sitting round the computer with my parents and my brother and sister and just playing this and trying to solve the puzzles together. Makes me feel very nostalgic

[@breeze787]

I had a great time on this adventure game. I find some of the scenes in my dreams from time to time. Thanks for putting this up this was a lot of fun to watch.

[@Irraptured]

This comment is so wholesome I love it, it made me happy

[@ABCDuwachui]

Me too!!!!

[@markpfeffer7487]

So strange. As a child I remember progression in this game being somewhat intuitive and made it roughly 3/4 through the game. Tried to replay it as an adult and couldn't get off the first island without help.

[@ABCDuwachui]

One day you’ll be getting lost in the bathroom 😞

[@waveculture9457]

Amazing comment.

[@GalaxyStandard77]

@Daemon Dude What the fuck are you on? He probably doesnt have as much patience, then he was a child. You are putting way to much thought in his comment. 🤣

[@BumboLooks]

@Daemon Dude (1) Kids are not more curious that adults and are not interested in as many things. (2) They ask and can only comprehend superficial questions. (3) Kids are notorious bullies but thankfully most of them grow out of it as adults. (4) Kids are mindless copycats who will copy their parents mannerisms and drug abuse. (5) War is good when you are defending yourself from an attacker. (6) You are exceedingly thick and dull in the head.

[@Jon14141]

Nice

[@LoneWolf-lk3gt]

You know what they say: Every time someone mentions Riven, someone re-installs it. :)

[@MrsSlocombesPuddyCat]

Wish I could. It won't play.

[@gunsmokegaloreyt6840]

@@MrsSlocombesPuddyCat why not? Just get the disc

[@stevieparada6307]

this is the hardest game i've ever played in the end i get thrown into space

[@Breezy7117]

Thank you SO MUCH for posting this!!! I never made it past the circular bone dwellings!!! 20 Some years later and it still haunts me. I’m going to watch it through thoroughly to finally have closure!!!

[@colossihitman]

Catfish

[@avedic]

Oh wow..................the sense of nostalgia is almost aching... I somehow remember ALL of this, deep within my subconscious mind. What a great game. And astonishingly beautiful, detailed, and advanced for it's day. Hell, even now it looks good. The 3D graphics absolutely hold up.

[@jayway2126]

THANKYOU. Years ago I was given an old computer and this game. It was the first game I had ever played and nothing has come up to this class since. So good to live through it again.

[@dallashill23]

Remember the 5 cds this game came with? 😉

[@ariellegabriel5244]

I was 6 years old when I played Myst (of course I never finished it) and then came Riven. These games are how I became interested in video games.

[@chrisandrew852]

Omg!,, what an amazing trip down memory lane. I loved this game with a passion. That was two hours and forty six minutes of nostalgia personified and I thank you for it.

[@AsparagusVideo]

Atrus: I need your help. If you help me I'll get you back to your home. *helps Atrus* Atrus: Goodbye, my friend.

[@cute1678]

How I loved this game even to today - I do not think I got to all the islands when I played but I still enjoyed every second. The creators did a wonderful job. Thank you for the upload. I still have the discs.

[@user-pe9qg3hg3k]

32 year old me is telling 8 year old me that it's okay, because I still don't have a damn clue how to solve these puzzles now. Good job kid, we failed together gracefully.

[@eightyblox6829]

I remember playing this and myst, kings quest, and others with my cousin back in the late 90s early 2000s. Now I'm just always dead inside

[@gunsmokegaloreyt6840]

Haha, all too relatable

[@Zachfeider]

2024….anyone ?

[@luxaslolete]

Nop

[@NIGHTvdj]

binge watching walkthroughs from the whole series

[@troublewithweebles]

Me!

[@efeykay]

Me still worn for deluxe end won nevving ending not to sure won all won against ending nevving and so on (??? Myst 5 online real life) wtf - How to escape???? ❤❤❤

[@nickmoran8417]

Yes

[@apatheticallyconcerned6574]

I'm so nostalgic for this game, and the decade it was released in.

[@mikeflightfpv2162]

Man! I really miss the versatility and creativity of the older generation of games. They made them then with the idea of expressing themselves. Rather than pleasing their share holders or enhancing their bank accounts. SMH

[@TimyD]

The guy in the first scene after the intro sounds like every villager in Age of Empires

[@Gilgamee]

This game is a masterpiece, and the best of all Myst serie.

[@tuxjsmith]

Pure class. Thanks for taking the time to record it.

[@cyangalaxy]

Thank you very much for this playthrough and the subtitles.

[@LeafyNebula]

These games were much fun to explore and get clues

[@EnvisionerWill]

It saddens me that Gehn turned out to be such a bastard; he seems so wise and reasonable when he speaks. But the fact that when he actually links through to what he thinks will be D'ni, he bothers to stop and pick up his weapon first...that kinda says it all. Too bad, I like a good redemption story, and it would have been nice if, after the 27th or so villager he fed to a whark, Gehn actually started to feel bad and decided to dial back the crazy-meter a few clicks. Oh well, stories need villains I suppose....

[@RobSilverado]

This game is so nostalgic and creepy to me. My dad and I used to play it together when I was i child. I miss those days

[@matthieusloutchansky5664]

I can't believe this was in 1997...

[@jorjenn]

18:20 that first ride. Mm mm, mmmm. Spine-tingling moment.

[@doctorquid]

These games had the perfect amount of love and limitations. It's why disco elysium thrives. Combat and presentation will only take you so far.

[@kathycassidy5302]

I got halfway through this game back in the day, then scratched one of the 5 discs and never finished it. Just downloaded it on Steam, and I realize I remember nothing! Trying to figure out that revolving room again.

[@shalomamigos]

I originally bought Mysts 1-3 on DVD in the late 2000s, and I still have the notes I wrote to help solve the puzzles. I made a diagram of the room showing the room and the doorways. I didn't have money for games back then, so I eventually did a run of Riven without writing down any notes or referring to them.

[@ChocoboFromMorrowind]

The thing is every piece of info you could find and think might be important is worth the time taken to jot down on a piece of paper.

[@bewlzebub]

I just realized the producers and writers of Lost must have been huge Myst and Riven fans

[@EnvisionerWill]

Nothing has ever made me more interested in Lost than this comment.

[@The-Muslim-Samurai]

Remake coming soon!!!

[@regularshowman3208]

Kickass game. As someone who was born well after Myst and Riven were released, I loved this game immensely. I can't pretend I didn't confer with a walkthrough at several points (would have never figured out the numbering system completely or the symbols puzzle in the hideout or the fucking fire marble puzzle good lord), but I can't pretend the game doesn't make it plenty fair for the player. The amount of worldbuilding and storytelling here through just interacting with the world is insane. The way it teaches you the basic 1-10 number system with an innocuous kids game is genius, and there are about a billion other little touches like that all across the game. Probably one of the best adventure games ever made.

[@dawsmart]

It’s really wild how well the sound design and animations hold up. Some really passionate people made this game

[@amk4789]

Anyone else here after they just announced the remake?

[@mitsuracer87]

I listen to the soundtrack almost daily

[@abramquinn7726]

I just said earlier that I still fall asleep to this every night....24 years later.

[@mitsuracer87]

@@abramquinn7726 yep I listen to it when going to sleep.and also to test speakers. Amazing soundtrack...nothing else like it

[@sean7332]

Odd

[@Neonblue84]

I love riven. The soundtrack is sooooo awsome. I get a goose skin.

[@Luke18_13]

Where? How much?

[@duckonthecall65]

They need to remaster this like they did with Myst

[@Kha0sTek]

Your prayers have been answered. Cyan released a riven trailer last year for the remake.

[@liampatrick3110]

incredible and otherworldly, makes you feel like you're really in it!!!

[@kamiliajohnson7430]

I loved playing this game as a kid but never figured it out. The stones in the cave drove me crazy. I found a walk through one to me but still never finished I got shot.

[@LELEPUK]

Yes, it is a pleasure to see how beautifully Riven "runs" again and again. I've played it a few times and still do and I'm 71 years old now. I played through all the Myst games with great enthusiasm and stamina. Great series and I am very attached to it. There is an old laptop at my place that is kept just for this game. Totally great!

[@MaZe741]

This game seems even more impossible now that I see how it's supposed to be solved

[@wilemplank8154]

Played Riven for the first time in 2024 Fascinating world and atmosphere; Mesmerizing, exhausting puzzles Happy I got to watch the rest of it here

[@guntherthequizmaster9515]

That is one of the great mysteries of life. - Grandpa Longneck, The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock (1998)

[@NotQuiteFirst]

I feel sad that I never completed this. I got stuck at some point and never went back.

[@Solarnova]

Probably the most difficult mainstream title of the 1990’s without a walkthrough, but extremely immersive and engaging.

[@nabilismail4811]

Thx for Uploading this Video

[@raerae1630]

I remember how exciting it was to see the shuttle coming, and then when you arrived at a new island you’d have to load a different disc. It felt very cryptic.

[@TNJX]

Man, it's good to be home.

[@ThommyofThenn]

I've heard several channels talking bad about these games but frankly this looks really cool. I happen to find FMV games neat personally though!

[@wodan74]

I find Riven the best one of the series. Music, atmosphere, world building and the graphics were so good at that time and still pretty much are.

[@oker59]

this looks like the Riven walkthrough done right. Most people just open the dragon totempole(whatever you want to call it), they don't show how you run into problems, and if you do it right, you find the solution - like the dragon idol; if you go to spike island and get on the right trolley, you stumble upon how to open the dragon idol, and then you can figure out how to get to the top of the cage in the people's island. I always solved the puzzle that gets you to the Moriaty hive, and then solve the Golden dome power up later. From the dialog with Ghen, I see that one should solve the Golden dome and go visit Ghen first! Well, I do see one thing you missed though; if you go back to the Golden dome after awhile, you'll see Ghen at the cage inside the temple, when the big door opens!

[@advveo]

Thanks! When I do these videos, I always try to go through the game in the natural sequence that a first-time player would, rather than just rush through entering all the codes. As for the golden dome thing, I didn't know that! I'll have to go back in and try to see it for myself.

[@oker59]

@@advveo Re-watching your Riven walkthrough again. I can't help noting another little puzzle that most people miss. Going past the sun-tanners without them leaving. There's a way of going past them and on to people village where you'd get in the submarine(if you've already lowered it) without making the sun tanners leave. I'm tempted to not spoil it for you, if you don't know it and want to try to do this first?

[@Thomas-rg6fn]

Rand Miller looks just like Russel Crowe in the opening scene :)

[@shalomamigos]

*Gets the bad ending to Myst, and is trapped with Atrus for an eternity Happy Birthday to you I'm stuck here with you You look like Russel Crowe And you sound like him too

[@EnvisionerWill]

@@shalomamigos I really pity the several thousand alternate-dimensional versions of Atrus who end up being continually pestered by some Terrestrial dumbass.

[@momsspaghetti286]

This took me back home

[@metalltitan]

I glimpsed my father playing this on our first PC (Win98). It was so strange and weird, considering that about 3 years later we were old enough to play RCT and AoE on it.

[@sylvainleseur1072]

It's been a long time since I wanted to remake this game but it seems nowhere to be found under win 10. So thank you for making this video

[@Ǿœ0œǾ]

Unforgettable. This was my first PC game. I also played Monster Truck Madness.

[@ducdeblangis3006]

My first video game, unforgettable, beauty of music, of graphism, of puzzles

[@Freedom17762]

First computer game I ever played along with myst. Lots of good memories and got so close to beating it.

[@Lindaatje88]

Wow, I remember that when I clicked on something, I had to wait 10 seconds before the game continues. Took me ages! :D

[@eightyseveneightyfive6280]

I remember playing this when I was 6 or 7 years old spending hours trying to figure out what to do. 24 years later and wouldn't be much different lol

[@TNJX]

I like how you can almost narrate this by the way you move the hand cursor:) Riven is my #1 game of all time. (FFX is second thanks for asking:p)

[@jamesp3142]

Watching this really gives me a newfound appreciation for the remake. There's so many plot holes and "huh?? Why?" moments in the OG version that the remake fixes.

[@Sauloesoterico]

I need this game in my Windows 10

[@goto1546]

Steam

[@flowsky7339]

I forgot about this game, but it freaked me out when i was a kid. The mystery and the complete lack of explanation really got in my head - i remember dreaming about the symbols.

[@johnw3194]

So I saw the screenshots of it and i couldnt belive the graphics, but now i get it!

[@KCKFLP]

I remember playing this on my grandma's computer when I was like 5 or 6 not knowing at all what I was suppose to do to progress. I was able to get around but with no real direction. Such a nostalgia trip seeing this though and I remember being pretty creeped out by the sounds and visuals.

[@brianarias7109]

I remember my family just got a new pc for the living room and we were all on it for a bit then I went to a yard sale with my dad and found this game no titles in a cd sleeve folder with like 5 other cds and I remember being so excited because it was a pc game lol when I booted it up I didn’t know what to do but everything was interactive haha crazy to see it on KZbin

[@takopon37]

It ’s great that there ’s no chatter.

[@cosmozelda]

Recuerdo que tenía como 10 años y caminaba por el Sobre Ruedas (lugar donde se venden cosas), y en las chácharas me topé con el set de 5 discos si no mal recuerdo, de este juego y me lo lleve a casa, para jugarlo en mi pc Pentium 3, la cual era súper lenta pero me permitió correr este maravilloso juego, el cual me sumergió en su mundo, no llegue a terminarlo y ahora lo tengo en mi Android el cual está de lujo.

[@dhabyany]

I played them on Playstation console, great memories

[@VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM]

Same here.

[@JimmyJaxJellyStax]

Aside from some wild Quake 1 and Unreal 1, Riven holds a very special place in the deep spiritual end of the 90s gaming.

[@StuartHollingsead]

Playing this game at 10 years old was pretty tough. I was never the brightest or fastest. But it was visually impressive.

[@stevetech1949]

Thanks for the quick/efficient replay! I recall playing this in the late 90's on my Dell Pentium PC running Windows 95. Even at 256 colors on SVGA resolution, the graphics looked AMAZING! I believe I spent over 40 hours walking thru it and solving it thanks to "RIVEN The Official Strategy Guide", which I still keep on my self. I felt like a member of the master race. I bought the sequels to Myst (Exile, etc ...) but never had/made the time to play it as family life took over. I hope they remake it soon as that's long over-due. It would be nice to could fps, vs spf, hoping my RTX 3070 TI can handle it. 😁

[@MrsSlocombesPuddyCat]

🙂 This was the first computer game I ever brought (20 years ago). Absolutely loved it. Sadly will no longer play. Never found a game since that I have liked so much. Edit: April 2022 - Yay. Found it and it will play on Steam. Now stuck in the revolting room once again 😂

[@EnvisionerWill]

Anyone else think it's weird that the gateway images of Gehn's books always show the dome up and spinning, even though it actually has to be flipped open for you to be able to go through to Gehn's age in the first place? I'm not complaining; it was clearly an aesthetic choice and I agree with it, but it's just interesting to note how the realism of the setting is obviously taking back stage to the player experience here.

[@konstantinosgeladakis2972]

This game hunting my childhood years! Epic

[@steeltree-fabricatingandcu3796]

I beat the game The power station with the different color marbles has to be in the right pattern it turns on the power to all of the linking books You turn of the fan at the fish trap to get in his lab to learn the combination to The linking books and to open the hatch to the telescope at the beginning of the game You lower the telescope into the glass breaking it and it destroys riven but you can only do that after you have captured ghen in the linking book

[@pepperachu]

30 years and i just found out today myst had a sequel

[@videogamenutter]

I have this game and myst on a old PlayStation I still play them on my old ps2 great memories

[@Ivanyisusg]

Este juego salió para ps1, seguro que fué impresionante para muchos niños de la época, los gráficos son muy buenos

[@saintsarchives]

WHO ELSE MISSES THIS!!

[@EnvisionerWill]

Everyone with any taste, obviously.

[@PhantomMelody1876]

i just ofound this in my old games folder 1-5 gonna be playin it soon ^_^

[@viperdemonz-jenkins]

have played through myst and riven and a small part of EOE years ago, just got the collection on steam to finish them all.

[@Jakkaribik1]

What Great ART you feel like your in a whole different part of the world! But for todays High FPS Standard (Atleast 30FPS if NOT 60FPS per second) the general public will not play it but such games are Rare

[@Jakkaribik1]

5 Years Later I Played "Tarzan Action Game (PC)" haha as a Child

[@awsomkoolkidd]

Whenever i hear “Myst 3 Exile” i immediately just think, CHOINKY DOINKY DONK O DONK A CHOINK DONK A DONK (the ticking in the saavedros lair theme)

[@cb2000a]

I had the opportunity to play a game that was the precurser to Myst by these brothers. Games within games. These guys were brilliant. They have the ability to make games with incredible graphics these days, but the creativity seems to be lacking.

[@shifty2755]

I could never get past the big dome.

[@SicilianStealth]

I loved this game. Also if I remember correctly depending on how you play the game is depending on how it ended.