Riven: The Sequel to Myst

Noodlecake

About this game

Taking up where Myst left off, Riven set an amazing new standard for design, aesthetics, and immersion in gaming. Remember Atrus’ trap book, the Moiety intervention, the mag-lev ride, the Jungle village, Catherine’s prison, Gehn’s Age, the Wahrk throne? Now the entire Riven adventure can be experienced from wherever you are.

This is the original Riven - with sights and sounds that have been remastered and meticulously re-assembled for a remarkable experience on your Android phone and tablet. Everything that you remember from the original Riven in an intimate new format where every aspect is explored with a simple touch or swipe.

Features:

- All the original Ages & gameplay
- High quality images
- Full music & sound effects
- Full screen movies & animations
- "Bookmark" system to save & restore progress
- Swipe to turn
- Google Play Games achievements

Ratings and reviews

The one-star rating is because of the bug in the colored marble puzzle; only three of the marbles can be seen while you are up close on the puzzle, and you have to try to grab and place them blind - which is nearly impossible. This bug is unconscionable for a paid app, as it severely hinders gameplay and essentially makes it impossible to finish the game. Please fix it, and I'll be happy to change to a 5-star rating for a fantastic game! Google Pixel users, look for a PC version instead.

It's a decent port. Some of the videos play at half the framerate of others, so the presentation is a little inconsistent. Screen needs to be fixed so that it is horizontally centered, especially for current phones that have an awkward camera notch. Currently, the notch cuts into the game whilst leaving a big hole on the notch-free side of the screen. Having the game correctly respond to the phone's rotation would also take care of this issue.

Perfect nostalgia game. But, just as with Noodlecake's Realmyst, an old adjustment you make is reset near the end of the game--suddenly, you can't go around by linking through other books, and you can't go through because your pathway has been reset! At least with Realmyst you could skip the second page in one age and still finish the game: I can't finish this game.

What's new

- Better controller support for Android TV
- Video playing bug fixed