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Mac Myst V Demo

A demo of Myst V: End of Ages is now available for the Macintosh, allowing a sample of the next installment in Cyan's series on its (more or less) original platform. This is a rare fresh Apple for which there is not yet a PC counterpart, though that should come next week (thanks Frans). The demo can be found on the Ubisoft FTP Server.

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17. Re: No subject Aug 20, 2005, 14:33 TimothyB
 
So no comments on the game yet? Does it play much like Uru, which was also in live 3D?

 
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16. Re: No subject Aug 19, 2005, 09:26 Midnight
 
psst... just to let ya know, the first time Halo was shown at the Mac Expo.... it was running on a PC

So that's why they introduce the demonstration saying that it's running in real-time on a Mac? Even if it *was* on a PC, the earliest versions of Halo were based on the Myth engine which was a Mac/PC hybrid.

Anyway, I meant that Bungie's real origin was on the Mac with the Marathon trilogy (still one of the best stories in a FPS ever)

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15. Re: ... Aug 19, 2005, 09:16 Parallax Abstraction
 
[qAh, Bungie. Halo was looking so promising until they were bought out by Microsoft and sodomised the whole concept... it went from being THE most promising game of its time to a mindless shoot'em up with boring identical interiors and no coherent plot.
And yet everyone and their cousin bought it. What do THAT say?

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14. Re: ... Aug 19, 2005, 08:46 Geese
 
mindless shoot'em up

No more mindless than Call of Duty or Doom or pretty much any "shoot em up".

with boring identical interiors

Ok, agreed. Although the earth level from the tank/bridge sequence all the way to fighting the spider-mech was awesome fun.

and no coherent plot

Huh? I followed the plot quite well. Not exactly happy with the abrupt "lets leave some content for Halo 3" ending, but it definitely wasn't incoherent.



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13. Re: No subject Aug 18, 2005, 23:55 The Half Elf
 
psst... just to let ya know, the first time Halo was shown at the Mac Expo.... it was running on a PC

 
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12. ... Aug 18, 2005, 22:11 theyarecomingforyou
 
If only Bungie showed the same loyalty.

Ah, Bungie. Halo was looking so promising until they were bought out by Microsoft and sodomised the whole concept... it went from being THE most promising game of its time to a mindless shoot'em up with boring identical interiors and no coherent plot.

It was interesting how it went from Mac, to PC, to Xbox, then back to PC and finally to Mac. I'm sure there's some irony in there somewhere.

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11. Re: No subject Aug 18, 2005, 21:45 Fantaz
 
Mac lovers rejoice!

 
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10. No subject Aug 18, 2005, 21:41 space captain
 
shit, I remember playing Manhole on the Mac... IIRC it was the very first game available on CD-ROM

pretty much exact same gameplay as myst - except with monochrome hand drawn graphics

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9. No subject Aug 18, 2005, 21:10 Midnight
 
Myst was originally made for Macs, with Macs, so I say 'fair enough'. If only Bungie showed the same loyalty.

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8. Re: Even if this is... Aug 18, 2005, 21:00 space captain
 
Learn a bit about the history of computer gaming before posting such messages

yeh, the Mac has sixteen games... what are you thinking

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7. No subject Aug 18, 2005, 20:35 nightfend
 
<yawn> No PC version? And I care why?

 
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6. Re: Even if this is... Aug 18, 2005, 20:23 Cochonou
 
Learn a bit about the history of computer gaming before posting such messages :).

 
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5. No subject Aug 18, 2005, 20:00 f13
 
see this is what i mean... what about us? the pc! pc means PEOPLE's CHOICE! we know cyan loves mac, so there's no need to show more love!

 
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4. ... Aug 18, 2005, 19:55 theyarecomingforyou
 
Yes, but not being able to play games is a "feature" - it's something along the lines of "Think Different".

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3. Re: Even if this is... Aug 18, 2005, 19:20 UberNeuman
 
Wow, so the mac now has... six games?

 
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2. Re: Even if this is... Aug 18, 2005, 19:18 Beerninja
 
lol crApple must have paid a fortune for their 'exclusive'

 
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1. Even if this is... Aug 18, 2005, 19:05 Ray Marden
 
...a crappy Mac version :o, WOO HOO for Myst!

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