You can tell there were plans at one time or another to build out Obduction into a slightly bigger game, with a few awkwardly-empty areas and a bit too much space between some of the important elements. But they feel about in line with my expectations-a bit larger than Myst’s regions.Īlmost too big actually, at times. They’re not given the same room to breathe as in Riven, and I wish Cyan had more time to add fluff objects and random lore. Obduction’s Worlds aren’t necessarily the best Myst Ages. Places where someone (or rather a lot of someones) really cared, had thought hard about the particulars of this world and its inhabitants. It’s not something most games pull off, and more notable is the fact you could probably rattle off the names of the ones that did- BioShock’s Rapture, or Dark Souls’s Lordran, or Morrowind’s…Morrowind. An attention to small details lends these worlds, these incredibly alien worlds, a credibility. Fandom is a realm of extremes.Īnd yes, sometimes the bit of information you learn is “This society’s architects were sadistic to design something like this,” or “These people must love living in a puzzle box.” Often though there’s more to be inferred from the use of materials, from the shapes it favors or its power source or its decorations (or lack thereof). I talked to my now-editor Brad Chacos about this issue yesterday and told him it’s just as much an issue of being overly critical as it is overly excited. If you’re looking for the most objective, the most innocent-bystander-happened-upon-a-game sort of take on this game, then you’ve come to the wrong review.Īnd I don’t just mean that in an “Expect undue praise” way either.
#Obduction stuck series
It was one of the first games I ever played (though it wasn’t until many years later I finally finished it) and it’s a series I’m very passionate about.Īll this to say my life has been tied up with Cyan for almost as long as I can remember, and I’ve spent much of the last three years of it with Obduction. And all because when I was a kid, my dad showed me this game Myst. We were the first press to see Obduction running, and I think the first to get hands-on with the game too. I’ve met and chatted with Rand Miller and the crew at Cyan at length. 7.Three years on and I’ve been out to Cyan’s studio multiple times.Solve puzzles, count like an alien and learn base 4 When they look familiar, you'll be able to orient yourself. If you're not sure exactly where to go, just look at the copious images on each page.
In every chapter, there's a table of contents at the bottom showing Obduction in its entirety. In long chapters, there's a table of contents at the top of the page. Every page flows into the next, and you can use the quick navigation box just above to hop to the previous or next area. We've organized our Obduction guide based on worlds and what you do in them, so each section is a world, and chapter's name represents a puzzle or an objective.
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