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Re: How?!

ddb174 — Tue May 25, 2010 3:22 pm

Author: ddb174

Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 3:22 pm

You can visit fan Ages online, but you cannot discuss it here without your posts being deleted. Go to another forum, such as Alcugs or even GuildOfWriters to discuss it.

Re: How?!

andylegate — Tue May 25, 2010 1:08 am

Author: andylegate

Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 1:08 am

Nalates wrote:

And what if the parrot is dyslectic?

Have it facing a mirror that is facing your puzzle.... - simple.

Re: How?!

Nalates — Tue May 25, 2010 12:39 am

Author: Nalates

Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 12:39 am

And what if the parrot is dyslectic?

Re: How?!

andylegate — Mon May 24, 2010 4:53 pm

Author: andylegate

Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 4:53 pm

Donahoo wrote:

HypnoPants wrote:

Currently I play Uru with my gf/pet/etc. for the puzzles,

Just curious as to what kind of pet can do the puzzles with you?

A parrot that's been trained to say:

"Okay. Try moving the slider a little to the left."

Re: How?!

Donahoo — Mon May 24, 2010 4:32 pm

Author: Donahoo

Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 4:32 pm

HypnoPants wrote:

Currently I play Uru with my gf/pet/etc. for the puzzles,

Just curious as to what kind of pet can do the puzzles with you?

Re: How?!

Latharion — Mon May 24, 2010 3:29 am

Author: Latharion

Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 3:29 am

vidroth wrote:

Asking which puzzles are where is missing the best of Myst.

In the best parts of Myst (all of the games), the only reason you know you've found a puzzle is that you can't get any further. Figuring out what the puzzle is, much less the solution, is part of the fun.

Riven did one better in this regard (it is one huge ginormous puzzle). I really enjoyed how everything connected.

Re: How?!

vidroth — Sun May 23, 2010 11:50 pm

Author: vidroth

Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 11:50 pm

Asking which puzzles are where is missing the best of Myst.

In the best parts of Myst (all of the games), the only reason you know you've found a puzzle is that you can't get any further. Figuring out what the puzzle is, much less the solution, is part of the fun.

Re: How?!

Dachannien — Sun May 23, 2010 5:33 pm

Author: Dachannien

Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 5:33 pm

jadawin12 wrote:

True, but this is Uru

Doh! I thought this was Sparta.

Re: How?!

jadawin12 — Sun May 23, 2010 4:02 pm

Author: jadawin12

Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 4:02 pm

True, but this is Uru

Re: How?!

HypnoPants — Sun May 23, 2010 4:00 pm

Author: HypnoPants

Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 4:00 pm

kaelisebonrai wrote:

of course, one might ask what "puzzles" there are in the hoods, or Ae'gura. =P

My own fan age is designed with social interaction in mind, rather than puzzles. =P

Puzzles are not all there is to Uru. =)

true, but puzzles are the embodiment of Myst.

Re: How?!

Egon — Sun May 23, 2010 7:23 am

Author: Egon

Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 7:23 am

But URU definitely lacks in puzzles

Re: How?!

kaelisebonrai — Sun May 23, 2010 6:01 am

Author: kaelisebonrai

Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 6:01 am

of course, one might ask what "puzzles" there are in the hoods, or Ae'gura. =P

My own fan age is designed with social interaction in mind, rather than puzzles. =P

Puzzles are not all there is to Uru. =)

Re: How?!

HypnoPants — Sun May 23, 2010 4:25 am

Author: HypnoPants

Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 4:25 am

Nalates wrote:

If you have been visiting off-line player ages, then you know what to expect in the way of fan made ages.

Appearance-wise some are beginner level and some are Cyan or near Cyan quality.

Story-wise... Puzzle-wise... it seems the same. It's been about a year since I loaded any fan ages.

oh? okay... because I don't want Magiquest puzzles
although those child-level puzzles would be good for my 7 year old sis, she loves Uru... but can't do any puzzles withou major help from me.

Re: How?!

Nalates — Sat May 22, 2010 6:52 pm

Author: Nalates

Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 6:52 pm

If you have been visiting off-line player ages, then you know what to expect in the way of fan made ages.

Appearance-wise some are beginner level and some are Cyan or near Cyan quality.

Story-wise... Puzzle-wise... it seems the same. It's been about a year since I loaded any fan ages.

Re: How?!

HypnoPants — Sat May 22, 2010 5:07 pm

Author: HypnoPants

Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 5:07 pm

So in otherwords... this is going to be a 100-1000x better version of Second Life?

Sounds good, but I wonder how good player-made puzzles will be... or if Cyan will add puzzles to the ages that get picked as Cyan-Server material.

Currently I play Uru with my gf/pet/etc. for the puzzles, I figured them out a while ago but I adore watching her mind at work figuring out the puzzles, especially when I give her very subtle hints like in Teledahn, "That sun moves very fast doesn't it... I wonder if it even goes down?"
((or my fav, "You will never have to guess in a Myst game, if you are guessing... you've missed something."

Although I use hypnosis to make her feel more like she's 'inside' the world of Uru... most of the fun we have is all puzzle-based, when we run out of puzzles... we might not be as interested.

The way I see it right now, most of the RP content is not something newer players can understand, so if all the new ages are just RP-based without any good puzzles... I'm not sure how well it will keep/attract a new playerbase.

The whole reason I played originally was because I hate grinding in MMORPGs... so I joined Uru to escape all that, unfortunately my reason for joining Uru is actually quite rare... and it appears other than players of the Myst games, my view is really the only other reason new players might be attracted to Uru.