myst vi: moist

That is my whole point. As long as you keep doing weak updates you'll keep doing weak updates chasing current tech. A good artistic job would have lasted a lifetime and not needed constant updates as it's not about the tech. Imo Myst (original) is just fine doesn't need any more updates so just let it go.

The original, for Macintosh. None of this "Masterpiece Edition" crap.

Partially kidding.

Apparently this is a total rework from scratch with a very interesting feature not very commented: puzzle randomization at certain degree, and I think it can be very interesting due the nature of the puzzles; it can work very well. Replayability in the same universe.

Anyway 5 of 6 versions of the same game at first forced me to believe that Spiderweb software had purchased Cyan last year. :)

And thank god they haven't used Unity.

Which brings up the question again, why is it necessary to keep redoing the same thing? Seems you're more hung up on nostalgia and not just letting it go than anything else.

Okay, let me put it mildly.

Do you really think any game made in 1993 was the actually fully realized version of a game?

Let me put it bluntly: do something different.

Does anyone know whether the flatscreen PC version will be 2D (like the original) or 3D (like realMyst)? I've seen it referred to as 2D, but this could just be used to differentiate it from the VR version.

That's kind of a redundant question; from the very start Myst has been 3D rendered. It'll probably have multiple transport methods; node to node and free walking.

Not really redundant. There's a distinction to be made between the 2D pre-rendered ones and the realtime 3D ones.
You can almost guarantee it'll be 3D as in realtime. I don't think the pre-rendered "slideshow" style of the original 2D versions would lend itself well to VR, and the non-VR version isn't going to be substantially different.