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Posted July 22, 2011
As our catalog gets bigger and better every week, it's easy to lose track of some of the awesome games that we have to offer. We've been running one day "Gaming Gem" promos for a while now to highlight some classic titles that don't get the love of some of our best-known blockbusters like Baldur's Gate or Duke Nukem 3D. To celebrate summer, for the next two weeks until July 25th, we're going to run a Gaming Gem promo every day, so you can rediscover these lesser-known classics! Grab that plastic toy shovel and dig out gem after gem over the next 18 days. We think every game we're going to be offering on our Summer GOG.com Gem Extravaganza will be an excellent title, and we hope you give them all a try.

Today’s hidden gem is [url=http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/uru_complete_chronicles]Uru: Complete Chronicles, the ultimate Myst. Initially designed to be played online. As all Myst series games this is more than an adventure game, it’s a real quest. You’re on an island exploring ancient ruins where everything has to be cracked and solved by your brain. It also features a rich character creator and either a first or a third person camera. No inventory means no pixel hunting and only the brilliant and outright oldschool logic puzzles are a treat for any fan of the genre. Even if you’re not a fan, this promo is the best chance to become one! The D’ni civilization created Linking Books, magical gates to other realms which are called “Ages”. Each one of them has a different “feel” and you must visit them all to fulfill the ancient prophecy before it’s too late!

This game features fully real-time rendered 3D graphics, complete with a physics engine which is creatively used in the puzzles as well.The whole musical side of Uru, and especially the ambient bits that complete the mysterious atmosphere, are a bigger treat than the superb graphics. Uru: Complete Chronicles includes Uru: Ages Beyond Myst and the expansion packs The Path of the Shell and To D'ni.

Don’t miss out on this Cyan Worlds hidden gem, get it now only for $3.99 for the next 24 hours!
Posted July 22, 2011
I'd totally buy it, but... already have it.

It is a great Myst game and I had a lot of fun with it.
Posted July 22, 2011
Hmm I may get it in the future, if GOG also gets Myst 3, 4 and 5.

Then yes, I will buy Uru.
Posted July 22, 2011
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Posted July 22, 2011
I also already have this and I'm still waiting to the rest of the series.
Posted July 22, 2011
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SladeStrife: i belive so i played URU back when it was on gametap and only kinda dabbled with myst and this was what got me to get myst and play threw it then riven and then pyst {but that was just for comedy value lol}
I never did play pyst always wanted to hope gog get that up one day, hopefully for not too much though.
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amcdermo: Spam. Spam. Spam. Spam.
you do know you can rate it low and click the report spam button next to the post? Just saying although you have now put that Monty Python song in my head now.
Post edited July 22, 2011 by deonast
Posted July 22, 2011
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Spellbreaker1979: You dont have the both addons avail in the free online version, only the basic game.
No this is not true. The free online version has both expansions and some extra content (ages and stuff). But the plot is arranged somewhat differently and some puzzles are designed to require multiple users to be solved.

This version (single player) has both expansions and all puzzles are solvable by one person.
Posted July 22, 2011
The main difference bewteen URU:CC and MOULA is that Complete Chronicles it's strictly a single player experience.

Beyond that there are other differences, some minor others not so much, like those in POTS, but anyone interested in checking out some of those differences can always convert MOULA's Ages into URU. Myst V Ages can also be converted for URU CC and fan made Ages can be downloaded and installed.

Edit: Oh yeah, just to clarify, a tool is required to convert and download Ages, a very handy free tool called Drizzle.
Post edited July 22, 2011 by Namur
Posted July 22, 2011
Looks awesome, but I'm not quite sure I want it just yet. I still have all day to make up my mind though :3
Posted July 22, 2011
Post edited July 22, 2011 by SpirlaStairs
Posted July 22, 2011
Been on my wishlist for a long time now

The price is great so I got it :)
Posted July 22, 2011
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amcdermo: Spam. Spam. Spam. Spam.
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deonast: you do know you can rate it low and click the report spam button next to the post? Just saying although you have now put that Monty Python song in my head now.
Where do you see this "report spam" button?
Posted July 22, 2011
This game has always looked interesting to me, but I absolutely suck at adventure games. I've heard that the Myst games are really quite difficult. Is this game just as difficult?
Posted July 22, 2011
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mgol: Where do you see this "report spam" button?
After you've rated a post negatively you get the option to report it as spam.
Posted July 22, 2011
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Daedalus1138: This game has always looked interesting to me, but I absolutely suck at adventure games. I've heard that the Myst games are really quite difficult. Is this game just as difficult?
I need to get back into this series. I have played 1 - 3 and started, but not finished, URU on several occasions. URU is a beautiful world. Far, far ahead of its time in the visual department. The puzzles are a combination of both easy and hard IMHO. Most adventure games are like: (objective: open the door). (solution: find the piece of wax paper to slide under the door, find the broken fork to knock the key out of the lock into the other side of the room, slide out the wax paper that the key fell on so you can open the lock). But even then, you will try to use the wax paper on the door but it won't work because you first didn't peel an orange in the kitchen. :/

Myst's puzzles are more like deciphering a fictitious language to get a code and then solve a math problem using the alphabet and code to unlock a door. (more analytical, but in the end it makes more sense than peeling an orange to make the next completely unrelated puzzle solution workable, especially since you already learned that wax paper doesn't work on the door, so you don't think to go back and try it again after every meaningless action) :(

Since each game has been scrutinized and played to death over the years you should have no problem finding walkthroughs that help with any problem.

All in all I would recommend the game to most people. If you haven't played them all, each game has a great story and really neat game world. For $3.99, I say its a definite yes, even if you are on the fence.

Good luck in your decision.
Post edited July 22, 2011 by user deleted
Posted July 22, 2011
This game has been free to download for a quite long time.
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