Myst's spiritual successor offers a lot of the same delights as its 1993 forbear, but is hampered by litany of technical issues. It's a strange thing to think about now, but there was a time when Myst ...

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Spoiler Free Guarantee: Unlike a lot of virtual reality games, Obduction actually has a fairly involved plot and a mysterious game world with plenty of twists and turns to enjoy. Rest assured that all ...

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“Actually through the course of designing [Obduction], it swung back around much further to the spirit of Myst games than it ever was at first. It’s Myst in space,” says Cyan’s art director Eric ...

Getting stranded in an unknown world, with no explanation at all has definitely become unusual in today's video games, with most adventure titles holding players' hands so that they don't feel lost ...

A Kickstarter game delayed? Shocking, but true folks. On Tuesday, Cyan announced that Obduction, its spiritual successor to Myst, is delayed to early 2016. It’s something the company had been going ...

Myst creator Rand Miller wants to abduct you. Miller’s newest game, Obduction, raised $1,321,306 on Kickstarter, and follows in the legacy of Miller’s Myst and Raven, two now legendary PC puzzle games ...

Obduction's world — or, rather, worlds — can be confusing and more than a little daunting. Getting from the campground at the beginning to the explosive ending involves extensive teleporter travel and ...

Cyan, the studio behind Myst and Obduction, has announced Firmament, a steampunk adventure game for unannounced platforms. Here is an overview of the game, via its teaser website: From Cyan, the indie ...

I often got real, physical headaches while playing Obduction. Towards the end of the game, I’d regularly get completely stuck when trying to solve a puzzle, decide I was missing something vital to its ...

The town of Hunrath is displaced in time and space, a jumble of both the old and the new as well as the familiar and the exotic. Obduction is that kind of game as well. Obduction is the first ...