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i think one of the biggest underlinings in just how bad the western industry has been about its own legacy is like. myst isnt just an old game. it was final fantasy vii before final fantasy vii. it was that fucking huge.

Sixfortyfive

@sixfortyfive.bsky.social

26 July

A big part of it is lack of respect and visibility for classic PC gaming. Myst did get ported to every CD-ROM format under the sun, but it never seemed to be as respected on any platform where the mouse wasn't the primary input device.

Ty Schalter

@tyschalter.com

iirc, a lot of hardcore pc gamers at the time were also like, “myst is a non-game for non-gamers”—so the people who should be its biggest champions today never cared for it at the time

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Sixfortyfive

@sixfortyfive.bsky.social

26 July

Oh absolutely. Even some classic adventure game fans (Sierra, etc.) looked down on it for not really having any failure states like older PC point-and-clicks did. Seen that crowd rag on it for being a dumbed-down iteration of the genre that was propped up by tech and nothing else.