A beautiful home in Myst Online: Uru Live
When Uru Live was first announced, went into beta, shut down, and then was reborn on GameTap, we all had different dreams and visions of what it would be like. At its new home on GameTap, some are thrilled and others disappointed. I’m eager to see what Season 2 will be like and will suspend judgment until then; Uru Live is still in its infancy and it’s too early to judge. But here’s one part of Uru that I’m very pleased and surprised about:
When I first saw the deserted Relto in 2003, I wasn’t that excited about it. But now that the Age has grown through various Relto pages, it’s one of my favorite Ages. It’s great to be able to customize something, call it your own, have it look cool, and watch it change and grow over time.
That’s the way I look at Uru Live now that the first season has ended. I’m not sure if the multiplayer storytelling model will work, especially since Cyan Worlds (along with Presto and Ubisoft) have done such an excellent job with a single-person story. It’s not that I’m against multiplayer; I think cooperative gameplay is the future and the fun of gaming. It’s that everyone doesn’t get to experience the story the way it’s being told in Uru Live right now. While I love the concept of information being disseminated throughout Guilds, podcasts, and opinion leaders, I’m not sure if it will be fun. (Much like the idea that all of the Uru explorers get to cooperatively set the lake light level. Awesome concept, but baking pellets isn’t fun.) World of Warcraft has the opposite problem: New players stumble upon the endgame sequence as their just starting a quest since everyone gets to play the story.
I know Uru Live can be awesome. But in Season 2, I’ll start holding it to a higher standard of being awesome and fun.
On a lighter note, I don’t dream about Myst-related things that often, but last night I had a dream that I found a new Age with various new Relto pages. First, a page added the puffer spores from Eder Gira. Next, a page flooded Relto with water. Last, a page added the Cracken from Pirates of the Caribbean. This monster, beached on my Relto, barely fit. But I removed a sharp, spikey thing from around it’s neck causing it to instantly heal and walk into the surrounding water and go for a swim.
(Although I doubt these pages will be added, I’m glad my favorite Relto page from The Path of the Shell appeared in the Uru Live season finale.)
What do you think? What is your favorite Age in Uru Live? Do you wish more video game environments would change over time? What do you like or dislike about Uru Live? What real world places do you enjoy to explore?
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