It never ceases to amaze me how deep and great the lore and vibes of the Myst universe are.
Like, that shit is deeeep. They could have made a MILLION stories in this universe. It wouldn't even be hard!!! Even if you went "okay we're done telling stories about Atrus", the D'ni touched SO MANY worlds. There's no way Atrus' family are the only ones left. And there's no way they're the only ones who still have linking books. Those things gotta be scattered to the winds.
And yet, despite the literally endless possibilities for media in this universe, not even just point and click games, the devs finished Riven and went "we're done". I feel conflicted about that cause like, yeah. I respect it, a lot. Even making a series with infinite possibilies and going "nah", it takes integrity. That shit would prolly have printed money. (I know the Myst series continued and died, but not by the original devs, and the quality dipped because of it. Also it stuck to point and clicks, a genre that was dead as fuck, so that prolly didn't help)
But also on the other hand, I want my sandbox open world game where you can build libraries and write books and explore worlds.
Uru's probably the best of the post-Riven Myst games
though i'll admit it always bugged me how it messed with the lore of the novels, moving the Cleft from somewhere nebulously in the Middle East or perhaps Northern Africa to the American Southwest
