Hi all. I recently discovered I cannot get my old Myst masterpiece edition cd-rom to play on my current laptop. So I want to buy Myst on GOG.com, but I'm having trouble deciding which version of Myst to get: the Masterpiece Edition, RealMyst, OR RealMyst: Masterpiece Edition for a little more money.

I'm just looking for peoples' opinions on which they think is best. I never played either the masterpiece edition or RealMyst. I just played the regular old original Myst years ago. It looks like the masterpiece edition has a kinda cool intro with an excerpt from the first book? But the graphics on RealMyst look beautiful, and I like the 360 degree movement idea. Should I spend that little extra to get both all in one? Thanks for any help deciding.

Myst Masterpiece is the snapshot-style game and is point-and-click.
The other two use realtime 3D "FPS-style" movement and are not point-and-click.
None of them use the type of 360 degree movement you see in the Atlantis games.

"RealMyst Masterpiece" has heftier system requirements, and might run chuggy on a laptop. It ran chuggy on my desktop with an ATI Radeon 7700 graphics card, and I never finished the game.

RealMyst and RealMyst Masterpiece have an extra Age -- the Rime Age -- at the end. Rime Age is not very long, but the snow is interesting.

If you don't get motion sickness and don't mind keyboard control, I'd recommend the old RealMyst for a laptop. The animations of the fish in the Stoneship basement are interesting. Unfortunately the fish in the RealMyst Masterpiece edition were a disappointment.

Check YouTube videos to see what they look like. If you have a huge, $3000+ gamer laptop you could consider RealMyst Masterpiece, but some people like the colors in the original RealMyst (and the fish).

THank you for all the info, Jenny! RealMyst has keyboard controls? Hmm, I'm not a hug fan of that.

It gives you the choice of keyboard or the holding-down-the-button-while-aiming-the-mouse controls. It's not point-and-click, but there is a mouse option.

Hi Tristy,
I have played each and every one of the Myst games. My favorite is still the original Myst, but REALMYST makes things really "come alive". Up to the RIME Age, Realmyst is basically the same content, but with awesome graphics. Even though Realmyst Masterpiece Edition, which I have also played, has a little better graphics, I would stick with Realmyst.
Sandy

Oh ok, Jenny, thank you!

Thanks Sandy! Does the regular Masterpiece Edition have any other interesting extras, besides just the little prologue at the beginning with the excerpt from the Myst book??

I also purchased and played the Regular Masterpiece Edition, Tristy. Although the graphics were only slightly better than in the Original Myst, It was a complete waste of time.I bought that "newer" version of Myst from GOG when it was on sale, so I didn't waste TOO much money on it. Realmyst is another story. The graphics are gorgeous and the navigation is much easier than in the original and regular Masterpiece. I know that you are concerned about the Keyboard navigation, but it's really easy once you do it a few times. You are allowed MUCH MORE movement, and you can go to places that you could NOT go to in the Original Myst game. Now, REALMYST MASTERPIECE EDITION had a litle better graphics than in REALMYST. I only bought Realmyst Masterpiece out of curiosity, and I enjoyed it as well. BOTH versions run very well on my "ancient dinosaur" WIN XP computer, mainly because I had upgraded my video card to a much better one, a few years ago. I hope this helps you to make a decision, and ABOVE ALL,-------HAPPY GAMING.
Sandy

OK, thank you both for all the info. I think I've made my decision then. RealMyst it is.