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Pros
Pro Depth, aesthetics, and Worldbuilding
Myst had beautiful (for its time, astounding) art direction and music/sound design, and puzzles that had a real logic to them in most cases, that felt like a plausible part of the world, not just tacked onto it. Riven was even more this way. Riven was incredibly hard at times but really, really well thought out. in wordbuilding and credibility terms. The designers at Cyan clearly cared about building rich gameworlds with a real sense of history behind them, and it shows.
Cons
Con Tech of 1993 Myst is now 28 years old. There are more modern versions of it though.
Myst is now -as of fall 2021 - just over 28 years old. There are remakes however, the 2021 VR version actually looks quite nice for the most part even by modern standards. But the original 1993 UI and visuals are of course dated and not ideal as a Myst experience for new players aside from being a good history lesson.