Warp wrote:
>   I have two games of the series, and both are too difficult for my taste.

I'd be happy to give hints. Playing Riven without playing Myst is sort 
of like coming into a soap opera in the middle, tho. Lots of the fun is 
seeing how it links back to what you learned in Myst.

There's also a great web site called "UHS" (Universal Hint System, I 
think). Google for "UHS Riven". You ask a question like "How do I work 
the elevator?" The first hint will be "It needs something somewhere 
else." The second will be "you already passed it getting to the 
elevator." The third will be "It needs a power source." The fourth will 
be "The power source is electrical."  By the time you get to the 15th 
hint or so, you have a pretty complete walkthru on how to solve that one 
puzzle.

Which particular part did you get stuck on? One of the things I liked 
about Riven was that when I got stuck, and then later figured it out, it 
was like a "duh!" moment. Oh, well of course! That was obvious! (Like, 
where the dome on the island with the frogs is, for example; that took 
me quite some time to figure out.) But there were some really unobvious 
things, yeah.

Exile, I thought, was a bit more straightforward. Pretty obvious what 
you're supposed to do (except right at the end). At least you know what 
the goal of each age is. :-)

If you find Riven difficult, I'd suggest staying far away from 
Revelation. The skinny brother's Age (sirus?) was pretty much impossible 
to figure out without cheating. :-)

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     It's not feature creep if you put it
     at the end and adjust the release date.

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