I just got finished with beating Riven for the first time. I adored the way the game seeped into my real life with pages of notes about the world I was discovering. Are there any other games that can match this feeling? That really work best when you have a journal in hand?

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[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I played that long ago (I had a MM1-5 collection on a CD-ROM).

I finished the Clouds of Xeen side without much trouble, I was even surprised when I realized I had found that part's ending (I think, anyway). But I never could do any progress on Darkside... Not sure what I was missing.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Darkside is considerably harder. It's easier when you finish Clouds first but you quickly reach a point where it also gets harder. I think a balanced party composition is also even more important.

When I was a child I didn't understand that it was turn based. So whenever there was a monster I rapidly clicked the fight button without much regard to strategy. Made it even harder. Don't think I managed to beat either game back then.

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 1 points 6 days ago

I thought that too for a while! I had played Lands of Lore first, and I just assumed MM worked the same way.

I liked Lands of Lore a lot, but it terrified me at times.