Uru: Ages Beyond Myst

 PC
  • Publisher: Ubisoft
  • Release Date: Nov 11, 2003
User Score
7.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 35 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 35
  3. Negative: 8 out of 35
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  1. AmitS.
    Feb 13, 2004
    1
    Easily the least engaging game since pong. actually, it's far more like taking a scantron test in one of the levels of purgatory than playing a game. if you liked the LSATs, you'll LOVE Uru . . .
  2. MiKE
    Jan 29, 2005
    4
    I didn't like this game, the whole idea of seeing yourself, turned me right off. This game doesn't feel like the myst series. Disappointment.
  3. JasonB.
    Feb 5, 2004
    1
    Another Ubi Soft fluff game. Nothing new here. Just another Ubi mediocre effort. Cyan had little to do with this one, obviously. The Rand Boys have sold out to the French. This game is weak.
  4. MystFan
    Dec 18, 2003
    4
    This game could have been grate but the user interface is so incredibly frustrating that you'll want to uninstall it after the first hour. The game is an ambitious attempt to update the Myst franchise, but it takes on too much. Don't buy this unless you have great patience for walking off cliffs, and getting stuck in tight places.
  5. 99dolar
    Jan 6, 2017
    4
    I wanted to like this game but I couldn't bear the game breaking bugs. Nevertheless, the game has great atmosphere and graphics beyond its age. I'm really sorry for not finishing this game.
  6. zkonedog
    Mar 4, 2017
    2
    When "URU" was first released, I (as a huge Myst fan) completely bought in. I pre-ordered the game, updated the family's computer video card (this game took some serious juice for its day), and was all set. Then I anxiously set off on the newest Myst adventure...and was severely disappointed within minutes.

    Easily the biggest disappointment from this game is the fact that it isn't a    When "URU" was first released, I (as a huge Myst fan) completely bought in. I pre-ordered the game, updated the family's computer video card (this game took some serious juice for its day), and was all set. Then I anxiously set off on the newest Myst adventure...and was severely disappointed within minutes.

    Easily the biggest disappointment from this game is the fact that it isn't a traditional Myst-canon story. Basically, it is your character exploring the ruins of the D'ni civilization. There really is no "story" to speak of whatsoever...only you exploring different worlds and collecting cloth squares.

    Also, the graphics are completely 3D-rendered in this one, not the traditional interactive still shots of the previous games. To me, this made the D'ni worlds look somewhat cheap and less-than-epic coming off the incredible beauty of the worlds we had seen to that point. Things just looked a bit cartoon-y and very un-Myst like.

    I realize that URU was supposed to be a great online experiment that failed miserably, thus rendering this game the "Chris Gaines" of the franchise (Garth Brooks fans will understand this reference quite clearly). I'll give it two stars because it isn't utterly terrible (exploring the first D'ni cleft even has its moments), but if you are expecting the great Myst images and storylines of the series up until that point, you will likely be as severely disappointed as I was.

    URU can easily be skipped in the Myst pantheon, with players moving right along to "Revelation".    … Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#59 Best PC Game of 2003
76
#76 Most Discussed PC Game of 2003
35
#35 Most Shared PC Game of 2003

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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. Cheat Code Central
    90
    Uru has some of the best graphics and sound of any game. The worlds seem alive. The imagination and talent of the artists would humble Salvidor Dali himself.
  2. Four Fat Chicks
    100
    Love it or hate it, I believe we will look back in five or ten years and see this as a watershed moment in our brief gaming history, in much the same way as the original 1993 “Myst” is now viewed.
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  3. GameSpot
    78
    A very good adventure game with impressive production values, but if it had actually shipped complete with the promised multiplayer, it perhaps could have been much more.
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