TIME Top 10 Video Games 2003: Uru: Ages Beyond Myst

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You find yourself lost in the middle of the New Mexico desert, near a strange rift in the earth, with no explanation of why or how you got there. A pudgy-looking guy in a trailer home encourages you to explore the rift.

After a while, you dig up a magical book that whisks you away to your new home, an island in the clouds. So begins Uru (PC, $50), the fourth game in the classic Myst series.

Like its predecessors, Uru is a gently paced puzzle-solving game set in a beautiful, ethereal fantasy world. Good memory and analytical skills will help you unlock the secrets of the D'ni, a mysterious 10,000-year-old human civilization. Here, you're on the hunt for more linking books, each of which opens the door to a new D'ni world, or Age. Unlike its predecessors, Uru is utterly immersive—a universe that seems as sentient as if you were really there. Thanks to an online multiplayer version, the D'ni Ages are constantly updated, and friends can get lost in Uru together.


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BY CHRIS TAYLOR

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