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Explore vast worlds! Solve scores of mind-bending puzzles!
From Cyan Worlds, the makers of Myst and Riven, Uru: Ages Beyond Myst is the next chapter of the Myst franchise and the most immersive and ambitious Myst experience ever created. The single-player game will be bigger, better, and more innovative than any of the previous Myst adventures. Players can move at their own pace, spending hours discovering visually stunning, real-time 3D worlds, solving a large variety of mind-challenging puzzles, and following an epic storyline. Players can continue to discover new areas of D'ni by connecting to Uru Live, the online service of Uru. There, players will be part of an ever-expanding world that brings more areas to explore and more mysteries to solve.
The story of the D'ni civilization: It began when they established their underground empire on Earth some 10,000 years ago. While living beneath the Earth's surface, the D'ni practiced what they called the "Art of Writing," which enabled them to create links to incredible, alternate worlds of fantastic variety called "Ages," to which they could travel through "Linking Books." The D'ni people thrived for thousands of years, but later met with a great catastrophe that all but ended their civilization. Their vast cavern was left uninhabited, and their Linking Books and Ages seemed lost forever. Then, in the late 1980s, a few humans from the surface discovered that cavern. One of these humans was Elias Zandi. He devoted the rest of his life to exploring and, eventually, restoring that ancient city in the D'ni cavern, preparing to one day reveal their discovery to those who were suddenly feeling irresistibly drawn to the cavern. When he passed away in 1996, his legacy was divided between a foundation that he set up and his only son, Jeff Zandi. The foundation came to be known as the DRC (D'ni Restoration Council). As their name implies, they took on the task of physically restoring the ruins of the D'ni cavern. If you choose to visit the cavern at some point, you're sure to run into them. Jeff Zandi, on the other hand, was interested in learning why the D'ni civilization fell in the first place. He continued studying the teachings of Yeesha, by far the most talented of all the D'ni writers, and daughter of Atrus and Catherine. After years of learning, the younger Zandi is finally comfortable bringing others to an uru (a D'ni word meaning "large gathering" or "grand community"). On your way to the cavern, if you decide to join us, it might be a good idea for you to learn some of the great teachings of Yeesha. Experience the adventure of a lifetime, Uru: Ages Beyond Myst.
Secrets of the past must be uncovered, secrets of the present must be understood, and secrets of the future must be revealed.
Experience a new freedom of movement, a first for the Myst franchise
Explore each unique age in real-time 3D, moving your character effortlessly through the world without pointing and clicking. Create a realistic character
Choosing from a wide variety of facial and clothing features, you will be able to create a male or female avatar that you will use to explore the world. The range of character options allows you to appear the way you look, or the way you want to look.
Explore the mysterious and graphically intense world of Uru
Whether it's the single-player adventure or sharing the experience online with other players, Uru's work-of-art style graphics will immerse and captivate you like never before.
Follow an epic storyline
At the request of Yeesha, the eccentric daughter of Atrus, you'll journey through a variety of different ages, and discover the lost civilization of the D'ni people. As the story unfolds, you'll be drawn deeper into the D'ni™ civilization, and if you choose to continue online, the journey expands even further.
The adventure continues online
With Uru Live, the online service of Uru, you can explore new ages and areas of the D'ni civilization, unravel new mysteries, participate in the ongoing story, and adventure in a world that continually changes and expands. Exciting new content will be downloaded regularly, providing an adventure experience that is fresh and ever-changing.
"Uru shatters the boundaries of what an adventure title is supposed to be."
- Game Informer Magazine
- Operating System: Windows XP/ME/2000/98SE (only)
- Processor: Intel Pentium III 800 MHz or AMD Athlon (Pentium IV or Athlon 2 GHz or greater recommended)
- RAM: 256 MB RAM
- Video Card: 32 MB NVIDIA GeForce 1, 2, 3, 4, or FX; ATI Radeon 7000-9800 or better
- Sound Card: DirectX 8.1-compatible sound card (DirectX 8.1-compatible EAX 3.0 recommended)
- DirectX Version: DirectX 8.1 (included on disc)
- CD-ROM: 4X CD-ROM drive or faster (not recommended for use with CD-RWs)
- Monitor: 800x600 resolution, 16-bit color monitor (1280x1024 resolution recommended)
- Hard Drive Space: 2 GB (4 GB recommended)
- Peripherals Supported: 101-key standard keyboard; two-button mouse
- Internet Connection: Not required (ADSL/Cable modem recommended)
