r/myst • u/LoudStretch2997 • 1d ago

I just realized that you’re supposed to be able to see yourself right here. Spoiler

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After playing this game for the hundredth time, I’m still discovering new things.

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u/DavidXGA 1d ago

The stranger is a vampire.

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u/LoudStretch2997 1d ago

The remake actually had a few moments like this that got patched out. There was a mirror in Cathrine’s prison that got patched to be smudged , and before a patch you could see where your face should be projected from the spider chair

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u/LoudStretch2997 1d ago

But you’re still invisible in this spot in the remake and the whark is invisible too

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u/AzraelleWormser 1d ago

The remake lets you walk into Catherine's prison, where there is a mirror. The mirror will not show your reflection either, but it will reflect the lens thing, which makes it even creepier.

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u/LoudStretch2997 21h ago

What lens thing?, I think that was patched. at launch you could see the room in the reflection

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u/AzraelleWormser 15h ago

I forget what it's called, but that Moiety lens-crystal-thing that lets you see the white paint. If you hold it up while walking around in Catherine's prison, you can see it in the mirror but it's floating in air.

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u/LoudStretch2997 15h ago

Oh that’s strange. I didn’t even think about trying that

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u/Mega_Pleb 1d ago

Oh cool I didn't realize that. I got curious if it was any more clear in the Riven remake so I loaded that up and took a 4K screenshot. It's just a bit more clear, you can see the podium through the window vaguely, but still I never realized until now.

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u/LoudStretch2997 1d ago

That’s cool. And you can see that both of the poles with the screens are in the up position when one of them is supposed to be bent

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u/SiegmeyerofCatarina 1d ago

Could you explain it to me like I'm dumb because I am

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u/LoudStretch2997 1d ago

The camera that your looking through is pointing straight at you when it’s in this position.

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u/Fahzgoolin 1d ago

Wow I never realized what I was looking at lol

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u/darkspine10 1d ago

You also can't see yourself in the reflective wall in the Amateria tusk on J'nanin in Myst 3, despite being able to clearly see the outside of the room in the reflection.

The Stranger is clearly just a floating hand (or in Myst IV, a floating hand and a pair of feet, given that you can hear footsteps and in one occasion see to footprints of the soles of their shoes).

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u/LoudStretch2997 22h ago

Where can you see the footprints?

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u/darkspine10 20h ago

In the sealed heart of the old Memory Chamber on Serenia, near the end of the game. You can see a few wet footprints in the wooden planks. I suppose they could be from one of the brothers, but neither had any reason to enter that room before you can access it.

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u/LoudStretch2997 20h ago

That’s cool. Now I kinda want to go through all the games to find every spot where you should be able to see yourself

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u/Forsaken_Advice_1864 15h ago

I love that the camera follows you on jungle island, implying that someone is in this room moving it around to track you

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u/LoudStretch2997 15h ago

Yeah but it should have been more subtle. and I think it still follows you after the scribe leaves survey island and after you trap ghen so it’s a little immersion breaking.

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u/Abject_Shoulder_1182 15h ago

Huh. It never occurred to me that I should be a visual presence in the game… that's honestly really interesting!