Riven (iPhone version) Reviews – Page 4
5/5 rating based on 50 reviews. Read all reviews for Riven (iPhone version).
Riven (iPhone version) is paid iOS app published by Cyan Worlds, Inc
Pixelated mess
The Witch Doctor
Basically you're donating $4 to Cyan, as the game is unplayable. Riven makes use of cleverly disguised buttons and subtle cues which are lost within the iOS version's overly-compressed images. The images are so heavily pixelated that it breaks immersion and reduces these subtle cues to smudges on a heavily artifacted image. Unplayable; waste of money.
Lossy Pixelization
traveltoromantis
I understand that they needed to reduce the size of this app, but at what cost? The images that looked stunning on the original release now look like they all have horrible, lossy JPEG artifacts. The release of the original Myst on iOS didn't have this problem, though those images were obviously a lot less detailed. Unfortunately, with this release of Riven, the pixelation of the images seriously detracts from what is otherwise an amazing game. It's not worth it and I regret purchasing.
What a waste
Opie1964
A waste of time, a waste of money & a waste of a great games reputation. Can't give it zero stars, so it gets only one.
Awesome
XaviorW
It was great to play this game again. The Myst series are perfect for iPhones and iPads. Touchscreen coupled with great graphics = great game. Even if you haven't played Myst yet, this is worth it.
Riven is the best
Film making buffoon
This game is extremely difficult so if you don't like hard puzzle games, this is not right for you. This is one of my favorite games because of its acting (mostly Gehn's) and incredibly detailed plot. This is a sequel 8 times better than the original Myst.
I love Riven, but iPhone app needs a little fixing.
Βrian K.
I love Riven — a classic and all around great game — however, the iPhone app suffers from over-compression of both still imagery and video. They should try to achieve the same overall file size target with more modern compression techniques for higher quality. Also, the settings/save screen is rather poor and needs some love; no reason for that to be lacking the fit-n-finish it deserves.
Cyan lives on
viewcamera
This works fine on an iphone6. In fact it is more beautiful than the windows release some twenty years ago. It is not as polished as the3D MYST iOS release, though eminently playable. After a couple decades, it was intriguing to see it again. Riven is truly one of the all time great computer games. Play it if you dare.
Needs to be updated!
au42
The original version of this is probably fine for earlier iPhones, but on the latest models it looks very aged. The compression in images is very evident, and I feel as if they should use the iPad version resources for the latest platforms with high resolution screens.
Super Annoying Gameplay
chadderguy
Borderline unplayable the way the screen tapping function doesn't work with many of the puzzles - you're apt to miss pretty obvious clues because when you tap on something seems evidential nothing happens- because he game design is flawed for touch screen and because the zoom in feature causes countless issues with functionality while your working on a puzzle. can't tell you how much extra time i e wasted wrestling with that stupid zoom in feature. beautiful game. wish to god i didn't decide to play it on the phone instead of desktop.