Quote Originally Posted by maynard View Post
funny, I said in a earlier post that I had in fact played an adventure game once before, way back in the day (play station era) and it was riven Lol... I was looking at the screen pics on steam and I remember some of them. I bought it, but was wondering if it matters if I play riven before I play myst? is 1 better then the other? am I screwing myself by playing riven first?
play them in order. you need the story

Quote Originally Posted by hallwagner View Post
nope, doesnt really matter. theres basically no clear story lines in myst/riven. thats what makes it sooo cool as a mysterious game that u never have any real idea what the fuck is going on when ur playing it
you don't have the story to begin with, you just figure out what happened as you go

Quote Originally Posted by StarsMine View Post
Well Riven is considered the hardest of all the myst games. as for the story,
There isnt much of a story in myst but an amazing environment to look though and a deep back story that really has no impact on the gameplay.
don't spoil the story dude!