Myst IV: Revelation
Myst IV: Revelation is a Point and Click, Adventure, Exploration, Atmospheric, Casual, and Single-player video game offered by Ubisoft Montreal. The game serves as the fourth title in the series of Myst and offers similar gameplay to the previous releases by introducing new features. While inspecting the world, the player views the surroundings from a first-person perspective.
During the gameplay, the player takes on the role of an unnamed protagonist as a stranger who explores different worlds called Ages. The player needs to solve many puzzles, reveal numerous secrets, and to find clues of each age. The player can roam freely in every world and can rotate the view in any direction. The game comes up with Zip mode that allows the player to skip nodes and move to advance.
All the actions and movements of the player depend on the cursor that moves as a hand on the screen, and the player clicks to act; for example, to zoom in, the cursor contains a magnifying glass where the player needs to hold the cursor. The player can push, pull, and tap on items by the use of the cursor. The player needs to solve the puzzles to get to advance through the gameplay.
The game allows the player to utilize a camera and capture images to get a review of the clues and important items and can get these images at any time of the gameplay. The player can review all gathered information at any stage when requires. The player can reveal the mysteries by using an amulet that possesses the ability to flashback the moments attached to the objects. The game has core features, such as Zip Mode, Different Ages, A Camera, An Amulet, Several Puzzles, and First-person Perspective.
#1 Obduction
Obduction is an Adventure, Puzzle-based, Exploration, and Single-player video game played from a First-person Perspective, developed and published by Cyan Worlds. The game is considered as the successor to Myst and Riven, the previous adventure games by Cyan Worlds. It takes place in the strange world, and the story revolves around the protagonist, who finds himself transported to strange alien worlds with some human elements. During the game, the player explores the environment from a first-person viewpoint and attempt to solve the mind-bending puzzles to unearth the way to return home. According to the storyline, the protagonist sees the strange lights in the sky. One light resolves into an object that immobilizes the protagonist, causing to blackout. The task of the player is to find the way to his home by solving the tricky puzzles. The game is played out as an adventure game from a first-person viewpoint, has the player navigating the landscapes of different worlds. With immersive features, addictive gameplay, detailed graphics, and superb mechanics, Obduction is the best game to play.
#2 Firewatch
Firewatch is a First-person Action, Adventure and Mystery video game. The game takes the players back to the year 1989 and leaves them right in the middle of the Shoshone National Forest and lets them be Fire Lookout named as Henry. The game revolves around two main characters, Henry and Delilah, Henry’s Supervisor and tells the story of a mystery that formed over a Conspiracy. Firewatch is full of mysterious incidents, happenings, and all the pondering situations. According to the storyline, Henry works as a Fire Lookout, Delilah Assists him as a Supervisor and the story is about finding the roots of mystery that rocked the minds of the characters of the game. It all starts when Delilah Calls on Henry to investigate an illegal Firework at a Lake. Henry reaches to the spot only to find out two teenage girls Skinny Dipping who blame him for leering. On his way back to his watch tower, Henry finds a Cave locked and sees the shadows of a shrouded figure, returns to his Watch Tower and finds it completely ransacked. Next day, Henry gets to Communication line where he finds it cut along with a note from the girls. He plots to scare them away but finds their Camp abandoned. Some time later, on another location, Henry finds a Disposable Camera that belongs to Brian, son of Ned, the outdoorsman, and a fellow Fire lookout. Brian and Ned are both missing. This is where player’s character gets into the play. The game tasks the players to search for Brian, and Ned and the mission Girls, and solve the Mystery that’s bothering Henry big time. Firewatch is all about mysteries and amazing happenings that lead to an epic open world gameplay. With a great story, plenty of room for the gameplay, open world environment, fantastic characters and their own stories, Firewatch offers a remarkable and kind of twisted gameplay to enjoy. For all those who love playing mystery games, Firewatch would definitely be a great source of entertainment.
#3 Fract OSC
Fract OSC is a Music-based First-person Puzzle-platform and Exploration video game. The game throws you into the midst of forgotten places and tasks you to explore, interact with objects and uncover the secrets of a world built totally on the sound and music. Your task is to simply gather up the parts and build the broken and dismantled machinery by solving some complex puzzles and bring the world to life again. The machines you’ll build will start producing music and other different sounds and that sounds will eventually recreate the world. Fract OSC offers a beautifully created Open World that you can explore, solve some classic music-based puzzles and enjoy the stunning and quite mesmerizing visuals, addictive game-play and all the things around you. Try this fantastic Art and Exploration filled Puzzle-Platform video game and entertain yourself for hours. Fract OSC is fun to play.
#4 Proteus
Proteus is a great Action-Adventure, Puzzle Platform and Exploration-based video game by Twisted Tree. The game takes you to an amazing dream-like world and leaves you on an island where you as the player will have to interact with objects, explore and solve some challenging puzzles in order to complete the game objectives. Proteus offers a procedurally generated game map and lets you experience traveling through the superbly designed valleys, ruins and a lot of other amazing wonders. With super fine graphics, amazing story and an immersive and engaging game-play, Proteus is one of the best Action-Adventure and Puzzle-Platform video games.