SPOILERS (possibly). Myst V half-done without doing anythi..

External Since: Oct 17, 2004 Posts: 11

Can you help me decide if I've found something I shouldn't have?
I've recovered half the tablets in Myst V without actually
solving anything (hardly) in the game at all. Try answering the
questions at the bottom with as few words as possible please.

I've found three instances of the linking book on Earth/D'ni and
visited the age they link to and the Bahro ages beyond. In the
ice age (I'm not very up with the names yet, I've only played a
few hours) I never left the first chamber, I glimpsed a symbol
from the tunnel mouth, tried it on the tablet which revelaed
another on the cavern floor. I tried that one on the astronomy
age's tablet. That took me to "the keep" (an orbiting space
station) where I could secure that tablet and partly release the
disc amulet thing. While I was there, I noticed that there was
a symbol illuminated on the space where the tablet associated
with Nobben would be.

I went back to Nobben and found that a Bahro was standing guard
over the place where I'd dropped the tablet. (It had nonsense
written on it from before I realised how they worked). The
Bahro would not scare away, but was gone the next time I started
the game. Anway, I took back the tablet and tried the symbol
you find immediately in the vicintiy of the linking post, which
made it rain. Next I tried the symbol I'd seen in "the keep"
which unlocked that part of the amulet.

So I'm 2/4 unlocked without the slightest challenge, surely
something is amiss. I also note that there are spaces for
rather more symbols on the tablets than I have recorded so far.
On the astronomy age tablet, I only ever got round to inscribing
one symbol, and now that tablet appears to be beyond my reach
for the rest of the game.

Is unlocking the amulet only a small part of the game?

If not, is it very unbalanced in terms of the amount of work you
have to do in the second half compared with the first?

Should I have seen the symbol which unlocked the Nobben part in
"the keep" or was that a bug?

Will I be in trouble as I try to unlock the other two sections
if I no longer have access to the Nobben or astronomy age
tablets on which to draw?

Thanks.

Neil

External Since: May 07, 2004 Posts: 18

In article <43b2ca42$0$63090$ed2e19e4@ptn-nntp-reader04.plus.net>,
"Neil" <neil DeleteThis @chapellane69.free-online.co.uk> wrote:

> I've found three instances of the linking book on Earth/D'ni and
> visited the age they link to and the Bahro ages beyond. In the
> ice age (I'm not very up with the names yet, I've only played a
> few hours) I never left the first chamber, I glimpsed a symbol
> from the tunnel mouth, tried it on the tablet which revelaed
> another on the cavern floor. I tried that one on the astronomy
> age's tablet. That took me to "the keep" (an orbiting space
> station) where I could secure that tablet and partly release the
> disc amulet thing. While I was there, I noticed that there was
> a symbol illuminated on the space where the tablet associated
> with Nobben would be.

Don't know if I understand what you mean - but the symbol that takes you to the
orbiting station isn't found in the "ice age". Your install seems to be buggy
or just weird.

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