The Path of the Shell - June 23 Release [now July 13]

[Elkae]

Click here for more (http://mystworlds.ubi.com/US/).

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[Elkae]

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[Kriox]

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Neato...

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[DeeDee.Bee]

Whooo Hooo!! Here I was dreaming http://img17.photobucket.com/albums/v51/DeeDee.Bee/daydream.gif of a great Christmas gift and it seems it will be out in time for my birthday in July instead!! YAY!!

I am ready to link right in there!! http://img17.photobucket.com/albums/v51/DeeDee.Bee/link.gif

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[Kuhlade]

I am concerned with the wording:

"A complete set of all three Uru titles: "Myst Uru: Complete Chronicles" will also be released, and will consist of: Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, To D'ni, and The Path of the Shell. This will be a very valuable addition to all Myst fans' collections!"

Could this mean there will be no more expansions after X-2?

Chloe on Achenar
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[Elkae]

Kuhlade, that's the way *I* read it ... was afraid to say it out loud for fear it was true.

[siemerh]

I would assume as long as it is well received and PROFITABLE http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/images/smiley/11.gif the expansions will continue.

Where is it written?

[OneMagMile]

Boy, I hope not. Think of all the empty slots in the bookcase in Relto - there's room for a lot more expansion packs!

[Cierdwyn]

Excellent!

Looks like there's a St. Swithin's day in June this year ... http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/images/smiley/16x16_smiley-very-happy.gif

Cierdwyn

[aedude_01]

It does kind of sound like it will be the last expansion pack.... However, need I remidn everyone that there have been numerous combo packs of Myst, Riven, and Exile put together over the years, so maybe its just a marketing ploy. Kind of buy the expanison and if you dont have the game we'll throw it in as a bonus?

However, concerning the name. It's REALLY LAME. I'm a huge CYAN fan, I mean I skipped a weak of school, faking illness w RIVEN and EXILE came out. But "Path of the Shell"? WTF? Let's be a little more creative and mysterious. Whoever created the tile, seriously needs to consider a different career path. How about one of these titles: URU: Expedition, URU: The Expedition Continues, or URU: Revelations

Lee

[Goofling]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by aedude_01:
I skipped a weak of school, faking illness w RIVEN and EXILE came out<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Hmmmm. What that the week your classmates were taught to spell "week?" http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/images/smiley/16x16_smiley-wink.gif

Please forgive me! I have too much fun with typos. http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/images/smiley/16x16_smiley-very-happy.gif

As for the bundle: Why call it "complete" if it's not "complete?" http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/images/smiley/52.gif


*thinks*
I hate it when I end each paragraph with an emoticon. http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/images/smiley/blink.gif

D'oh!

[DeeDee.Bee]

I may be just an optomist, but I don't read it that way, at all. http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif I think it is just the new packaging for Uru, and they have included the 2 XPs as a special deal, or as the "complete" collection of initial release of the game, to include the online content, developed prior to the cancelation of live. We KNEW they had to repackage the Prime Uru, since the box talks about the multiplayer online game so much, so that doesn't necessarily rule out additional expansion packs! If the first retail XP sells well, I believe they will make more of them, if not, who can blame them for not doing so. TELL EVERY MYST FAN YOU KNOW to buy it!! http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/images/smiley/16x16_smiley-tongue.gif

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[Mr Zebe D]

Perhaps it can be rephrased as The complete set to date?

[donna_marie]

Hi All, I hope it's not the last. I am looking forward to it's release though. I like the title path of the shell http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/images/smiley/16x16_smiley-very-happy.gif

[Srikandi]

"Path of the Shell" would be plenty mysterious, if we hadn't played XPack1. When Zandi first posted that text on the DRC forum, we were scratching our heads for weeks. Most thought it had something to do with the egg room http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

I'm pinning this so everybody gets the good news.

Sri's Relto (http://members.cox.net/srikandi/Uru/)

[maztec]

Nah, a "complete set" or "complete collection" simply means it will have all of the Uru software to date. That's a good thing. I'd hate buying the game with Uru and X2 to find out I have to download X1. Or to buy Uru and find out I need to download X1 and buy X2 on top of it. Or any other number of unpleasant why-spend-more scenarios.

Maz

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[johnfchandler]

"Path of the Shell" - Sounds like George Lucas is and Uru Consultant.

"Down the Rabbit Hole", it's a little corny, but it invokes a feeling that 'you ain't seen nothing yet'.

I believe the Shell will lead us to the Beach...

JFC

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[DeeDee.Bee]

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[sowkrdan]

Looks like I have the perfect "from me, to you, for me" gift for my wife's birthday.

Don't forget that hardly any software title actually comes out on the first announced release date. So don't lock yourself into sick days yet!!

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[DeeDee.Bee]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by sowkrdan:
Looks like I have the perfect "from me, to you, for me" gift for my wife's birthday.

Don't forget that hardly any software title actually comes out on the first announced release date. So don't lock yourself into sick days yet!!

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Better be careful sowkrdan, you just might get a new dress for YOUR birthday!! http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/images/smiley/88.gif

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[KaokanDBZ]

This is awesome... the only bad thing about it is that it comes out AFTER my birthday! (The 19th of June)

Poo.

[Srikandi]

Yes, DeeDee -- we got new titles, AND they doubled our salary! From $0 to... oh, wait! http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/images/smiley/16x16_smiley-mad.gif

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[aedude_01]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by KaokanDBZ:
This is awesome... the only bad thing about it is that it comes out AFTER my birthday! (The 19th of June)

Poo.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

OMG! You're kidding me, my birthday is the 19th of June too :-)
I'll be 21, and you? ;-)

Lee

[-Ashtar-]

This is terrific news. I'm sure all of the Uru fans will be anxiously awaiting the "Path". And I did say something about 3 months should be the maximum between the expansion packs, so I get to be right for once. http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/images/smiley/blink.gif http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

[biggie_101]

june.... damn- that's too long...

but- hey i suppose the longer we wait the better it will be

so let's all get our hopes up and put some hardcore pressure on Cyan and Ubisoft



so.. who else knows the HQ of Cyan- just in case

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Back in the whom it's much to real.. in pumps life that I must feel.
But can't look forward to reveal- look to the time when I lived.

Fed through the tube that sticks in me, just like a wartime novelty.

Tied to machines that make me be..cut this life out from me..

[Nick_tl]

Superb can't wait till June hopefully if enough of us purchase the expansion packs willcontinue, and in some ways its avid followers like me that will make up the "new" numbers as barriers to entry so far new PC broadband etc had prevented me from taking the journey and so...

To D,ni PLAN

May 9th (birthday)try to jusitfy new computer
June get Path of the shell
Rest of the year dissapear to D,ni :-))

I am sure that I have read elsewhere that adding a graphics card to a laptop is impossible? hence the need for the new PC

Nick_tl also known as terrapin

[Cordie]

This is excellent timing - it's just two days after my birthday and I can wait two days for something that is worth waiting for.

I just hope it's released in the UK at the same time as it's released in the US - otherwise I will be mad http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/images/smiley/16x16_smiley-mad.gif

The fact that we still have three months to go makes me think that it will actually be released pretty much on schedule - afterall they have three months to get it de-bugged and working properly. Still I have been known to be wrong before so no doubt I will be wrong again http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/images/smiley/blink.gif

Like Maztec, I believe that the Complete Chronicles title is just a way of getting the original game and both the Expansion Packs bundled into one. It doesn't mean that there will be no more to come, it's just that that is all there is at the moment.

When they bundled Myst, Riven and Exile into one pack that didn't mean that there would not be any more games to follow - it just meant that was all there was at that point in time.

Now I just hope I'm right about that one http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/images/smiley/16x16_smiley-very-happy.gif

Cordelia

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[subumbra]

Cordelia

Don't know if you are aware of the fact that Uru was released here in the UK one day BEFORE it was released in the States. http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif This bodes well for "The Path" I think. Let's keep our fingers crossed. http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

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[Cordie]

Yes I did know that and I think that Cyan are about the only people who treat the Europeans the same as they treat everyone else http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Sadly that doesn't apply to any other game that I want to buy - such as Syberia II http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/images/smiley/16x16_smiley-mad.gif

Cordelia

http://img19.photobucket.com/albums/v58/Riven/umbrella2.gif When taking the leap of faith be sure to have your umbrella with you!

[KaokanDBZ]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by aedude_01:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by KaokanDBZ:
This is awesome... the only bad thing about it is that it comes out AFTER my birthday! (The 19th of June)

Poo.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

OMG! You're kidding me, my birthday is the 19th of June too :-)
I'll be 21, and you? ;-)

Lee<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Ah, I'm only going to be 19. How crazy! Same birthday! w00t w00t! http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[Kestryll]

This should work out almost splendidly for me. I'll be back from my out of country trip for over a week. Should be plenty of time to save up a little spending cash by then.

Sweet! http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/images/smiley/11.gif

[sloanie977]

Well, thats good news. & this time I promise not to look at any hints. Are my fingers still crossed.
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[chorner]

... if this expansion pack is anything like To D'ni, then it might be of no surprise that this next pack will "complete" the URU series.

Is it just me, or was the 'free' pack horrible? "Lets calibrate the great Zero, trying to find markers without a compass; then progressing to make all 3 functions of the compass work on the final calibration to float away in some magical blue dust"

The graphics again were gorgeous, the music, gorgeous. The gameplay? What a joke. Luckily it was free, because if I had to pay for it I would have been really peeved. Theres nothing I love more than running around back and fouth, watching load screens -still, even with the speed of my system it was annoying- trying to find friggen randomly placed markers.

Where is the puzzle? Where is the intellect needed to "solve" the problem of turning on the power to the place? Calibration? hahaha.

That was sad ... and now that I've used up my $40 gift cert. from UBI on SplinterCell Pandora Tomorrow (which I obtained free by complaining about URU in the first place) well I guess that means I won't be spending any money on the URU expansion.

I just see no compelling reason while not being an URU "obessesion". Which I'm afraid will be the only real audience; because the "game" -more like digital hike- is horrid aside from the graphics and sound.

[Cordie]

Well I actually enjoyed finding those final 4 callibration markers because I did think there was some skill involved in working out the co-ordinates and finding out where they were http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Sorry, but I thought XP1 was very good and am really looking forward to XP2.

Still everyone is entitled to their own opinions.

Cordelia

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[chorner]

By skill I hope you mean 'trial and error' *grin*

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[Coronagold]

My only complaint with XP1 was it was too short. But for a freebie, I wasn't expecting more than what we got. However, I loved its gameplay. I'm really looking forward to XP2.

[eddiejc1]

I don't mean to be a pain, but can anybody tell me when there is going to be a Mac version to this game? I am extremely disappointed that Cyan has chosen to partner with a company who doesn't care about Mac users---including the CEO of Cyan itself. But I thought I read somewhere here that UbiSoft has finally made plans for a Mac version after cancelling UBI Live. Can anybody confirm this?

Also, I used to be able to post on this board with my preferred browser, Safari. Now this board will not accept my log in unless I am using Microsoft Internet Explorer. Would it be possible to get this fixed? Thank you!

Sincerely,

Edward J. Cunningham

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[-Ashtar-]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by eddiejc1:
I don't mean to be a pain, but can anybody tell me when there is going to be a Mac version to this game? I am extremely disappointed that Cyan has chosen to partner with a company who doesn't care about Mac users---including the CEO of Cyan itself. But I thought I read somewhere here that UbiSoft has finally made plans for a Mac version after cancelling UBI Live. Can anybody confirm this?
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yes, it has been confirmed:

http://mystworlds.ubi.com/US/About/SignUp.htm

Read the "Good News" part of the message. I'm sure the reason Ubisoft went to the PC first was to try and get a good customer base for "Live". Although in retrospect, they probably should have done both platforms at the same time. Perhaps then they would have had enough users to keep "Live" going for awhile.

[eddiejc1]

I'm glad to hear that. I probably need to send Rand an apology, but when I felt that Mac users were being ignored I was livid. Maybe the bright side of waiting all this time is that when the Mac version is ready they will have fixed all the bugs that may have existed in the PC version...

Eddie

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[Ryzzy]

please help. im new. how do you do Uru Live? is it on this website? please help

[Cordie]

Kangizroo, I am sorry to be have to tell you that URU Live no longer exists http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/images/smiley/16x16_smiley-sad.gif

It was shut-down at the beginning of February due to the lack of subscriptions. I am sure if you read some other posts on the forum you will learn more about what happened.

However, you are able to download a free Expansion Pack for your single player game which will give you the same content that we had for the start of URU Live - which was called The Prologue - and then on 23rd June you will be able to buy Expansion Pack 2, The Path of the Shell.

Sorry to be the bearer of sad tidings. We were all very upset about what happened.

In the meantime, I hope you stick around and join us on the forum http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Cordelia
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CEO, President and Managing Director,
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[Mateus_TMP]

Hi Cordy,

Can I have a dozen umberellas please.


Mateus

Hugs and shorahs,

XXXXX

[Cordie]

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Hugs {{{{Mat}}}}

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[Raewin]

I've been away for awhile, and this is GREAT news to find upon my return. http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Perfect timing for Mysterium, too.

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[good_guy5001]

Is everyone forgetting the new Myst Game comming out? Myst IV

[Mr Zebe D]

No, but there's a separate forum for that.


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[Aralix]

I am an optimist too and I would like it to be "Uru the glory of future ages". I would like it to continue for a long time.

[Forrester_Rave]

Path of the Shell may not be the best name in the series but it can evoke some mysterious environments. To me at least. For example shells, in this case seashells have been found on the peaks of huge mountain ranges suggesting the mountains were once covered by the oceans in real life. In this vein perhaps Xp2 will involve ancient paths of relics or travelers in enexpected locations. We have that in Uru and earlier Myst games but still maybe it will be as good or better in the new release.

Taken more literally maybe there will be a set of spiral steps, taken after the spiral in a seashell, that go up a large tower or two in Xp2. And every other level or story in the structure could have doors or openings leading to side rooms off the main spiral stairs. Something like what I see in Morrowind structures. I dig stone, wood or earthy spiral staircases. What can I say. I look forward to the June release. We'll see what happens.

[zsb]

i don't know if im posting this in the right place, but here goes:
i went to the pathe of the shell (mystewrious) website, an i clicked on the leftmost link, with the d'ni coordinate sys on it, and it gave me this:
X=cos(T)+Tsin(T)
Y=cos(T)-Tsin(T)
I dont know if anyone picked this up, but those can be "plugged in to a TI-83 calculator, such as my own. i did so, and the graph design came out as a shell.
I looked over the other pages, they were pretty mysterious, even the source code was.
they even said that i wouldnt find anything there.
i dont know if what i said was helpful or not, maybe you already knew.

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ZSB, all of that is now in the URU Obsession forum. Happy hunting. http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

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[Mr Zebe D]

This is now on pre-order in the UK (thanks, donna_marie!) with a release date of 25th June.

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[Cordie]

This is great news MrD - at last someone has decided to stock it http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/images/smiley/16x16_smiley-very-happy.gif

I should think that Amazon.co.uk will have it listed shortly so depending on what they are charging for it and when they say it will be released I will decide where I am going to order it from http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

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[RoboSapien]

im going to buy 2 copies of path of the shell to help out cyan and to help out sales so that they will make a 3rd xp

I am the next step

[Falii]

Can we pre-order the game in French as well?

[Cordie]

Still no sign of Amazon.co.uk having it available for pre-order. The only place here in the UK that is even mentioning it at the moment is Play.com and they say it won't be released until 25th June http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/images/smiley/16x16_smiley-mad.gif

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[Judebelmont]

Sorry, I posted this reply in another thread and I write the same here:

"Hi, I live in Spain and I think Pots won't be released here or maybe not in June or July. The thing is I can't wait and as it is impossible to pre-order with amazon (for the moment), what do you all think about www.play.com (http://www.play.com) or special.reserve.com? They say they deliver it to Spain as well and they deliver it for free. Anyone has ever pre-order with any of these two?"
Thanks.

[Judebelmont]

Oops.. I didn't write the address properly, sorry. Here it is:
uk.special.reserve.co.uk

[biggie_101]

...whoa whoa whoa....
waitaminute....
what's this about a OFFICAL myst IV?
i must know...

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[Coronagold]

I hate teenagers. I think they should be studied and drained of their life essences in order to help the elderly with their medical conditions. Soylent green.

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[geerth]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> Soylent green. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Right http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/images/smiley/59.gif
Nice story btw.

[Pelke]

Well, I guess it's time to update the title of this thread. Press release says July 13 now. Also says this is the LAST expansion pack for Uru.

The ride was fun while it lasted. Let's hope PoTS is a BIG expansion!

[Zard0z]

Myst IV ptewie. I hope people gobble it up for Cyans sake. Personally, I had enough of that stulted, standing in one place stuff back in the 90's. Its like standing in this beautiful amazing forest and realizing that your feet are cemented to the ground.

[kahill]

Hi there,I bought games that kept me interestd for about two weeks.This series has kept me going since it came out and now I,m going through withdraw,(you know what I mean).Just so much fun.

[kahill]

p.s. and I'm not very good at this style of game,but I'm hooked big time.

[ximo]

Perhaps this has already been said on the forums, but I haven't seen it. On the Mystworlds website the release date for PotS is June 13, not July 13... Maybe someone can fix it http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

ximo
"Please avoid drinking the lake water"

[Cordie]

So since it is now 18th June, I take it that all of you in the US who pre-ordered it have their copies of POTS and are already playing it? http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/images/smiley/blink.gif

If so then why have we not had it here in the UK - I thought it was a world-wide release all at the same time?

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[Cordie]

I think that was an error as it now says July 13th http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/images/smiley/16x16_smiley-very-happy.gif

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[Blue Max]

I have made the suggestion that sometime in July we could retroactively release PotS back in June 13th. That way, we could all have fun with the expansion pack and still give the Cyan dev team another month or more to tweak the release.

This has added advantages as well for both the consumer and as a selling point for Ubi... We can read the reviews of the game and get player feedback long before it is completed as to be tooled exactly as Cyan/Ubi wants it. If we take this same approach of retroactive releases even farther, we can have our favorite Dev teams begin to develop only those games that will be wildly successful even before the projects begin.

For a decent example of this marketing and development strategy, I recommend renting and viewing Mel Brook's Spaceballs, where Dark Helmet is able to rent the movie Spaceballs to find out where the protagonists had fled to. Hey, it worked for them.

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[oopzie]

In good time honored Myst related Ubi tradition I expect POTS to be delayed at least until the end of August and then in november Ubi will claim that only 5 copies was sold world wide and that there will be no more URU expansionpacks.. I mean it IS called the COMPLETE CHRONICLES isnt it so it kind of shows already that they decided nomatter what they "claim"..... it really stinks and reaks of that lame excuse already as was done with UruLive and its what I expect of a company like Ubi..

... yes.. im still furious about UruLive! can you tell?

Time will tell ofcourse but I have my doubts..

O

[Darcphaze]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by orealis:
In good time honored Myst related Ubi tradition I expect POTS to be delayed at least until the end of August and then in november Ubi will claim that only 5 copies was sold world wide and that there will be no more URU expansionpacks.. I mean it IS called the COMPLETE CHRONICLES isnt it so it kind of shows already that they decided nomatter what they "claim"..... it really stinks and reaks of that lame excuse already as was done with UruLive and its what I expect of a company like Ubi..
... yes.. im still furious about UruLive! can you tell?
Time will tell ofcourse but I have my doubts..
O<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I wish I could have your anger, your passion about the situation. I suppose I'm something of an accepter. I can accept that UruLive was far more difficult to transfer into a live multi-player game, than was expected. So much so, that resources dwindled quickly. Now that may be lame or it may be nothing more than economics, but it didn't make it any less of a good game despite its many problems, delays and apparent engineering difficulties. Personally, when I could get in, I enjoyed it. I found the artistery, background and mental dimensions of Yeesha, the continuation of the family legacy, etc. all living up to my expectations of what Myst has always done and stood for. Another disturbed family comes to power. But seriously.... Sure I feel differently about each different game, even the expansions hold something on their own. It never was contest about which one was best. The game is half of what you make of it. My belief is that PotS will follow admirably in the family footsteps even if its released years from now.

Perhaps to cheer your heart, I am stalking directors of the game until they release the expansion, which is to say I afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted. The expansion *will* be released.

I ... can't... wait!

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[Tocirpa]

Whahooooooo!!!!!!!!!
A full week earlier!!!!!!
Now the expansion: The Path of the Shell will be available July 7!!!!!!!!!!
Yes!!!!! http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/images/smiley/16x16_smiley-surprised.gif

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[Darcphaze]

I wonder if those who bought it early get to download online instead of waiting for the CD to be delivered. http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif

The Undead Mystress

[_ Paula _]

I think the July 7 release date applies to the download version only.

Here's the information supplied on the Ubisoft Order page:

"You can avoid shipping charges and download the digital verison of the Myst Uru: The Path of the Shell expansion pack on July 7th. Check back here on July 7th for more details on the download."

ALL, if you've pre-ordered and would rather have the download, you will need to cancel your pre-order if you don't want the CD. The download announcment couldn't come any sooner because they needed to make sure it would work. But, because shipping charges are involved with the pre-order, you won't be able to just transfer the order over to the download.


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[This message was edited by Paula465 on Fri June 25 2004 at 02:40 PM.]

[donna_marie]

Hi All, I have just checked the uk amazon site and they have July 7 as the release date for tpots http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/images/smiley/16x16_smiley-very-happy.gif

[Mr Zebe D]

Paula, how do you cancel a pre-order? I can't see how to on the UK UBI site. Thanks. http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

And there's nothing about download there anyway http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/images/smiley/16x16_smiley-sad.gif

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[poutrew]

July 13, july 7, ...why can't they release the download version *now*? I've been home from school all of June with nothing to do, but go back to work right after the July 4th holiday. What bad timing... http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by donna_marie:
Hi All, I have just checked the uk amazon site and they have July 7 as the release date for tpots http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/images/smiley/16x16_smiley-very-happy.gif<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

donna_marie, I may have the wrong site, but according to this link (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002C6LCM/qid%3D1088200932/026-0366399-2621276) to Amazon.com/uk, the release date is still July 9, 2004.

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mr Zebe D:
Paula, how do you cancel a pre-order? I can't see how to on the UK UBI site. Thanks. http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

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You will need to contact Customer Support....I'm checking into the exact prodcedure now.

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[_ Paula _]

Ok...this dumb forum software won't let me paste the infomation for contacting Customer Service in my last post, so I'm having to use Quick Rely.

Customer Care Center. Hours of operation are: Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern Time.

Customer Service can be reached toll free at 1-888-824-7038 (1-888-UBI-S0FT (with a â"zeroâ"� instead of an "o")) or via the email help form at http://store.ubi.com/contact, or by submitting an "Ask a Question" form by clicking the "Ask a Question" tab at http://StoreSupport.ubi.com.

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[oopzie]

so.. I thought POTS would be CD only, does the fact that it will be downloadable as well mean that its really small and dissapointing?.. I mean the first so called xpack was more a teast/demo than a real xpac.. and I thought this would be like a REAL EXPANSION PACK.. but if its like really tiny......and first they were gonna make lots of xpacs.. and now they say nomore.. and that there will be "Something Else (TM)" so if this sell will they string us along again and change their minds again.. like they have done so bloody many times before?..

COULD YOU PLEASE FOR F****S SAKE DECIDE WHAT YOUR GONNA DO AND STICK WITH IT?

o

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[Kestryll]

Well... I already put in my pre-order along with the music cd, so HEEK I'm just happy it'll show up sooner rather than later!

The fact that it'll be downloadable does not mean that it will be smaller by any means. In fact, if you're on dial-up you'll still want to by the boxed version. Consider that 'To D'ni' was, what, 178MB? That was just to change a lot of the content which came with the original game so that it could be played by a single person. Plus Kirel Hood and some other goodies.
With the next, you're talking about new content and whole Ages. So, it'll most likely be a rather sizable download. http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/images/smiley/blink.gif Not something you'll want to go for if you don't have broadband service...

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[Naquiel]

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Don't you mean, "...waiting Ages for...."?

Sorry, it was begging to be said.

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[Naquiel]

Yes, it was a play on the word ages and moose and squirl was a play on the 2 packages coming out to (as in complete cronicals, and POTS expntion). But with a strange twist.

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[Mr Zebe D]

Donna_marie, you were looking at amazon.com, not co.uk.

This heading can be changed again. It's 7th July for download and American retail, 8th July for UK ubi and 9th July for UK remainder.

I have some sympathy for orealis' view. Since To D'ni and PotS will be on the same CD, the maximum size that PotS can be is about 450 Mb. I really hope it's bigger than To D'ni, whatever that does to download times.

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