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[StarScrap]

For you Myst buffs out there, those that catch things like the prison age discontinuities: do you need to have gone to outside sources of information (e.g. the books) for that, or is there enough info in the games to catch things like that? Because I've only played the games, and it's making me feel like i should be paying more attention.

Different does not mean better or worse. It just means NOT THE SAME.

[StarScrap]

For you Myst buffs out there, those that catch things like the prison age discontinuities: do you need to have gone to outside sources of information (e.g. the books) for that, or is there enough info in the games to catch things like that? Because I've only played the games, and it's making me feel like i should be paying more attention.

Different does not mean better or worse. It just means NOT THE SAME.

[Srikandi]

Well, if you want to find contradictions, the more lore the better. Familiarize yourself with all the books, all the text in all the games, and everything RAWA and Rand have ever said in public! And don't forget the comics!

If you're just trying to follow the basic storyline, the games should be enough.

The books are worth reading for anybody that's interested, though they aren't the best-written fiction I've ever encountered

Sri's Relto

[Alahmnat]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Srikandi:
Well, if you want to find contradictions, the more lore the better. Familiarize yourself with all the books, all the text in all the games, and everything RAWA and Rand have ever said in public! And don't forget the comics! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
No, seriously, you can forget the comics... at least from a storytelling and historical standpoint.

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[Srikandi]

... unless you're looking for contradictions!

Sri's Relto

[Alahmnat]

Well, there's a difference between an unintended or necessary contradiction and just being flat out wrong...

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[Eat_My_Shortz]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>No, seriously, you can forget the comics... at least from a storytelling and historical standpoint.
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What do you mean? The comics didn't have any contradictions - they revealed a piece of the puzzle I've been waiting for a long time to hear.

How long have you guys known about this? I just read them the other day when someone posted.

There are 10 kinds of people in the world: People who know binary and people who don't.

[Coronagold]

See you in the funny pages.

[Alahmnat]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Eat_My_Shortz:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>No, seriously, you can forget the comics... at least from a storytelling and historical standpoint.
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What do you mean? The comics didn't have any contradictions - they revealed a piece of the puzzle I've been waiting for a long time to hear.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Just a short list, since I'm on my way to work, but here's a few errors/contradictions from the comics:

1) Atrus' prison on K'veer does not have a window. Nor it it on Myst Island.
2) Anna was not Atrus' mother.
3) Catherine does not, despite the proclamation by Strong Bad, have to have blue hair.
4) Neither does Achenar, for that matter.
5) Kerath's Arch (as taken from the erroneous sketch from BoA, but that's a different point) was not, as pictured in the comics, 20 feet tall.
6) The D'ni did not first learn of Linking Books in D'ni (nor were they the D'ni at the time), which kind of invalidates the pretense of the fable DarkHorse concocted.
7) Linking Books are not illustrated manuscripts as pictured in Myst #0
8) Sirrus is not the simpering stupid brother.
9) Achenar is not the clever, calculating, plotting, conniving brother either.
10) Veovis was not a rebel in the sense intended by the comics.
11) Catherine is not (despite apparent regular attempts at this) a simpering housewife.

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[Eat_My_Shortz]

Alahmat, haven't we already had this conversation? I think you copied and pasted that list . Well here was my response last time:
http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums?a=t...4024#801104024

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