PixelPerfectGaming: Riven – Review
The point-and-click adventure is, as the subtitle emphasizes, the sequel to Myst, which spawned an industry of mostly awful imitators (and, critics say, killed the true adventure game). It stayed on best-seller lists forever after its release in 1993 because, according to skeptics, it’s one of those safe all-ages titles requiring little gaming creativity or dexterity. It was a true “killer application,” spinning CD-ROMs beyond fledgling status. Like Flight Simulator, Tetris and The Sims, at some point it stayed popular on the charts because it was popular.
