From The Archives: Riven Bloopers Short Reel

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From The Archives: Riven Bloopers Short Reel

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Күн бұрын

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A small treasure trove of never before seen Riven bloopers, you say?
Folks probably don't want THAT. 🙄😉
(Tiny warning: contains a few swears. 🤷 Avoid if you don't wanna see characters you love doin' a bit o' the ol' cursin'! 😉)

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@LiquidTurbo Жыл бұрын

RIP to the actors who played Catherine and Gehn. (Sheila Goold (passed away in 2017) and John Keston in 2022 at age 97), these two characters in Riven, they'll never know how many hours I spent playing the game and experiencing their incredible acting in the game. I never thought of them as actors when I was a kid, they were the actual characters of Gehn and Catherine to me. Incredible!

@mySeaPrince_ Жыл бұрын

Have you seen the Easter Egg bits?

@jebwu8648 Жыл бұрын

@@mySeaPrince_ yeah Gehn's O sole mio!

@vernanonix Жыл бұрын

I think I would be ok with the use of AI to bring their performances into a better quality for more modern releases. That said, it looks like the performances were baked into the scenery so I don’t know how well it would work.

@mySeaPrince_ Жыл бұрын

@@vernanonix I don't know that much about AI .. but good editing software can isolate a moving person from a background. If the timeline was after.. then including the children from the original as adults would be fun also the original cast.. Maybe with references to the past also to honour those who aren't with us. I'm just thinking... Maybe set it as a later timeline.. Riven wasn't completely destroyed only where the last scene in the game was.. With a little damage other places.. which would give scope for revealing a few new places.. At the beginning of the original you see the man on a ledge after he had been darted... In the new game you can climb down there and find an entrance into the rock... The knife at the gate.. to get people to click there... Could be used to cut the rope so the gate will open.. A boat on crater lake would open possiblities.. All that said... I prefer the high quality slide version.. Myst Masterpiece over the real-time Myst .. I have seen it has a slide setting.. which several playthoughs switch to as they prefer that style of play... Also the image quality and sound are more immersive.

@vernanonix Жыл бұрын

@@mySeaPrince_ Riven was canonically destroyed. Ghen made unstable worlds, which was one reason why Atrus was desperate to get Catherine back as fast as he could. You can find the Riven book in Exile and the linking panel is broken.

@outtagoodnamesdangit Жыл бұрын

Ah yes, Gehn's most iconic line: "PFFT!"

@marshmallowbudgie Жыл бұрын

imagine he heek's you to patch up the embarrasment

@wesplybon9510 Жыл бұрын

it's a bit surreal watching the bloopers take place in situ.

@asharpnotbflat 2 ай бұрын

My soul quivered from the majesty of Atrus’ most iconic line: “Signal me, and I’ll come with a linking book for us back for a linking to back with us.” I really felt that.

@SetnaroX Жыл бұрын

1:10 "The villagers are safely in the shit" Scary to think linking books can work as portable toilets.

@JaneXemylixa Жыл бұрын

"dunny"

@LamproNI Жыл бұрын

and me too

@BobRobertsMusic Жыл бұрын

Read that just as 2:12 came up

@ViviFuchs 3 ай бұрын

@@JaneXemylixa oh my god. I love this joke.

@jakkudemoff3043 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite things about Cyan games is the live videos in game - it makes the worlds feel even more real

@thefinalslice2791 Жыл бұрын

"And I've given him back his life... I am woman." Haha that's great! 😂🤣 I'm glad to see these available after so many years, thank you Cyan for the fun!

@Riven55555 2 ай бұрын

had no idea they had these kinda bloopers saved. well come on then riven remake!

@rkt739 Жыл бұрын

"Signal me and I'll come with a linking book, for us back, for a linking, to back with us." -Atrus

@SnowyFoxFox Жыл бұрын

I love that these are presented in context rather than on a greenscreen.

@rmm2370 Жыл бұрын

"Casual, but rebellious." Lol! Iconic.

@WarmasterJoshmaul Жыл бұрын

You can tell that John Keston was just having a ball with this. God rest him.

@snowsilence Жыл бұрын

"Signal me, and I'll come with a linking book, for us, back-for, a linking, to back-with us."

@micahbush5397 Жыл бұрын

Kind of weird hearing Catherine's actress's voice. Granted, not as weird as watching Gehn not act like a god.

@ritaloy8338 Жыл бұрын

This was one of the reasons that I love playing Riven over and over.

@jadeuru Жыл бұрын

"I am woman" 😆 RIP Catherine & Gehn Thanks for the memories

@TheInunah Жыл бұрын

"I am woman" has got to be the funniest, most iconic thing I've ever heard from any Myst media I have ever seen.

@OtisdubRR 5 ай бұрын

1:10 Catherine: The villagers are safely in the- *sh[]t* Atrus: *"Me too"* 💀

@TopcatsLair 4 ай бұрын

OMG, now everytime I play the game and see that little girl stumble run away i'll be saying "BOO! go get momma" So cuuute!

@jackal59 Ай бұрын

This sent me looking. At the time he was in _Riven_ , John Keston had played in _Charity_ on the West End and _Sherlock Holmes_ on Broadway in the Royal Shakespeare Company production. He had also done many other stock and opera roles. That they could get someone like this for a video game says how amazing and influential _Myst_ and then _Riven_ were.

@Bee-ih5uy Жыл бұрын

The live actors in the games were everything - made it so immersive. Myst and Riven still gives me goosebumps, Riven especially. Absolute masterpiece of a game!

@SeraphsWitness 20 күн бұрын

This game, along with Myst, inspired me to be an environment artist in the industry. Many decades ago.

@vcdonovan5943 Жыл бұрын

OH NO!! Why is the world only now seeing this??? XD I know Rand always disliked playing Atrus but man it looks like everyone was having so much fun! That 90s years of small (and growing!) game developers founded on little more than passion and a love of screwing around... it's a far cry from now. Sometimes I wonder if these people had any idea what they were doing! XD But they sure left some legacy...

@alex-internetlubber Жыл бұрын

Rand makes the best Atrus! Can't imagine anyone else

@omoddulus4933 Ай бұрын

It didn't look like he was having as much fun as the others. It didn't look like he hated it though more like he wanted to keep focused but he was making the best of it. If I were to guess he likely didn't mind it it's just comparatively he'd rather be working on the rest of the game than focus on acting. Atrus is pretty intense it would only add to his stress. Also the character of Atrus was probably not supposed to be as important as he ended up being. So it probably felt like a burden that he now always had to play him when originally it was out of necessity. If that's all he had to do he'd probably be loose and have fun.

@cubicinfinity2 Ай бұрын

"We gotta stop meeting this way" -nice.

@Goland454 Жыл бұрын

Linking back for linking book for back. 😂😂🙋🏽‍♀️🥰. That little girl. How cute.

@Adreitz7 Жыл бұрын

I was thinking about the little girl recently -- "That trip had to be an accident, because what kind of monster would deliberately trip such a sweetie?" Good to see I was right.

@Goland454 Жыл бұрын

@@Adreitz7 I remember swinging around in the game and all of the sudden boom she’s there and it was like a baby jump scare. Literally.

@CyanHusky Жыл бұрын

@@Goland454 That is still, to this day, the worst jump scare I've ever experienced in a game. It's burned into my memory. Something about the loneliness of the game made it so surprising.

@Goland454 Жыл бұрын

@@CyanHusky the water age in Myst had the same effect. I kept thinking it was people or something in the trees.

@NeilRoy Жыл бұрын

Great scenes... RIP to the fine actors that passed away since.

@ChadRedl Жыл бұрын

For how much I enjoyed a game when I played it, Riven is still the best video game I have ever played in my 50 years on this planet. :)

@wowflower Жыл бұрын

this is so amazing. hearing the laughter in the room makes it feel even more real!! can't wait for the revamp of this old gem. me and my mom are very excited to go back to the 5th age!

@cjgeminitarot6836 Жыл бұрын

What serendipitous timing. I finally finished Riven last week. I swear I’ve got post-Riven depression, I wish I could play 100 hours more of it. Solved the fire marble puzzle by myself and felt like I won an Olympic medal, I was so proud. I’ve simply never played another game like it. I thought Gehn’s characterization was especially well done, so subtly sinister. Seeing him here making farty noises is a post-game blessing, thank you Cyan.

@monkeyman767 3 ай бұрын

"The villagers are safely in the...shit" they smell terrible, but they're safe at least

@TheRandomView Жыл бұрын

Riven is the best game I ever played. The inclusion of real actors grounded it in reality in a way no other game could. I hope they include the original performances in the redux.

@damianvila Жыл бұрын

I would love to see these same videos in the new Riven. Maybe they need to be upscaled with AI, but those characters are as much of Riven as anything else. And that little kid, gosh I got scared back in the day…

@lonewolfheart1697 Жыл бұрын

Please upload more!! This was brilliant... Gehn is just a pussycat really!! Would love to see some Brad Dourif bloopers from Exile perhaps... more of anything would be epic. This is the high-quality content I expect from Cyan 🎉🤪😜😁

@SchlossRitter Жыл бұрын

I wonder if they even have any of the original footage from III and IV since those were made by other studios iirc.

@coolbaj Жыл бұрын

Some 26 years later !!! This is GOLD 🥇🤗😂

@kdevies 5 ай бұрын

I can’t believe these were buried in the archives for like 28 years! How awesome is this? Thanks for sharing!

@lizard_girl 10 ай бұрын

this is amazing. these games were my childhood because they were some of my dad's first experiences with gaming. this is so cool XD

@Nortic111 Жыл бұрын

Man, I'd never seen this before. It makes it feel like it hasn't been over a quarter of a century since the game's release and I'm back in 1997!

@vcdonovan5943 Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Now I feel old :P

@camchen9504 Жыл бұрын

I just wanted to say thank you for creating the games and worlds that have shaped my life. I was almost two years old. My first video-game ever was Riven and it was with my mother that sat me on her lap and we played together. Throughout my childhood, I was enthralled with the worlds, the lore, the books. I've made Myst-like projects, home videos and made linking books with screens. Now I'm 24 yrs old. I watch this video and I still vividly remember everything like it was yesterday. I still come back to Riven and the other Myst games often and I've enjoyed Obduction as well. But I just wanted to thank everyone at Cyan as well as Rand & Robyn for changing my life both with my career and shaping my desire to explore and learn. Your games will always be a cherished and happy memory in my life. Keep on inspiring guys! :)

@platsurrt Жыл бұрын

You guys are thick in the remake, aren't you? This is awesome!

@hylianjean Жыл бұрын

I am SO happy these treasures are finally out where we can love them and reminisce. I'm laughing so much!! Thank you everyone who has been making this happen!

@EfrainMan Жыл бұрын

These are wonderful, thanks for sharing. Fun fact, actors will intentionally flub lines with goobledygook when they don't like how they're delivering it to prevent the director or editor from being able to use what they feel is a subpar delivery.

@Lian1286 Ай бұрын

That’s a pretty cool strategy! I always thought they just did that if they forgot or messed up their line. Everyone makes mistakes, so you might as well have a little fun instead of getting frustrated.

@yester30 Жыл бұрын

This is precious

@maxthebean8047 Жыл бұрын

480p Rand - pretty as always!

@Rena_Grace Жыл бұрын

Missed and Riven were the first games I played, I bought my first computer and right across from it was the video games and I loved the artwork on the box and that’s why I bought them. My Husband thought I was crazy, but we had hours and hours of fantastic gameplay. Those games will always be super special. Thank you so much for such wonderful games.

@valleyDweller Жыл бұрын

"I don't understRAND"

@goodiesguy 7 ай бұрын

So weird hearing Sheila Goold's actual voice, I'm so used to the overdubbed one in the finished game.

@beinggreenandunseen3171 Жыл бұрын

2:13 Of course my mind was in the gutter…

@Kragatar Жыл бұрын

Just finished Riven today, finally. I had never managed to complete it back in the day. Such a great (and challenging) game.

@FleyDragon Жыл бұрын

Riven is my favorite Myst game.

@michaelwisser4388 Жыл бұрын

I collect older video games and consoles. I picked up Myst with no prior knowledge of it and loved it! I read that there was a sequel and had to play it. Just finished Riven for the Playstation 1 earlier this week and wanted to find some behind the scenes content. Atrus, Catherine, and Ghen are all serious characters, so it put a smile on my face to see the cast all having a fun time in these bloopers.

@pedazodeboludo Жыл бұрын

1:10 those villagers really aren't safe.

@LunarCrystal07 Жыл бұрын

I love this so much.

@BrandonBlume Жыл бұрын

I love that these are actually composited. Lol

@tiekogalaxylatte8839 Жыл бұрын

Love these, thank you Cyan 😂

@ElegantHope Жыл бұрын

I'm in love with this omg.

@bonuebonue Жыл бұрын

A piece of History just there!!!

@Rivenworld 10 ай бұрын

This is priceless Guys, thank you so much for an enduring story (Yes, I am still playing Riven to this day) and so lovely to see the lovely and talented Sheila and of course that marvellous actor John having so much fun.

@TristanCtrissy Жыл бұрын

Love the "casual rebel" notes 😂 thank you for sharing!

@jamesstraus7767 Жыл бұрын

Woah! So cool to see so many years later! The live action video from the Myst games was legit the best part of it all because it felt both human and real and sold the story all the way. Another old game that did this was Jedi Knight 2 where all the big scenes were live action and really made Kyle Katarn come to life.

@DoctorTex Жыл бұрын

I imagine the one where Atrus slapped the book and dropped it, he immediately jumped into the fissure after it.

@sailorknightwing Жыл бұрын

RIP John Keston. Thppppt RIP Sheila Goold. I am woman.

@ProfusionLVL Жыл бұрын

This is absolutely priceless and precious.

@adamsteele6148 10 ай бұрын

The villagers are safely back in tbe shit

@storminmay Жыл бұрын

This was a freaking delight lol, thank you for uploading!

@NemFX Жыл бұрын

First! I loved finding these back in the day.

@MOLLIMEDIA Жыл бұрын

The creative process. 😆

@dissident4226 Жыл бұрын

Oh my gods this was great watching, such wonderful memories put a smile upon my face. Thanks Cyan for sharing this!!❤

@Sharkie626 Жыл бұрын

I sure hope there's a longer reel of this!

@G-lo9ek 3 ай бұрын

The casual rebel made me laugh so much. Thanks for sharing Cyan.

@teresahageman4290 Жыл бұрын

Lmao this made my day 😂 Cyan, thank you so much for creating a world that was so surreal & immersive that I can’t ever stop thinking about it 💙

@lrochfort Жыл бұрын

I really really hope the new riven keeps the old video. I know it's low resolution, but it just wouldn't feel right to see another actor or a CG model play those roles.

@LynetteC Жыл бұрын

To be fair, they probably have much higher quality in the original recordings. They would have been downscaled for the game. Hopefully they'll be able to use the original characters in a quality that won't be detrimental to the remake. 🤞🏻

@lrochfort Жыл бұрын

@@LynetteCMy assumption is they would have been recorded in broadcast quality NTSC onto magnetic tape. That upscales pretty reasonably. You could even make it a stylistic choice

@hylianjean Жыл бұрын

@@lrochfort I'm pretty sure what you're seeing is what they got. These are transferred from the original VHS tapes they pulled from storage at Cyan.

@monkeyguy378 Жыл бұрын

Not too hard that kinda hurt :(

@AttacMage Жыл бұрын

new favorite side character

@Bozothcow Жыл бұрын

This is just legendary.

@thatdarncass Жыл бұрын

A whole generation of players were scared by that child. I'm looking forward to a new generation of players having heart attacks on that path.

@Doughboy123x Жыл бұрын

I'm seriously laughing out loud right now! 😆 Also, the little child running away and tripping was actually accidental?

@timg5628 11 ай бұрын

Yes, that was accidental. We didn't set up a trip wire.

@Doughboy123x 11 ай бұрын

@@timg5628 I was thinking it was possibly done on command, like in the script. But that's a cute bit of improv right there.

@KingLich451 Жыл бұрын

Love Gehn's singing voice

@KingLich451 Жыл бұрын

i know it's not in here, but I wanted to mention it anyway.

@DrugeFlux Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this lovely collection! Would love these for the origonal Myst as well if still has. :3

@Voltanic4 Жыл бұрын

Love it. 😂😂

@DolphinTownHarderwijk 12 күн бұрын

And I come to signwwwwwwhhprrrrrrr-you..... blllbbbbllllllbbbblllllllllllllllll....... (Poor Atrus!)

@8o8inSquares Жыл бұрын

That is some gold mine right there!

@RoninKiheiji Жыл бұрын

I didn't know I needed this. Thanks.

@VidweII Жыл бұрын

I love this SO much!

@Sillhid Жыл бұрын

I love you guys.

@AaronGwynaireGameDev Жыл бұрын

This is amazing! :)

@mySeaPrince_ Жыл бұрын

🐾🐾🐾 🐈

@alexanderjakubsen2198 Ай бұрын

Ironically this is some of Rand's best acting.

@ironbrigade6 Жыл бұрын

So charming. Thank you for sharing this :)

@Kragatar Жыл бұрын

2:26 That one made it into the game, lol

@geminielectro Жыл бұрын

It's pure gold. Thanks! 😊

@foxorian Жыл бұрын

2:26 it’s been a minute since I’ve played the game, but was this the take they actually used on the game? (I vaguely remember her tripping like that.) great if it was actually a blooper.

@ChrisHollandGuitar 8 ай бұрын

Yup. I just finished Riven for the first time, and the little girl tripping was used in the game. You can tell by the crew's reaction to her tripping that it wasn't planned either!