Ranking Every Elevator in the Myst Series

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Күн бұрын

I've had this idea for over five years and the upcoming Riven remake propelled me to finally make it.
0:00 Intro
2:33 35) Steam Puzzle Elevator
5:03 34) Fulcrum Puzzle Platform
7:05 33) Pressure Plate Elevator
8:10 32) Bubble Wand Puzzle Platform
9:16 31) Golden Dome Elevator
11:39 30) Leaf Elevator
12:58 29) Telescope Chair Elevator
13:49 28) Great Shaft Elevator #2
14:30 27) Great Shaft Elevator #1
15:26 26) Hexagonal Elevator
16:38 25) Topography Elevator
17:30 24) Rail Elevator
18:48 23) Observatory Elevator
20:48 22) Platform Elevator
21:34 21) Fortress Rotation Elevator
23:37 20) Canyon Elevator
24:27 19) Rime Elevator
26:02 18) Channelwood Elevator #2
27:21 17) Channelwood Elevator #1
28:14 16) Channelwood Elevator #3
29:02 15) Arena Elevator
30:04 14) Peg Puzzle Elevator
31:16 13) Amulet Elevator
33:05 12) Fog Elevator
34:31 11) Lava Platform
35:48 10) Leather Chair Elevator
37:23 9) Fireplace Elevator
38:31 8) Shipwreck Elevator
40:10 7) Prison Elevator
42:20 6) Spider Chair Elevator
45:42 5) Watchtower Elevator
48:16 4) Tower Elevator
50:45 3) Wahrk Idol Elevator
53:51 2) Tree Elevator
57:27 1) Golden Elevator
1:00:25 Conclusion

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@hbomberguy 6 күн бұрын

I'm so glad someone else has thought about this

@LittleWeevil 4 күн бұрын

Please make a Myst franchise is genius video pleasepleaseplease

@StreetSurfersAlex 2 күн бұрын

Of all the things I expected from this video with close to 2300 views - a comment from hbomberguy wasn't on my list

@perrincalzada9131 Күн бұрын

this feels like the type of video I’d find you commenting on lmao

@teejayburger2136 10 сағат бұрын

@@LittleWeevil he made a patreon exclusive myst video that was really good

@patjohbra 7 күн бұрын

"Why would I ever watch an hour long video about elevators in the Myst series???" - Me, an hour ago

@MiaSteinberg 6 күн бұрын

Amazing how you made an entire video just for my Myst fangirl ass, personally ❤

@dustingarner3571 6 күн бұрын

Any time! ❤

@Divector8 7 күн бұрын

I can't believe I watched the whole thing... Who am I kidding, I'm a Myst turbo nerd. Of course I watched the whole thing, and a good thing it was.

@dustingarner3571 7 күн бұрын

Thank you for enjoying! Being a Myst turbo-nerd is a very enriching lifestyle

@thepurpleriv 6 күн бұрын

This might be the nerdiest piece of myst fan content I've seen in ~25 years of online fandom :) I love it though, the way you present it all is really engaging and fun!

@dustingarner3571 6 күн бұрын

That is such an honor. Thank you for enjoying!

@thepurpleriv 3 күн бұрын

Thanks for making it! Would love to see an update or add-on for the Riven Remake too :)

@BarkleyBCooltimes 6 күн бұрын

thank you algorithm for showing me this.

@Jogwheel 7 күн бұрын

This is quality content! :-)

@TheZampa 2 күн бұрын

Here after finishing the Riven Remake and I'll have to say, it's so great to be back in the series! Exile was my favourite game, because it was the first one I got to play and somehow understood what was going on.

@arcaears 7 күн бұрын

Never thought about the sheer volume of elevators in these games. Love this!

@dustingarner3571 7 күн бұрын

I think about it too much

@SardonicSays 3 күн бұрын

Wonderful all around! Though I would argue that the Bird from Edanna is effectively an elevator, in that it takes a person from one predefined location to another predefined location, mostly vertically. Similar to the leaf but grander and with more of a path. It's kind of mindblowing the level of detail the ages are written to if you think about it. Or rather if you believe the worlds exist before they are connected via linking book out there in the Myst multiverse, how vast the multiverse must be to have this kind of required interaction be a natural consequence of random evolution, then cherrypicked by writing the linking book with something written along the lines of "There must be a bird that carries a cage from the lowest part of the gigantic tree, to its nest in the upper reaches". It's a deep shame we haven't seen these kinds of things explored more fully in the Myst universe. It's an ocean of possibility if you think about it.

@n-razm 2 күн бұрын

I had the exact same problem with the steam elevator in Myst 3. It feels so validating to hear someone else complain about such a specific thing lol.

@MattGiuca 4 күн бұрын

Incredible analysis. I love how you took such a goofy concept and made a real deep look at gameplay/story overlap and character moments. From memory, there are only about 4 elevators in the whole of Uru and I don't think any are particularly interesting. There's one (Gahreesen) that I would notably put at the bottom of the entire series because in the multiplayer version it had a tendency to dump you into the floor and force you to start the whole age from scratch, repeatedly until it luckily worked every so often.

@hydrogen-8 5 күн бұрын

the great shaft and k'veer are two different places - k'veer is a building in d'ni, while the great shaft is part of the path from the d'ni to the surface :o

@davidtavernas3167 4 күн бұрын

I don't know anything about Myst, but this is a really COOL video!

@Cykelero 6 күн бұрын

Loving the video, and seeing all these cool elevators. Also loving some of your memorable quotes! “Next is another elevator from Spire: the fog elevator. I named it as such because it travels through the fog.”

@Cykelero 6 күн бұрын

Also love the “only elevator in the series that X” variations. Only plant elevator, only horizontally-moving elevator, only hexagonal/triangular elevator, etc. Very tempted to rank *these*, now.

@SleepyBear_SB 6 күн бұрын

Informative, creative, visionary, beautiful, innovative. Truly this is a work of art, keep up the good work.

@dustingarner3571 6 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!

@bruce1947 2 күн бұрын

Nice video! Brings back so many memories. Riven's golden elevator remains one of my favorite moments in gaming history.

@NthDegree256 5 күн бұрын

The elevators in the Great Shaft rank pretty highly for me because the location is straight out of one of the Myst novels, The Book of Ti'ana, which spends some time on the Shaft's troubled and controversial construction - seeing it brought to life on screen almost a decade later was a wonderful surprise! Myst V unfortunately is much more of a sequel to Uru than to any of the other numbered Myst games, as it picks up both plot threads and literal repurposed Ages originally created for Uru. Uru can be kind of a pain to play, especially with some of the physics-based puzzles, but it has some incredible Ages that really feel like Cyan was firing on all cylinders (as well as its own assortment of locations that first appeared in the novels.) I'd say it's worth the effort, if you can find the time.

@Ultracity6060 17 сағат бұрын

Not surprised my two favorites are in the top three (fire hydrant easter egg?), and the sing-song squeak of the door to the watchtower elevator is forever burned in my memory. But disqualifying the wahrk gallows right out the gate? Heartless!

@zazander732 2 күн бұрын

This is the kinda content we need right now. Thank you.

@Zet237yt 5 күн бұрын

I have never played a Myst game. After watching this video, I am eager to play them one day.

@FiveaceAttorney 7 күн бұрын

hey let me get the aux "this isn't the elevators again is it?" ... maybe

@LBetsy326 7 күн бұрын

I had no idea i needed this but this is amazing! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@onschin 7 күн бұрын

Wow! Love the ranking and all the additional comments and context. Very well produced, thank you. Would love to see more!

@dustingarner3571 7 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@sambinder329 4 күн бұрын

love how they took the crater island - golden dome walkway entirely out in the remake.

@diamondlanguage 2 күн бұрын

Engaging, interesting, and fun! Yep, I watched the whole thing and would do it again

@rodlavery509 6 күн бұрын

It is pretty remarkable how much better Riven is than every other game in the series. The original was magic and excellent design, but then the sequel somehow managed to dramatically surpass it. Then 3 was enjoyable but perfunctory and stupid, 4 was a bit confused but passionately THE MOST, and 5 was what would result if you asked Gehn to make a video game.

@dustingarner3571 6 күн бұрын

I don't understand how a game can be as good as Riven. Every time I think about it, it just feels like too much of a real place/story to possible have been created. That being said, despite its flaws, I absolutely love Exile. I consider it my favorite in the series, just because Riven transcends my ranked list of the games. Replaying Revelation infuriates me due to how long it takes to move around and interact with things. I played 5 for the first time just to make this video, and it just felt so different from anything else in the series that I don't even know what to do with it in my head. I completely agree that it feels like Gehn made it.

@NthDegree256 5 күн бұрын

"a bit confused but passionately THE MOST" is the best description I've heard of Myst 4 yet.

@vektheartist 2 күн бұрын

I was wondering where the classic Myst Observatory Tower elevator would go! Discovering that one was very satisfying along with the tree elevator. Now you have to do one with all the rides/vehicles. I personally would put the classic Selenetic Mazerunner at #1 as long as the ride is I love some of twists and turns and the speeds it goes towards the end😂🙌🏾🔥

@NSMike87 6 күн бұрын

By the way, in the Tree elevator in Myst, you don't have to use the button once you turn the gas off. The tree will descend below ground on its own, because the boiler is no longer generating the pressure needed to raise the tree.

@dustingarner3571 6 күн бұрын

Thank you for the information! I think I just got excited and pressed the button thinking I needed to

@boldspiritgamestudio 5 күн бұрын

Putting the Amulet Elevator at 13 instead of top 3 or even top 1 is a crime against humanity. More seriously, amazing video, well done! As a huge Myst fan, I love that there's so much personality and mysticism even down to the elevators. People who don't know the series must think of us as crazy hahaha, to be able to make a compelling 1 hour video about them.

@rhinctus 2 күн бұрын

got so excited seeing this video suggested, really good!!

@alasanof 3 күн бұрын

Most of these elevators feel like dangerous safety violations. I'm sure each of these have injured someone at least once.

@keiyakins 5 күн бұрын

Time for you to play Uru, I think. It has... between four and ten elevators depending on how you count some edge cases in Kadish Tolesa. Two in Gahreesen, one in Teledahn, zero to six in Kadish Tolesa (I'd say one, personally), one in Er'cana. There's also Jalak which is entirely elevator but it's Jalak lol.

@NuminosX 5 күн бұрын

All hail the almighty algorithm! Dunno how I got here, but this is some quality content : )

@mitchellradspinner4491 18 сағат бұрын

now this is good content

@jadegecko 2 күн бұрын

53:50 let's not forget the little kid in the jungle, probably the worst jumpscare in the series

@adamgryu 5 күн бұрын

It's about time!!

@keiyakins 4 күн бұрын

There's... at least two new elevators in Riven 2024. (The gallows is one one of them)

@StreetSurfersAlex 2 күн бұрын

This is great!

@epicfox567 5 күн бұрын

Genius content. Do more Myst and Cyan content

@Dachusblot 6 күн бұрын

I think you forgot one: the twisty plant elevator in Edanna!

@dustingarner3571 6 күн бұрын

While I did see that one being referred to as an elevator in some places online, I considered it more of a staircase (or maybe a spiral elevator). While it does lift you up without you having to walk, there's no platform that is rising along with you. It kind of just shuttles you up. I guess the case could be made, but I didn't think it fit my definition well enough.

@Derpmind 2 күн бұрын

Conclusion: Riven!

@vabvaab 5 күн бұрын

FINALLY

@Ava_Hofmann 3 күн бұрын

i think i would put the channelwood elevators lower than you did, purely due to the fact that--unlike most elevators in these games--you have to manually close the door to these elevators in order for them to work. that detailed caused me problems similar to what you experienced with the steam puzzle elevator when i played through myst.

@keiyakins 6 күн бұрын

The Great Shaft is not in K'veer... its miles and miles away. In fact it might actually be closer to Tomahna than K'veer!

@FransLebin 3 күн бұрын

Gehn's Great Golden Elevator has always been weird to me. Sure it's pretty, but why is is so extravagent? Why is the inside of it so shabby looking?

@Wrincewind. 7 күн бұрын

The note you made about the Amateira Fulcrum Puzzle being one of only 2 puzzles that needed information from another age - What about the Selentic age tram-ride? while you /can/ brute-force it, the puzzle relies on you learning the sounds for north/south/east/west from the Mechanical Age's Fortress Rotation Simulation.

@dustingarner3571 6 күн бұрын

You are completely right, that one slipped my mind. It's even more egregious because you can't go back to Myst or Mechanical unless you've solved the puzzle. I think a lot of people just end up mapping it out.

@Dachusblot 6 күн бұрын

You also need information from Spire and Haven to solve a couple of the last puzzles in Serenia, if I recall correctly.

@dustingarner3571 6 күн бұрын

@@Dachusblot That's true too. I think I didn't think of those because it always felt to me that it's assumed you go to Spire and Haven before you go to Serenia, though I guess it's theoretically possible to go to Serenia first.

@Cykelero 6 күн бұрын

To me, the Selenetic maze puzzle *also* teaches you what the sounds mean. IIRC, on the first move, you can only go north; and so you learn the associated sound. Then you can choose between north, south or west; but you came from the south, and the sound is different, so you learn the sound for west. And so on! Though there's certainly an argument to be made that you might completely miss that the sounds mean something, and learning them on Mechanical is the nicer way to go about solving the maze.

@dastrubinator 5 күн бұрын

You don't need to learn the sounds from mechanical. At the first few stops there is only one direction to go so you can deduce which directions go to which sounds. Dead ends help you deduce the other sounds.