Still an impressive game even after so many years...
Recently I had an urge to fall down that dark starry fissure once again.
After looking for about half an hour I found the book, the book inscribed with the Art that promised to transport me across space and time to an age of fantastical imagination...
blah blah blah... I installed Myst and in no time I was standing there on that dock that even now, ten years later, I so remember.
Though the graphics are "outdated" now (the engine consisted of a few hundred pictures linked like a slideshow and some archaic quicktime footage) the environments are utterly immersive. For the time I spent wandering the mysterious Myst and its connecting ages I felt completely unattached from reality. That is a good thing.
Additionally the presentation of the story is great. With no knowledge of why you are here, on Myst, you must gather and piece together your own story. You do this through reading the journals of Atrus, the creator of myst. Yes, there is reading involved... But really you could just skip it, as long as you don't mind missing out on the plot.
Finally what makes this game enduring is the fun and thrilling puzzles that you must solve, along with all the adventure to be had going from age to age!
Join the legend, defeat the island. Believe me, it's worth it...