As someone who has followed Cyan's work since the early days of Myst, I was genuinely excited to dive into Firmament—and it did not disappoint. The game delivers a deeply immersive experience with intuitive gameplay that draws you into hours of thoughtful exploration. True to Cyan’s legacy, Firmament presents a rich, emotional narrative that unfolds gradually, rewarding curiosity and patience. Each realm is beautifully designed, offering a feast of stunning imagery and atmospheric detail. The puzzles are engaging and intelligently crafted, striking a satisfying balance between challenge and discovery. Firmament is a worthy spiritual successor to the classics, and a must-play for fans of narrative-driven adventure games.

I really recommend this game. I love a good MYSTery and the worlds in this game were gorgeous as well, which I always appreciate. It has a lot of my favourite aesthetics and the worlds felt fresh and immersive to me.

I won't spoil the story but to me it felt much more expanded and complete than Obduction, for example. There were also less places with little story and no gameplay, one of my main gripes about Obduction.

The game was very doable for me as well. I didn't use a walkthrough but still had to sit on a few puzzles to be able to solve them. Overall, there's a lot of the same kind of puzzles, mostly obstacle based. I personally don't mind them but there's noticeable less machine operating and calculating, as opposed to something like Myst. It's mostly based on visual information and figuring out what certain things are for and how to use them. Again, I like that, but it may not be for everyone.

There were a few tiny bugs, mostly with sounds dropping or movable objects that disappeared. A quick reload would fix these. I also recommend updating to the latest version, as I was in a world with a lot of foliage and the frame rates and performance were horrible, but while still in this world I downloaded a new version of the game and it ran smoothly after that.

Overall, a solid "yes!" from me. Thanks for making such an immersive and beautiful game again, Cyan!