Hmm, most of the "its too hard" complaining seems to be coming from Millenials who played The Room, but never the original Myst. While a beautiful game in its own right, The Room is brief and really quite easy. I think it took me maybe an hour or two.
Myst is hard because Myst WAS hard. The reward lay in the journey - not having the Internet to provide a walkthrough, you had to earn it through logic and attention to detail. Becoming angry enough to spit was part of Myst/Riven/Exile, until you had a brainstorm and plowed through.
Cyan, if youre listening, keep making HARD games for us old fogies! (Which I guess is now 30+ haha)
Chris Surguine about realMyst