In the 90's I was obsessed with the original Myst and Riven. I wanted nothing more than to visit them for real. This is as close as I am going to get to that, and I am very grateful for it.
I am several hours into the game at this time of writing. Cyan has done an amazing job getting a graphically demanding game to run decently well on Quest standalone (I am using a Quest 3.) I've noticed a few issues such as visible LOD mesh and particle effect pop-in, the water looks pretty bad compared to the PC version, and there's occasional stuttering when moving quickly, but nothing has really broken my immersion too badly. But the extreme draw distance with the level of detail they've achieved is incredible.
I think the CG humans are much improved over Myst (2021), they still look a bit videogame-y but so far have been good enough. It's a shame, but necessary, to lose the original FMV performances, and I think the new actors and mocap performance matching to original audio has worked pretty well, although I haven't