Atrus calls the Stranger to his home to display his newest Age, Releeshahn, which Atrus has designed as a new home for the D'ni survivors.Īs Atrus is preparing to leave for Releeshahn, a mysterious man appears in Atrus' study, steals the Releeshahn book and leaves behind another. This ability is by an ancient civilization known as the D'ni, whose society crumbles after the D'ni city is devastated by a plague. Atrus is a scientist and explorer who has mastered an ancient practice known as the Art: he can create links to different worlds, called Ages, by writing special books. PlotĮxile begins 10 years after the events of Riven, when the Stranger arrives at the home of Atrus and his wife Catherine. Cursor Mode allows the player to select items from a personal inventory at the bottom of the screen. The player can also pick up and view journals or pages written by game characters which reveal back-story and give hints to solving puzzles. Puzzles often involve observing interactions between elements of the environment, then adjusting the links between them. Edanna's plant-filled puzzles require manipulation of the Age's ecosystem. For example, the book leading to Voltaic is accessed by aligning beams of light across a canyon the Age itself contains similar energy-based puzzles. īy gathering clues and manipulating the environment, the player solves thematically linked puzzles. Three of these Ages are Amateria, a mechanical Age in the middle of a vast sea Edanna, a world of preserved nature, with abundant plant and animal life and Voltaic, a dusty island riddled with canyons filled with man-made constructions. Players begin their journey on the Age of J'nanin, which acts as a hub linking to other Ages and as a "lesson Age" demonstrating important principles for later puzzles. Įach of the game's Ages has a distinctive look and theme. The on-screen cursor changes in context to show possible actions. Clicking allows the player to manipulate objects and pick up items. The game also has an optional Zip mode, like Myst and Riven, to cross explored terrain quickly by skipping several nodes. Unlike previous games, which employed a series of still images, Exile uses a "free look" system which gives the player a 360-degree field of view. The player explores immersive, pre-rendered environments known as Ages by using either mouse clicks or the space bar for movement from set nodes across each Age. Gameplay in Myst III: Exile is similar to that of its predecessors. Items such as journals are accessible via the bottom menu. Myst IV: Revelation, the fourth game in the series, was developed and published solely by Ubisoft.Īn example of gameplay in the Amateria Age of Exile: Myst III. Despite selling more than one million units within the first year of release, Exile fared poorer commercially than Myst and Riven, which had sold more than 10 million units combined. Conversely, long-time critics of the series complained that Exile continued to prove that Myst 's slower gameplay did not belong in the fast-paced modern game market GameSpot editor Greg Kasavin described the Myst series as having lost its relevance. The project required millions of US dollars and more than two years to complete.Įxile was received well by critics British newspaper The Daily Telegraph called it the best game in the Myst series. The developers hired Jack Wall to develop a musical style different from earlier composer Robyn Miller but still recognizable as a Myst game. Presto sought to develop a diverse and logical approach to puzzles and Ages, and worked to make the villain sympathetically multifaceted. The creators of the Myst franchise gave the task of creating the third Myst game to Presto Studios, known for its adventure game series The Journeyman Project. The Stranger pursues the thief in an attempt to reclaim Atrus' book. In Exile, Atrus has written an Age for the D'ni to live on while rebuilding their civilization it is stolen, however, by a mysterious figure. A member of the D'ni race, Atrus can create links to other worlds called Ages by writing descriptive books. The game was released on four compact discs for both Macintosh and Windows PCs on versions for the Xbox and PlayStation 2 were released in late 2002.Īs in previous games, the player assumes the role of the Stranger, a friend of Atrus. While the preceding games in the series, Myst and Riven, were produced by Cyan and published by Brøderbund, Exile was developed by Presto Studios and published by Ubisoft. Myst III: Exile is the third title in the Myst series of first person adventure video games.
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