Myst III: Exile is the third title in the Myst computer game series. Unlike its predecessors, Myst and Riven, it was not produced by Cyan, Inc., the series' creator; it was developed by Presto Studios and published by Ubisoft.
However, the game continued in the style of the previous games, allowing the player to navigate through imaginary worlds by clicking on prerendered images. On the technical side, a 360-degree panorama system was introduced (first seen in Atlantis: the Lost Tales), allowing the player to look around smoothly, with video clips seamlessly integrated.
The game featured live action performances including Rand Miller, the creator of the Myst series, returning to play Atrus once again, and Brad Dourif, starring as the villain of the game, Saavedro. Other performances included Maria Galante as Catherine and Audrey Uhler as the baby Yeesha.
Storyline
The story takes place about 15 years after the end of Riven. The Stranger — Atrus's friend whose role the player takes in all of the Myst series games — arrives inside the new home of Atrus and Catherine, a beautiful little oasis surrounded by a desert. Catherine calls this place "Tomahna" (in Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, it is explained that Tomahna is not a separate age, but actually a small area located on Earth). Atrus has called the Stranger to Tomahna to show him his newest Age called "Releeshahn", which he wrote for the D'ni survivors to live on. Suddenly, a mysterious man links into Atrus's study, appearing out of thin air, sets the study on fire and steals the Releeshahn linking book. He links out, leaving another linking book behind. This linking book leads to J'nanin , the lesson age where Atrus had hoped to teach his sons the Art of Writing many years ago.
This mysterious man is called Saavedro (played by Brad Dourif). Twenty years ago, Atrus's sons Sirrus and Achenar made a mess of his homeworld and then trapped him on the lesson age of J'nanin. For Twenty years Saavedro has suffered the horror of believing that all of his people living on his homeworld are dead. Now, Saavedro is taking revenge on Atrus and his family, for the suffering he has had to endure. Saavedro does not realize though, that Atrus has already imprisoned his sons for the horrible crimes they committed.
Ages
The Exile structure is quite like that of Myst. The Stranger is on J'nanin as a 'central' Age, and has to solve puzzles to get access to linking books for other Ages. He then must solve other puzzles in each age order to find a certain symbol and return to J'nanin. After finding all 3 symbols, he then gets access to a final Age.
The Ages you will visit are:
- Tomahna, Atrus, Catherine and baby Yeesha's home, where it all begins
- J'nanin, the 'hub' Age, from where you will link to other Ages
- Amateria, the age of dynamic forces
- Edanna, the age of life
- Voltaic, the age of energy
- Narayan, Saavedro's home, which you visit only after you have completed the other three.
See Ages of Myst III: Exile for descriptions.
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