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Myst III: Exile: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
Is there a Perfect Place to Plan Revenge?
• Includes two layers of detailed walkthroughs or subtle hints
• Detailed maps of every Age
• Puzzle solution diagrams and the logic behind them
• All end game scenarios revealed
• "Historian's Journal" unveils complete Myst® Exile backstory
• Atrus' Journal included
• Includes two layers of detailed walkthroughs or subtle hints
• Detailed maps of every Age
• Puzzle solution diagrams and the logic behind them
• All end game scenarios revealed
• "Historian's Journal" unveils complete Myst® Exile backstory
• Atrus' Journal included
232 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2001
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August 17, 2020
I have been playing the MYST games ever since my friend's teenage (well, at the time) son lent the first one to me. GREAT graphics, MADDENING puzzles, very interesting plot line and characters (Brad Dourif plays Saveedo, sort of the "bad guy" of this game). However, my patience and mental capacities reach their limits after some frustrating times, thus leading me to the Strategy Guides. I have also played Riven, even more maddening than the first, again requiring the assistance of the strategy guide. this one is no exception. Got through some of this game, but then my laptop shot craps, and after a year or so have finally gotten around to loading Exile into my new laptop. Have played through the first major puzzle, and have two to go. This Strategy Guide has two levels, a walkthrough and a sort of steps of hints for the knuckleheads like me (well, I end up needing the walkthrough many times, making me go from knucklehead to dunderhead, but I digress). Anyway, for you MYST crazies, you will already know that this guide is VERY helpful and patient. Will give a final review when I finish this dang thing. I am given to understand that there are two (maybe more?) further Myst games, available on ebay, which I shall duly purchase, along with concomitant strategy guides. Later!
The above partial review was written in 2012, before my laptop crashed, and the game wouldn't boot up on my Windows 10. So I have the updated version and have actually completed the game. Herein is my review as of today (08/17/2020):
Third in the MYST game set. I won’t bore you with the history and review of MYST RIVEN strategy guide, but what the heck, read my review, especially if you’re not familiar with these games. I’d especially call your attention to my previous experience with EXILE a number of years ago, until the current version(s) of the games came out. The EXILE game I had came with the Strategy Guide (which I review here), a “making of” video, the soundtrack, and a pewter figure of a “Squee,” a cute little rodent which makes several appearances in this game. I also purchased two each of Saveedro and Atrus action figures (I kid you not) from the Dollar Store, to lend me inspiration and guidance during my quest. By the way, these action figures now sell for the neighborhood of $65 on eBay, go figure…
In EXILE, Atrus and his wife Catherine are seeking the player’s (he/she is referred to as “the Stranger”) help to chase down the former teacher of Atrus’ sons Sirrus and Achenar, who before their downfall had been sent to be taught the ways of solving the puzzles Atrus had made for them as a way for them to learn how to write the Age books. The teacher’s name was Saveedro (very ably and intensely played by Brad Dourif), who took the lads under his wing, until they betrayed him and left him stranded for 20 years, separated from his family and friends, not knowing if they were alive. Saveedro became mad, and altered or destroyed many artifacts or clues that the youths were supposed to use in their problem-solving. Sirrus currently lives in Narayan, which links to several other Ages, much like the previous two games. Besides a journal Atrus had written (which he gives you in the beginning of the game), Saveedro himself has one also, which has important clues and solutions, as well as his delusional ramblings, which are placed throughout the game a few pages at a time. The graphics and animation are spectacular and the puzzles maddening, so a total experience.
The Stragegy Guide is set up much like the previous ones, with maps of all the Ages and both “soft hints” and step-by-step walk-throughs of all of them, replete with screen shots at every step and explanations for the solutions to the puzzles. There’s a copy of Atrus’s journal for reference, and an essay at the end with deeper explanations about the game, which is supposed to be read only after the Stranger has finished the game (I did). However, unlike the previous two guides, this one took me at times down confusing and vague paths, which was quite frustrating, as my own skill lever at these games has progressed, but very slowly, so that I still need such guidance. SO, based on conversations I’ve had with teens and preteens of my acquaintance, I learned that YouTube has videos of people commenting on these games while playing them. So I found a YouTube site called “Let’s Play Myst.” The particular commentator I found most helpful calls himself “Dilandau3000.” And he’s done OODLES of such games! I went to these videos only when I got myself stuck even with the Strategy Guide, which was a LOT. I found Dilandau3000’s comments very helpful and if you need such help I’d recommend his version.
Despite my frustrations, I enjoyed playing this game and reading the Strategy Guide, for which I give Four Stars. Already got “Myst IV Revelation” cued up, Strategy Guide bookmarked, and the video ready to go. See ya in a few months.
The above partial review was written in 2012, before my laptop crashed, and the game wouldn't boot up on my Windows 10. So I have the updated version and have actually completed the game. Herein is my review as of today (08/17/2020):
Third in the MYST game set. I won’t bore you with the history and review of MYST RIVEN strategy guide, but what the heck, read my review, especially if you’re not familiar with these games. I’d especially call your attention to my previous experience with EXILE a number of years ago, until the current version(s) of the games came out. The EXILE game I had came with the Strategy Guide (which I review here), a “making of” video, the soundtrack, and a pewter figure of a “Squee,” a cute little rodent which makes several appearances in this game. I also purchased two each of Saveedro and Atrus action figures (I kid you not) from the Dollar Store, to lend me inspiration and guidance during my quest. By the way, these action figures now sell for the neighborhood of $65 on eBay, go figure…
In EXILE, Atrus and his wife Catherine are seeking the player’s (he/she is referred to as “the Stranger”) help to chase down the former teacher of Atrus’ sons Sirrus and Achenar, who before their downfall had been sent to be taught the ways of solving the puzzles Atrus had made for them as a way for them to learn how to write the Age books. The teacher’s name was Saveedro (very ably and intensely played by Brad Dourif), who took the lads under his wing, until they betrayed him and left him stranded for 20 years, separated from his family and friends, not knowing if they were alive. Saveedro became mad, and altered or destroyed many artifacts or clues that the youths were supposed to use in their problem-solving. Sirrus currently lives in Narayan, which links to several other Ages, much like the previous two games. Besides a journal Atrus had written (which he gives you in the beginning of the game), Saveedro himself has one also, which has important clues and solutions, as well as his delusional ramblings, which are placed throughout the game a few pages at a time. The graphics and animation are spectacular and the puzzles maddening, so a total experience.
The Stragegy Guide is set up much like the previous ones, with maps of all the Ages and both “soft hints” and step-by-step walk-throughs of all of them, replete with screen shots at every step and explanations for the solutions to the puzzles. There’s a copy of Atrus’s journal for reference, and an essay at the end with deeper explanations about the game, which is supposed to be read only after the Stranger has finished the game (I did). However, unlike the previous two guides, this one took me at times down confusing and vague paths, which was quite frustrating, as my own skill lever at these games has progressed, but very slowly, so that I still need such guidance. SO, based on conversations I’ve had with teens and preteens of my acquaintance, I learned that YouTube has videos of people commenting on these games while playing them. So I found a YouTube site called “Let’s Play Myst.” The particular commentator I found most helpful calls himself “Dilandau3000.” And he’s done OODLES of such games! I went to these videos only when I got myself stuck even with the Strategy Guide, which was a LOT. I found Dilandau3000’s comments very helpful and if you need such help I’d recommend his version.
Despite my frustrations, I enjoyed playing this game and reading the Strategy Guide, for which I give Four Stars. Already got “Myst IV Revelation” cued up, Strategy Guide bookmarked, and the video ready to go. See ya in a few months.
September 15, 2016
Well, he's given up all pretenses of making the guides fun now. As much as the one for Riven was choppy in style, it was at least still done in story form. This one is even more disappointing as it's now solid strategy guide and no longer a narrative. Pick a style and commit, please. I generally went through this one only for the pictures and to see what happens in this game as I never got to it.
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