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Excellent game, satisfying endings

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I just re-played Exile, and have come to appreciate this game more than before. While it is an off-shoot of the Myst series, it is still an excellent game for many reasons.

The storyline makes sense, unlike some games I've played. Poor Saavedro- you can't help but feel sorry for the guy. Those hoodlum sons of Atrus ruined Saav's world- he's lost everything, including his wife and small daughters...and he's out for revenge. To do this, he steals a linking book to another world, hoping Atrus will chase after him. Luckily, it is you who ends up in the chase- and the game.

Saav takes you through the uninhabited worlds Atrus created to teach his sons. Once you solve the worlds and collect what you need, you can then access Saav's homeworld. Along the way, we see pictures depicting the boys' atrocities (nothing gross or graphic) and videos he made, telling us about the horrors he's been through.

Basically, there are 5 areas, however the 5th one is much smaller and is where the game ends. From the main area, you will solve puzzles to access different worlds. And, there's plenty to keep you busy.

The puzzles are medium to hard, however they make sense- much more than most of the new games that have come out since Exile. Several are devilishly hard, I'll admit, but not impossible. I completed the game several years back without a walkthrough- something I rarely do with more modern games. Most experienced gamers won't need more than a prod or 2, in the more difficult puzzles.

The 3 teaching worlds you visit are impressive. My favorite is Armateria- a huge pinball machine. Thunder, lightning, blue glowing crystals at sunset...great mood setters. Too, when the crystal balls smash apart (because you don't have the puzzle set correctly) they explode into wonderful shards that fly everywhere! And, the ride when you've solved Armateria is well worth the effort.

The graphics are lovely and do not disappoint. There's good detail and nice use of color. There is one area that is rather dark and can be confusing due to all the foliage. Still, it is not that difficult to find your way. I like the 360* view. If this makes you dizzy, right click to hold the picture, then point and click to move.

The voice work is excellent and actors are used, not CG figures. That really makes a difference, in my opinion. The actor portraying Saavedro does a fantastic job as the half-crazed antagonist. The other 2 characters are Atrus and Katherine, both performed well. There's good use of costumes and staging, too.

The music and sound effects fit nicely and do not distract from the game. There's lapping water sounds, wind, insects, etc., that add richness to each setting.

The ending is very satisfying. All too often now, games have really poor endings. Exile has several and you should try EVERY possible combination of actions you can think of. There's at least 4. Be sure to save to that you can reload and try them all!

Exile has no foul language, inappropriate behavior, or violence. One heartless ending even carries with it an admonishment from Atrus.

Exile is certainly worth playing. Take your time, wander, take notes...and enjoy.

Great graphics, but that's about it

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I will be one of the few people to write a negative review about this game. I tried to play this game several times, and all to no avail because it made me dizzy and nauseous, literally -- due to the way the graphics were constructed. Yes, the graphics are very well done and colorful. But as you move through the realm in 1st person, you have to constantly click through the land, go back and forth, clicking to look around in all directions, which gets annoying after a while. It seems like the very point of this game is to only look around. While the game encourages a real-world feel in the 1st person perspective, you cannot easily turn your head to look around, so you have to click away. This game offers a 360 degree panning option, where you can look in all directions with "more ease". But this just makes matters worse because the view constantly sways back and forth as you move the cursor and it made me dizzy. It's the same feeling as when you're trying to read while in a car.

And besides that, the gameplay is lonely. I found no satisfaction going through a colorful fantasy world with no one to talk to, looking at everything but not being able to examine and trying by myself to figure out what all those creatures and objects were. When playing a game, I prefer a more realistic environment. Anybody can "make up a world" if they use their imagination. But it's more difficult, I think, to create something closer to reality that's involving and realistic.

too easy

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Compared to Riven, EXILE was simple. Maybe the authors wanted to ease up after stumping the world with Riven's super hard puzzles. Answers in EXILE required searching rather than logic.The key was in finding things rather than figuring things out. But we liked the crazy guy. He made us laugh. He was nuts and had a permanent bad hair day. May he rot forever.

Wo......

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I've been playing this game since I was...lets see here...seven I think. I'm now fourteen, and have started this game over numerous times, and only beat a year ago. It is one of my favorite games of all time, with some of the most beautiful music ever produced, and amazing visules. I haven't played the first two, or the last two, but I just ordered "Myst" and "Riven", and I can't waite.

Continues the tradition

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Blowing away the previous competition with it's eye popping slendor, Myst 3 continues the proud tradition of combining the beauty, grace, and mystery Myst has become synonomus with into a new experience...Yes, the format is the same, and the story does feel lacking at times, but so does all myst stories at times, being essentially a story that unfolds to the player in his or her own way..One thing the new developers should have concentrated more on was the sense of history and intruige that initially sucked in most of the players, this game compensates too much of that for simply a gorgeous looking game through and through..

Maintaining their excellent standards.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 09, 2001
Author: Amazon User

With everyone else raving about Exile's graphics and content I won't bother to repeat their obviously correct assessments, like Myst and Riven, Exile ROCKS!!!!

While buying Exile there was a note taped to it from UBI Soft stating the potential problems and how/where to get the patch to fix it. So far I have been playing the game without the patch and I have not run into a single snag or glitch. I use Windows ME, more than the minimum requirements and I couldn't be happier with Exile's performance.

It lives up to Myst standards

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I was a little afraid when I heard there would be a Myst 3 game by a company other than Cyan. I bought it not thinking I would like it as much as the first two. I was wrong. Myst 3 Exile is a great game. Sound, graphics, story - it has it all. I definitely felt I was playing a Myst game. Not quite as good as Riven but still worthy of sharing the Myst name.

Myst 3 - THE most visually stimulating game ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

From the beginning you are spun into breathtaking worlds and amazing architecture. The game is filled with games- some my 9-year-old solved, some that we just couldn't solve. With time and patience, I'm sure we could have beat them all, but then a walk-thru is recommended so that the game doesn't get shoved aside.

Everyone that starts the game is hooked and spell-bindingly amazed at the visuals. The 'one-star' reviewers that criticized the movement ("not being able to run") clearly don't realize that with the stunning graphics and sound, only a supercomputer would be able to keep up.

Exile will be coming out soon on DVD so that you don't have to juggle around the 4 CD's, but just the same, I haven't seen a better game that amazes to these levels.

The original Myst broke new ground with computer games and this one takes it to a different plane altogether.

Visually Stunning ! ! !

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The new 360° viewing ability really gives you the sense of being "IN" the game. The graphics (as in all the "Myst" games) were breathtakingly beautiful. The puzzles were not overly complex, yet were still interesting. I enjoyed this game a great deal!

Gorgeous!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 30, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Kudos to the Myst series, whose games have never failed to disappoint with their wonderfully rendered new worlds. It's more than a game, it's an interactive painting with a fascinating combination of ancient and futuristic buildings and machinery.

Unlike anything you've ever seen.

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