<s>
Myst	B-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
Exile	I-Application
is	O
the	O
third	O
title	O
in	O
the	O
Myst	B-Application
series	I-Application
of	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
puzzle	O
video	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
preceding	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
Myst	B-Application
and	O
Riven	B-Application
,	O
were	O
produced	O
by	O
Cyan	O
Worlds	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Brøderbund	O
,	O
Exile	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Presto	O
Studios	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Ubi	O
Soft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
four	O
compact	O
discs	O
for	O
both	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
on	O
May	O
8	O
,	O
2001	O
;	O
versions	O
for	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
were	O
released	O
in	O
late	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
single-disc	O
DVD	O
version	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
for	O
Windows	O
and	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
creators	O
of	O
the	O
Myst	B-Application
franchise	I-Application
gave	O
the	O
task	O
of	O
creating	O
the	O
third	O
Myst	B-Application
game	I-Application
to	O
Presto	O
Studios	O
,	O
known	O
for	O
its	O
adventure	O
game	O
series	O
The	O
Journeyman	O
Project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
hired	O
Jack	O
Wall	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
musical	O
style	O
different	O
from	O
earlier	O
composer	O
Robyn	O
Miller	O
but	O
still	O
recognizable	O
as	O
a	O
Myst	B-Application
game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Exile	O
was	O
well-received	O
by	O
critics	O
;	O
The	O
Daily	O
Telegraph	O
called	O
it	O
the	O
best	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Myst	B-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conversely	O
,	O
long-time	O
critics	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
complained	O
that	O
Exile	O
proved	O
that	O
Mysts	B-Application
slower	O
gameplay	O
did	O
not	O
belong	O
in	O
the	O
fast-paced	O
modern	O
game	O
market	O
;	O
GameSpot	O
editor	O
Greg	O
Kasavin	O
described	O
the	O
Myst	B-Application
series	I-Application
as	O
having	O
lost	O
its	O
relevance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
selling	O
more	O
than	O
onemillion	O
copies	O
within	O
the	O
first	O
year	O
of	O
release	O
,	O
Exile	O
performed	O
worse	O
commercially	O
than	O
Myst	B-Application
and	O
Riven	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Myst	B-Application
IV	I-Application
:	I-Application
Revelation	I-Application
,	O
the	O
fourth	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
was	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
solely	O
by	O
Ubisoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gameplay	O
in	O
Myst	B-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
Exile	I-Application
is	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
its	O
predecessors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
explores	O
immersive	O
,	O
pre-rendered	O
environments	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
Ages	O
"	O
by	O
using	O
either	O
mouse	B-Device
clicks	O
or	O
the	O
space	B-Device
bar	I-Device
for	O
movement	O
from	O
set	O
nodes	O
across	O
each	O
Age	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Exile	O
begins	O
10	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Riven	B-Application
,	O
when	O
the	O
player	O
arrives	O
at	O
Tomahna	O
,	O
the	O
home	O
of	O
Atrus	O
and	O
his	O
wife	O
Catherine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cyan	O
Worlds	O
and	O
Mattel	O
Interactive	O
(	O
then	O
the	O
owner	O
of	O
the	O
Myst	B-Application
and	O
Riven	B-Application
franchise	O
)	O
outbid	O
several	O
development	O
companies	O
for	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Myst	B-Application
and	O
Riven	B-Application
;	O
according	O
to	O
Game	O
Developer	O
,	O
interested	O
parties	O
developed	O
proposals	O
including	O
story	O
concepts	O
,	O
analysis	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
two	O
games	O
,	O
technology	O
discussion	O
,	O
and	O
technology	O
demonstration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
core	O
team	O
from	O
Presto	O
Studios	O
held	O
discussions	O
which	O
analyzed	O
Myst	B-Application
and	O
Riven	B-Application
,	O
then	O
set	O
out	O
specific	O
goals	O
for	O
the	O
third	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
progress	O
goal	O
was	O
very	O
important	O
for	O
Uhler	O
,	O
who	O
stated	O
:	O
"	O
Players	O
who	O
had	O
failed	O
to	O
complete	O
Myst	B-Application
or	O
Riven	B-Application
did	O
so	O
because	O
they	O
were	O
unsure	O
of	O
how	O
much	O
remained	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
what	O
their	O
goals	O
were.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
,	O
Presto	O
prepared	O
three	O
possible	O
storylines	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
follow	O
;	O
a	O
meeting	O
between	O
Cyan	O
,	O
Presto	O
,	O
and	O
Mattel	O
yielded	O
a	O
completely	O
different	O
plot	O
,	O
which	O
explored	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
loose	O
ends	O
hinted	O
at	O
in	O
Myst	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pre-rendered	O
environments	O
,	O
like	O
those	O
in	O
the	O
earlier	O
Myst	B-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
were	O
used	O
,	O
providing	O
what	O
producer	O
Dan	O
Irish	O
described	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
photorealistic	O
ability	O
to	O
present	O
the	O
world	O
in	O
a	O
convincing	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Presto	O
used	O
3ds	B-Language
Max	I-Language
,	O
Areté	O
's	O
Digital	O
Nature	O
Tools	O
,	O
and	O
additional	O
software	O
to	O
generate	O
the	O
pre-rendered	O
visuals	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
dynamic	O
water	O
,	O
character	O
animations	O
,	O
and	O
lighting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
in	O
Myst	B-Application
and	O
Riven	B-Application
,	O
the	O
developers	O
used	O
live-action	O
sequences	O
instead	O
of	O
computer-generated	O
actors	O
and	O
props	O
;	O
Irish	O
stated	O
that	O
using	O
computer	O
graphics	O
would	O
have	O
reminded	O
players	O
they	O
were	O
in	O
a	O
game	O
,	O
"	O
which	O
would	O
wreck	O
the	O
immersion	O
that	O
is	O
so	O
critical	O
to	O
the	O
Myst	B-Application
games	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rand	O
Miller	O
returned	O
to	O
play	O
Atrus	O
,	O
a	O
role	O
he	O
had	O
filled	O
since	O
the	O
first	O
Myst	B-Application
game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brad	O
Dourif	O
,	O
a	O
professional	O
actor	O
best	O
known	O
for	O
the	O
Child	O
's	O
Play	O
films	O
,	O
agreed	O
to	O
play	O
Saavedro	O
because	O
he	O
was	O
a	O
huge	O
Myst	B-Application
fan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
actors	O
included	O
Maria	O
Galante	O
as	O
Atrus	O
 '	O
wife	O
Catherine	O
,	O
and	O
Greg	O
Uhler	O
's	O
daughter	O
Audrey	O
in	O
a	O
cameo	O
as	O
Atrus	O
 '	O
daughter	O
Yeesha	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Uhler	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
video	O
was	O
one	O
aspect	O
of	O
Myst	B-Application
that	O
Presto	O
"	O
did	O
wrong	O
"	O
;	O
because	O
high-definition	O
video	O
cameras	O
were	O
not	O
used	O
,	O
the	O
resulting	O
video	O
was	O
not	O
as	O
crisp	O
as	O
developers	O
had	O
hoped	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Gores	O
sold	O
GAME	O
Studios	O
and	O
their	O
assets	O
to	O
Ubi	O
Soft	O
in	O
March	O
2001	O
,	O
the	O
title	O
alongside	O
the	O
Myst	B-Application
franchise	I-Application
as	O
a	O
whole	O
was	O
put	O
in	O
the	O
hands	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
music	O
for	O
Myst	B-Application
and	O
Riven	B-Application
was	O
composed	O
by	O
Robyn	O
Miller	O
;	O
Jack	O
Wall	O
created	O
the	O
score	O
for	O
the	O
third	O
installment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
recognizable	O
as	O
Myst	B-Application
,	O
but	O
unique	O
and	O
distinctive.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Wall	O
also	O
echoed	O
Irish	O
's	O
opinion	O
that	O
he	O
wanted	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
very	O
different	O
score	O
from	O
the	O
"	O
wonderful	O
sonic	O
pastiche	O
"	O
of	O
Myst	B-Application
and	O
Riven	B-Application
,	O
yet	O
still	O
recognizable	O
as	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
earlier	O
games	O
;	O
Wall	O
considered	O
copying	O
Miller	O
's	O
style	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
safe	O
"	O
yet	O
unappealing	O
route	O
that	O
was	O
expected	O
of	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
puzzles	O
were	O
described	O
as	O
less	O
difficult	O
and	O
more	O
contained	O
,	O
meaning	O
that	O
players	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
to	O
experiment	O
with	O
switches	O
and	O
then	O
click	O
several	O
screens	O
away	O
to	O
see	O
the	O
effect	O
,	O
as	O
in	O
Riven	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Daily	O
Telegraph	O
offered	O
even	O
stronger	O
praise	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
Presto	O
had	O
crafted	O
the	O
best	O
Myst	B-Application
game	I-Application
in	O
the	O
series	O
thus	O
far	O
,	O
a	O
sentiment	O
that	O
was	O
echoed	O
in	O
other	O
publications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
who	O
had	O
not	O
enjoyed	O
Myst	B-Application
or	O
Riven	B-Application
stated	O
that	O
there	O
was	O
nothing	O
new	O
or	O
substantially	O
different	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
warrant	O
interest	O
;	O
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
observed	O
,	O
"	O
Exile	O
has	O
everything	O
you	O
loved	O
or	O
hated	O
about	O
Myst	B-Application
and	O
Riven.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Academy	O
of	O
Interactive	O
Arts	O
&	O
Sciences	O
nominated	O
Myst	B-Application
III	I-Application
for	O
its	O
2001	O
"	O
Outstanding	O
Achievement	O
in	O
Character	O
or	O
Story	O
Design	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
Computer	O
Action/Adventure	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Outstanding	O
Achievement	O
in	O
Original	O
Musical	O
Composition	O
"	O
awards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
these	O
categories	O
ultimately	O
went	O
to	O
Ico	B-Application
,	O
Return	B-Application
to	I-Application
Castle	I-Application
Wolfenstein	I-Application
and	O
Tropico	B-Application
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Adventure	O
Gamers	O
named	O
Myst	B-Application
III	I-Application
the	O
59th-best	O
adventure	O
game	O
ever	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
the	O
latter	O
date	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
country	O
's	O
highest-selling	O
Myst	B-Application
game	I-Application
released	O
during	O
the	O
2000s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
editor	O
Greg	O
Kasavin	O
told	O
Time	O
magazine	O
that	O
"	O
Myst	B-Application
is	I-Application
no	O
longer	O
as	O
relevant	O
to	O
gamers	O
as	O
it	O
used	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
and	O
that	O
"	O
it	O
represents	O
an	O
antiquated	O
style	O
of	O
gaming	O
"	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
3-D	O
action	O
games	O
being	O
released	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soon	O
after	O
Exiles	O
release	O
,	O
Presto	O
announced	O
it	O
was	O
discontinuing	O
software	O
development	O
;	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
title	O
Whacked	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Myst	B-Application
series	I-Application
,	O
entitled	O
Revelation	B-Application
,	O
would	O
be	O
produced	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Ubisoft	O
.	O
</s>
