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News: Tom Morello stars in Guitar Hero III
Activision has announced that Tom Morello, from Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, will guest star as a boss character in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. Click here to read the article.
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Myst III: Exile
Alright, first thing is first. This is not your typical game. If you are one of those who has grown accustomed to assault rifles and hand grenades please return to the main page and read some of today's news. For those of you who are still here, let's begin.
Myst III: Exile is it's own type of game. It is what I like to call a "Clicker." Now I know you are all wondering what I mean by that, but fear not, I shall explain it. When Myst first came out it caused a sensation in the gaming world, and the world in general and up until now was the best selling PC series. In case you're wondering, The Sims is now the king on top of the hill. Myst is a 2D, point and click adventure where you basically click on things to make them do something or click on a certain place to move there. Myst has one up (some mught call it a down) and that is it has some of the hardest puzzles around but when you figure them out you'll be saying to yourself, "Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! How could I not know that!?"
The story of the third installment of this series is basically a revenge story. Saavedro (the bad guy) has stolen the new Age (a book that is actually a world) written by Atrus and naturally, this is where you come in. You end up chasing Saavedro through many different Ages until you end up with the Age in your hand. Nothing really special, just enough to be a sequel, and as we all know, most sequels tend to not be up to par with the first in the series.
The gameplay is basically you, the player, clicking from place to place, solving puzzles, trying not to throw the xbox controller against the wall. There really is nothing else to it then aiming at something and clicking. Just click and click.... quite boring.
The graphics are another thing though. Although they are just rendered images, nothing 3D here folks, they are rendered beautifully. Every Age has its own unique look that will have you taking in the view and then wishing you could actually move in this world, instead of clicking your way through it. If this was a PC review, it would score better in this category but since this is the Xbox and we are visual whores thanks to Bungie's Halo and Ubisoft's Splinter Cell, a common Xbox gamer will take this out of their box in one hour tops.
The sound in Myst III: Exile is quire nice though. It gets the job done and goes well with each specific Age. The games soundtrack will have you entranced as it was conducted by a real orchestra (you know, those people who play violins and stuff) so it is quite beautiful. A con in this section is that when characters are talking, you can't hear them well which is quite a drag of you want to know what the hell you are supposed to do next.
All in all, Myst III: Exile has some ups, but it has more downs. This is a game that is not worth a purchase and maybe not even a rental, atleast not for your everyday Halo freak. I do give Ubisoft props for having the fortitude to put this game on a console. Unfortunately, this game falls short of being Xbox worthy.
Report Card:
Gameplay = 5
Graphics = 5
Audio = 5
Replay Value = 5
Overall: 5/10
Click here for the Myst 3 screenshots gallery!
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