The design of the Ages is also worth mentioning. Clouds look like clouds, rock looks hard, water is fluid and deep, and sharp looks like it would hurt. The images are smooth and crisp and detailed. If Riven was impressive, this is extraordinary. Why is revealed in bits and pieces, as you collect pages to a journal and activate video messages. You must get to those worlds, and get back. It is a training Age for Sirrus and Achenar, Atrus' sons, and links initially to three other ages which were to be part of their training. Suffice to say that you end up in J'nanin, which becomes your jumping off point for the rest of the game. To reveal much more of the plot than that would be to spoil the initial scenes. He wants to show you a new Age he has been writing, Raleeshan, which will be a new home for the D'ni. If you have played either Myst or Riven, you will be familiar with Atrus, who creates worlds (Ages) through writing. Immediately, the graphic quality of the game is apparent.
The game begins with a visit to Atrus and Catherine, living peacefully in Tamahna with a new child. (state of) being expelled or long absence from one's native land It's made even tougher by the fact that Riven is probably my all time favourite game.
I know that's a tough comparison, but as Exile is a sequel it is one that will inevitably be made. Another compares it to its predecessors, notably Riven (in short, it's almost as good). One looks at the game in and of itself (in short, it's fantastic). Review by Steve Ramsey (June, 2001) This is a review from two different aspects.
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