As the games progress, things start clearing up, and by the end of the game you think you have it all figured out, when some unbelievable trick is thrown in front of you, changing the path of the game entirely. Actually, your avatar begins, in most cases, having no idea where he is, what he is doing, or even how he got to his present state. Just know that for most of the games, you are completely clueless. There really is not much that can be said about Myst and its successors without giving away something.
The ability for the game to take different paths while still outlining the same basic concept is truly amazing. One player could get a completely different game out of the same CD. Myst is an incredibly shadowed game, with an unlimited number of possibilities in direction and plot advancement. However, seeing as how this game is remarkably huge it's unlikely that any one player could tell you the same thing. Since Myst has been around for quite some time, most gamers could probably tell you what they believe Myst is about. Moving away or around things moves the location of the sound, and almost every item in the game has an amazingly believable sound associated with it. All three titles are truly amazing works in the sound department. A huge score, dozens of character dialogs often synced with a believable video representation of the character, major sound effects and strong environmental sounds produce something that has to be seen to be heard. Sound plays a major role in the Myst series. And even though they are predecessors, Riven and the original Myst are still quite submersive environments. Since it was released only a few short years ago, Exile is visually the strongest, with true 3D worlds capable of being rummaged through in exquisite detail. Each game improves leaps and bounds over the previous, keeping the Myst name at the top of the list as far as creating beautiful worlds. As the Myst saga grew, so did the stunning visuals. Things looked real, and player could truly believe that they were a part of some fantasy island somewhere in the middle of real life and another time. At the time, the graphics were unheard of in a video game. Myst was an incredible success and a remarkable contribution to the development of video games when it was first released almost a decade ago. Myst Trilogy is a compilation set of all three Myst titles.