I purchased the original 5 games about a year ago. Tried them a few times but my mind just does not work with puzzle games.

Are there any very easy to follow guides either written or vidoes somewhere. I have looked at a few but the puzzle solving descriptions were not detailed enough for me. Sad to say but I need my hand held allow the way through with this series.

I would like to go throuhg them for the story only. Like dear ester. So spoilers are not a concern.

I presume for the story they should be played in order, is that the case?

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers MarkL

There are multiple wakthroughs for each Myst game here, have a look. ;)

http://www.gameboomers.com/walkthroughs.html

Thanks for the link, I will check it out when I get home from work.

Regards.

This one is great:
http://www.mystjourney.com/

The site has great infos, hints or complete walktroughs, also easter eggs,how to get the alternate endings of Riven, background infos,...

For the best possible Riven experience, this topic might be of interest for you :-), see post 2:
http://www.gog.com/forum/myst_series/riven_on_windows_7

The correct order to play the games/read the books is:

1. Myst Masterpiece Edition/Real Myst/Real Myst Masterpiece Edition (all of them or the one you like best/works on your system)
2. Riven: The Sequel To Myst
3. Myst: Book of Atrus
4. Myst: Book of Ti'Ana
5. Myst: Book of D'ni
6. Myst III: Exile
7. Myst IV: Revelations
8 Uru: Complete Chronicles (+ Myst online: Uru live)
9. Myst V: End Of Ages

There are also other "order versions" in which you could go through the games/books (and which are suggested elsewhere on the net), but it takes away from the experience if you know something already which you are not supposed to know at a certain point. (For example chronically Book of Ti'Ana takes place before Book of Atrus, but Atrus was released first and should be read first imo)

I'm now playing "Exile", but as I understand it you could skip this one because it's kind of a "sidetrack".
But I think you will get the "complete picture" with the order above.

I hope this helps. :-)

Actually the book of Ti'Ana and the book of Atrus take place before the original game.

I highly recommend not to let a walkthrough take you by the hand. They are an inherent part of the story (especially in Riven), and your growing understanding of what's what is what makes the storytelling so compelling. You are not going to experience the story the way you can if think of the puzzles as an obstacle you can bypass with a guide, because worldbuilding is done by you as a player through solving those puzzles.

Even so I wish you a pleasant journey :) and Mystjourney.com is a very good site indeed.

Try the UHS file. It's a walkthrough site that gives you hints on request until you get the answer. It's very good if you want to try to figure the game out but need a little help.

Thanks for all the links. it will take me awhile to go through them all.

I like the concept of the Myst games but fo rme they are vey hard.

Thanks again for all the help.

Regards MarkL

That's true, these books take place before the original myst. But you are not supposed to know anything when you land on the dock. So I would read them afterwards in the order they were released. :-)