Myst play order

Is it better to start with one of the earlier versions of Myst than Myst IV
if you are just beginning this type of game. Usually I play the blood &
guts, blow up the monster games etc., and to tell the truth Myst IV is
pretty baffling. This is my first kick at this genre of game. Very cool
though, and plays well on an Alienware notebook by the way. I did have to
replace the shader .dll file back to the original "prepatch" file to get rid
of the jaggies.
Thanks for any input.

Paul

Paul in MN wrote:
> Is it better to start with one of the earlier versions of Myst than Myst IV
> if you are just beginning this type of game. Usually I play the blood &
> guts, blow up the monster games etc., and to tell the truth Myst IV is
> pretty baffling. This is my first kick at this genre of game. Very cool

I'd recommend playing them in order. It won't make Myst IV any easier,
but there's a very intricate plot running around the Myst games, usually
in the shadows, so playing them in order and paying attention is the
only way to pick it all up.