Syberia

This is definitely one of Benoit Sokal's best games. The story is engaging and the ending was nice although it does kind of end on a cliffhanger. The characters are mostly well written, some aren't or they are forgotten half way through the game. The only bad thing about this game was the puzzles... They aren't very well made, but it doesn't stop the game from being a 5 star.

Well, if (back in their days) Clive Barker’s Undying made me get into FPS games and Severance: Blade of Darkness made me get into RPGs, then Syberia 1 is the very game that made me to actually like adventure games! If you aren’t into adventure games yourselves and you want to try one, THIS should be it! Fantastic characters and story! From a lawyer in New York to the following of a dream. A dream of another, that becomes yours too! If you imagine that you can’t manage these kind of games, just be patient, think, and everything is perfectly solvable. But even with a walkthrough by your side, you’ve got to see this game nonetheless! And there is THE ending sequence that will NEVER get old!

I like this game very much. Is so simple, but the story is really interesting and the places are all in a continuos theme, a bit steampunk and retro. Love the nature in Syberia, is so... natural :) I belive that the backround is hand sketched. The music is amazing, thank you gog.com for the goodies. So, the story starts with Kate Walker, a lawer that came to Valadilene to buy an old automatons factory, but is not as simple as she thought... The controls are ok, 4/5 stars here. To finish my review, the game is very releaxing and if you decide to buy it, make sure that you buy Syberia 2 too, because the story continues.

The only game which keeps to bring water on my eyes at the end... Even after so many walkthrough... No need to say more.

I've played a lot of adventures games over the years and Syberia is easily my favorite - I love the atmosphere, the characters, the wonderfully evocative settings which are highlighted by the superlative music and the puzzles. Yes, technically it's a bit 'clunky' in places but so what? It's 17 years old. As an adventure game it really works incredibly well. An easy 5 stars from me.