Syberia

This is probably one of the most gorgeous adventure games I've ever played. Beautiful graphics, clever puzzles. Both Syberia and Syberia 2 can not receive a higher rating.

This adventure is a serious one. No hyperkinetic rabbit or purple tentacle trying to save the world. You play Kate Walker, a lawyer, who embarks on a simple journey to complete some work about a toy factory... which seems to be more difficult than foreseen. Discover a world full of poetry and automatons in this truly wonderful amazing game. The puzzles are logical and the great story is supported by gorgous visuals and good voice acting. Note that this a two-part story: Syberia 2 is needed to complete Kate Walker's journey.

This phrase applies as well to the game itself as the numerous blocked paths and inaccessible places in the world. The scenery is pretty, but voice acting is bad, character models are atrocious (even by 2002 standards) and gameplay is... well, there isn't any. Puzzles are simultaneously trivial and obtuse. The story didn't really grab me either, contrary to what I've read in other reviews. There plenty of adventure games out there without glaring issues like these, so hit those before you feel the need to check this out.

Alas, the eventual immersion with highly acclaime specimen of the quest genre turned to be dissapointing for quite mundane reasons. Even delaying the attempt to fainally pass the game by 15 years did not help to see more patched and polished product. Passing the game turned out to be simply impossible without implanting external saves as already in Barrockstadt alone I came across of two intances of being fully blocked from progressing by bugs. Once the necessaruy dialogue topic "Sauvignon" failed to appear even with all the conditions fulfilled (was ok for the saves I found on the Internet), another case featured the captain tryinng to look in a telescope and - poof! - just dissapearning and jamming the anumation scene turning the game non-responsive. Sorry, it is still quite a noticeable ratio of issues per itemes of game to consider it playable.

One of the best adventures I've ever played. A brilliant storyline, great logical puzzles and gameplay. Truly fantastic