Syberia

buggy mess

I know with older games, you should expect there to be certain... anomalies, when getting them to work, or during playing. Being an older game, newer graphics cards (mine being an R9 390) are not likely to be supported, thus you may very well be greeted by an error message on launch. But even after applying the only fix that seemed to be available, half of the games visuals were displayed as black shapes. I wish I were able to play this game, point and click are the games I live for.

Pros: Beautiful backgrounds, nice music and good controls. Cons: Feels empty, not very interesting, very repetitive. The problem of that game is that there are so many of the same genre that are simply better.

not a bad game, but not the most exciting story (I only played 1 hour though). Furthermore, the automatic saves occur at intervals that are much too long, so expect to loose some progress if you get interrupted by real life.

...but I actually wasn't able to bring myself to finish the game. It's a very visually interesting game, with interesting story concepts. The problem is that the execution just falls flat somewhere along the way. The supporting characters are completely uninteresting, and about an hour in, Kate herself started to rub me the wrong way. Maybe I was just tired of the awkward movement paths or the frustratingly executed puzzles. When I found myself with zero desire to explore what should have been a very interesting world, a main character I'd grown to actively dislike, and a tendency to clench my jaw during quests... I knew it was time to throw the towel in. I'm surprised to hear that Syberia is sometimes compared to The Longest Journey- I was on the edge of my seat with TLJ, and had to force myself to try and finish Syberia.