Posted on: June 25, 2022

unearthlytraveller

Игр: 74 Отзывов: 20

Decent

I enjoyed my time with Syberia, but I don't think it will win any converts to the adventure game genre. It has a strong and distinctive setting, but doesn't really stand out in any other dimension. Gameplay-wise, this is smart enough to avoid unwinnable situations. For most of the game, I understood my goal and the puzzles were not too frustrating. Though they also weren't particularly hard, so those looking for a meaty mental challenge might be disappointed. I had to use a walkthrough in a few places, but this was usually because I'd failed to spot an interactable item. I also wasn't a big fan of the conversation system; sometimes you need to select "Help" to advance, sometimes "Mission", sometimes some other word, with no hint as to which. In practice, the correct strategy is just to try all of them every time you talk to anyone; which is bad for narrative immersion and also quite tedious. The story was fine. While hunting for Hans serves as the overarching goal, in practice you have a number of vignettes with only a loose thematic connection. The intention was presumably to indirectly shed light on Hans's character, which more or less worked; and to develop Kate's, which was less successful. I also think the game did a decent job at using the puzzles to develop the story and world. At then end of the day, I did like my time with Syberia.

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Posted on: July 16, 2022

IanaiLunette

Игр: 77 Отзывов: 1

I still have flashbacks of those buggers

Bought the game on phisical almost two decades ago. IIRC back then I was like 14. I usually despise point&click games, but this one reached uncharted territories of loathing. Always in my opinion of course, not only the puzzles and "quests" in this game are as random and single-minded as it could get in a genre where logic and facts are to be ignored in order to craft a plastic eyeball slingshot out of a pair of thongs and one brown branch that you may or may not find in an equally brown mud path to twist the doorknob of the old backyard shack. And God forbid you even lay a finger on the window pane of the rickety window of main house and accidentally break it, allowing you to directly enter and saving 2 hours of your life (random example, not spoiler, but I'm staring at you, stair-birds). Also the player runs suuuuper slow, and has to walk by default. So I hope you like doing that, cause each time you need to test a new object in a convoluted puzzle you'll have to walk sometimes the full map (of beautiful, yet soon repetitive backgrounds). I remember having this full guide at my side, refusing to use it until stuck, and having to use it 9 times out of 10. And still, finishing the game takes forever. Don't expect something as active and heart-racing as Broken Sword. So my experience was negative, my memories of this game are used to mock the genre when talking about it w friends, and I'm extremely biased, but I advice you to be prepared to a really, REALLY slow game with "take it or leave" logic and a kinda interesting story spoiled mainly because there is a (literally) railroad plot, where you need to do the "right thing" instead of the logic thing (which in this case would be the protagonist saying 'screw this' and going back home, where she has way more irons in the oven than a normal person should). But if this is your cup of tea, then by all means go for it, and I sincerely hope you enjoy it. I certainly couldn't, and I tried it.

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Posted on: July 29, 2024

noemi0512

Игр: 57 Отзывов: 6

Beautiful tale

Beautiful art, beautiful story (combined with Syberia II - Which is a must play if you play the first part). If you love great plots and storytelling you might like this one. The puzzles are simple and too easy most of the time - I think the main goal of this game was to show the story and the art. But that doesn't make me like it any less, because the story is that good :)

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Posted on: July 31, 2024

jammonstrald

Владелец игры

Игр: 152 Отзывов: 41

A unique world, a personal discovery

Syberia tells a simple story about getting caught up in a world where nothing goes as planned. But maybe, because of that, a person discovers their true calling. It's a very strange story, in a desolate world that time seems to have passed by. The atmosphere is both quaint and charming, while just under the surface there is something ominous or sad. Everywhere you go, the world shows signs that these places are dying or have long since been abandoned. Yet the more you push through the challenges and these forgotten places, the more it seems that something magical and meaningful awaits in the unknown. In Syberia. I found myself oscillating between really liking the game and getting a bit frustrated by some of the slower pacing and backtracking. But in the end I enjoyed it and I feel that some of the less appealing aspects served the game's message and themes. There were really only a few questlines and puzzles that I found particularly aggravating (mostly with having to run back and forth conversing with NPCs), but overall I felt that the puzzles were decently constructed. They were all decipherable with the information given by the game, and quite a few were particularly clever and creative. I really liked the use of the cell phone as a combination exposition and puzzle device. The only really big criticism is something others have pointed out: Kate's difficulty with stairs. There are a lot of them in the game; and she takes each....step.......very.........painstakingly..............slowly. It did get a laugh out of me a few times though. The game asks for a lot of patience, and I think if you get on board with its theme, then it rewards that patience. I was surprised how emotional I got in the end. Maybe I encountered the game at the right time, but I found its core idea really resonated with me: to embrace a call to unexpected adventure.

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Posted on: August 20, 2024

Sjeurlieh

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Игр: 28 Отзывов: 1

Love the game!

Beautiful sceneries, great storyline.

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