I had never played Syberia until I found it on GOG. And I am impressed: it's a game with an absorbing atmosphere, a low-key, quirky mystery plotline, gorgeous scenery and music... one of the few games where cutscenes feel like a reward, a genuine treat, rather than something you have to suffer through to get to more gameplay. The puzzles are minimalist, reasonably intuitive and mercifully do not send you hunting hither and yon to gather five dozen items to perform a simple task. I played the game right through in two days. Only a couple of small flaws keep me from giving it a perfect rating. One was how annoying and clueless everyone in Kate's life is -- and in general the voice-acting is serviceable but not super-impressive. The other was that while the game doesn't suffer from the kind of absurdly counter-intuitive and overcomplicated puzzles that originally sank the point-and-click, there was still a lot of pixel-hunting and even one point where I had to consult a walkthrough in order to avoid having to randomly punch three-number combinations into a keypad in order to advance. But those are minor gripes with an otherwise excellent game.
