I enjoyed the game a lot and I don't regret puchasing it (when it was on sale). It's like an horror graphical adventure where you have to piece together what happened by listening to comms recordings and reading documents. Yeah, there's some puzzles, but nothing complex. I'm not a big fan of horror games where you can't fight back. However, I watched a bunch of SOMA gameplays before buying it and I really liked the premise and the biomechanical aesthetics. Kudos to the devs for having a native Linux version, but I couldn't get the game to detect my controller, so I had to use AntiMicroX as a workaround. They paid a lot attention to detail on all environments. You can go to barely any random corner on the seabed areas and find something (rocks, corals, structures, etc.). Feels realistic and not half-assed. Same with indoor areas. Almost all of them have bathrooms and storage rooms. While they usually don't have any functional purpose, their presence helps with the immersion, reminding you that people used really to work and live there. As a downside, your main character, Simon, is a bit of and overreacting and oblivous a-hole. Also, if you are triggered by though moral decisions on a videogame (see negative reviews), this game may not be for you. Put it on your wishlist and buy it when it's on sale.
I upgraded my mom's old PC specifically to play this game. In hindsight: get something better than a GT1030, which is not a bad card, just not enough to play this game at high graphics settings. No, my 2 star review isn't because of that, but because of the stupid game-breaking bugs. My mom is 71 y/o and she has already completed Syberia 1 and 2, and has been waiting for years to play this one. However, she's encountered the bug at Baranour that doesn't allow you to continue. You can't do anything at all, it's like a softlock. How old is this game already? Why hasn't Microids fixed this in 7 years since their last update? Now what? Do we have to look in third-party websites for a game save that hopefully solves this?
