Horrible, diguisting, bugged, boring, "funny", pesky game with terrible music and weird gameplay. Shit.
The title says it all.
For me, Syberia has the most amazing and the most beautiful lore in the history of videogames. So simple, but full of sincere magic, tenderness and childlish playfulness. There is a lot of sadness in the lore, there is also a lot of hapiness in the lore. There is this "autumn" atmosphere that I will not ever forget. Thank you Master Benoît Sokal for this! The story is very simple, but also very effective. You are a lawyer Kate Walker from New York who came to a small village situated somewhere in French Alps to make a business contract. Her boss is expecting great results and Kate is determined to fullfil them at all costs. But the more she gets deeper into the new "world" she came to, the more she moves away from her job and also her personal life. She is constantly changing. It is fascinating how the creators managed to write a mature story without any cutscenes. There are just small interruptions in the form of phone calls. Behind those calls dramatic situations are happening due to which the characters are developing throughout the whole game. Well, gameplay-wise, Syberia is a bit of letdown. Hm, that was maybe a too much. No, no letdown. The game´s gameplay is just too streamlined for its own good. When you need something to continue, you usually find it nearby your problem. Real puzzles are basically non-existent, 99% of the game consists of talking to NPCs and using items that you found next to your "problematic" passage. It is not terrible at all, it somehow fits the mood and the style of playing, but more interesting problems and puzzles would definitely be more pleasing for me (This was fulfilled in Syberia 2 by the way). I love the ending of the game. What an unchained beauty! The music is so good as if composed by angels themselves in the heaven! 78%
Good atmosphere, great soundtrack, solid graphics, well mostly average puzzles and strictly linear, but the biggest problem is its shortness! The game ends at its best and this is ...so annoying ://
