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Update 2: After another phone call the game just wouldn't let me continue and I was stuck, even after restart. Due to the lack of manual saves I'd have to start over. Requested a refund. Update 1: A few hours in and I must say that I am quite disappointed, not only because you can't save. What is super annoying is, that EVERY interactive object automatically highlights. There is no need to look around and search for objects. The graphics are really nice, the soundtrack as good as back in the day, the places just look like the original ones. However, the cut scenes are the original ones, they only received some upscaling to fit bigger screens. The phone is now just a num-pad overlay that looks ugly, in the original it was a real phone. To make things worse, the phone bugs out every now and then. The overlay won't close and you can not continue to play, but have to restart. The german translation (for locations and actions) is terrible and most likely a word by word translation via AI. All that problems combined with the missing save function are so frustrating that I can only give 2 stars, mainly for the nice graphics and the fact that they didn't try to "improve" the story. Original post: It captures the feeling of the original nicely. However, the missing manual save option kills every Adventure game for me. That missing feature is so crucial to me, that I only give out 3 stars.
Devs included spyware "for usual marketing purpose" just some time ago. Srew them.
A Syberia game, how I expect it to be. Touching story, interesting characters and a beautiful world. Although graphics are slightly outdated, you can clearly see that the devs put a lot of love into it and together with sounddesign, music and general composition of the scenes it makes the game a real stunner. You just want to sit around, watch the scenery and listen to the music. I played through the game twice and didn't come across any bugs or gliches. 4.6 Stars, because the controls got in my way from time to time and the puzzles are usually rather simple. There is only autosafe and also, if you do a second run to get all the achievements, you cannot skip cutscenes, which can get really annoying. All in all, I recommend the game to anyone who loves games with good story and a great atmosphere.
There hasn't been an update since ages. Don't buy it.
If you liked Commandos, the original Desperados or this studio's Shadow Tactics, you'll love this.
Yes, the great Music is gone, but that should not be a problem these days- fire up Youtube or find a Patch. Seriously, because If younever played this game you missed out on one of the best games ever made. It has an exciting story and a fantastic atmosphere that just sucks you in.