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11 of 16 customers found the following review helpful:
 The thinking man's adventure game, 2004-11-15
Just so you know where I stand, I hated The Longest Journey. I play for relaxation and I do enjoy a slow paced adventure but I also demand depth and credibility. Spare me the psycho-babbles and silliness about magic and dragons.
Syberia 1&2 is an altogether different level of engagement. It has a well developed plot, life-like characters, and most important ATMOSPHERE. The amount of details is astounding and I would agree the game has a certain feminine charm to it. While it doesn't escape the triple curse of adventure games (linearity, pixel hunting, annoying puzzles), this is probably as good as it gets.
It goes without saying, hyperactive players looking for a rambo-like romp should steer clear of this one.
7 of 11 customers found the following review helpful:
Not as good as the first but still remarkable! , 2004-10-18
SPOILER WARNING!!!!!!!!
I just finished Syberia 2 and I must say I am disappointed. You're wondering how I can give the game 5 stars and say I'm disappointed?! Well, it wasn't as good as the first but I think that's mostly because the first one was so novel. I LOVED the first Syberia and raved and raved about it. The second one didn't speak to me in the same way; I wasn't as invested in the storyline nor was I really understanding it!! I thought the ending was ridiculous to be honest. As another reviewer mentioned, how can "KATE WALKER" just be left in Syberia waving to her deathly ill "friend" riding a mammoth into the...what?...snow drifts???? What is she supposed to do? I spent at least 15 minutes trying to figure out how to free the youkal from the cage!!!! I can't believe we just leave the poor creature in the cage!!!! Don't even get me started on the cheezy sub plot with her boss. Yuck! It cheapened the game.
With all of that said, if you are reading this review because you are wondering if you should buy the game then that's a total no brainer. BUY IT! It is simply the best adventure game ever. NO competition. I haven't really enjoyed any other game (closest would be Longest Journey and maybe The Last Express but I didn't even like those that much). The graphics are what make this game so incredible. I found the puzzles super hard; maybe I'm just a novice gameplayer but I don't understand how so many reviewers can say the puzzles were EASY!! I needed to look at walkthroughs MANY times (but not as many times in the first one).
I wish there were more adventure games to challenge this one because it isn't perfect. But...it's still the absolute best one out there.
8 of 8 customers found the following review helpful:
 Good sequal - same old style, 2004-10-03
Impressive scenery; great storyline; funny lines; same story and game. That pretty much summons it all up. If you have Syberia you'll need Syberia II to get a conclussion - dispite there's no conclussion on what our heroine Kate Walker will do - a little disappointing ending. Maybe there's a sequeal in the works?
The sequal picks up from excatly where the other ended. Kate is on the train with Hans, trying to help Hans fulfill his dream. She's being pursued by the old firm back in New York - why really doesn't make much sense - this super powerful layer firm is being preasured by Kate's mom? Well, that's beside the point - they send an investigator after kate. Kate stops in 4 places where you have lots of puzzles to solve (she has at least 6 or 7 stops in Syberia I - depending on how you count). As always, keep your eyes and ears open - one of the great things about Syberia is because the graphics are so life like you sometimes ignore the obvious hidden in the details.
Oscar as always is his whimpy self. Not as much as in #1 - and by the end, you'll get a completely new impression of what/who Oscar is. He indeed is a nobel automatron. In the end he proves to be more human than most of us (*sniff*).
Syberia II is shorter (too short) than the original. It can successfully be completed in 4-5 hours. Once you know the idea behind the puzzles and the hidden hot-spots, the game doesn't have too much brainyack stuff to offer. In comparison, Syberia I takes at least 6-8 hours to complete with the same level of knowlege.
It seems rather a cheat that this wasn't included in the original game. Basicly you get "fooled" into buying the game twice. For that, I took away one star. Well - and the fact that the faith of Kate Walker remains unknown by the end of the game also played into my decission. Do not confuse this with not enjoying the game. Syberia I and II is a wonderful game, visual, audio and thought wise.
2 of 2 customers found the following review helpful:
BRILLIANT, BEAUTIFUL, WORTH IT!, 2004-09-25
I have to admit that when I finshed and replayed over and over again Syberia I, it seemed almost too good to be true that there would be a sequal. HURRAY, HURRAY!
The graphics are BEAUTIFUL as usual, game play in terms of "to-ing and fro-ing" are better. As in Syberia, I actually found myself caring for the characters beyond the "oo-ing" on the gorgeous graphics. Music is wonderful - not a minus - too. I might also add that, given that I was pre-ordered for months on this game, the copy I got ACTUALLY WORKED FLAWLESSLY!!!! It is a little expensive, but WELL WORTH IT - especially since my copy WORKED! COULDN'T RATE IT HIGHER. IS THERE A "SYBERIA III" in the works? I'd buy it in a heartbeat!
3 of 3 customers found the following review helpful:
Brilliant and Beautiful, 2004-09-09
Syberia 1 and 2 are the best video games I have ever played. Finding the clues and items is difficult but always interesting: strategies are never simple and cannot be solved with brute violence. Characters seem to jump out of the screen with their very human qualities. All happening in the most beautifully designed scenarios I have ever seen in video games. I recommend it greatly.
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