![]() ![]() ![]() The developers strongly suggest that you use a controller to play the game and after trying the keyboard and mouse for a while (hey, we’re old-skool!) it becomes painfully obvious why they do so. In stark contrast to the previous titles in this chapter you no longer have to point-and-click to get Kate to move but you can control her movements yourself. It also doesn’t help that the mouth synchronization is far from what it should b,e resulting in an overall bad experience when it comes to sound in this game. While the soundtrack of the game, written by Inon Zur, known from games like Syberia 2, Fallout and Prince of Persia, is very pleasant to listen to, it would have been nice if the same amount of attention was delivered to the sound effects which at times sound like stock samples and are pretty bland. Even though all dialogues are voice acted it seems like the developers were only able to afford a few not terribly great voice actors which makes you disconnect from the game at times as for example a native all of sudden speaks flawless English without any accent. You move through the world in 3D but even though the camera moves with you, its position is always fixed so some corners are impossible to look behind. All this graphic experience comes at a cost of a whopping 45 GB on your hard drive though. The cut-scenes are well integrated in the game and everything seems to have a natural flow. When you get up close to objects or characters however, they often are not quite so detailed. The world you walk around in is nicely formed, albeit sometimes a bit boring when outside. The Youkole people continue to play a great part as Kate learns more about them and their almost symbiotic relationship with their snow ostriches.īack in the day, Syberia 2 was already a nice looking title and it seems that the developers have tried to up the ante for this latest part. The story as told by Benoît Sokal, who also wrote the stories of the first two parts, further unfolds and Kate encounters not so pleasant memories and characters from her past. When she finally wakes up in a room with one of the Youkole people who is also wounded, you take over and Kate can start making her way throughout the world, if she can leave the hospital that is. She is found near death by the Youkole tribe and while being kept alive by their shaman she is brought to a hospital in the Valsembor village. The story picks up where it left off in part two: the American lawyer Kate Walker has left the island Syberia but is adrift and unconscious on her boat as it washes ashore on a river bank. Developer Microïds has picked up the gauntlet to create a new chapter in this series but are they able to fulfill the expectations and deliver a new and exciting successor? ![]() In their days these titles were considered among some of the best in their genre. If you have achieved a certain age in life you might remember the old point-and-click adventure games called Syberia 1 and 2. ![]()
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