Barrockstadt is of a tropical persuasion mixed with modern architecture. Valadeline has the look and feel of an Alpinian village that is hidden away from the rest of the world. You visit four locations in the game and each has it's own style or theme. Most of the puzzles occupy a nice middleground that should satisfy both experienced and novice players.Д«eautiful? Stunning? Breathtaking? All words that can safely be used when describing Syberia's graphics. There is nothing impossibly difficult that will throw off new players to the genre but simple puzzles are also generally few and far between. I felt that the difficulty of the puzzles was very well balanced. I never got a feeling of detachment from the game while solving a puzzle because I knew it was being used to further the storytelling. Nearly all of the puzzles are inventory-based and they are well integrated into the story. The interface is completely point-and-click and relies heavily on the use of inventory items. It is played from the 3rd person perspective with 3D characters imposed over 2D backgrounds. In fact if you enjoyed The Longest Journey, you are bound to love this game as well.

The game play is very similar to The Longest Journey. This is a testament to the excellent job they did in crafting the story. By the end I was completely invested in everything that she did and ended up caring for her very much. Though as the game progressed she became more and more likable and a noticeable change in her occurred. At the start of the game I didn't care much for Kate I felt very indifferent towards her, in fact.

In fact, the story is so elegantly and subtly told that you feel as though you are reading poetry or being sung a sonnet that has been transformed into a game.ДЄn area of the game that goes hand in hand with storytelling is character development and Syberia excels here. It crafts this otherwise simple story into a richly detailed experience. The story unfolds at a decidedly slow pace. Sounds like a simple premise for an adventure game doesn't it? And it is. You are there to settle an inheritance matter on behalf of your firm involving the Voralberg family. You play as Kate Walker, a lawyer dispatched from New York to the strange, automaton filled Alpine village of Valadeline. It is an adventure in the most traditional of fashions but yet at the same time it is very unique. I've never played a game quite like Syberia before.

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