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Is the Sequel as Good?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

First let me tell you where I'm coming from so you can judge my review. I enjoy Adventure games. If you like collecting items and then finding places to use them to continue the game then this might be your type of game. For me the plot is the game. It's like interacting with a book and if the plot is bad so is the game. I enjoyed Syberia so I was excited to play Syberia II. I would expect that it is why all the initial reviews are so positive. If you liked the first one this is more of the same, in fact better because you already know and like the characters. If you haven't played Syberia I'd suggest that you play it first. By now it is a bargan bin game and you can tell if you like the story. The original Syberia does take a while to get started so give it time.
Syberia fans probably don't need this review so I'll just add some of my observations and possible corrections. First I found several scenes to dark to play and had to hunt the pixel to find what I was looking for. It wasn't that I didn't know what I was looking for it was just to dark to see. Even adjusting the brightness all the way up on my screen didn't help a lot. Although this wasn't necessary for the vast majority of the game.
Several tips. They have certain puzzles that appear to be trial and error such as the ring of candles but they are not. A map of the solution to these puzzles is elswhere. Read everything that you find and use your phone because it can save you a lot of searching and guessing. If you take your time and experience the game then you can complete it without a hint book or walkthrough. The object of a good adventure is not to get to the end but to enjoy the trip.

Sequel doesn't disappoint

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This sequel was great fun and worth the bucks I shelled out for it.

To repeat what I've noted in the original Syberia review, this is an adventure game of the Myst variety--lots of sumptuous graphics and a plot that keeps you moving forward until the end. This software is not the "kill everything that moves" type of adventure game that is so popular nowadays, but it is something you can give to a pre-teen and not worry about any gross violence, language, or suggestive material. It's just clean fun. I'd also compare this software to the Longest Journey, which is my favorite adventure game to date. There is a lot of dialogue between your character and others, and the logic puzzles aren't too strenuous in nature (Remember Riven and some of those killer puzzles...ugh...first time I went to a walkthough). The puzzles in Syberia II are sequential in nature for the most part and very down-to-earth. For example, you find items as you progress, and apply those items to various tasks you have to undertake to move forward in the game. Can't get through a door? That means you haven't completed other portions of the sequence or found the right item to help you open the door. Nothing too far-fetched or annoyingly hard to figure out.

Overall the sound was appropriate and the music isn't irritating--something that has bugged me about adventure games in the past. I had some "fuzziness" in the sound during the game, but that had to do with my older computer and its sorry audio equipment. The one downside to this experience was the fact that my computer is older and didn't have enough RAM or newer video drivers to make the gameplaying flawless. I had to restart from a saved game more than once because my computer crashed because the high-definition graphics were too much for it to handle. That said, once I changed the graphics to "low" in the options area, the game ran smoothly once again. The experience proved to my husband that we really do need to upgrade!

Overall, a very enjoyable experience and I recommend it to others who enjoy this gaming genre. I impatiently look forward to Mr. Sokal's next offering!

The answer to the URU Downer

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Found URU to be very disappointing and returned it. Then my children found Syberia. This is a magnificent piece of work. The graphics are exquisite and the music appropriate. The ease of use is apparent. The story line is interesting and original.
I heartily reccommend this to all Myst players. This is the quality of work we expect. Thank you Mr. Sokol. Syberia II is up and running. Just sent XBox version as a gift!

A Satisfying Wrap-Up to Game One

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Anyone who played and enjoyed Syberia One will definetly enjoy this one. Here, I'm going to do my best to summarize the pros and cons of Syberia 2 without making a novel out of it.
PLOT:
The plot, as in the first game, played an essential role in the game. Although it didn't tend to hold my interest as well as the first game did, you did learn a lot about Hans and the rest of the Voralbergs, as well as why Hans is so devoted to finding Syberia. If you liked the "Oh, it's yet ANOTHER train station." thing that was going on in the first game, you won't be disapointed here, although I only recall winding the train once or twice in this game. (!!!)

CHARACTERS:
I always concider characters to be of the utmost importance when it comes to almost any work of fiction, including adventure games. Kate Walker is still as strong-willed as ever, although we don't see the wonderful character change that we did in the original game. At least, not in HER... I must say, however, Hans Voralberg disapointed me. Whenever he wasn't delirious, dying, kidnapped, or simply vanished, he provided little new information, and everything about him seemed rather deadpanned. Oscar's character, in contrast, totally exploded. He went through game one and the beginning of game two with the 'I-am-only-an-automaton. I-am-not-allowed-to-have-an-opinion-in-anything-that-goes-on-around-here.' attitude. However, as the game progressed, Oscar seemed to learn more and more about what it mean to be human, and there were times when he seemed inches away from having his own soul. He used a bigger variety of words and phrases toward the end. And, I hope someone else noticed this too, but his voice became less flat and mechanical as time went on, and, by the end, his voice had character and expression. The character evolution seemed to have gone from Kate to Oscar in this game, and I really enjoyed watching Oscar 'grow up'.
And, of course, lots of new characters are introduced too. A cute little orphaned girl, a peg-legged soldier (the world of Syberia has too many soldiers), and two cookie-cutter villians who actually had motives (unlike Kate), and also a returning character from the first game (totally unexpected!).
For those who have played the first game, we all remember the diolouge notebook. 'Kate', 'Mission', 'Help', 'Hans', etc. You will be quite happy to know, that in this game, once a topic is discussed it will vanish from the list. Probably to save you from hearing a certain conversation sixty million times just because you clicked on 'Help' wondering if there was anything new to say...
The character animations were good, as always. Once, I left Kate standing where she was for almost 5 whole minutes, because, every 10 seconds or so, she'd do something like cough or rub her hands together. Quite an improvement off of other adventure games I've played, in which they'll stand there for 10 whole minutes just breathing. The characters' body language matched what they were saying (most of the time) although I still say that Kate used her hands too much while she was talking. The only criticism I have to make about character animations is one paticular scene. In the 'dream sequence' (those who have played this game will know what I mean), Kate and Hans are having a conversation and, whoever is talking at the moment, the 'camera' will zoom in on their face. If the game creators wanted to do this, they should've focused more on the character animations in this shot: the talking character, although their lips moved, their teeth stayed clenched. That bothered me terribly...

PUZZLES:
The puzzles in this game were less of a 'find the right object to go in the right spot' and more of a variety of stuff. Some puzzles were still 'find the right object'. Some could be solved very easily by some lucky guesswork. Yet others you could fiddle with for hours and still be slamming the keyboard with frustration. There were a few that I had to get Internet help on, and I don't see any way whatsoever that I could've solved the puzzle without it. I personally think that Syberia should've stuck with really easy puzzles, or the really hard ones, instead of flip-flopping back and forth between the two. At the very least, it would've been easier to nail an age recommendation onto it.

SCENERY/PLACES:
As always, the graphics were astounding. Everything from running water to fire looked absoloutly fantastic. And all the little details, too... Kate leaving footprints in the snow, seeing her shadows in the light, seeing her reflection when she walks over a puddle... honestly, walking through screen after screen of the arctic tundra has never been so beautiful.
Note the 'screen after screen' phrase.
I recall one particular puzzle in which I needed to use a canteen of water to do something specific. There were lots of things I could do with the canteen of water, but only one would work. Normally, trial and error would work very well, but, the only problem was, once you tried and failed, you use up all the water in the canteen. So you had to go walking across (I counted) 8 screens of snow and ice in order to refill the canteen, and then go walking the 8 screens back. For those of us without much patience for seeing Kate run around in the snow, it was incredibly frustrating.

OVERALL:
Overall, this game will not disapoint those who are buying it because they fell in love with the first game. Although some of the kinks have been worked out in this one, there are still some that remain. However, I really loved this game: the graphics were astounding; the plot, although it had some weak points, was still very good; the characters were mind-blowing, and everyone's (ok, more like MY) favorite tin man had a bigger role! Anyway, all in all, this game is definitely worth the money. So... what're you waiting for? Go ahead and buy it!

BRILLIANT, BEAUTIFUL, WORTH IT!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

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!

Good follow up to Syberia I.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game because I really liked playing the first Syberia. I wasn't disappointed here either. Even though this game was by a different company than the first, the characters, look and feel of the game are the same. The only thing I really didn't like about this game was some parts of it require you to do a lot of walking back and forth to get things, combine things, etc. This made the game kind of boring in spots. Otherwise, it was a lot of fun.

What is your destiny?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: February 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Syberia II starts off where its predecessor left off, with Hans and Kate on a journey to find the long lost Syberia. Even more magical that the first, Syberia II takes you places you've only ever dreamed of, meeting some very mean characters along with very charming ones. You'll find this very enjoyable if you liked the first one.

Good only if you like this type of game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I know the title of my review seems stupidly self-evident, but let me explain. I give Syberia II four stars for its graphics and production values, but for gameplay I'd rate it a three or maybe even a two. The reason I decided to give it four stars is because it actually is a pretty good game if you enjoy third-person adventure games. For some reason, I keep buying them (starting with Syberia, then The Longest Journey, then The Black Mirror) and I keep hating them. I felt compelled to play this in order to finish the Syberia story, but I still didn't really enjoy it.

I prefer the first-person adventure games where there is no character interaction, no dialogue, no inventory, and the puzzles are focused on pure logic. Third-person adventures, including Syberia, utilize an immense amount of conversation and always (that I've seen) include weird and illogical use of an inventory. I don't enjoy these gameplay elements. I feel that they doom third-person adventures to always have the same elements: constantly running around talking to people, doing something, having to go back and talk to them again, and putting inventory items together in strange ways.

So what's the point of this rant? Only to say that Syberia, for all its production values, still falls victim to this lousy gameplay. But as long as you enjoy that type of game, then Syberia II is one of the best. Just know what you are getting into before you buy it. I'm trying to be fair and objective with my star rating, because I know that at the core this is one of the better adventure games out there -- it's just not the kind that I like.

EDIT: Well, I just hit the "Save" button for this review and it turns out you can't edit your star rating once you've done that. On second thought, I think I might even drop my rating down to three stars. Great graphics can't excuse poor gameplay.

Great Bargain

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 10
Date: November 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Haven't played this game yet, but can tell you it is available from biggest retailer you know for 9.96! Check it out!

syberia II

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: April 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Awesome game, I loved the first but this one is more spectacular, I actually said wow outloud while playing this game. It will be one of your favorites. wow

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