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3 of 15 customers found the following review helpful:
 Is this a joke?, 2006-02-10
If I wanted to see breathtaking scenary and no storyline, I would have went to the mountains.
The puzzles in this game are tedious and hardly worth anyone's time. The only thing keeping me going was the fact that I was finally going to get to see Syberia. From that little city, to the middle of nowhere (like the novel of Huck Finn) and finally to Syberia the game lacks any direction what-so-ever and the puzzles are those of repitition, not thinking.
I fell asleep during the playing of this game numorous times.
Save your money, buy a candy bar.
 A beautiful, but not very fun, conclusion to the story, 2006-02-05
While the original Syberia suffers from some of the same complaints (too much walking and talking compared with puzzles and logic), the developers of this sequel seemed to have lost any interest in developing challenging tests and puzzles that can be "solved." Most of the challenges that the main character, Kate Walker, has to complete do no justice to the story line. They seem to have been spliced into the story willy-nilly (as if the developers realized afterwards that no one would see their admittedly beautiful animation unless they could sell it as a game).
In terms of animation and scenery, the sequel is its parent's equal. It suffers in comparison in terms of story, and it doesn't even come close as a game. Having said all that, however, I enjoyed seeing the conclusion of the truly original story introduced in the first game. I can't recommend this game as a stand-alone, but since it's still being sold at Target for under $10, I can recommend this very slow-moving game to those who, like me after playing the original, feel vested in seeing Kate Walker assist Hans Voralberg with reaching his ultimate destination.
1 of 1 customers found the following review helpful:
 An excellent follow-on to the original, 2006-01-23
As many other reviews have suggested, Syberia II is a near-seamless segue from the original game. But despite the natural feel between the games, Syberia II is like a whole new chapter, and plays a bit differently. While the original was like a bit of a race to follow Hans' trail from city to city, the second game is more remote and deeply immerses you in the beauty and lore of the exotic Russian north. You can tell that the developers put a lot of care into the game, from improvements to the gameplay to the beauty of the settings and puzzles.
If you like adventure games as much as I do, then you simply must try the Syberia games. While I miss the Gabriel Knight and Tex Murphy games of old, the rich story and backdrop of Syberia was like a great novel I did not want to put down.
1 of 1 customers found the following review helpful:
Not nearly as good as the original, 2006-01-21
I loved the original game, but Syberia 2 was a sad excuse for a sequel. If you havn't played Syberia 1 and you like adventure games, you need to. The graphics in both games are breathtaking and the plot is original and addicting. The puzzles in the first game were just the right difficulty and the characters were awesome.
The first thing I noticed in Syberia 2 was the lack of music that I think made Syberia 1 such an intricate and loveable game. The character meshes in the game constantly get glitches, causing frequent crashes. The new characters in Syberia 2 are cool (especially the `dog'), but it doesn't make up for the quality of the puzzles.
After playing the game through (I loved the story line) I found several puzzles that were basically trial and error, with no logic involved. Others required you to talk to someone about a topic 5 or 6 times even when you knew what to do without the dialog. Those puzzles weren't that bad compared with those in which you had to find microscopic hotspots that are often connected to one that you have clicked several times.
Other issues I encountered included: graphics bugs that caused frequent crashes even though I had all of the system requirements, Kate Walker was often rude and belligerent in dialogue, and a lack of puzzles that involve logic instead of luck or extreme amounts of time.
2 of 3 customers found the following review helpful:
Good only if you like this type of game, 2006-01-10
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.
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