The switch to full 3D does not benefit the game AT ALL. I noticed a lot of negatives, so here's a couple of reasons for NOT BUYING THIS GAME:ġ. I was hesitant to buy this game, because of the ridiculous price, and not very convincing videos that Microids put out, so I watched a few streams yesterday. When the game was announced I was very happy, BUT then all of a sudden a lot of alarming things started happening, and that led us to today. After all, the first 2 are absolute must haves for P&C fans. You can buy the PlayStation 4 or Xbox One Standard Edition, as well as the PC Deluxe Edition, via Amazon.So, as a P&C adventure kind of guy I was eagerly anticipating the release of Syberia 3. PC version tested (review code provided by the publisher). Puzzles are the only saving grace of a game that definitely required more time in the oven. With bad writing, immersion killing issues such as bad English voice acting, unresponsive controls and general lack of polish, there's almost no reason for adventure games fans to pick up Syberia 3. There are a few locations later in the game that do look good, but how many players are going to see them with all the frustrating elements getting in the way of enjoyment? Performance in the PC version is also pretty uneven, highlighting again the game's lack of polish.Īt the end of the day, playing Syberia 3 is an exercise in patience that's hardly worth the effort. The 3D graphics look incredibly outdated, with bland character models and bad animations. Syberia 3's presentation is just as mediocre as many of the game's other features. Sadly, this system is almost completely pointless, as the differences in reactions from characters are negligible. Syberia 3 employs a new dialogue system where players can decide Kate's tone when talking to other characters. ![]() Puzzles aren't the only gameplay feature that somewhat falls short due to weird design choices. Going from one location to another also takes way too much time, adding even more frustration to the experience.Įven with all these issues, there's still some fun to be had in Syberia 3, thanks to the puzzles, which are quite creative and require players not only to use the correct items but also take advantage of some interesting physics mechanics. Sadly, the clunky controls and some weird design choices, such as some key elements not being accessible depending on the location the puzzle is accessed from, do get in the way, highlighting once again how the move to 3D wasn't the best choice. Making matters worse are the constant camera shifts, which don't help players in the annoying endeavor of moving Kate around locations, and the glacial moving speed. Sadly, the controls feel like the worse possible implementation of the classic Resident Evil style controls, as Kate easily gets stuck between other characters and objects, making completing even the most simple actions frustrating. Doing away with the classic point and click controls, players control Kate Walker directly, moving her towards hotspots which include clues, items and the puzzles themselves. ![]() The unpolished animations are only the tip of the iceberg, as Syberia 3 is generally a very unpolished game. With English voice acting being mediocre as well, it's easy to see how difficult it is to enjoy the story: it's almost as if the game is doing its very best to not be enjoyable. Many times throughout the adventure, players will also have to deal with cut-off dialogue, incorrect information and a lot of issues that utterly crush immersion, such as horrible lip-syncing and animations. ![]() On paper, Syberia 3 story could have been as good as the stories of the previous two entries in the series, even though the theme of prejudice against different people and cultures has already been done before, but the execution is quite bad due to horrible writing, with sentences sometimes not even making sense in English, and bad characterization, with many characters falling into clichèd stereotypes with little to no development.
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