Why I buy this one ?
- Third-person fantasy adventure game trails Kate Walker on her voyage to Syberia
- Lush graphics and settings designed by comics pioneer Benoît Sokal
- Optimized graphics engine with dynamic lighting effects and more fluid animation
- 4 new locations and new and continuing characters from Syberia I
- For 1 player

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"A Satisfying Wrap-Up to Game One", 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!

"Syberia 2", This game is so beautiful. I played Syberia and Syberia 2 is a great sequel I just wish we found out what happened to Kate and Hans. The only thing is most of it was in winter, I wish it took place in spring or something.

"One of the best series I ever played", I don't know where to begin. The best adventure games I've ever played are Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Myst, Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within, and Syberia. I'd give this game more than 5 stars if I could. The storytelling is superb and engaging. You'll fall in love with Kate and Oscar and be so sad when the game is over. Getting to the puzzles, this game is really easy compared to others. That was good for me, because I like to focus on the story. There are so many games that cloned themselves after this but fell short. Just play this one. It started it all. NOTE: Syberia I and II are one long continuous story. The developer wanted one game, but the publisher made them break it in half for time/money reasons. You have to play both games together to get the whole story. Playing just one is like watching just one of the Matrix movies. I give the Syberia series 100 stars out of 5. It is fun for all ages. A family could get together and play this.


"As good as Myst.", What I liked the most is the freedom of moves. You can go almost everywhere. It's the sequel for Syberia. She decides this time to follow the old man, instead of going after him like the first one. You will see beautiful scenario and amazing puzzles. And you will love the end. There's a lot to see and do, so you won't get bored. No danger, but not easy to get out of the puzzles and traps either. I really enjoyed and it's a basic family game. Anybody can play. By the way, maybe you will need the patch available on the Internet. I got for the first one, so the game would play nicely. I didn't have any problem with the second one. I see some people saying the game is not working well on their PC. So if you think your game is playing funny or seems defective, try to download the patch, maybe it will work for the second one too.

"Good follow up to Syberia I.", 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.

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"A beautiful, but not very fun, conclusion to the story", 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.

"An excellent follow-on to the original", 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.

"Not nearly as good as the original", 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.

"Good only if you like this type of game", 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.

"Overall an enjoyable game!", Siberia 1 was actually the first PC game I had ever played. My brother-in-law thought it would be helpful in keeping me busy during recovery after an extended hospital stay. He was right. He had to help me quite a bit of the way through the 1st one, but I had fun learning from this particular game.
I asked for Siberia 2 as a gift and was excited to play it, as well. I very much enjoyed the graphics of both and liked the fact that I was able to watch "myself" as the character, Kate Walker, rather than being in the first person, as you are in some other games.
I agree that some of the puzzles had absolutely no logic whatsoever, particularly in the 2nd one. That was quite frustrating. Most of the puzzles were fairly logical and with a bit of thought I was able to work through them. There were many times that you had no choice but to back-track in order to accomplish what you had to do, and I found that quite tiresome, as well.
Having said those few negatives comments, however, I loved the story of both of the Siberia games and had a lot of fun playing them. They were a great introduction to the PC adventure gaming experience for me, and I'm glad that I was introduced to them.
I definitely would recommend them to others. They do take some patience, but the story and the graphics really were good, and worth the few spots where you just throw up your hands and have to peek at the "helps and hints" so you can continue the joy in the journey! :o)