Syberia 3

Probably should be played if you played the first two in the series and enjoyed them and want to see how Kate is doing after all this time.
Seems very dated now ,apparently it was in development hell for years.
Microid games always seem a bit wonky and dated to me.
Some of you might not be impressed with the visuals but the story is entertaining enough so you might overlook it.

A decent game ruined by bad controls.
Cons:
-In this game you have to interact puzzles and a lot of things with your mouse, and for some reason the mouse cursor likes to disappear from time to time.
-Unskippable dialogues.
-Pause during a cutscene does nothing.
-Does not support manual save.
-Uses a young voice for a really old character.

I think the reviews do not represent the latest version of the game I am playing now. I really like Syberia 3!
At first it might have been a little akward to find the controls and the English voice-acting is not good, but now I am familiar and I play with the French voice-acting which is superb! As with the previous games, the nostalgic atmosphere, the music, the plot etc. present a true tale. I am now about mid-game and I really want to finish work quickly everyday to play Syberia 3!
Perhaps when game was first out, it had many bugs and crashed, but for me that's not the case anymore. Surely give it a try.

I think it is the only game I finished against my will.
* The story is really not on par with previous ones.
* The visuals are mediocre and while the artistry is there, it was shadowed by camera angles and low level textures.
* The controls...Ah the controls..I don't know where to begin. I played (or tried) this game using both controller, mouse and keyboard at the same time and it still disappointed me at times.
I've waited 7 years for this game and I gave couple of years for them to polish it. It is playable now but still has many bugs and problems. I wish they could also wrap the story at the end rather than making an open ending.
It is not bad game per se. You will still enjoy Syberia 3 if you enjoyed previous ones but don't get too excited. And puzzles are not that challenging. Really challenge was the controls to control the puzzle itself.

If your a fan of Syberia 1&2, get this on sale.
Story and puzzles as expected from Syberia game.
Little niggles: Pathfinding is not great,
Cursor sometimes dissapears until it runs onto interactable spot,
Poor optimisation - chugs and crashes and loads slowly on pc with recommended settings.
Inventory always starts on first (oldest) item. Scroll, scroll, scroll...
Big niggles: Mouse controls are really bad. Manipulation speed and rotation of objects has no consistency with mouse movements. One puzzle is nearly imposible with a mouse.
Cutscenes would crash, but sound would continue. 50/50 if cutscene would then play out without sound or would the game freeze.

I liked the first two thirds of this game but as it started drawing to its end i started to grow tired of it and then found the ending completely underwhelming. I like the updated format they used and while stuff here was a little more obvious than the previous games, it still required some thinking.
The voice acting's never been that great, but here it's probably the weakest, there are some voices that just don't seem to match the character and I don't like one of the voice changes they had.
It is quite buggy and also I didn't like that you couldn't skip any dialogue
like you could in previous ones.
Overall i can see why people regard this as the weakest one of the series, it is a little difficult to fully recommend, but i still enjoyed my time with it.

75/100
Awful controls (hello consoles!), stupid camera, glitchy as hell (i had at leat 30 blue screens, forced reboots etc while playing it), but... the game itself is way better than it's reviews. Thank you dear mr. Sokal for the another chance to immerse in the beautiful fairytale.
Dear developers, if you ever plan to make Syberia 4 (i really hope so!), please make it a 2D or 2.5D point-and-click, not the 3D console bastard which is tbh as horrible to play with a controller, as with a mouse. And please add manual saves, only checkpoints is never a good idea.