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.

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.

+Completed: 9/5/2020 11:17am
+Characters
+Music
+Downloading/copying save games and completing achievements..
+Puzzle designs
+Youkol written language is pretty cool.. reminds me of the Myst games
+An okay game on a deep sale for $5.00
+/- Ending
+/- Some load times are pretty good
+/- Texture quality
+/- Some puzzles can be a pain in the brain
+/- Some beautiful locations
+/- Control with mouse is doable more than plain wsad keyboard commands
+/- Character animations had issues
-Game engine
-Some serious lighting issues
-Texture flickering
-Stadium pool puzzle achievement is pretty hard to get
-Voice cast recording issues encountered
-Random mini freezing issues no matter where you go
-Game play will bug out in some situations and you have to load last checkpoint for a fix
-Some times the mouse icon will bug and not work properly
-Low fps issues depending on location
-Some timed puzzles for achievement
-Mouse movement for puzzles is horrible
-No manual saving. Just loading from previous checkpoint.
-Can't skip cutscenes at all
-Bot pathing has serious issues
-Random texture popping-in/corruption in background (example clockwork shop area)
-Not well beta tested
-No fast travel
-Even in windowed mode the game still pauses
-Camera has serious issues
-Voice dialogue doesn't match up with subtitles most of the time
-Can't change character camera angles
-Lack of patch support
-Devs are lazy and cheap patchers
-Original price
-Pretty buggy and glitchy
-Lip sync is really, really bad
-Audio cuts out in conversations
System:
Mobo: Asus Crosshair VI Hero w/ AMD 7 1700 @3.0-3.7 GHz
Ram: G.Skill 2400 MHz DDR4 @ 3000 MHz
Videocard: Zotac 1070 Amp! with newest drivers
Sound: Onboard audio only

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.

Captain Obo, Oscar and Cantin are awesome.
The two villains are disgusting.
And the Youkol Tribe is just annoying.
They are totally incapable of doing anything.
The art style is great.
The music is decent.
The plot is okay.
The camera is bad.
The control is painful.
The bugs are horrible.

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.

The bad reviews are not completely without point... They're right. Yes, the game is glitchy, no denying that.
But wait, are you here because you complete Syberia 1 and 2 and want to proceed further? Then why worry for bad reviews? Go ahead and get it like I did, but do it on a discount.
It will still be a test of patience though.
Sometimes, you'll not be able to see where you're clicking. Maybe you'll confuse "Escape" key as back couple of times. The click to go system has its own demerits but you can control by keys too this time...
Minor glitches, you can adjust to.
Given the price I got it for, and given the story connect, let me just say you'll be able to do with a good amount of patience and learning to use the game.
And no, it didn't crash so far... Its just glitchy.