Syberia II

My play time was 10 hours. Many puzzles required me to check walkthroughs, as they were impossible. I still recommend this game, as it is hard to find non-violent, non pixel graphics, point and click adventure games these days. Of Syberia games, The World Before is my favorite, then Syberia 1. This comes in 3rd of those three games. The art work is beautiful, the story was good. You can double click to make Kate run, and you can right click to fast forward thru dialogue.

Very good story telling and interesting story about Mysterious Syberia. Controls and animations little odd and time to time little annoying but this game released 2004, so thats good for its time. Anyone who likes point and click games with a good story should play this game.

Finished this part right after Syberia
Thank you again for a great story to catch up.
Finally, Kate arrived to Syberia.

Eh, it's all right and the current price (12€) is decent, but I would wait for a sale.
The game is very confusing as a standalone. You must play Syberia I first, as the games were designed as a whole unit. Syberia 1's end is underwhelming, but with this game the story is completed in a nicer tone.
graphics are nice, considering the time that has passed. Ocassionally there will be some pixel hunting as they game gave preference to graphigcs over playability and itis not always clear where you ca go an interact.
The puzzles are... Well, some are very obvious, but the game still forces you to do all the steps and talk to everybody until Kate realizes what she had to do, even though you knew from the get go. That can be frustrating. Other puzzles are very obscure, with not a hint of what should be done, but that is common in older point-and-click games.
Storywise, these games feel very melancholic. You will get a nice, emotional, story, but some aspects have not aged well. You are supposed to want to help that old man accomplish his life-long dream, but at some point I just wanted to hurl Hans out of the train. He felt extremely selfish and ucnaring about anything other than this dream. While we are supposed to undertand Kate in a trip of self-discovery, abandoning her competitive and materialistic life, she seems ot be going on a breakdown. Her boss is depicted as a villain, but I wish any current boss cared half as much as him about and employee going bonkers and dissapearing in the Russian tundra.

Love this series so far, exquisite artwork and captivating story. The "slow animations" has been reduced to a great degree as well. My only complaint is the constant perspective changes from scene to scene. One scene you're running from left to right, next scene right to left and you end up running back to where you just exited.

How do I get the game to stop crashing? I can't play for more than the beginning scene then it crashes.

It is old but gold, it is sometimes a bit clunky, and gives you very little indication on clues and is easy to miss what the next step should be, but the art and story are both charming.

Amazing!

If you HAVEN'T played Syberia 1 BEFORE reading this review, I STRONGLY advise you to do so, as it contains plot spoilers for THAT game.

Intrepid explorer and New York Lawyer Kate Walker finds herself continuing her journey, after finding out her fiancee had an affair with her best friend from work, her boss seems to care ONLY about her fulfilling the sale of the factory and nearly having been held captive by a deranged opera fan, Kate decides to throw caution to the wind and follow Hans on his journey to the mysterious Mammoth Island of Syberia.

Like the first game in the series, this game features exquisitely crafted graphics, magnificent voice acting and animations, smooth and involved game play that takes the player well beyond the boundaries of your "average" point and click game.

Well worth the purchase and even better bought as a package.

Good sequel and ending to Syberia but way too short.

Excellent continuation of the first story. Can't wait to play the final game in this trilogy!

Epic sequel

Best adventure sequence! The characters were also improved.

An Awesome Sequel

You continue the story right where the first game left off, in the shoes (it's boots actually) of Kate Walker on her way to self-discovery and lifelong fulfillment. She already threw her old way of life out the door with the first title, and now you get to experience the rest and see exactly how it all ends. I vouch, the ending is very satisfactory and does hit you in the feels. Bravo!

The game's also visually more polished, audio is right there with an even better performance than in the first game (Kate's VA manages to outshine her old performance and the actress wonderfully depicts her newfound stoicism, resilience and determination), and this time you get a slew of a few new, outrageously endearing characters: little Malka, col. Emeliov, and a man's/woman's best friend in what seems to be part-bear, part-seal and part-dog animal. YES! You get to pet it and feed it as well, the youki is a 10/10.

The game's only flaw surfaces at one particular point where you are sure to go pixel hunting (for hours perhaps as I did), and it does lead to slight frustration since this was the staple of the P'n'C adventure genre, so take from that what you will.

Remember, before you boot up the game, make sure to read comments/guides from the first game's tab as well as this one, they will point you to the glorious dgVoodoo app that will allow you to play both games just the way you want on a modern rig.
This time I left the AA and TF to app driven, made the resolution 4:3 in 1920x1440p again, and enabled the secret little menu that limits the FPS to 60 (you have to do this step by right clicking on the logo within the app, selecting 'show all sections of the configuration' and then selecting the GeneralExt tab). Or you can do this via the nVidia settings panel, your pick.

In the end, as I ponder whether I should play Syberia 3 or watch a YT playthrough instead (that game's just real bad from what I gather), I think I'll play Syberia 4 at some point. I hear it's different but good.

Farewell and TOOKTOOT!

It's slower, that's for sure, but it's intriguing and interesting. Just plain different. I really enjoy The Syberia episodes.

nice follow on from the first game. Enjoyable in 2024, never played it when it first came out.
Some of the dialogue was cut off but no biggie.

Would recommend.

Nice story & take u to Ice Age Syberia near to MAMMOTHS.
Played after Many Years.

Originally I think I found this by accident looking for "Cyberia", another ancient adventure-type game from my childhood. I'm not even sure if I played Syberia 1 or 3; but anyway I was enamored by the steampunk atmosphere and amazing story. Think of this like an interactive storybook. Really good for kids and those young at heart looking for a wholesome fantasy adventure.

Obviously, this is a little dated. You will notice the old Nokia-style cell phone from the pre-flip-phone era; but it is a good bit of nostalgia.

Let me take you on a trip

First of all, I recommend the company of a walk-through for this game. You will be confronted with tricky puzzles to the point of insanely picky about particulars and procedures. This is reflected by Oscar, a petty bureaucratic who accompanies Kate Walker, a NY lawyer, on a trip to the northern territories. This Katiouchka character is a fine lass who undergoes a phenomenal change of character as the story progresses. She turns out to be quite an adventurous one. Witty dialogues and short cutscenes make it a round package, all in all.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3382765198

Cute, mysterious, interactive story

Overall, this game has aged fairly well, meaning it's still playable after two decades. Enjoyable, too. If you don't mind puzzles that leave you doubting your intellectual capabilities. Please allow me to explain. There is only one way to solve the puzzles, and the items and hints are spread far and wide across the landscape, even to the extent that you might have traveled further only to realize you have overlooked, for instance, an invisible fish bone in the snow which is needed later, much later in the game. 'No save game before that part' equals 'start a new game'. Quite irritating if you are interested in participating in an interactive story. Apart from this particular example, the interactive spots and items are generally hard to find due to colors, textures, lack of highlighting. The only way to solve puzzles is to follow the preordained order meticulously. There is even a (well-known online-wise) bug in which you are stuck if you do not follow 'the rules'.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3383016054

Koonookmaaq! Tooktoot!

Thus, as your attorney I advise you to SAVE OFTEN and be patient with the trial and error method which can be time consuming as hell given the sparse descriptions and hints on how to deal with the devices you come across.

Then again, if it's the story you're into, there is always the option to watch this like a movie... which I recommend if you are into fantasy, myth, legendary folklore, magical rituals, mammoths, mechanical contraptions...

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3383016147

∑ummary

☀☀☀ Story and history, dramaturgy
☀☀ Character depiction and development
☀☀ Classical point'n'click adventure
☁ ☁ ☁ Items and hints are hard to find
☁ ☁ ☁ Puzzles are sometimes insanely convoluted
☁ ☁ Linear progression
☁ ☁ FWIW, the game has aged well

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OLDIE BUT A GOODIE. POINT CLICK AND CHILL.

I didn't really like this one as much as the first one (I feel like the characterization of Kate changed too much, among some other issues). It's still worth a play to continue the story, but not necessarily a great game in its own right. Even so, I still plan to play the rest of the series.

fun

Exciting, challenging

Syberia II picks up where the first game left off for you to continue the story and it's just as good as the first. Played both games with my mum growing up and it's very nostalgic for me to replay them. Fun new and old characters and puzzles. It's not quite as obvious who you need to speak to about what and what to do with items in some puzzles, but it's still a very interesting game.

It's a classic, the vibe is great, the story is lovely.
But playing this game is such a hassle.
Too many useless location in between the main locations and you have to get to this end of the map to the other end with no skippable walking animation.
Too many conditions must be met for an option to show up.
Played this for 3 hours, out of which for 2 hours I just walked probably.

This game is meant for the most advanced puzzle gamers. I was unable to get through the first Syberia game without help from the walkthrough a couple of times, and I suffered through the same fate while playing its successor. Yet, just for the challenge of it, I decided to take on Syberia II. Despite the experience I gained from playing Syberia I, on some of the puzzles, I pulled out too much hair trying every freaking possible strategy I could think of, making Kate Walker traverse the same areas repeatedly, clicking on the same objects again and again, before giving up and resorting to the walkthrough video. The developers have done a great disservice to gamers by providing confusing/inadequate clues for some of these puzzles. For example, in one particularly harrowing puzzle, one will need to know how to access the documents menu, which was a mystery for me thanks to the lack of a tutorial at the beginning of the game. There was another puzzle where I was stuck for hours because I was not in the habit of observing every minuscule detail in each of the hundreds of frames that constitute this game.

Nonetheless, the graphics and artwork are wonderful, and the game immerses you in some very beautiful settings. Like its predecessor, the story is highly unusual yet fascinating. The puzzles will give you tremendous amount of brain engagement (and even more brain fatigue). Although I am recommending this game, I would not recommend playing it if you don't have access to a walkthrough video.

This was everything a sequel is supposed to be. Everything enjoyable about the original with more. That said, I feel valid copying and pasting a lot of the pros and cons from my review of the first game.

Pros:
-Great story and character development
-Atmospheric
-Calm and beautiful soundtrack
-Entertaining voice acting
-Visuals aged well
-Very affordable during Steam sales. Only a few dollars if I recall correctly.

Cons:
-Controls and interface didn't age as well.
-Slow movement speed and animations at times make backtracking tedious
-Some puzzles felt a little more cryptic and less intuitive than in the first game.

This is absolutely worth playing and I happily recommend the first 2 Syberia games.

I'm not saying it's THE best way to send off an ailing loved one, BUT packing an old man into the robotic corpse of a friend and sending him unattended with a pack feral pachyderms definitely ranks among the top 10 palliative care best practices.

Soo good and story-line great! Along with first game

The game from my childhood, love it dearly

Better then the first