Where's my woolly mammoth?

by Phil Larsen { May 31st 2008 at 8:00PM }

Right, here, in Syberia. You might not know this, but Syberia is one of the best adventure games ever made, and any computer would be honored to have it running. It's like a fine wine, and tastes better than most of the garbage people cram into their PCs these days.

Hooray for the DS, because this atmospheric winner is getting a second chance to grab the attention of portable players. We've picked up the first several screenshots, and it appears the updated inventory system will now be fixed at the top, handy for simultaneously controlling Kate Walker via the touch screen. More details as we get them, but ink up that pen for adding this bad boy to your shopping list ultra-soon.

Gallery: Syberia

Tags: adventure, benoit-sokal, microids, puzzle, syberia

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Undead Priest @ May 31st 2008 8:15PM

I picked up this game on the Xbox on a whim (it was cheap and looked like an interesting Adventure title). I was immediately sucked into the world. Absolutely stunning, brilliant title.

Of course, I immediately purchased Syberia II when it was released.

jumb @ May 31st 2008 9:20PM

ohhh they're playing the elephant song!

Chintz @ May 31st 2008 10:16PM

I actually found the games a little on the slow side. Nothing is more irritating than being stuck in an area and finding yourself running back and forth trying to figure out what to do next, except all you can do is walk slowly. Plus a lot of the areas were pretty vast. It just got on my nerves. Otherwise the games were great.

Peter S @ Jun 1st 2008 12:45AM

It's actually a really cool game on the PC. I imagine that it would transition really well to the DS and I hope they don't have to make cuts to get it to fit properly. The whole world is so well designed and intricate in the game that it's well worth it. I was sad to see it end just because it was such a good story and the puzzles were engaging (if contrived at times with a snippy engineer :) )

sezmra @ Jun 1st 2008 12:42AM

For me, Syberia was almost the answer to my prayers. Having grown up in adventure games, it was amazing to find a new one, a great looking one. Overall, it's a pretty good duo of games - I'd suggest them to adventure gamers.

Unfortunately, for me, the suspense that Syberia(I or II) created never blossomed completely. The story seemed so amazing and it DID go places amazing, I just feel somehow unfulfilled in the end.

I would go back and do it all over again, though, so that's saying something.

I miss good adventure games. Sigh.

Toxic @ Jun 1st 2008 5:59AM

This game is really good. It's great that it'll be ported to Nintendo DS.

DG10050 @ Jun 1st 2008 10:49AM

OMG, no way. I love this game! I was just playing it last night. I can't wait to get this on the DS.

hcduvall @ Jun 2nd 2008 12:57PM

Hmm, I love me some adventure games. The Longest Journey being the best of the last few years worth, but Syberia was pretty disappointing. I only played through the first part (meaning the whole of the first game), which felt entirely incomplete. Beautiful visuals, but very little depth to the game before it went "to be continued." The gameplay didn't quite match the story and visuals it wanted to present.

I'm glad other folks liked it, and I want to encourage more adventure games to be made. I hope I like them better than Syberia though.