In these rapid-fire days of adrenaline-fuelled, high energy games, one could quite comfortably remark, with a hint of nostalgia, how the point-and-click adventure is dead. The thing is, you could have said that 20 years ago when Syberia first came out, too. It wasn't true then, and it isn't true now. This remastered, modernised version of the classic original, complete with overhauled graphics and gameplay, is nothing if not proof of that. It's a classic for a reason: Syberia holds an extremely deep and engrossing story line beneath its simple point-and-click interface, from the mind of French comic strip writer/artist Benoit Sokal.
The story casts the player as lawyer Kate Walker, who, on behalf of the Universal Toy Company, travels to the French Alps to negotiate the take-over of an old luxury toy and automaton factory. Things could never be this simple though, could they? No. As it turns out, the owner of the factory has recently died and is being buried that very afternoon (how inconsiderate!) having bequeathed ownership to her long-lost brother, Hans. It's here that Kate's adventure begins, as she sets out on her long journey eastwards in search of the elusive Hans, travelling through four distinct game worlds and being drawn ever more into the strange world of his creations - the creepy wind-up automaton toys.
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