Syberia: The World Before

---{Graphics}--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ Free Fire ---{Gameplay}--- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ It‘s just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{Audio}--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{Audience}--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ All ---{PC Requirements}--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{Difficulty}--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☑ Easy ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{Grind}--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You‘ll need a second live for grinding ---{Story}--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☑ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It‘ll replace your life ---{Game Time}--- ☐ Really short ( 0 - 2 hours) ☐ Short ( 2 - 8 hours) ☐ Few hours ( 8 - 12 hours) ☑ Not bad duration ( 12 - 20 hours) ☐ Long ( 20 - 50 hours) ☐ Too long ( 50 - 100 hours) ☐ Endless ---{Price}--- ☐ It’s free! ☐ Worth the price ☑ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{Bugs}--- ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{75/100}---

Syberia games have always been a little janky, their stories are quite weird, puzzles are not exactly of the highest quality… but I'll be damned if there's not enough heart and passion in them. "Syberia: The World Before" is the fourth game in the series. In an attempt to regain control of her own life, Kate Walker finds a new elusive goal: find out about the girl from the 1930s who looked like her. For those who played the older games in their childhood and skipped the third one, there is a story recap. The gameplay is pretty much a standard implementation of the point-and-click genre, with puzzles and dialog options. The main mechanic features switching between multiple perspectives in order to solve puzzles. The chapter select missing was definitely a mistake in my eyes. Technically, I don't have much to say about "The World Before", the game didn't cause any trouble. The only visible issue was poor anti-aliasing, which could be resolved with TAA. The game is surprisingly pretty. Could be the art style, but I choose to believe my impressions. The music is also nice, both original tracks and classical pieces. I played this for the story — and I got one that made me tear up a bit. Can't ask for more.

Played all the Syberia games and I love them. I play keyboard/mouse and yes sometimes the mechanics are a little awkward but still well worth it No idea if a controller is easier or not.

Way less puzzles than in the original one, but the vibes and the scenery are there. I enjoyed it a lot.

A great addition to the Syberia series! It carries all the charm of the old games, but with a new modern style and gameplay. The characters are much better here than previous games in my opinion, and although it still has that unbelievable aspect to its plot that the old games had, it is handled a lot better here and feels more immersive and believable. Kate is still a horrible protagonist who treats the people who care about her terribly, but the rest of the game (and a re-appearance of our favorite guy Oscar!) make it bearable.

This game will forever have a special place in my heart. I got the first Syberia game for free on Origin and thought nothing of it. Once I started playing alongside my partner we couldn't put it down. We found out there were two other Syberias, each with fantastical settings and storylines. Then I saw this game released soon after finishing Syberia 3. Benoit Sokal is a masterful storyteller and world-builder. This story is heartbreaking, joyful, whimsical, nostalgic, and beautiful. I am honored to have experienced this story spanning 4 games. I hope beyond reason there is a 5th to take us home in Kate Walker's moving journey. Play this game, play this entire series! It is a masterpiece

Syberia has always had a special place in my hearth. With this 4th chapter, the team has really outdone themselves.

Despite the puzzles not being super involved this time around, I think TWB is easily the best Syberia game <3 The atmosphere, music, and immersive qualities are stunning. The voice acting, unlike in Syberia 3, is wonderful all-round. This is by far my favourite performance Sharon Mann has given as Kate; she's managed to inject so much more personality into her on top of what I had already come to love from the first three games. Thankfully they also found a great VA for Oscar this time, and while he doesn't have the same type of charm as he does in S1+2, he has a new one that works just as well <3 I do think the story + dialogue is slightly heavy-handed, and most of the major plot points I saw coming from a mile away. I'm also not at all sold on Dana's relationship with Leon, despite it being a major focal point for her story. I don't personally believe in love at first sight, and it just felt very contrived and honestly a little derogatory to see Dana be such a lost-lamb to a man she'd hardly even spoken to. I do like Leon on his own, but they should have done something more to establish the relationship better before tying Dana's character so heavily to it. I'm also not at all sold on the motivation for Kate's initial journey in TWB. Without spoiling, it essentially boils down to a character saying "Hey wouldn't it be cool to go find this lady in this painting?", and then Kate decides to dedicate the next year of her life to doing just that. The context forgives it a little, but it honestly just didn't seem like a strong enough motivator to warrant the effort she goes through given the circumstances her life is in. It's a shame, because the plot later reveals elements that would ABSOLUTELY justify Kate wanting to find out more about this painting, but that only kicks in about halfway through. Oh, and the last complaint I have is the gas-lighting by Olivia. There were hints of it in Syberia 3, too, but in this game it's way worse. I can understand Olivia being so entitled and frigid as to blame Kate for everything that's happened, but I just cannot see why Kate gets no chance to defend herself. Olivia cheated on Kate with her then-fiancé, but at no point can she blast her for it. Olivia also tries to frame Cantin as a good person, despite him drugging and abducting Kate in S3, and again, Kate just doesn't say anything. An option to tell her to go screw herself would have been much appreciated </3 Those are really the only 3 sore spots for me. The rest of the game is wonderful, engaging, beautiful, and thoroughly enjoyable experience. The ending has tied a few people in a knot, because with the passing of Benoît Sokal (rest in peace :c) the series future is up in the air, and this game ends on something of a pseudo-cliffhanger. Keeping my fingers crossed that we do end up seeing a 5th game, and that maybe Benoît's son Hugo can take the reins <3

HORRIBLE GAME. The mechanics are horrible, the puzzles are lame and simple and the story... they story is absolutely the worst. Literally they butchered the Syberia series beyond imagination. And seriously a "woke" story attempt on top of everything else ? REALLY? No thanks. Graphics are good yeah, that's the only good thing about this game. Bought it on a huge sale just to try it, but no, not even that.

a game that makes you feel like a Syberian

Best game evahh

A masterpiece