12/18/2023 0 Comments Syberia game review![]() Let us take a moment to thank Tomb Raider and its sequels up to Tomb Raider 35820: Revenge of the Attack Monkeys for their continued efforts to further the development of polygonal ass technology. Let us introduce you to the game's protagonist, KATE WALKER: poorly-translated New York lawyer, feisty packrat and fine piece of polygonal ass. You're wrong, of course, but we'll quietly pass over that one. We could get diverted here into a dicussion of how much better it is to play games that contain actors rather than poorly rendered 3D characters (I am a firm believer that all adventure games should stick to actors until such time as the technology to properly render humans comes along), but we'd probably better just stick to this review. Moonwalking is not as graceful as it's made out to be. All those wooden preprogrammed gestures in such an elegant setting isn't wonderful, particularly when the automatons are no more awkward than the humans. This is, indeed, an absolutely gorgeous game, although the humans hanging around do make the place look a little untidy. Slightly inebriated or not, our first reaction, simultaneously, was "Oooooooooh. We settled in with a few white Russians that first night and fired up the installer. I was waiting to get the French version 'cause I heard the translation sucked."Īnd we ended up playing it together, in the manner in which all adventure games should be undertaken: assisted by ALCOHOL. "This good?" "Oh, I haven't played it yet. So, in a sickening display of cute geekiness, I came across a copy of Syberia lying around Jacq's desk. Please also consider this note to be a content warning. I have considered pulling this page from my site, but have instead decided to keep it as an example of the fact that people can grow, learn, and evolve. Some ableist jokes crop up in this review. Please note:This piece was posted many years ago, when I was not as far along in my understanding of ableism. Graphic Adventure Review: Syberia I (Written with Sam Kabo Ashwell) First posted in April, 2004 ![]()
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