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On Tue, 7 Mar 2017 14:46:04 -0700, "rms"
<rsqui...@MOOyossmanMOO.net> wrote:

>free Free FREE Syberia 2!  Free is good
>https://www.origin.com/usa/en-us/store/free-games/on-the-house
>
>rms


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My wife and I played the first two together.  We loved them both.

-pw

On 03/08/2017 01:42 AM, PW wrote:
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> My wife and I played the first two together.  We loved them both.
> 
> -pw
> 
I got part 2 at the supermarket and though it was depressing.

On Wed, 08 Mar 2017 14:48:59 +0100, Johann Klammer
<klam...@NOSPAM.a1.net> wrote:

>On 03/08/2017 01:42 AM, PW wrote:

>> My wife and I played the first two together.  We loved them both.


>I got part 2 at the supermarket and though it was depressing.

I played them (Syberia 1 and 2) years ago and didn't really enjoy
either. It certainly did not live up to the overwhelming praise that
is heaped on it. While the games had a certain surreal quality that
was interesting, it was saddled with the awful, non-logical puzzles
that were common to the genre at the time, a good-looking but
completely static world, uninteresting characters and a completely
ridiculous premise (even for a genre featuring zombie pirates and a
poorly-dressed sex-offender as a protagonist). 

My final impression was of an overrated game that depended more on its
graphics that gameplay; I was extremely disappointed given how highly
rated the game was. I was much happier playing games of the era like
the Broken Sword or Longest Journey series, which had far better
world-building and more interesting gameplay*

Having said that, I still am going to grab it on Origin because - you
know - it's free!


* although to be fair, the puzzles in those games were ridiculous too
(stupid rubber duck puzzle, anyone who has played TLJ knows what I
mean)

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>On Wed, 08 Mar 2017 14:48:59 +0100, Johann Klammer
><klam...@NOSPAM.a1.net> wrote:
>
>>On 03/08/2017 01:42 AM, PW wrote:
>
>>> My wife and I played the first two together.  We loved them both.
>
>
>>I got part 2 at the supermarket and though it was depressing.
>
>I played them (Syberia 1 and 2) years ago and didn't really enjoy
>either. It certainly did not live up to the overwhelming praise that
>is heaped on it. While the games had a certain surreal quality that
>was interesting, it was saddled with the awful, non-logical puzzles
>that were common to the genre at the time, a good-looking but
>completely static world, uninteresting characters and a completely
>ridiculous premise (even for a genre featuring zombie pirates and a
>poorly-dressed sex-offender as a protagonist). 

Wait, It's a Leisure Suit Larry game?

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a cautionary example if you'll FO And Get Chronically, Incurably, 
Painfully, Progressively, Expensively, Debilitatingly Ill. So 
FOAGCIPPEDI. -- Mike Andrews responding to an idiot in asr 

>Wait, It's a Leisure Suit Larry game?

    Yeah...a bit overboard on the criticism there.  Both of these titles 
were stunning on first release, and dramatically boosted adventure gaming as 
a whole.  The art is magnificent, some of the best there is.  Surreal or 
Magical Realism are good terms to apply t o the art and plotlines, and if 
you're not suspending disbelief with a smile on your face when confronted 
with talking robots and mammoths, drop it and do something else.  I recall 
one silly puzzle involving a musical beverage machine or somesuch ha!  but 
none of them were especially difficult.  I recall being especially enchanted 
with the animated cutscenes, which the menu allowed to view separately. 
Hopefully the new game also has that option.

rms