One of the most amazing and exciting quests of all times, Syberia, Reached in 2002. And the continuation of the story of a young woman-legalist from New York-in 2004. And this is not surprising, because the first game instantly gained popularity.
The second part did not disappoint: an excellent plot, live characters (poor Oscar!), dizzying puzzles from the series “I don't know what else can be done here! It remains only to put the nesting doll in the nest to the penguins … what?! It worked?!".
Yes, it was wonderful. But Syberia 3 everything did not go out and did not go out. And here is thirteen years later the studio Microids gives us another game about Kate Walker and her incredible journey.
Lady in trouble
Kate Walker (yes, we are not sealed, now in Russian localization the name of the heroine sounds like “a waker”) and a calm measured life – “two things are incompatible” since the brave girl came to Valadilen in the first part. This time at the beginning of the game we will find the main character weakened and sick in the snow of Siberia. More precisely, we will not find her. Apparently, Kate is in a deplorable state, so she is immediately taken to the local hospital.
This is where our adventures begin.
Miss Walker has definitely changed over the past time.
An unpleasant fact number of times: the hospital, where the events unfold, at first glance catching horror. You understand in an instant that the place is not good at all and you need to get out as soon as possible. For this, the mutilated patients who were the last time were free twenty years ago, and the entourage, and very strange staff ..
We approach the issue number two.
Urgent walls, frightening units and the most unpleasant personalities.
The attending doctors – an evil -looking man with sadistic inclinations and a woman who is more like a supervisor – informs you that Kate has just left the coma. Say, we are still weak-I did not have time to recover neither morally nor physically, you need to treat yourself, lie down in the hospital for the month or two … And until a complete recovery, you see, you will not even be released from the floor.
More precisely, they will give the key from the front door, but, of course, they will not work to open it. Hence the first quest: to escape from the madhouse! You are also encouraged by the fact that the “charming” department head constantly leads suspicious conversations with a mysterious interlocutor through the video, and they say that you, 29-year-old American Kate Walker, need to be kept in the hospital as long as possible.
Horror? No, rather a nightmare!
One thing is good – you are not alone.
Old and new friends
Having woke up for the first time in the ward, you will find that a short man is chained next to you next to you. This is Yuko Kurk. It was he and his people who saved you from the snow, went out and brought to the hospital.
Unfortunately, Kate is not the only one who needed help. Kurk will tell you about the great campaign in which he lost his leg: the northern tribe makes a pilgrimage to the sacred lands to save snow ostriches. Yukols drive these animals, they feed on them, with their help warm up in the cold winter. And although your one -legged associate is still very young, he was elected people in this extremely important transition.
From the dialogue you understand that they owe a trigger with life, so now you simply cannot leave the young man and his people in trouble. And what, you have found mammoths in Siberia! Will some sacred campaign be scared away?..
And since the conversation came about friends, we simply cannot but mention the fact that the developers themselves spilled in the official trailer ..
Changes are coming
In addition to a new plot round, in Syberia 3 we will have a significant change in the interface, pretty (in comparison with past parts certainly!) graphics and variability in dialogs. We tried to play in the new part of Siberia with both the gamepad and with “clavy” – while the verdict is unequivocal: the menu and actions in the game are adapted rather under the sticks of the gamepad. However, localizers from Buki claim that in the release version the interface will be close to universal.
At first glance, it is clear that such an inventory is sharpened for sticks.
Dialog windows now resemble the choice of response options from games Telltale. Perhaps in imitation of interactive cinema, replicas will affect the development of relations with one or another character.
Another innovation is the opportunity to look beyond the boundaries of the scene. The review in the game works everything according to the same principle: the location is divided into several screens, Kate moves between them, and the camera follows it, changing its location from the transition to the transition. But now, while the main character is standing, reflecting on further actions, you can consider everything better. Just move the camera behind the edge of the screen to see a little more and slightly deeper into the atmosphere of the game.
You can blur to Madame Olga or angry her – the choice is yours!
Syberia in Siberia
You will repeatedly flour in all kinds of signs, signs and posters like Soviet propaganda boosts. All of them will be in pure Russian, even if you switch the language of voice acting and subtitles. Russian localizers tried? But no! The developers initially wrote such elements Kaiser Slots Casino of the environment on the great and powerful. It is assumed that the action of the game takes place in real Siberia and Russian speech is quite appropriate.
By the way, in the trailer we were already shown some strange technogenic disaster that affected vast lands and forced people to go underground. The events themselves were partially drawn from the circumstances of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, and the developers note that even urban architecture tried to make similar. Perhaps we will even see the famous abandoned Ferris wheel!
In Russian localization, the heroes received new and very suitable voices. Many were surprised that Kate Walker now speaks differently, but, in our opinion, this is logical: the girl traveled for a long time, went through many trials, found and lost friends. All this, of course, influenced her, tempered her character, changed her eyes on things … In the end, Kate simply matured (or even old).
The voice of her mechanical friend also changed: in the past, Oscar's exaggerated robotic speech became more saturated and alive. Perhaps the trip to the "light for machine guns" has a beneficial effect on the driver. Although we have to find out this!
The developers admit that the riddles in the new part of the snowy epic are much more logical and, it is possible, even easier than in previous games in the series. This is done for the sake of expanding the audience. After all, now players have other requirements for quests than in the early 2000s. Although the Buka secretly told us that there are a couple of “strange” solutions in the game. The spirit of "Siberia" obliges, nothing can be done!
The first puzzles do not really seem difficult.
Other screenshots Syberia 3
Syberia 3 – a very promising project. The difficulty lies in the fact that the first two parts set a high bar for the third, but many continuations were burned about fan expectations. But we sincerely hope that Siberia will show itself with dignity.
With all our might, we hold fists for her and wait for the release on April 20!
