Syberia 2 is the ending of the duology where we finally get to Syberia!

This game is still a solid classic with a charming story but received some quality of life improvements. Unfortunately there is a bug on newer computers where everything is sped up (need to look up a fix, easy but annoying).

Syberia 1 ended not on a cliffhanger but a midpoint. The first two games need to be played as one.
Feels like they chopped the story in half for whatever reason, maybe not enough time to develop the finale so they made it a separate game.

While I praised the first game for not having moon logic puzzles, unfortunately this game has a few of them. Pixel hunt and trigger specific conversations or get stuck in choke-points.
That's the issue with these old and outdated games, no highlight function or hint system. Even using a guide, still forces you to run around multiple screens.

Once again, most of the game is going on everywhere but Syberia: Russian outskirt town, Russian orthodox monastery, Siberian wilderness, etc.
Even the long awaited Youkol village feels large but empty. The cartoony Team Rocket gopniks Tweedledum and Tweedledee ain't helping by pulling the grounded story into Disney villain territory.

I know this adventure game is clearly about the journey, not the destination, but do we have to stop for every minor menial task on the way?
Feels like we are tripping and cutting potatoes while more interesting events are happening in the background.


This should have been one single chunky game, instead of two.
You have no choice but to play this if you completed the first one.
Nevertheless, Syberia 2 is still very atmospheric and beautiful for its time.
Honestly, not a bad game at all.

Игра выглядит как самый настоящий финал, непонятно что там можно продолжать. Здесь все шикарно как и в первой части, добавить нечего, сюжет вытягивает абсолютно все. 10/10

Continuing on my play-through of vintage games, we come to the next instalment of the Syberia series. Much like the first game, it's a point & click puzzler with the same beautiful artwork, good voice acting & occasionally janky animations. Puzzles range from super easy to where's-the-walkthrough-guide, but definitely achievable. It's not possible to stuff up the game as it's very linear and is more of an interactive story than a true game. For a game that's reaching it's 20th birthday, it's still a nice way to spend a few hours - child friendly as there's no gore or violence, but the game has enough going on to keep them interested.