Reviews

I think this reviewer, who writes about every single episode, is just reviewing what he/she is expecting, and not what the actual episode is about. He/she wants every episode to be the same in order to like it. Says about the ubsub reveal too soon, where this has nothing to do with tension, and, no, it's not always about tense moments, but clever ones , in this series. That makes me wonder, if we're watching the same series. Talk about the lack of character progress in the last episodes and then I can relate (progress about the dirty dozen is minimal , next to none).

This is a good episode and definitely 6.6 is a score that doesn't do it justice, a solid 7.5, closer to 8 tho, as it is biased in some ways and the depth is a bit lacking, but I think this was a good setup overall.

Ah, Syberia. Such an amazing story, such an amazing game in early 00s. Good memories, one of the very good adventures that have been made! Fast forward in 2017, the third installment, got released. Expectations , were high.

Lets see what happened.

Graphics are ok. Not good, not bad, some shadows are poorly made, the settings are offered, are limited. 60 fps cap is ok for this game. Voice acting decent (but not that good, as it was in the first two, even the same actress, isn't that "excited" about it), music is awesome, as always.

Story is Ok. Nothing extraordinary, but has a good pace. Gets boring some times, but it's fun to keep up with.

That's where the good stuff ends.

I stayed away from this one, due to bad reviews. Oh boy, I was right. I bought it for 3 euros, so I dived into it, just 2 months before the new one comes out - coming in March 18, 2022 (in order to keep up with the story and some things I didn't understand playing the demo of Syberia 4). I played the demo of "Sybera: The world before". It's messed up, performance-wise, but it seems better, in other, more important aspects, such as controls, voice acting, story. I hope the delay is due to optimization (the demo came out October 2020).

If you bought the game, (on sale of course, I don't expect anyone to pay 30 euros for this), and you want a pain in the butt, do play it, like I did.

Abysmal controls, with mouse or keyboard.

Hot spots are a hit&miss. You may try more than two or three times to "hit" the hot spot.

Camera stucks all the time, doesn't follow the character. This is a bug back from 2017. Never fixed.

The cursor disappears for no reason. It makes your life difficult, cos sometimes it disappears when you solve a puzzle.

ESC says it paused the game while it does nothing, dialogues are not skippable.

All of the above, are bugs from 2017, that are never fixed. I expected a patch, but microids ditched the game and proceeds with the new one.

Puzzles are something between extremely easy or silly, to nonsensical.

Endless back& forth in large areas is unbearable, due to bad controls. Some areas are large and when you have to go back, it's annoying.

You need to try very hard to complete it, not because it's difficult, but because it's buggy and microids did NOTHING to fix it.

That's a pitty, because it has its charm and somewhat, keeps the atmosphere of the older games, but falls short to be an enjoyable experience. 5/10.

I do not usually review shows, but I couldn't resist. How can someone say that the characters are forgetable? The characters MAKE this show, not the actual storyline. And despite that fact, this is one of the very few shows, that I didn't need to get back to the last episode (or episodes) of the previous season, to remember what happened (that happens when you watch more than 3 or 4 shows at the same time - to me at least! ). I remembered everything to the letter. Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer are extraordinary! Silliness in this show is made on purpose, makes it unique and not more of the same. I will continue watching, it gets more and more interesting!

This show, is enjoyable, to begin with. It has its ups and downs just like the most shows out there, but it's more than OK. Some cases are not that good, some times you get tired and wanna skip the entire episode, and sometimes, there's that little something, that keeps you to see what's coming. Acting is good overall, and the idea of female Watson is something I like. Johnny is doing a great job as Sherlock, even though the last two seasons he does speak a little lower (I don't know if this is a production problem).

With that being said, and with season 5 just finished, season 6 seems to turn out to be really interesting, and a little bit different. At least I hope so. And that's because this series is recycling itself sometimes. Something really different, will freshen this up a bit.

Overall, I give an 8 out of 10. Hope this gets better, not any worse.