• zerofk@lemmy.zip
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    Syberia 1 and its remake, in parallel. It’s a good story with interesting characters.

    The remake is a mixed bag. Overall I do think it’s good. The graphics are beautiful and some quality of life is nice. It also changed some of the puzzles, usually (though not always) for the better. It’s mostly a faithful remake though.

    There are two big flaws: the cutscenes were not remastered, and the game became easier.

    Cutscenes are only upscaled as far as I can tell, and this is quite jarring compared to the beautiful new graphics. Worse is the difficulty. Syberia was never a hard game, but now it is just too easy. Hotspots are highlighted when your mouse gets near, as are required dialog options. I find this impedes the feeling of discovery.

    But despite that, it’s still a pretty good remake.