I hated this game, not because it's bad, but it completely disrespects your time.

-The whole game is essentially a scavenger hunt. In order to proceed you either need to wander around and find a specific item and then find the specific area/situation to use it, or you need to talk to the different NPCs in a specific order to trigger the right flags so that the next NPC will react differently. Unfortunately there's only a very vague sense of guidance pointing you where to go next, so you're essentially left to explore randomly on your own.
-The world is split across dozens and dozens of different screens, and your character needs to either walk or slowly jog (always double-click!) across every screen to get from point to point or objective to objective. And this game LOVES to put the item you need or NPC you need to talk to next at opposite ends of the world, forcing you to go back and forth across these dozens of screens over and over again. I will forever dread the word "Sauvignon" because of this game.

Otherwise, there's a few positives for the game:
+Characters are fully voiced, and very well acted.
+The world is interesting and beautiful (except it's quite empty)
+The story is unique and different.

If you have the patience to put up with how slowly this game advances, or just like games where you wander around aimlessly, then go ahead and give it a shot.

EDIT: And I forgot: The game could also randomly crash on you causing even MORE time wasted. I got to a point where the game stopped taking inputs, it wasn't completely frozen as there was still music and ambient movement, but I couldn't click or even escape out to the menu. I had to hard close from Steam and lost all my progress.

I played Syberia with my wife when it first came out, and it is still every bit as delightful as when I first played it over 20 years ago. I have an Nvidia GPU, so I had to reduce my screen resolution to 1920x1080 or smaller and then run it in windowed mode to get it to run, but after that it worked without too many issues. The only complaint of running it in windowed mode is that the Windows cursor overlaps with the in-game cursor and you can't easily see some of the interaction points. Nevertheless, I enjoyed my most recent playthrough extremely. The Voralberg automata are all amazing and well integrated into the puzzles and gameplay. This game is a gem and still shines brightly after 20 years. If you enjoyed Myst or similar games, you will likely love Syberia.