Will you be confused if you haven't played others in the series?

[narnialilly]

Hey guys! I played the first Siberia game long ago and one other but I haven't played everything. Is this a stand alone game where i can just jump in or will i be missing a lot of the story from previous games? Thanks!

[rebob777]

It could be helpful to understand the situation of Kate starting out in Syberia: The World Before. There are references to other things from Syberia, Syberia 2 and Syberia 3 but, in my opinion, there is nothing from the previous required to progress though SyberiaTWB. So I would say it is virtually a stand alone story.

I consider SyberiaTWB a movie with some puzzles. There are emotional and surprising plot twist all the way to the end to keep one's interest and the puzzles are not so difficult so as to divert the player away from the story line.

There are some problems playing it on some PCs but there is help in the various Discussion sections. A new player might want to check out all the areas Steam provides for the game before you start.

I'll admit that I am biased but I think SyberiaTWB from Microids is a beautiful classic. I hope you enjoy it too!

[Metalhead123]

There is an option in the main menu that shows you briefly what happened in previous Siberia games.

[Ryusennin]

It's a narrative series, this is not a standalone episode. Obviously you need to know the existing characters and the previous events in order to understand the evolution of the story.

[NS Plover]

Originally posted by Ryusennin:

It's a narrative series, this is not a standalone episode. Obviously you need to know the existing characters and the previous events in order to understand the evolution of the story.

I found this one played well just by the info the game gave you. Had no difficulty understanding the story (which I did before noticing there was a summary).

The main screen has something that shows you a summary of previous events. You might appreciate a few comments better if you played all of them - but that is it. Plus don't forget to read the diary of each player - shows you things that the game may not have displayed.

Anyway - I possibly played Syberia 1 a long time ago (so long that I don't remember it), didn't play the other ones until after this one.

I got them (and played them) because I liked this one.

[Asgard_Ragna]

You absolutely do not need to have played the previous games to understand the story.