Mr Hildebrandt informed me about a PDA/Palmtop game that he had his eye on – a game by the name of Syberia. Now, while I do not own one of these contraptions, I did find that the game was available for the normal sized PC, and indeed that it spawned a sequal. What is it? Well, while I’ve yet to play it (I’m downloading the demo from here) it seems to be an adventure game set in relatively modern times, telling the tale of someone sent to a tiny town in the French Alps, famous for a family that creates amazingly detailed and lifelike automatons and clockwork devices.

While it may not be Steampunk in the purest form, I admit to being very intregued by it’s focus on the clockwork toymaker family, and the mystery of the heir to this multigenerational automaton making heritage. A glowing review, and many screenshots can be found over at Gamespot, if you’d like to know more.

This entry was posted on Saturday, October 28th, 2006 at 12:08 am by Tinkergirl and is filed under Games.