Trivia
Contrary to the Xbox release, the PS2 version did not appear in North America, as SCEA did not approve the game there.
Contributed by
Sciere
(119238) on Aug 16, 2005.
The author and art director of "Syberia", Benoît Sokal, is the creator of the popular cartoon character "Inspecteur Canardo" - one of the few, if not the only, hard-boiled waterfowls in crime fiction.
Contributed by
Late (95) on Jul 20, 2003.
Per DreamCatcher's Web Site, Syberia has won these awards:
IGN's "Reader's Choice: Best Adventure Game of 2002"
GameSpy 2002 Game of the Year Award for PC Adventure
2002 PC Adventure Game of the Year from GameSpot as well as their award for Best Artistic Graphics
Contributed by
Jeanne
(58888) on Jul 19, 2003.
Syberia was named "Adventure Game of the Year" for 2002 by Computer Gaming World (225, April 2003).
Contributed by
PCGamer77
(3025) on Feb 22, 2003.
Syberia was named #10 overall in the "10 Best Games of 2002" by Computer Games Magazine (No. 148, March 2003).
Contributed by
PCGamer77
(3025) on Feb 10, 2003.
Some German games-magazine editors got a nice postcard from New York with a handwritten text from someone called Kate who wrote in German, that she had an Austrian uncle, some problems and so on. There was no clue, that this was a PR-event for the game Syberia, even the fake-handwriting was done very, very well (even with some smeared ink)... As I heard, some editors really thought a long time, who this Kate could be that wrote a letter to Germany... and I have to admit, I was one of those confused editors ;)
Contributed by
tarion (137) on Jan 17, 2003.
The words written on the control panel of the airship in Kolmkozgrad are authentic Russian! However, the name of the hotel in Aralbad is written incorrectly :)
"Syberia" contains some references to another game by Microids, Amerzone . In Barockstadt you can read and hear a lot about different species of Amerzone's flora and fauna.
The rat from Road to India makes a cameo appearance in "Syberia". It appears in the basement in Kolmkozgrad, makes exactly the same movements it did in "Road to India", and disappears.