Hey, I know this game doesn't see much activity but I started running it and I was surprised when my first run was actually 3 minutes faster then the best time. Of course, my run is miles worse then mikethev's run and I don't want to submit it like that as there obviously is an issue somewhere. I've been timing in RTA so I think the issue is more likely to come from the version of the game (I've been playing on a indiegala freebie version that I got my hands on a handful of years ago, exact game version is 1.0.0.16) which might be different from the steam version, maybe causing a difference in the character's movements and animations being faster as well as maybe load times between pannels being different? Anyhow, I was wondering if this would warrant a different category as I would still like to publish my run but I feel it would be disloyal to publish it in the same category as the other runs, seeing as there is an obvious difference.
On the first Syberia game I noticed big time differences between the gog and Steam versions, so it wouldn't surprise me if there are version differences for this game as well. My Syberia II run is on the gog version and I don't think I ever tried it on Steam.
There's always gonna be a fastest version, so if you ask me just submit! I'd like to see the run, for sure. We should probably make sure to label our runs with what version we are playing on in the future.
You should submit your run. Even though there is time differences between versions, like you say, there isn't lots of runners. So it's always pleasant to see new faces.
@MalikWesh After watching your run and reading the Steam forums a bit, I think your game is running at an uncapped framerate. Seems to be a bug some people are experiencing when playing the game on modern Windows. https://steamcommunity.com/app/46510/discussions/0/412446292776917045/ https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Syberia_II#Irregular_game_speed_and_unsychronized_sound
I also checked and can confirm 1.0.0.16 is the version number on both gog and Steam.
