Syberia II

Syberia II is the second adventure game in Benoît Sokal's iconic Steampunk franchise, a direct sequel to the first. Having located the eccentric idealist Hans Voralberg, elderly genius inventor and last living heir of his family's toy factory, Kate Walker is caught up in his fantasy world of childlike innocence and decides to accompany him to the end of the earth, so that he can finally see his utopian dreams come true. At the penultimate stage of their journey, Hans and Kate are stranded in a village of the Far Eastern North and taken in by the local tribe of Youkol, who practice shamanism and use mammoth bones and ivory as their primary buiding material. In the Chief's house and the Spirit Woman's cave where Kate and Hans are respectively tended to, we see quite a few potted plants and herbs, whose role, however, is medicinal rather than decorative. During a trance-like dream sequence, Kate also "visits" the Voralberg manor in Valadilene, where she encounters a majestic houseplant in the living room. (Mar Lox/afterdarkmysweet)

Syberia

Syberia is the first point & click adventure game in the iconic franchise created by the late Belgian comic designer Benoît Sokal and set in an alternate Steampunk universe, where Kate Walker, a young American lawyer, is sent by her firm to the small European town Valadilene, in order to seal the deal of a closing toy factory being sold to a large American company. Once there, Kate encounters a world she had never imagined, where automatons (mechanical human-like beings) co-exist with humans and do most of the practical jobs. The death of the factory's owner and the revelation of a dark family secret force Kate to change her plans and embark on a surreal journey in search of the last remaining heir to the factory, who was presumed dead but is actually still alive, although in unknown whereabouts. The picturesque Valadilene hotel where Kate is temporarily staying and the local notary's office feature a few nice potted plants. (Mar Lox/afterdarkmysweet)