Has the game always been this bad? There are some things that should be kept as fond memories and never touched again.

You click and click and click just to get Kate to move a little bit. Even on paths where you can only go forward, sometimes twice in quick succession. And then there's the endless road in the village...

If I don't stop now, I'll get mouse arm. If I ever get my hands on a Steam Deck or a controller, I'll try again, but not before then.

Syberia was always know for lots of empty but pretty scenes that you walk through.

The point-and-click-fest is worse with the moving 3D camera. You know you can hold the mouse button down to keep Kate moving, though, right?

Just play the original version.
The devs did the opposite of what they should have done.
Instead of adding fast travel, they made the game fully 3D, turning the rather slow game into a full-blown walking simulator.

Without Steam Deck or a controller, I won't play Syberia for another second. If I did, I'd need to see an orthopedist—my arms really hurt.

Above all, I don't understand why you have to click twice to take the shortest route from the factory to the central square. You can't get up and down the whole street in less than ten clicks.

The inventory is debatable; only relevant items are displayed. Adventure mode is probably the old mode, while story mode probably took away your ability to think for good.

Without Steam Deck or a controller, I won't play Syberia for another second. If I did, I'd need to see an orthopedist—my arms really hurt.

I've not played the remastered version but if it's anything like the controls in the third and fourth games which I've been playing recently, yeah you should just continue playing with a controller. I played the first hour of the third game using mouse controls and was shocked at how badly they'd implemented them before giving up and switching to controller. I've not tried using a mouse in the fourth game but it's hard to imagine they've improved the mouse experience since it has a similar camera system combined with large environments that require a fair amount of running around too.

As Joe suggests, if you want to play with a mouse the original first two games would be your best option.

It's a shame that everything is geared towards controller operation now. Playing on a PC is dying out.

Syberia was always know for lots of empty but pretty scenes that you walk through.

At first, the lack of hot spots can be disconcerting. But it works for Syberia, once you start soaking in the atmosphere and making environmental observations for yourself instead of having the game do it for you --which is necessary in some games, but not in this one.

As for the remake. I'm okay with remakes. I bought Broken Sword: Reforged just to support the developer, even though it adds next to nothing to the game if you're playing in 'hard' mode. I thought the Full Throttle, Day of the Tentacle, Grim Fandango, and Monkey Island remasters were all lovely and I prefer to play the new version over the originals. But Syberia...man, this one didn't need a redo, unless it's to appeal to casual players, and if that's the case then that's a failed piece of market research right there, with expensive consequences.
I bought the game tentatively, thinking "I'll probably want to play this again sometime, and when I do, why not play a fresh version?" Then I read a few reviews and returned it. The original game is still stunningly beautiful. If the remake doesn't add anything and the changes only detract from the experiences, why bother?