Sylvio Black Waters Review (Steam)

by Jim Smale · Published January 27, 2025 · Updated January 27, 2025

Sylvio Black Waters Review, A stranger in an unfamiliar land, you discover a mysterious device that appears to allow you to listen to the spirits of those who once inhabited this place. The device picks up the voice of a man named Lee who claims to be the sole survivor on this planet.

Sylvio Black Waters Review Pros:

Decent graphics.
16.76GB Download size.
Steam achievements.
Controller support.
Graphics settings – resolution, v-sync, brightness slider, and fullscreen.
Invert axis and sensitivity sliders for the mouse.
Enemies can be turned on and off.
First-person view.
A full 3D game world with 360-degree camera control.
Tutorials like pop-ups as you play and interact with the world.
Very atmospheric with constant tension.
Excellent music integration.
Familiar controls with the mouse and keyboard.
In-game cutscenes and interactions that aid the importance of your actions and help set the atmosphere of what you are doing.
A handy interactive icon pops up when needed.
Really good voice work.
Winding a TV to play a clip is surprisingly fun to do.
The story and mystery are some of those that grab you very quickly and early on, it keeps you moving forward as you always want to know what’s coming next.
Use your watch to find and locate Spirits who then give these sentences that you then re-order to form a coherent sentence and possible clue or story.
When doing things like driving vehicles you go into the third person view.
The world is fascinating from its beauty to its ugliness, you can freely wander around and explore what is a memorable world.
I found I picked up what needed to be done quickly and got hooked, the thing with the spirits and sentences is a lot of fun as it has enough puzzles to it for it to be satisfying and engaging.
Awesome iconography throughout the world.
A short game but one that stays with you long after you finish it.

Sylvio Black Waters Review Cons:

The store page says the controller isn’t supported but it does work and has very limited settings for it. The right stick acts like a mouse for the menus.
You cannot adjust the sensitivity of the controller which makes the camera move very fast, too fast.
You cannot remap the controls for either the controller or the keyboard.
The subtitles don’t always show up and can not appear at all in certain conversations.
During the game you don’t get told controls straight off the bat so early game it is a lot of learning the absolute basics.
A lot of the time you feel aimless but you do stumble onto things.
Minimal graphic options.
The game at times just assumes a lot of the player for actions and controls.
For all my gushing about it, the world does look barren and dead in a lot of places which can be a bit disheartening.
No idea when the game saves and where you will respawn next load.
Little replay value.