Same problem I'm having with Syberia II. Most of the puzzles can only be solved so far by running back and forth talking to the same three people over and over again. Not to mention the annoying third person convention of spending half your game watching the character walk from screen to screen.
The zork games don't have much talking, but you'll need and older computer or dosbox. Scratches would work well if you liked Dark Fall and Barowhill. It involves some of the same people. Other wise play an FPS. No talk only shoot!
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