Beneath a Steel Sky (1994)

give a go! it's got some great dialog that's aged well, even though the graphics haven't.

Sadly i cant write everything, but BASS is absolutely outstanding, hell if i look around here i have the original 3 1/4 disk edition!

Well, it came free with my GOG account, so, good start. Fun for a little while; the characters are entertaining and the dialogue witty. As with all point-and-click, this one quickly degenerates to obscure actions and puzzles, which I found dull and quit. Worth an hour or two though for a laugh.

I have to agree with some of the negative points stated by others. The story and characters were probaby okay for their time, but feel all over the place and disjointed today. They game throws all sorts of topics and themes around, but never manages to craft any of them into something worthwhile or consistent. Same goes for the mood, BASS doesn't know wether it wants to be a dystopian drama or some lighthearted comedy (it is not making a good job both ways). Making it difficult to follow the storyline or coming up with solutions for some of the weirder puzzles. The world and characters are just there, there is no transition for the player to learn the ways of the world under the steel sky. And the game never managed to make me care much for this world or it's inhabitants either - despite some fun moments and dialogue. It has it's fair share of technical issues too, some objects (that putty!) are incredibly small, there are way too many locations without much to do and I am no fan of dying and/or time-critical puzzles in my adventure games. Puzzles and dialogue don't flow well, and I found myself more often than not scanning the screen for some tiny object I missed the first time around and just guessing what the hell I am supposed to do to advance. Overall BASS is a mediocre adventure game with some nice visuals but not much else going for it. Definitely no classic and a game you might as well skip if you are not nostalgia-bound.

a grat game and its free