Posted on: January 2, 2020
John-Alex
Verified ownerGames: Reviews: 6
Underrated classic
Great game
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Beneath a Steel Sky (1994)
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Robert Foster is an innocent outsider stranded in a vast city where oppressed civilians live and work in soaring tower blocks... while the corrupt, covetous and rich lie underground, shielded from all pollution. Alone, save for a robot circuit board, Foster must fight for survival... and discover the sinister truth behind his abduction...
Paranoid population. Psychotic criminals. Power hungry corporation. Big Brother government. Haves and have nots.
In the not so impossible future. In the melting pot of Union City. All man's social problems are coming to a boil. Under the claustrophobic lid of a steel sky.
From the pit of the industrial level to the belly of commercial sector, to the spheres where the rich and powerful play. It's Man against Man. Man against Machine. Man against Time. In an urban hell only you can liberate... Maybe.
Featuring Revolution's Software innovative Virtual Theatre system, Beneath a Steel Sky is a gripping science fiction point and click adventure game in the cyberpunk genre. Over 100 locations designed and art directed by award-winning comic book author Dave Gibbons (Watchmen fame). His comic book, inspired by the game itself, is included to complete the content.
Paranoid population. Psychotic criminals. Power hungry corporation. Big Brother government. Haves and have nots.
In the not so impossible future. In the melting pot of Union City. All man's social problems are coming to a boil. Under the claustrophobic lid of a steel sky.
From the pit of the industrial level to the belly of commercial sector, to the spheres where the rich and powerful play. It's Man against Man. Man against Machine. Man against Time. In an urban hell only you can liberate... Maybe.
Featuring Revolution's Software innovative Virtual Theatre system, Beneath a Steel Sky is a gripping science fiction point and click adventure game in the cyberpunk genre. Over 100 locations designed and art directed by award-winning comic book author Dave Gibbons (Watchmen fame). His comic book, inspired by the game itself, is included to complete the content.
- A claustrophobic, paranoid and psychotic atmosphere
- Over 100 locations designed by an English comic book artist and writer Dave Gibbons
- Many interesting characters that move about freely and live out their own lives, thanks to the Virtual Theatre system
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avatars
HD wallpapers
comic book
manual (15 pages)
security manuals
Time to beat
5.5 hMain
6 h Main + Sides
7 h Completionist
6 h All Styles
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User reviews
Posted on: January 10, 2020
z33shan
Verified ownerGames: 1 Reviews: 1
Amazing Game!
Best adventure game ever!
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Posted on: June 8, 2016
djspacedevil
Verified ownerGames: 417 Reviews: 1
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Posted on: August 20, 2021
klampshaw
Verified ownerGames: 54 Reviews: 36
Can't argue with the price, but...
A lot of people love this game, but the puzzle design and writing never really grabbed me...it's still head and shoulders above your standard point and click of the time by Sierra or whoever.
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Posted on: January 24, 2018
CharlieLima79
Verified ownerGames: 639 Reviews: 149
Forget this, play Broken Sword instead
I first learned about 'Beneath a Steel Sky' just shy of 25 years ago in a computer game magazine ad. I didn't think much of it at the time because I was starting to drift away from point-and-click adventure games. Now, I get the chance to experience a game that many critics raved about. 'BASS' did not age well. Getting it to scale properly even with the help of ScummVM was challenging. However, once I got it running optimally, I was hooked right away by Dave Gibbons' introductory artwork and the game's premise. The user interface was clean and simple, but it limited the variety of interactions you could have with objects and surroundings. Keyboard controls were not intuitive, but it was no deal breaker. I believe the technology back in early and mid-1990s truly limited the developers' ability to achieve their ambitions for 'BASS'. The graphics looked nice, but there were a good number of occasions when pixel-hunting was required, including the first playable puzzle. The backdrops were nicely drawn, suggesting a grander world waiting for you to be explored. However, the explorable areas were rather limited and you had to go back and forth often. Any sense of scale, grandeur, and relations between locations to help you immerse in the game world was hindered by the lack of scene transitions. While it was nice to see a few non-playable character go about with their daily routines, the world in 'BASS' was strangely sparsely populated. There were very few background characters that existed for the purpose of scene setting, for many of them were put there to move the story along. The story itself was interesting, but with objectives of puzzles sometimes unclear, you don't really get the satisfaction of slowly unraveling a mystery and experiencing a suspenseful build-up to the climax. Instead, what you get is a shocking conclusion that gets dropped on you. Honestly, I would not recommend this game, especially when there are many great adventure games from that era, including the developer's next project, 'Broken Sword'. It's worth a try if you want to experience a slice of PC adventure game history; otherwise, there are plenty of games for you to play from the GoG catalogue.
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