Beneath a Steel Sky (1994)

almost 20 years old but still as good as you can get it. A story that is great and some realy nice grapich on top of that. I still love it as I did back in the days. Now for free so there is no reason what so ever not do download it and have lots of fun.

It's games, and websites like this that make me remember fondly of the older games industry. The period from the mid eighties to the mid nineties was the golden age of gaming. Games were fun, risky and above all original. This title from 1994 is no exception. Taking an original story, Revolution crafted a fine stepping stone to bigger and better things later on. It was clear from day one that Revolution wanted to steal the mantle of "best adventure game maker" from Lucasarts. While today in 2009, they have achieved that aim, sadly it was only by default as Lucasarts stupidly decided to quit making that style of game due to the lack adventure game sales. The idiot generation just couldn't get these type of games. Apparently, having to think about solving complex puzzles without shooting someone violently every five seconds was just to hard so the gaming market in general has suffered as a consequence when you look at the cookie cutter, generic, unoriginal shit that gets churned out today. The follow up the the moderately successful Lure Of The Temptress, Beneath A Steel Sky was a worthy successor to that game. It was well written, excellently drawn and a well thought out puzzler. It's real main issue stems from it's awful shortness. In a time when adventure games were long and sprawling, this was a short affair at best. I remember playing this when it first came out in 1994, I even still have the original box and discs! The games briefness was my main issue then and it's my main issue now. While in retrospect it towers above most of the modern games of today, it still feel somewhat short of the mark considering the opposition games of the day, namely Lucasarts adventures. That by no means is a bad thing. The Lucasarts adventures were and still are the unreachable high mark of the genre. But BASS did something that no other adventure game did in it's day. Come close to Lucasarts. If you are in that idiot younger generation that needs to shoot people constantly in games, you owe it to yourself to play this game, it's an important title in game history. (But you probably don't care about that). And if your an older gamer, like me. You owe it to yourself to relive one of the better games of your childhood.

Before GOG released it as a title on thier site, I played the game using the SCUMMvm emulator. The game keeps you thinking, while still being fun. This is how modern 'adventure' games should be.

Anyone who likes those good old Lucas Arts point & click games will love Beneath A Steel Sky. Very good sense of humour, works perfectly in a modern pc, comes with a walkthrough in case you need a little help, and it's FREE! There's no reason for you not to play it, so start downloading now!

I will say this: Beneath a Steel Sky is not a 21st century video game. I would know since I was born in the 31st century. The graphics are not the best, and the later puzzles that the game incorporates are almost too tough for a modern day gamer to actually complete without a walk through (I needed a walk through desperately at some points) . But whoever says that the game is terrible is completely wrong. I'm only 13 but I absolutely loved this game. The humor and the story were both astounding, the puzzles were very clever, and the game itself was amazing. However, if you are not a fan of classic video games, this game is NOT for you. If you don't like point and click games, DO NOT TRY IT. But if you are a curious 13 year-old who wants to get a decent game for free, I would check this one out.