Beyond a Steel Sky

At first I was a little reticent about playinga sequel. Someytimes the sequel is rubbish ab dhte makeres are just cashing in. Not this time. Ther game iosd broilliant, BETTER than the original. Highly recommended

I loved the first game, Beneath A Steel Sky. I played it on the PC decades back, and twice on my phone via emulators. It's pretty linear but that's to be expected. The successor is just as good. It was also enjoyable to use my gamepad to play the game. The voice acting is thoroughly enjoyable and it's pleasant to meet some of the characters from the first game. There are plenty of easter eggs to look for though exploration is big, compared to the original. For those who like to get all of the achievements, I'd say it's worth it.

This was exactly what I thought the sequel would feel like.

To be frank, I had rather low expectations when I installed the game, and the intro did not really convince me...However, once the game started I almost instantly fell in love with it. The atmosphere of the game was spot on, and highly reminiscient of its predecessor, Beneath a Steel Sky, with its subtle humour in a rather grim world. While playing the original isn't a strict necessity, it helps in understanding how this game does not merely play homage to it – you do revisit familiar locations – but expands the original universe. A true sequel if I've ever seen one! The characters are well written with even the side characters having depth. You remember Pixel & Voxel, Songbird, Reginald, etc.. because the game does not forget them either – They are real parts of the story! It's not perfect though, there's quite a bit of running around and a couple of the puzzles are whut-level click around and find out. There are also bug...well, I'd call them features with one of the more inventive "hacking" interfaces around there. Overall, I don't think I've enjoyed any adventure game so much since, well, Indy & the Fate of Atlantis...? Heartily recommended!

Well, at least story wise. From a game perspective, i wish more Games would do something like this, because it actually works great. I think Point and Click games have evolved through the time to actual adventure games and this iteration does an outstanding job. Graphics, storytelling and world building are outstanding and very, very good. I agree with others, that some puzzles are a bit too easy, nevertheless the story makes more than up for the shortcomings in that regard. Sadly, the controls are not all that great, it's a bit sluggish and can be very clunky. The Linux Version does have a few graphical glitches, and POV is sadly not that great on modern, Ultrawide or let alone Super-Ultrawides. However, i did not have any crashes. If i could give "middle stars", this would absolutely be a 4.5 or maybe even a 4.8. It's not far away from a perfect game and extremely enjoyable gaming experience.