Beneath a Steel Sky (1994)

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

interesting game took me all night to complete. guaranteed night mare the night after

Jedna z najlepszych gier przygodowych mojej młodości (grane na Amidze). Klasyka !!!

Tough pick between 3 and 4 stars. I chose 3 because the GOG mandate is to "review the game on its own merits." If you factor in the price of "free", it gets bumped up to 4. In words, I'd describe at "fun enough, but not memorable." I really don't understand why this game comes so highly reviewed. Reasons: -Graphics. The graphics (and sound quality) in this game are pretty bad. "But you're playing a 90's adventure game! They're supposed to be bad!" This game was released in 1994, and has the graphics and sound quality of 1990/1991. There was a lot of progress made in those years, and this game didn't even try to keep up. -Story. The glory of the adventure genre is that it immerses you into a story. This game requires you to get 2/3rds of the way through it for a story to emerge beyond "I want to go down the elevators." Once the story does start, its really predictable and all the "plot twists" are "yeah... that was obvious 4 hours ago..." -Characters. Adventure games shine when you love the characters. In an effort to preserve the mystery of "who is this? Why does he matter?" The game really doesn't give you any information about the main character. The result is he comes across as flat and uninteresting. No one else in the game really gets enough screen time for you to invest in either. Sadly, the most developed personality in this game is the robot. Things I DID like about the game: -Price. Can't beat free. And I *did* enjoy myself while playing it. It's not a bad game, it's just not a very good game. -Puzzles. The strength of this game is its puzzles. I enjoyed solving them, and none of them were outlandishly illogical, nor did it feel *too* easy. I enjoyed solving my way through the game.