Beneath a Steel Sky (1994)

re-playing, it never gets old <4

It's very cool, but the clunkiness of the interface and controls stick out a lot, those are a product of its time, but still, it can be frustrating to do what you need to do and it fails because of something that is not apparent. There is also a remastered version of this but it appears to be an Apple exclusive.

Beneath a Steel Sky is a really enjoyable and charming game. The story is engaging, the world is atmospheric, and the puzzles are satisfying. Even though it’s an old game, it still feels fun to play. A great experience for fans of classic point-and-click adventures!

The game could seem old due to its graphic, but i think it still is a beautiful game for everyone who likes point and click games.

This is definitely an early 90s point-and-click adventure, with all the good and bad that comes along with the genre from that era. I never played this back in the day, having been at the age the age group targetted more by Humongous Entertainment games, so I went into this with zero nostalgia. As such, I can say that it was a moderately enjoyable playthrough. The setting and art are interesting, and I would say the story itself is good enough to not bore the average player. Where the game loses point for me is something that frustrates me with other older point-and-click adventures - pixel hunts, trial-and-error item usage, and having to leave the game to view a walkthrough. There are a surprising number of inventory items or interactable objects that almost completely blend into the scenery that I could not even even see and only found after getting stuck and consulting a walkthrough for that step. While some of the puzzles were satisfying and logical, with plenty of red herrings to lead you astray, there were quite a few that made me roll my eyes and feel cheated when I got stuck and had to look up the answer. Some tools you've successfully or unsuccessfully used for a purpose in one puzzle may do the complete opposite in the exact same situation for another puzzle, which felt arbitrary at best. There is also at least two ocassions that I can remember where you needed to give a random item to a character with absolutely no context clues as to why that would be a way to progress. Despite the flaws and showing of its age, for the price of free it still gave me over 4 hours of good entertainment.