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Beyond a Steel Sky

Modernised point and click nostalgia

Does an excellent job of capturing the gameplay and atmosphere of classic Revolution Software point and clickers but manages to show it off in a modern package. The central plot is serious, but the light tone and cheery, colourful graphics keep the game fun throughout. The puzzles are a bit on the easy side for experienced adventure gamers. I found them entertaining, but if you require the near-impossible, hardcore puzzles of some 80s adventure games you may be disappointed. Nearing the end, the puzzling does get a bit watered down, and there's a visual novel vibe for a while, but not enough to deduct in my rating. The interface works as it should, and while I was a little sceptical about how the 3D-but-hand-drawn look would actually work in practice, any doubts were quickly dispelled. It really does look fantastic. The music score is similarly top notch.

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