Beyond a Steel Sky
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Review by Gaming Masterpieces - The greatest games of all time on Steam.
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Is this game a masterpiece? Well, the original Beneath A Steel Sky from 1994 is considered to be one of the best classic point and click adventures ever made by many of its fans. A dystopian story of an outsider abducted into a city state who in the end overthrows the evil mastermind running the city. I loved the beginning of the game, but was a bit disappointed by the ridicoulously incompetent security forces of the city, who were unable to stop me from moving around the city and finally destrying the ruling AI, although the ending somehow hinted at why they may have been so misguided in a city ruled by technology. Anyway, this is the sequel to that game, made 25 years later. The technology used by the game has changed completely, from the classic 2D view to a (third person) 3D game. Well, most adventures that switched from 2D to 3D were (more or less) failures, like Simon 3D, Gabriel Knight 3, King’s Quest 8, Broken Sword 4, or Syberia 3… will this game be a worthy sequel?
– Real player with 31.6 hrs in game
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Beyond a Steel Sky is the sequel to the 26 year old point ‘n click adventure, Beneath a Steel Sky. I play through the original about once every year or two, it’s one of my favorite point and click adventures, going back to when it was originally released in the mid 90s. If you haven’t played the original you will certainly miss quite a bit of what makes the sequel enjoyable, so do yourself a favor and play the first one. It’s free and its a blast.
Alright, enough about the original. First, I’ll go over the stuff I don’t like about Beyond a Steel Sky.
– Real player with 23.7 hrs in game