We play as Robert Foster and our main objective is rescuing a child who has been kidnapped and brought to Union City, a mega utopia built in the middle of the desert. Honestly, Beyond doesn’t go out of its way to brush newcomers up on the story so far - instead, after a rather strange comic book-style intro, we are merely dropped into a desert and left to discover old plot points as we move through the narrative.
I can only imagine that when UK studio Revolution Software, of Broken Sword fame, decided to pitch a follow-up to their 1993 dystopian cult classic Beneath a Steel Sky, they did so well aware of what they were getting into. Trying to make a sequel to a game originally released 28 years ago is no easy task.
WTF Why do I feel like I wouldn’t mind living in Union City? If you didn’t, well, it’s still a likeable, competent adventure game that will keep you smiling and guessing throughout.LOW Repetitive puzzles and a janky overall look. Some minor technical issues mar the experience slightly but it’s a great return for Foster and Joey." PC Invasion wrote that "Beyond a Steel Sky has some technical issues but its excellent writing and interesting storytelling make it well worth experiencing." Godisageek similarly wrote that "the humour and mystery are enough to carry Beyond A Steel Sky through, and if you did play the original and you do remember it, there’s just enough nostalgia here to make it worth a return to Union City. GameGrin described it as "a fantastic adventure with some at-times brain bending puzzles that stays remarkably true to the original game. It does everything Telltale games do right, and corrects everything they do wrong." The game can be enjoyed without prior knowledge of Beneath a Steel Sky but obviously, it has a lot of gentle nods to its predecessor." GameWatcher wrote that the game "has big shoes to fill and not only fills that shoe, but it knocks the definition of a modern adventure game out of the park. It was released on 26 June 2020 on the Apple Arcade subscription service, and on Jon Steam.ĭark Station praised the game: "Beyond a Steel Sky is in many ways respectful of genre traditions but with modern wisdom and presentation.
Revolution Studios CEO Charles Cecil has said that the game examines how an AI would interpret a prime directive to make people happy.īeyond a Steel Sky was developed using Unreal Engine 4. Set ten years after the events of the first game, the protagonist Robert Foster returns to Union City.
It is a sequel to Beneath a Steel Sky, a point-and-click adventure game created in 1994. Beyond a Steel Sky is a 2020 cyberpunk science fiction adventure game developed by Revolution Software.
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