There were times where I let the music play through my headphones and soaked up the world around my character and let my imagination run wild. The soundtrack and overall presentation of Beyond A Steel Sky are definitely what will keep you engaged and gives it the feeling of a AAA title from the golden era of point and click adventure games. It's just a bit of a slow burn for the first hour or so and at times I was a bit disinterested until I made it past the city gates and the retro-future aesthetic was really allowed to shine and pull me into its bleak but goofy world. That's not to say the story in Beyond A Steel Sky ever felt lacking. Beyond A Steel Sky's world-building during its relatively short adventure makes up for the need for any sort of blockbuster narrative and its quirky sense of humor kept things fresh throughout its often time's hardcore gameplay conventions. If you're a fan of Fallout or The Outer Worlds art direction then you'll definitely dig Beyond A Steel Sky's retro-future meets the corporate dystopian aesthetic.įor the most part, the plot is pretty bare-bones. Beyond A Steel Sky's retro-future comic book art style really bring the game's world to life and hide the need for an overly detailed world. There were a few times where I noticed myself saying "wow" when entering a new environment due to the simple fact that I was playing a game of this quality on my Instagram machine. While the PC and Mac ports look good, they're not going to wow anybody with its visuals, but its when you play it on an iPhone or iPad where the games art direction and optimization truly shine. Visually Beyond A Steel Sky is pretty darn impressive depending on what platform you're playing it on. There are a few nods to Beneath A Steel Sky thought the game, but the main protagonist Robert tends to announce who was from the prior game and why they're important. While in most cases a 26-year gap between games would prove to be a problem, Beyond A Steel Sky sums the plot to its predecessor efficiently in the first few hours and I never felt like I was missing out by not playing the original. Beyond A Steel Sky looks to take what was best from the golden era of the genre and brings it to 2020 with a fresh coat of paint and some pretty smart gameplay conventions.īeyond A Steel Sky is a sequel to Beneath A Steel Sky, a 1994 MS-DOS point-and-click adventure, in which you play as Beyond A Steel Sky's main protagonist in a dystopian Australian future. With more recent games in the genre I've felt that the need for a more "cinematic" and thought-provoking experience has ruined what made the. While games such as Grim Fandango and The Secret of Monkey Island have definitely aged in a less than appreciable way gameplay-wise, I've always found the older entries in the genre to be worth playing solely due to the story and their often dry sense of humor. From the early days of Maniac Mansion and Myst to the more modern titles such as The Walking Dead and Life Is Strange, adventure games have always been around in one way or another. Point-and-click adventures are about as old as mainstream gaming itself.
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