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Beneath a Steel Sky (PC)

GENERAL INFORMATION

GENRE/STYLE

Adventure/Third-Person Graphic Adventure

ESRB RATING

TEEN, Animated Violence, Suggestive Themes

DEVELOPER

Revolution Software

PUBLISHER

Virgin Interactive Entertainment

TRAITS (member-attributed "LIKES")

THE SETTING #USES

PLAYING AS #USES

Robert Foster 13

PLAYING AGAINST #USES

Computer AI 11

HOW IT'S PLAYED #USES

GENERAL TONE #USES

DESCRIPTION

The odds are definitely stacked against your character, Robert Foster, from the beginning of Virgin's comic/drama Beneath a Steel Sky.

At the age of six on your first trip out of the City, the helicopter you're in crashes, killing your mother. You are adopted by a group of Outsiders (aptly named because they have no access to the City in this futuristic postapocalyptic tale) who raise you for twenty years in a location known as the Gap.

Life is good until another group of bad guys from the City, known only as Security, rip your world apart by killing your adoptive family and transporting you by helicopter (what else?) back to the City. Once again the helicopter crashes and you survive, escaping from your captors to the top floor of the Security HQ building, with only the circuitboard of your trusty robot, Joey for help.

From this point, your task is to survive life in the City which is covered by a huge steel dome (thus, the title), defeat the evil forces of Security (one of two vast corporations vying for industrial supremacy) and discover who you really are.

Beneath a Steel Sky is a graphic adventure, plot-intensive, that contains subtle British humor as well as satirical references. ~ Michael L. House, All Game Guide

Beneath a Steel Sky (PC)

GENRE/STYLE:

Adventure/Third-Person Graphic Adventure
TOP TRAITS:

dark humor, point-and-click, steampunk
DESCRIPTION:

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Viqor played Beneath a Steel Sky on 15/MAY/11

“Finished the somewhat short adventure game today. The ending was just ok, but overall, I think that the journey was worth taking. The visuals are very nice 2d sprite art with beautifully rendered...”

created 16/MAY/2011

Viqor played Beneath a Steel Sky on 14/MAY/11

“Played through much of this cool little adventure game in one sitting. This is an old adventure game made by a British developer in 1994 using Lucasart's SCUMM engine. I think given my current...”

created 15/MAY/2011

tidan-likida played Beneath a Steel Sky on 21/SEP/10

“Completed.”

created 21/SEP/2010

tidan-likida played Beneath a Steel Sky on 19/SEP/10

“Escaped the factory.”

created 19/SEP/2010

Dystopian dream

“No pew pewing in this one, just good old point-and-click problem solving in a dystopian skyscraper city.”

Added by: Greeny4432
Date: 08/MAY/2010
Views: 423
Votes: 0

created 08/MAY/2010

someolddoor played Beneath a Steel Sky on 22/NOV/09

“Playing this game on the phone is like one of the best things ever!”

created 23/NOV/2009

Beneath a Steel Sky by: 13xforever

“I've seen this game has been released for an iPhone and absolutely by chance I've noticed that this game is being given away on Good Old Games for free”

created 01/NOV/2009

Beneath a Steel Sky (PC) by: pierben

“Overall, this was an OK game with some distracting elements (timed puzzles, I'm looking at you). I felt it got a little more light-hearted in the middle and decided to take a step back from the self-important bag of dystopia clichés the beginning...”

created 19/SEP/2009

pierben played Beneath a Steel Sky on 28/AUG/09

“"Completed" the game. I put completed in quotation marks because I died at the very last puzzle and ScummVM refused to read my last save game, so I had to watch the ending on Youtube. ”

created 28/AUG/2009

Beneath a Steel Sky, inside an apartment

“Kitten videos! See, people in the dystopian future are just like Youtube users, except with VHS. ”

Added by: pierben
Date: 28/AUG/2009
Views: 144
Votes: 0

created 28/AUG/2009

Beneath a Steel Sky, lower floor

“Yeah yeah, those hyperactive kids and their video games, always skipping classes. They really suck, don't they, Revolution Software?”

Added by: pierben
Date: 28/AUG/2009
Views: 105
Votes: 0

created 28/AUG/2009

pierben played Beneath a Steel Sky on 27/AUG/09

“Managed to get to the lower floor. There were some decent puzzles along the way and some not so decent ones - I'm still undecided on this game. All screenshots ended up being 0kb in size for some...”

created 27/AUG/2009

pierben played Beneath a Steel Sky on 16/JUL/09

“With a little help from my friends (at UHS Hints) I made it off the top floor today. Yes, I cheated, but so far I found the puzzles awkward, with too much emphasis on pixel hunting further...”

created 16/JUL/2009

If I had the time, I would still play Space Quest by: ChangeAgent

“A part of me wants to buy this... $20 for the entire Space Quest collection. Those games were so formative for me. If I had the time to play them, I might, but I have Beneath a Steel Sky on my...”

created 20/APR/2009

Retodon8 was the last to comment - over 4 years ago... show previous hide previous

“Interesting how you went from adventures to FPSs, which one might consider to be on opposite ends of the genre spectrum. :) I did the same though, only it was Wolfenstein 3D that got me into FPSs, then: Doom, D2, Duke Nukem 3D, Unreal Tournament, its sequels, as well as other games that came along, to a lesser degree. I only ever played the demo for Dark Forces, but I played, liked, and sucked at the X-Wing series. :)”