DOS

Beneath a Steel Sky

Description

In futuristic Australia, there are giant cities owned solely by corporations, separated by a giant wasteland known as The Gap. When Robert Foster's Gap-dwelling tribe is killed by soldiers from Union City who capture him, everything changes for him. After a narrow escape from the helicopter bringing him there as it inexplicably crashes, Robert and his droid Joey must search the decaying city, attempting to befriend both the snobby rich and the frustrated poor as the two attempt to get out of the city, but in the middle of everything they uncover the dark truth about LINC, the bizarre computer which makes the city tick.

Using the then revolutionary Virtual Theatre engine, BASS' characters can move freely independent of the player, allowing the game world to be much more dynamic than anything seen before (other than Virtual Theatre's debut game, the less popular Lure of the Temptress). Otherwise, the engine provides tried and true point-and-click adventure gameplay.

The iPhone version introduces a touch-based interface, new animated movies by Dave Gibbons, a context-sensitive hint system and a remastered audio track.

Alternate Titles

• "Beyond The Abyss" -- Working title
• "Beneath a Steel Sky: Remastered" -- iPhone title
• "BASS" -- Common abbreviation

Part of the Following Group

• Game Engine: Virtual Theatre

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User Reviews

Derivative adventure game which is neither deep nor amusing	Unicorn B. Lynx (63297)
Sky of Steel	Christina Nordlander (26)
Guybrush Threepwood would LOVE this game!	Indra was here... (13176)
An adventure most british. Dark yet witty and interesting.	Zovni (9138)
Much ado about nothing	Mr. Clark (14)
A lucasarts type adventure set in a futuristic world	devils102 (17)
EX-TER-MIN-ATE! EX-TER-MIN-ATE!	Icarus Lytton (11)
Be vigilant	Black Wolf (37232)
Over-rated, but good at representing the Big Brother-Orwellian state theme.	Depth Lord (950)
Blade Runner meets batteries included in my personal favourtie Graphic adventure.	Matthew Bailey (1169)

The Press Says

Abandonia	Mar 11, 2004	5 out of 5	100
PC Gamer	Dec, 1994	91 out of 100	91
Adventure-Treff	Jul 21, 2000	87 out of 100	87
Pelit	Apr, 1994	82 out of 100	82
Adventure Corner	Mar 26, 2004	80 out of 100	80
Adventure Classic Gaming	Jan 29, 2007	4 out of 5	80
PC Player (Germany)	Apr, 1994	78 out of 100	78
Aventura y Cía	Feb 20, 2005	3.5 out of 5	70
Quandary	Aug, 2002		70
PC Zone	Aug, 1998	59 out of 100	59

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Trivia

Beneath a steel sky was also released on CDROM featuring full speech.