![]() The floppy disk version came with a comic book by Dave Gibbons detailing the events that led up to the beginning of the game: you play as Robert Foster (named after a brand of Australian “beer”), a man who grew in a post-apocalyptic Australian Outback region called the Gap and one day, he’s kidnapped by the Security forces of a dystopian city called Union City and brought back to said city. Gibbons provided the comic that serves as the intro to the game and all the visual environment and backgrounds within it, while the rest of the team worked using the game engine they made themselves called Virtual Theatre.īut let’s look at the covers first, shall we? A remastered version was released for iOS in 2009.Īfter the success of their first game, Lure of the Temptress, Revolution’s co-founder, Charles Cecil, decided to revive an old project he had with famed comic book artist Dave Gibbons ( Watchmen, DC Comics, etc.) while still in Activision. It was re-released for modern Windows in 2008 and for Macintosh in 2012. It was originally released in 1994 for the Amiga, Amiga CD32 and DOS. But perhaps my favourite one is Beneath a Steel Sky.īeneath a Steel Sky is a graphic adventure developed by British company Revolution Software and published by Virgin Interactive. Intelligent puzzles are interwoven with an intriguing dramatic narrative to deliver a compelling gameplay experience.Ī beautifully detailed, comic-book styled world, from the mind of legendary comic artist Dave Gibbons.With the movie adaptation of Ghost in the Shell currently at the cinemas, I’ve decided to take a look at the cyberpunk genre and there are quite some games belonging to that genre. Unravel dark conspiracies, defeat a terrifying antagonist in this dramatic, humorous, cyberpunk thriller, which explores contemporary themes: social control, AI, and total surveillance. In combination with a unique hacking tool, multiple solutions to puzzles emerge from player choices. ![]() Features:Īn adventure set within a dynamic world, populated by wilful characters driven by motivations that the player can subvert. ‘Beyond a Steel Sky’ is a dramatic, humorous, cyberpunk thriller in which engaging puzzles drive a fast-paced narrative set in a dynamic gameworld that responds to – and is subverted by – the player’s actions. What’s not to love? But this City has a dark underbelly. Union City is a utopia, its people loving life under the control of an altruistic AI: ever-attentive androids, designer living, piazzas and bars. The trail has led you to Union City, one of the last remaining mega-cities in a world ravaged by shattering wars, and political meltdown. A child has been abducted in a brutal attack. ![]()
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