Beneath a Steel Sky
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User Reviews for Beneath a Steel Sky
This is an awesome game!
Let me just this game is probably my favorite game on my iPod Touch. I have to admit that I was a bit skeptical about my purchase at first, but when I was playing it for a few hours I knew it was worth it! I am a fan of adventure games such as 5 Days a Stranger and the Monkey Island series so this should be an instant purchase for fans of those games and newbies to the genre alike. It has a few bugs which I assume weren't corrected from the original release but the worst thing I encountered was the game crashing, which only happened twice (it didn't delete my saves, and it even kept me I the same place in the game I was before it crashed). Buy this now, it's a steal!
Great game, but...
Don't get me wrong. I love this game. It's one of the best adventure games I've ever played. If you're even remotely interested in the genre, by all means get this game. It's well worth the $2.99 they're asking for. The puzzles are clever, the story is great, and the humor had me laughing really hard. The control is excellent, but it takes a while to get used to. It hits the perfect balance between King's Quest and Monkey Island. The former where it's so easy to lock yourself out and die, and the latter where you can do neither. In Steel Sky, you can die, but you will never reach a point where you can't complete it. Thank you! I really want to give it five stars, but there are a few problems that hold it back.On a few occasions, I have touched somewhere on the screen at the wrong time, and it has locked up my game. Basically, whenever you perform an action, the icons disappear momentarily. If you perform the wrong action at a specific time, the icons will stay gone. I fund myself waiting for my iPod to close the application, forcing me to *gasp!* do something productive. If the next version fixes this, I would be so happy. I hate productivity.
Can't continue
"sepcial phoenix" doesn't work even though I have one. please fix this.
Not playable
Joey got stuck by the elevator and the glitch is saved into the game. I would have to start over and I’m not doing that. Ugh.
Interesting and Competent but Ultimatly Lacking
Nothing wrong with the iPhone implementation and the game is moderatly funny but the puzzles are fairly weak and have some irritatingly illogical solutions. Like randomly giving away things you need and would NEVER give away, useless objects, using objects on things that make no sense, being forced to talk to people multiple times before a puzzle is solved, suicide learning, etc.After awhile it turns into just randomly trying everything on everything and talking to everyone about everything then trying every object in your inventory on those people. In other words it gets boring really quickly because there is no intellectual challange it's just drone clicking.If you liked the original then you'll love this iPhone version but otherwise it's just, "Meh."
Surprisingly a good value
After playing the broken sword bundle, I was expecting better or at least different graphics. It has an older style look that makes you think it won’t be a good game from the get go. Soon to learn it was from a PC game so there you go. The puzzles are intelligent and thought out. A lot of the puzzles are simultaneous which I always give high marks for. This is true for a good part of the game and then you’re kind of moving one by one. Some of the dialog is not convincing, like, “Here, have a present.” It needs to be more towards what’s going on and who you’re talking to about what, have a present doesn’t cut it. Still it doesn’t take away from a great storyline and interesting characters and fantastic voiceover accents. All old-time adventure game lovers will like it and be able to ignore its little quirks. For a few bucks, a lot of game play.
Hilarious and well-designed!
Let's just start off by saying I love this game. This is probably the only game I can see myself playing for more than an hour at a time on my iPod and it's for all the right reasons. Not only is it engaging and immersive, but it's also downright funny most of the time. Sure, a few puzzles might seem leaps of faith at first but as you get used to the style they seem less far-fetched. Plus, for the price it's certainly worth a try. This app is better than a lot of $5 or even $10 apps out there! I do have one caveat, however, and that is I experience random crashes occasionally on my iPod. This is probably because it's a 1st gen and has less RAM than later models, but the game has consistently quit on me during moments that are crucial to game progression and as a result, I can no longer play it. I don't want to write about a specific problem I have here, but it seems the support on Revolution's website is a bit scant and so I could only think to bring it up here. Please check what heppens when you try to give the magazine to the guy at Travelco! I have the magazine but the game quits whenever I try to use the magazine with him or even just talk to him, even after a reboot. I love this game and I'd really like to be able to play it again!Just to recap though, excellent game. Get it.
Adventurey Goodness!
Buy this game! Easily worth the $. This game is fun! I've been playing for a few hours, and I keep playing to see what happens next. Great storyline and cool graphics (WATCHMEN artist!). The voice acting...not the best, but whatever. The controls are natural and surprisingly easy to use.There's a cool feature where it tweets your Twitter account when you reach certain points in the game. Kind of like Xbox achievements. Nice touch--haven't seen that on any other games.The hint system is good to have, as some of the puzzles are pretty tricky (but mostly fair when I see the solutions), and it's nice that you can save more than one game.Overall, this is a really solid, well-made game. I love adventure games, and I'm glad to see them making a comeback. I hope to see a remake of Broken Sword and some new stuff! More like this!
Pure Class!
I was a huge fan of the point-and-click adventure back in the day. Three brands stood out - Sierra, LucasArts, and Revolution. Playing this game on the iPhone feels just as good as it did back then, it takes me right back to a time when story and character development were so important. In many ways, modern day high-end RPGs like Mass Effect were born out of games like this, and Beneath a Steel Sky is a great introduction to story-based gaming for this generation. It looks great on the iPhone, the voice-acting is fun, the writing is classy, and it feels timely with the current surge in interest in graphic novel-inspired entertainment (Dave Gibbons was artist on Watchmen). Not just great fun as an educational journey back to one of the highlights of the era of the Graphic Adventure, but also top value entertainment by today's standards.
Pretty good adventure game
I'm probably one of the few people who never played the original 'back in the day,' so this game was a completely new experience for me, in every respect. The art is top-notch, but the voice actors could use a little more training. Also, it could just be my perception of the game, but it seemed a bit short to me. The controls are about as good as an adventure game's controls can be on a touchscreen and you get used to them in short order.The difficulty seems to be just about right for an adventure game. It seemed more difficult to me than a game should be, but that's probably just my advanced age talking. Regardless, the built-in hint system is great, offering up only the hints you need most of the time instead of always just hitting you over the head with the correct course of action.In all, a great adventure game that I would recommend to any fan of the genre!
Description
When orphaned Robert Foster is seized at gunpoint from the peaceful village he calls home and flown a thousand miles to a city he’s never seen, he can only ask himself: why me? Escaping from his abductors into the dark metropolis, he vows to avenge the murder of the only family he’s ever known. Play 10+ hours of intense narrative puzzle-solving, meeting an array of dazzling characters, to ultimately uncover a terrible truth. “Whether you're an established fan of puzzle adventures or just a newcomer to the genre, Beneath a Steel Sky is an absolute delight.” 9/10, Neon Kelly, Videogamer.com “This is a story rich and layered throughout...” 4/4 (must have), Keith Andrew, Slide to Play (Game of the month) Set in a dystopian future, with an ironic twist, this remastered version has many special new features, including: • Stunning new animated movies from Dave Gibbons, co-creator of 'Watchmen' • Context-sensitive hint system • Remastered audio track featuring re-sampled voices and higher quality music English speech with Spanish, French, Swedish, Portuguese, German, Italian, and English subtitles. This software is covered under the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 2.
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