From Charles Cecil, creator of the Broken Sword series, with art direction by Dave Gibbons, legendary comic book artist behind ‘Watchmen’, comes ‘Beyond a Steel Sky’, the long awaited sequel to the cult classic ‘Beneath a Steel Sky’.
You are Robert Foster. A child has been abducted in a brutal attack. You have vowed to bring him home. But the trail has led you from your community of desert wasteland dwellers, to Union City, one of the last remaining mega-cities in a world ravaged by shattering wars, and political meltdown.
Fortified and impenetrable, it is a utopia in which people live happily under the surveillance and control of a benign AI. But all is far from what it seems...
‘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.
• An adventure set within a dynamic world, populated by willful characters driven by motivations that the player can subvert. In combination with a unique hacking tool, multiple solutions to puzzles emerge from player choices.
• Unravel dark conspiracies, defeat a terrifying antagonist in this dramatic, humorous, cyberpunk thriller, which explores contemporary themes: social control, AI, and total surveillance.
• Intelligent puzzles are interwoven with an intriguing dramatic narrative to deliver a compelling gameplay experience.
• A beautifully detailed, comic-book styled world, from the mind of legendary comic artist Dave Gibbons.
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What's New in Beyond a Steel Sky
1.5.29150
February 11, 2022
• Improved performance for lower specification devices
• Improved controls
• Improved stability
• Several bugfixes
• Added Polish subtitles
I was having a great time with this when unfortunately I encountered a game ending bug. In the scene where Jimmy the Thumbs has Robert’s hand trapped and is raising the cleaver, the empty bottle will not highlight. Only option is the dead fish. I’ve re-downloaded and also uninstalled and reinstalled several times: Nothing works. Seeing as there hasn’t been any activity on the game from the dev in at least 2 years, I’m not optimistic that the problem will be addressed. I’ve encountered this issue on other games in Arcade in the past and it’s one of the reasons I dropped it. The other major reason I quit is the limited types of games offered here. I really dislike shoot ‘em ups, match 3 and hidden object types. If they ever decide to expand their repertoire to include escape, mysteries, or puzzle games like House of DaVince, I would reconsider.