Very great experience, some bugs, a bit weak ending
The game has great graphics! As a person who never played the precious Beneath a steel sky some of the references are a bit off, but still the game is great enough to experience all the way!
There are some intermittent bugs that will crash the game between cutscenes. Not sure why.
The ending however feels a bit weak and a bit too lecturing. Even a bit anticlimactic if I may say.
Still overall a good game though, especially on mobile platform
There are some intermittent bugs that will crash the game between cutscenes. Not sure why.
The ending however feels a bit weak and a bit too lecturing. Even a bit anticlimactic if I may say.
Still overall a good game though, especially on mobile platform
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Great game but it has some bugs
This game is great if you like adventure type games it reminds me of my old favourites the Tex Murphy games. Great visuals a dialogs. I would absolutely give it a 5 but the Only issue is it crashed a time or 2 and I’m also stuck on the elevator after messing with the fireworks. I really would like a fix so I can continue. Game is halted right now.
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Great game, wonky controls on iPad mini
I played the original more than 20 years ago, one of my favorite games at that time. This is a worthy sequel in story, dialogue and gameplay. It was great to meet old characters and see what has become of UC. The best part imo is the sound and music. Connected to a stereo speaker set it was an immersive, atmospheric experience. The controls however, are sluggish and quite annoying in situations where time and precision are of the essence (i.e. Joey in the labs, a bit more time would help). There’s also still a frustrating bug quite a number of people seem to run into at the aspiration gala, my advice is to save when you got your outfit and then use a walkthrough for this chapter, since the hints are also bugged. Overall a very enjoyable ride and an amazing thing to see UC in a 3D 3rd person setting.
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Amazing story, problematic bugs
This is probably what happens when you have a kickass creative team, but a technical team that is struggling a bit more.
The story, the dialogues, the voice actors, it’s all at the level of the best HBO TV shows. A lot of the puzzles themselves are meh, but it doesn’t matter at all, because you want to keep going through them so you drive that fascinating story further. Sometimes, the story falls a little flat temporarily (namely the ending is a pretty okay idea, but a bit of a stretch), but it’s all forgivable considering the myriad of unforgettable other moments.
However, the interaction itself is annoying. For instance, characters move around for realism, but it’s really hard, sometimes impossible, to click on the “Talk” button when they move. You get a “hacker” remote control, which is an amazing plot device, but zooming it in and turning it off both work inconsistently. Worse, sometimes you do things in a way that wasn’t expected, and it gets you stuck in the game with no path forward (the Inspiration Gala scene for instance, is problematic at best).
So, my advice is to roll your eyes hard when that happens, bear with the inconsistent gameplay, and keep moving forward, because it’s all worth the effort and frustration!
The story, the dialogues, the voice actors, it’s all at the level of the best HBO TV shows. A lot of the puzzles themselves are meh, but it doesn’t matter at all, because you want to keep going through them so you drive that fascinating story further. Sometimes, the story falls a little flat temporarily (namely the ending is a pretty okay idea, but a bit of a stretch), but it’s all forgivable considering the myriad of unforgettable other moments.
However, the interaction itself is annoying. For instance, characters move around for realism, but it’s really hard, sometimes impossible, to click on the “Talk” button when they move. You get a “hacker” remote control, which is an amazing plot device, but zooming it in and turning it off both work inconsistently. Worse, sometimes you do things in a way that wasn’t expected, and it gets you stuck in the game with no path forward (the Inspiration Gala scene for instance, is problematic at best).
So, my advice is to roll your eyes hard when that happens, bear with the inconsistent gameplay, and keep moving forward, because it’s all worth the effort and frustration!
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Love it
Love this game, like I did the original, great graphics and story but I’m stuck as it creeps crashing at the same place towards the end and I can’t get any further, gutted
Best game in Arcade
This has to be the best game in Arcade. Can’t wait for more of these kinda games. Hope the developer will come out with another one soon.
Good game, glitches prevent me from finishing
I’m upset that this game is so good it pulled me in and I’m stuck at the gala for the past two days. Going from iPhone 11 to Apple TV trying to figure out how to get the projector to accept the vermin message. I can get as close as the advert sign by the stairs after I try to load it onto the one down the stairs by the projector it just disappears. The vermin message is just gone.
The first time I entered the gala I got on the elevator without ever going near the projector or spankles machine which now I know should have never happened. I walked in after talking with Alonso and it let me on but got stuck and forced me to load a previous save because it literally would not let me move an inch the controls were locked. Which started this cycle of never being able to load the message on the projector. So frustrating.
The first time I entered the gala I got on the elevator without ever going near the projector or spankles machine which now I know should have never happened. I walked in after talking with Alonso and it let me on but got stuck and forced me to load a previous save because it literally would not let me move an inch the controls were locked. Which started this cycle of never being able to load the message on the projector. So frustrating.
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Could be better
The games is great dont get me wrong but way too short .
I thought game lacked variety every stage required you to solve a scenario to get to next stage nothing wrong with that but the game lack fluidity at times and having to solve puzzle after puzzle at every stage of the game instead of just letting the player overcome a task in straight forward manner made me feel it was a bit unnecessary at times to require player to solve a scenario just to get somewhere. The controls aren't great needs work you will see it when you play it . And there is a bug in the game if your not standing in the right place afteryou’ve solved a scenario or puzzle nothing happens?Overall graphics are great but the gameplay is lacking. Was it a fun game absolutely with a lot humour. Storyline is amazing its like madmax crossed with blade runner but without the violence . So you get all of the futuristic imaginings of a futuristic society with robots and the dilemmas of a this society its amazing the game actually deals with issues we face in modern world so the game-makers get points on creating a game that actually is a reflection of our modern world highly recommended.
I thought game lacked variety every stage required you to solve a scenario to get to next stage nothing wrong with that but the game lack fluidity at times and having to solve puzzle after puzzle at every stage of the game instead of just letting the player overcome a task in straight forward manner made me feel it was a bit unnecessary at times to require player to solve a scenario just to get somewhere. The controls aren't great needs work you will see it when you play it . And there is a bug in the game if your not standing in the right place afteryou’ve solved a scenario or puzzle nothing happens?Overall graphics are great but the gameplay is lacking. Was it a fun game absolutely with a lot humour. Storyline is amazing its like madmax crossed with blade runner but without the violence . So you get all of the futuristic imaginings of a futuristic society with robots and the dilemmas of a this society its amazing the game actually deals with issues we face in modern world so the game-makers get points on creating a game that actually is a reflection of our modern world highly recommended.
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A fantastically-inventive adventure game
The writing and voice acting is bang-on, the art is distinctive, and the hacking mechanism makes for an ingenious way of solving puzzles rather than the usual “pick up everything and see if you can use something on some other thing”. I’m really looking forward to seeing how the story ends.
Unfortunately, I can’t, because a combination of regular crashes and save game corruption means that late on in the game, I’m stuck in a situation where parts of the game are out of sync, I progress to a certain part and the game hangs. I’ve reported a fairly precise bug to the developers on their Discord server and will update this review if they fix it.
Unfortunately, I can’t, because a combination of regular crashes and save game corruption means that late on in the game, I’m stuck in a situation where parts of the game are out of sync, I progress to a certain part and the game hangs. I’ve reported a fairly precise bug to the developers on their Discord server and will update this review if they fix it.
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Response from developer
Thank you for writing such a generous review, despite the problems. Hoping that you were able to get help in Discord to solve this issue?
100% best game ever
This is forever going to be my favourite game.
