That being said, the game has a well designed hint system which I’m not afraid to admit I used a couple of times. For the most part, they level alongside you as you get to grips with the mechanic but there are a few that feel needlessly obtuse and some of the logic puzzles can be a little repetitive. While hacking a bridge is pretty simple, the puzzles in Beyond a Steel Sky ramp up in difficulty and complexity as you progress. This is the level of detail you expect from a cyberpunk game (I’m looking at you, Cyberpunk 2077). It’s also a clever way of extending the theme of challenging the establishment through gameplay. It’s great that you have this degree of interactivity with the world, and subtly subverting the City is great fun.
You could (and should) wander around the Plaza hacking vending machines to set off alarms on unsuspecting citizens, or make the holo-ads display a giant image of a rat. The beauty of the hacker tool mechanic is that you’re not just limited to the game’s puzzles. Swap these around with a simple click and drag, and hey presto – anyone with an out-of-date chip now has permission to lower the bridge. A quick scan of the bridge console will bring up a screen showing the machine’s basic programming a set of blocks containing modifiers which govern its behaviour. However, poor Graham’s UI chip doesn’t have the latest firmware installed so, accessed denied and all that. Most of the puzzles in the game are based around the tool, and boy, it’s a real hoot! In an early puzzle, you need to get a bridge to lower in order to cross over into the City. This lets you examine something, use an inventory item, or talk to them.Įarly on, you gain access to the hacker tool that lets you scan for hackable objects within your immediate surroundings. A reticule will appear when you’re near and you tap X to bring up a small menu of options. Gameplay consists of interacting with people and objects in Union City to solve environmental puzzles. But as you delve into the depths of Union City, all is not what it seems. You are now Graham Grundy, a seemingly ordinary citizen at first glance. After helping her to retrieve the gadget from the gang-gang’s razor beak, she agrees to implant you with the dead man’s chip in order to gain access to the City.
Luckily, the grave-robbing girl from the roadside is here. But without a fancy newfangled UI chip, there’s no way you’re getting in.
Milo’s trail leads continues right back to Union City, the place where it all began. A girl is trying to extract a chip from the corpses hand with a small device until a vicious gang-gang bird swoops down and steals it from her as she flees. Out in the desert, you follow the vehicle tracks to an unknown corpse by the side of the road. When a young boy, Milo, is kidnapped from the village by a mysterious armoured vehicle, Foster sets off in quick pursuit. In Beyond a Steel Sky, we pick up Foster’s story ten years later. Welcome HomeĪfter defeating the corrupt AI, LINC, Foster puts his best robot pal Joey in charge of running Union City before returning to his village in the Gap (an arid plain beyond the city walls).
Beyond a steel sky news for free#
If you’ve never played the first game, it’s currently available to play for free on Steam. The creators of the original, Charles Cecil ( Broken Sword series) and the legendary Dave Gibbons ( Watchmen) reunite to bring a new sci-fi adventure with modern sensibilities. Set a decade after the events of the original, hero Robert Foster returns to the sprawling metropolis of Union City – now a burgeoning Utopia since he overthrew the tyrannical regime ten years ago.
Beyond a Steel Sky is a cyberpunk adventure puzzler and spiritual successor to the 1994 cult-classic Beneath a Steel Sky.
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