The tracks, of course, lead back to Union City and yet again to Forsters past.īeyond A Steel Sky is a point and click adventure through and through, though told through the lens of modern technology. Another attack on Forsters tribe ends with the kidnapping of a boy, Milo, by androids and Forster starts off after them. Alas, the past isn’t done with Forster and before you can say tragedy strikes again, well, it does. pal Joey in charge of the city before heading back to the Gap and the world LINC had so cruelly taken from him. When we left Union City back in 1994, Forster had vanquished the evil A.I. So the question becomes, has Beyond A Steel Sky justified its own existence beyond mere nostalgia pulling? Is the story it’s telling worth your time and the world worth revisiting? Beneath A Steel Sky, the cult classic cyberpunk adventure from Revolution Software, came out way back in 1994, making the return of Robert Foster some twenty-seven years in the making.Īs always, the questions as to how you follow up a revered game or hit of any kind, especially when so many years have passed, will always linger. While only ten years have passed in the world of Beyond A Steel Sky, in reality, it’s been much, much longer. The decrepit, decadent world you left behind all those years ago has flourished into a bright, neon lined utopia where everyone’s dreams can be attained and no one has to want for anything.
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