Beneath a Steel Sky (1994)

I still remember the first impression I and a few friends had in front of the opening scenes of this game. [b]Beneath a Steel Sky[/b] features what I have no hesitation in calling some of the best 2D graphics ever made at the time, and they still impress today for the level of detail in the backgrounds, the fine quality of the pixel art characters, and the even finer animations. VGA at its best. Having comic book legend Dave Gibbons on the team paid off, including a nice introductory comic, which this CD version smartly turns into a motion comic that opens the game. With some fiddling, it is also possible to play the floppy intro with its iconic music, which I still hum from time to time even nowadays. Under such a sumptuous “vest”, the adventure is rock solid, save for a few instances of pixel hunting. It is not the longest or most difficult in the genre, but it has quite a few good puzzles to offer, and they are mostly pretty logical—or rather, logical within the world it is set in, as you will need to enter cyberspace several times. They are integrated into brilliant world-building and writing; of note are the dialogues of Joey, one of the best (and sassiest) robotic partners ever seen in a game. My only notable issue is with the tone, which is not always consistent. It is supposed to be a fairly bleak dystopian cyberpunk setting, but it often gets quite light-hearted, even if some of the dark humour is appreciated. Apparently there was some conflict during development about what direction to give the writing, and that clearly reflects in the final product. To be fair, though, it also gives [b]BASS[/b] its own unique flavour. While some audio tracks set the appropriate mood (like the very first one you hear when you start controlling Foster), others are too “happy”; it is better to keep the music volume down. No doubt an adventure classic, which put Revolution on the map (and unlike LucasArts, they are still around), and it has also been free since 2003. There is literally no excuse for not playing it.

[b] Beneath a Steel Sky (1994) [/b], Revolution Software tarafından geliştirilen ve ünlü çizgi roman sanatçısı Dave Gibbons (Watchmen) tarafından görselleştirilen, point-and-click macera türünün siberpunk temalı zamansız başyapıtlarından biridir. [h3] Artılar: [/h3] [b] Mükemmel Siberpunk Hikaye ve Atmosfer: [/b]Kirli, distopik ve şirketler tarafından yönetilen Union City'de geçen yapım; Robert Foster ve onun alaycı robot dostu Joey'nin hikayesini zekice yazılmış bir anlatıyla sunuyor. [b] Dave Gibbons'ın Sanat Yönetimi: [/b]Girişteki çizgi roman panellerinden oyun içi arka plan tasarımlarına kadar, her kare türün çizgi roman estetiğini ve distopik havasını muazzam bir şekilde yansıtıyor. [b] Zekice Kurgulanmış Bulmacalar ve Mizah: [/b]Joey'nin bilincini farklı robot gövdelerine aktarma mekaniği gibi yaratıcı bulmacalar barındırıyor. Karanlık atmosferine rağmen harika bir mizahi dile ve unutulmaz diyaloglara sahip. [h3] Eksiler: [/h3] [b] Eskimiş Arayüz ve Piksel Avcılığı: [/b]1994 yapımı olduğu için dönemin "pixel hunting" (ekrandaki küçük pikselleri arama) mantığı bazı oyuncuları zorlayabilir ve modern sistemlerde ScummVM gibi emülatörler olmadan çalıştırılması zahmetli olabilir. [b] Seslendirme Kalitesi: [/b]Dönemin CD-ROM teknolojisiyle sıkıştırılmış olan seslendirmeler, günümüz kulaklıklarında ve ses sistemlerinde boğuk veya kalitesiz gelebilir. [h3] Sonuç: [/h3] [b] Beneath a Steel Sky[/b], siberpunk dünyaları, distopik bilim kurguyu ve eski usul macera oyunlarını seven herkesin mutlaka deneyimlemesi gereken bir janr klasiği. Steam üzerinde tamamen ücretsiz olarak sunulması da cabası. Türün tarihindeki en iyi robot-insan dostluklarından birine tanıklık etmek ve o nostaljik retro havayı solumak istiyorsanız kesinlikle kütüphanenize eklemelisiniz. [spoiler] Puan: 9.0 / 10 [/spoiler]

It's a 90 classic for sure. But clearly not the best of that time, do it if you are a purist to say you did it, but Harvester, Sanitarium or I Have no Mouth are MUCH more inspired and deep.

total rubbish

Point and click essential

Ive been lookiing for this game for ages. Huge memories playing this back in the day. Love seeing it come onto steam. Fun game!

For some reason, when i was playing this game, it showed up as Leisure Suit Larry on Discord. I think it's neat.

Funny dialogues and clever puzzles although it sometimes is a bit challenging, in a point-and-click way, to find your way around. Amazing I played this same game on my Nokia N900 in 2009.