In 1996, Revolution Software launched their second game, a dystopian journey game named Beneath A Steel Sky. Then they principally made Broken Sword games for the subsequent 20 years. Today, Revolution lastly return to that ferrous firmament with the launch of a sequel, Beyond A Steel Sky. It’ll ship us into an AI-controlled megacity to rescue an kidnapped youngster and positively not get tangled in any form of sci-fi conspiracy. Come see a few of that within the launch trailer under.
That’s Robert Foster once more, in new hassle in post-apocalyptic Australia, headed again to Union City to speak to individuals, resolve puzzles, and do all that journey game jazz. Our Alice Bee played a preview version earlier this 12 months. She thought the characters have been “fun and often genuinely funny” and the puzzles “hard enough to be satisfying and make me feel like a smarty pants, but logical enough that I didn’t need to use the walkthrough provided for thicky journalists,” which sounded promising. That was solely an unfinished slice of it, thoughts.
The Steel Sky sequel had been a stretch purpose on Revolution’s Kickstarter for Broken Sword 5. While the crowdfunding marketing campaign fell wanting this purpose, Revolution did it anyway. And yup, comedian guide artist Dave Gibbons (Watchmen) remains to be concerned for the sequel, offering artwork path. The game debuted on Apple Arcade in June, and now it’s on PC too.
Beyond A Steel Sky is out now for Windows and Linux on Steam, priced at £23.99/$27.99 with a 20% launch low cost. If you personal Broken Sword 5 on Steam, you get an additional 10% off. Ye olde Beneath A Steel Sky has been freeware for yinks, by the best way, accessible on GOG and from ScummVM and round.
I shouldn’t have vivid reminiscences of Steel Sky myself as a result of the demo disk was presumably the primary journey game I performed, and I couldn’t resolve the primary puzzle. Tell me, gang, have you ever been ready for this?
