The WhatsNext verdict
For Adventure-game players who enjoy comic-book cyberpunk, clever puzzles, and a story with a humorous edge: Investigating a responsive cyberpunk world and solving puzzles drive a fast-paced thriller. Tradeoff: Its puzzle-led, narrative focus leaves less room for action or open-ended play.
What it does best
puzzle
science fiction
thriller
The setup
What you are walking into
From Charles Cecil, creator of the Broken Sword series, with art direction by Dave Gibbons, legendary comic book artist behind ‘Watchmen’, comes ‘Beyond a Steel Sky’, the long awaited sequel to the cult classic ‘Beneath a Steel Sky’. ‘Beyond a Steel Sky’ is a dramatic, humorous, cyberpunk thriller in which engaging puzzles drive a fast-paced narrative set in a dynamic gameworld that responds to – and is subverted by – the player’s actions.
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