The story itself is very much a narrative driven experience, there is little to no combat and very traditionally focused on puzzle solving and there is a great deal of that though the puzzles are quite simple, nothing too testing that interacting with everything in an area to see if it will help you solve a section to exploring all dialogue options with the characters around you. The animation is simplistic but works though it can feel a little off at times such as Robert Foster not really running rather than fast walking when the player wants to move a little faster when wandering around a level. That world is very beautiful with the main bulk of the adventure taking place in Union City, a rebuilt version of Sydney Australia, with locations that look incredible as you often visit places that allow you to move the camera to see more of the city with building reaching hi into the sky. Visually this game has the similar art style of Tell-Tale Games, and it certainly works for it, controlling Robert Foster with a controller instead of a mouse gave me more of a connection to Robert as I moved him around to navigate locations and interact with the world. From the same team behind the Broken Sword series, ‘Beyond a Steel Sky’ is very much old school, which for 2021 console players who may never have played a true Point and Click story, might leave them in the cold. If you have never played the original, there is still a very competent modern style point and click adventure but a lot of the spirit of the game might be a little lost on the player. Now, if you have played the original than Beyond a Steel Sky is going to be a fantastic and rewarding return to that world for it has so much nostalgia for it in terms of returning themes and names whilst using the same style of puzzle solving and humor that fans will instantly recognize. With the father too injured to pursue, Robert takes up the task of tracking down and rescuing the boy, this will bring Robert back to face his past and a world he felt he had already saved and left behind. Now helping a new tribe, on his final day there, Robert goes on a fishing trip along with his best friend and their son Milo when suddenly, a giant machine comes out of the water knocking Robert and the boys father out and kidnapping the child. Beyond a Steel Sky is more than just a spiritual successor, it is a direct sequel to the 1994 classic, set ten years after the events of the first game and features a returning Robert Foster, the hero of the first game, enjoying life back in the GAP, formerly the Australian Outback before the world went to pot.
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