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‘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. What’s not to love? But this City has a dark underbelly. Union City is a utopia, its people loving life under the control of an altruistic AI: ever-attentive androids, designer living, piazzas and bars. The trail has led you to Union City, one of the last remaining mega-cities in a world ravaged by shattering wars, and political meltdown. A child has been abducted in a brutal attack.

For example, Thimbleweed Park, Broken Age, or all the ports from the 90's.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’. If you just like graphic adventures then you might consider other games available at the appstore. Summary: If you loved the original, the game is certainly worth a try. The cons are that the game has many bugs (you will see characters walking on top of each other many times) and that the story is actually not very good, much worse than the classic game of the 90's. It is also a true game, 10 hour long, not one of the bad apps you usually find on the appstore. The pros of BSS is that the audiovisuals are nice so that the game really might be appealing to new audiencies: nice graphics for a mobile device and wonderful soundtrack. This implies two majer changes from the classic title: a totally updated audiovisual presentation, including 3D graphics and movement and great soundtrack, and a heavy water down difficulty up to the point the game might be closer to text adventures than to classic graphic adventures. However, contrary to other heavy-nostalgic titles, BSS tries to adapt to new audiencies.

As the title suggests, it heavily relies on nostalgia.

As the "Beyond a Steel Sky" (BSS) is a graphic adventure, sequel to the classic point-and-click adventure "Beneath a Steel Sky" of the 90's. "Beyond a Steel Sky" (BSS) is a graphic adventure, sequel to the classic point-and-click adventure "Beneath a Steel Sky" of the 90's.