
For more articles like the one you've just read, why not check out all of the OXM subscription offers at MyFavouriteMagazines (opens in new tab). This feature first appeared in Official Xbox Magazine (opens in new tab). This game – which is still yet to be officially dated – is the studio's next attempt to refresh the adventure genre we love everything that we have seen of it so far, and so only time will tell if it will have the same impact as its glorious predecessor. In many ways then, Beyond A Steel Sky feels like the culmination of 30 years of work for Revolution. "What we’ve got to do is convince them that we can convey the spirit of a point-and-click adventure, that actually, through our 3D, we can do the Virtual Theatre in a way that’s so much more dynamic than we can ever do it in a point-and-click." In futuristic Australia, there are giant cities owned solely by corporations, separated by a giant wasteland known as The Gap.

Then, we can interact with them by examining, talking (or more rarely) using inventory items on them.

We directly control Robert’s movements, trying to focus the screen on items or people. "There are some fans that say, we want this to be point-and-click," notes Cecil. Beyond a Steel Sky is still very much a point-and-click adventure game like its predecessor, with the exception that it’s more controller-friendly. 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.

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But the trail has led you from your community of desert wasteland dwellers, to Union City, one of the last remaining mega-cities in a world ravaged by shattering wars, and political meltdown.įortified and impenetrable, it is a utopia in which people live happily under the surveillance and control of a benign AI. A child has been abducted in a brutal attack. Here is an overview of the game, via its Steam page:įrom 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.
