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TALKIE CD
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Following
the success of the Lure of
the Temptress engine - 'virtual theatre', Beneath a Steel Sky
has adopted this too, an extremely simple and easy to use
engine that uses the entire screen for the game view instead of a
toolbar of such along the edge. The best part of this game is the
*awesome* atmosphere, especially later on in the game, it'll even gave
you a scare or two when playing late at night, combine that with the
music and that possible makes it the best adventure you'll ever play.
THE
STORY...
Beneath
a Steel Sky is a truly excellent sci-fi, cyberpunk thriller adventure
set in a bleak post apocolyptic future. The game evolves around a place
called Union City and focuses mainly on a computer system called LINC,
which has taken over its creators minds and learnt from them human
emotions such as greed and power.
In
the game you take on the role of Robert who was a young boy in Union
City when his father was working on the LINC project, Robert and his
mother then travelled away from Union City to another city called
Hobart, but along the way the helicopter they were in crashed, Robert's
mother died but fortunately, Robert survived and was adopted by the
inhabitants of the gap, they gave him a last name, Foster (which was
from a Foster Beer can) and Robert then lived his life there, even
finding a little robot friend called Joey. Years after, the chief of
the native people then predicted that an evil from a city would erupt
soon and that the evil wants Robert Foster, a Union City security
helicopter then arrives and an officer called Reich demands to know
where Robert is, the security forces then find and take Robert away to
Union City.
As
soon as the helicopter arrives at Union City, the guidance system
malfunctions and the helicopter crashes, with Robert running away. The
game then starts from this point. I could go on for a lot longer about
the story, but most of it is told throughout the game and some of the
manual has a bit of information. But of course, it would also ruin the
fun to tell you everything. Also, what I have not mentioned above, is
that the game is based on the artwork of Dave Gibbons.
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