To decipher this world, the stoic Foster returns. It is not vastly dissimilar to China's existing 'social credit' system, while Union's use of deity, technological trinkets and garish fizzy pop to keep its citizens docile hits rather close to home. Miss a day at work and your Qdos level might drop, barring you access to some of the city's more lavish entertainments. While Union is blessed with plenty -there is no apparent poverty or crime- citizens are encouraged to boost their 'Qdos' level by working hard at their assigned jobs and performing good deeds. A forest of gold-tinged buildings, neon signage and digital advertisements bawling at its residents to aspire and consume. Under the stewardship of Foster's robotic pal Joey, it has become a gleaming utopia. One of the most fascinating things about this long-awaited sequel is that Beyond A Steel Sky nails its 2020 relevance by flipping Union City on its head. Forged in a post Cold War world, Robert Foster's journey was -for all its light-hearted humour- a reflection of socio-economic peril. Revolution's classic 1994 point-and-click adventure Beneath A Steel Sky saw you trawling the underbelly of a dystopian sci-fi city to uncover its grand conspiracy.
You might hate it and quit after just a few minutes. While it's not as funny as it thinks it is, Steel Sky does try to break out of the gloomy cyberpunk genre from time to time. And the visual style works perfectly with the storyline. The game lets you solve some of its puzzles in multiple ways. That said, there are some redeeming qualities.
Focusing on an object to interact with it can be challenging at times and movement is often as jerky as the game's animation. The controls themselves are imperfect as well. Characters will often try to walk through you, walking in place until you move or not facing you during a conversation. And that's jarring when you hear them so frequently. The readings veer from flat to overly emoted, depending on the character, never settling into a realistic tone. That'd be fine if the voice acting were stellar, but in this case, it's not. And speeding past the conversations is spotty. The game's long on exposition and story - and tells it at a slow pace. But if you're coming in with no knowledge of the world and anything less than a devotion to the genre, you might find it lacking. Old school adventure game fans, who don't mind having extensive conversations with characters and challenging puzzles might also find some charm here. Fans of Beyond a Steel Sky's cult hit predecessor - Beneath a Steel Sky - will be thrilled to return to the game's world (and might overlook its flaws because of that). You're unlikely to find a more divisive game than this adventure anytime soon.
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