just came upon by chance and with the use of ScummVM am enjoying some trouble free retro with great graphics...ah the old days
06-01-2011 02:58 AM
DarthHelmet86
Your points are pretty much valid. However the world you enter isn't meant to be dystopian in the sense that the leader is an evil, sees all madman. It's more the horror of living your 9 to 5 day job your whole live. All the people work for the factory they live in, they have done all their lives, of course they don't feel bad about it, it is all they know.
Linc's plan isn't the best in the first place...he shoots down the helicopter you are being transported in and hopes you won't die. Linc doesn't really control the people in the factory, he is just supposed to be the computer so he can't always act to save you.
Also as for Linc not saving you all the time or you being captured by the android guy...well it's a game, wouldn't be much of one if that happened would it.
Don't get me wrong though, your points are valid..this isn't a perfect game. And most of this is just Fan stuff thought about by me, so you are right. Still this is a great game, not my favourite point and click but one of them.
Anwser to the spoilers...contains spoilers.
05-01-2011 06:21 PM
ImissLucasArts
My Problems with the game
I have just finished the game yesterday.
It was a perfectly fine game, and I am a sucker for adventures anyway. But I've encountered some plot problems with the game.
Warning! This post contains tons of spoilers
OK, let's start:
1. It plays in a dystopia, but the setting is not depressing enough. All the people seeem to be pretty happy with their jobs and their lives, except Anita. There are travel agencies, insurance companies and plastic surgeries. No comparison to the bleak worlds of "we" or "1984". The surveillance and police state elements are pretty tame, too. There are some messages in the linc computers about watching your neighbours, but apart from that, you don't see much police. There is one police station filled with incompetent, comical personell and one cop who guards the crashed helicopter and another one who guards the cathedral. That's it. Not much surveillance cams either.
2. An evil megalomiacal computer controls the city but you don't notice it! Apart from the court scene, there is not much weirdness. Again, it's very tame. Come on, why are there no public executions for example? Just to spice up the setting.
A dystopic city run by a crazed AI - but it feels like you're wandering in a futuristic mall or something. Especially after you take the first elevator.
The over-happy music in level 2 doesn't do justice to the setting either.
3. The only real dramatic element is the intro. Speaking of the intro: Robert Foster's tribe is killed, his only family that he knows. After the intro ends, he doesn't seem to care. He doesn't seem to be angry or sad about it.
4. LINC wants Foster alive, without him, LINC will die in its current form. So, why is no one apprehending Foster? You meet Gallagher, the android half way through the game. Gallagher knows who you are. Why doesn't Gallagher try to get Foster? Why is Rob free to roam the city after he met Gallagher? Don't forget, it's possible to die in this game. So it's dangerous to let Foster just move around.
5. Speaking of that - if you enter the android laboratory in the last stages of the game unprepared, Walter, the android, kills you. HELLO?!
Hey, developers, have you forgotten your plot? Linc needs Foster ALIVE. He is the most important person in the whole world to him. That's why the computer killed Reich! I can understand that Reich tries to kill Robert, Reich is just a human. But how can Walter do that? The android works directly under the orders of LINC. He should know how important Robert Foster to LINC is.
And even if the Android doesn't know that (dubious), why doesn't LINC stop the android from killing Foster? Are you telling me, the android lab has absolutely no surveillance cameras?
Spoilers
16-02-2010 10:36 AM
autopilot
This is the first game I ever bought and I consider it one the best games ever made. I was hooked on the mixture of sci-fi and comedy and I've been chasing the dragon ever since.
You really must get the audio voice addon though, to properly enjoy it.
14-11-2009 12:58 PM
MaximumRed
That's really awesome game. Didn't completed it though
31-07-2009 03:27 PM
Kyle_the_wizard
one of my FAVORITE games despite the EMPHASIS
31-07-2009 02:29 PM
red_avatar
Haha I actually liked that - made me want to accentuate the words when reading the sentences in my mind. The system was borrowed from comics where they do similar things - important words are put in bold or capitalised.
31-07-2009 02:10 PM
Blood-Pigggy
This GAME has the most ANNOYING emphasis on WORDS I've ever seen in ANY piece of SOFTWARE.
12-03-2009 02:33 AM
Simoneer
Awesome game.
10-10-2008 05:35 AM
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Originally Posted by DavianQuintaine
To answer that question about the sequel, Revoloution bought the rights to www.steelsky2.net not too long ago, and there are major rumours that a sequel is being planned in the not too distant future. I also implore you all to check out the fan-made movie trailer for BASS on YouTube, just search for "beneath a steel sky"
"Not too long ago"? It's been nearly 6 years since I first heard the news. But looking at the last Broken Sword, I hope they take their time and make it a proper sequel. They have the best setting to work with so they better not screw it up.
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It's been nearly 6 years since I first heard the news. But looking at the last Broken Sword, I hope they take their time and make it a proper sequel. They have the best setting to work with so they better not screw it up.
