Posted by: JackTheHacker
« on: 24. November 2013, 08:46:16 »This game is FREE on GOG, I will play it sometime, given it is a cult classic and all (But then again, SS2 is waiting).
Yes... BaSS is a fantastic adventure game, and one of my favorites, but the very sudden and drastic shift in mood from the game to funny to incredibly dark confounds me to this day. The only game I know that can be accurately described as a "dystopic comedy".Too bad the humor diminishes when you get underground...
Too bad the humor diminishes when you get underground... Anyway, probably the funniest scene happens when you ask Joey if he is eager to do some welding, and he replies "who's the victim?". Then they move to Asimov's laws of robotics and how they were made up "by some guy". This always cracks me up.On top of that it's very funny.
Beneath A Steel Sky (BASS) is set in a post-apocalyptic Australia where you're an orphan living with a tribe in the wastelands the 'gap' when a helicopter comes to take you to the enormous Union City. The game starts with the helicopter crashing down in the city and you making your escape into one of the large tall plants. Your goal? To discover who you really are and why you were taken to the city.
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In the end this is one of the best adventure games you can try. Revolution made this freeware a few years ago so you have absolutely no reason not to play it! While it's a little on the short side, it's filled with quality from start to finish. I can't recommend this any more!