The controls are about as intuitive as you can get, with need only for the mouse. Although point-and-clicks were very popular around the time Beneath a Steel Sky was released (1994), this one stood out from the pack with its extremely well-balanced mix of problem solving, exploration, and dialog. Death lurks around every corner in this point-and-click adventure, so a cool head and plenty of saving is advised.

With definite Orwellian influences and reminders of the classic Blade Runner, Foster must voyage to the ground floor of the skyscraper he finds himself on, avoiding the unmerciful guards, making friends, and solving puzzles on the way. As fate would have it, the chopper in which he has been taken prisoner also goes down and so begins the adventure. Having seemingly lost his parents as a child when they tried to escape from the city with him in a helicopter that crashed, he is found and taken prisoner by the city authorities. Enter the world of Robert Foster, a dark, grimy city with rampant corruption from where he must escape.

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