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''Beyond a Steel Sky'' is an AdventureGame developed by Creator/RevolutionSoftware and the sequel to 1994's ''VideoGame/BeneathASteelSky''. It was released on June 26, 2020 on the Apple Arcade, with a Steam release on July 16, 2020.
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''Beyond a Steel Sky'' is an AdventureGame developed by Creator/RevolutionSoftware and the sequel to 1994's ''VideoGame/BeneathASteelSky''. It was released on June 26, 2020 on the Apple Arcade, UsefulNotes/AppleArcade, with a Steam UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} release on July 16, 2020.
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** Union City's luxuries and wealth turn out to have [[spoiler: been pillaged from Asios city]] which reminds players of colonialism.
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** Union City's luxuries and wealth turn out to have [[spoiler: been pillaged from Asios city]] Asio City]] which reminds players of colonialism.
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* HelloInsertNameHere: If you listen [[https://youtu.be/D6WFEu8qx6c?t=4423 carefully]] to Greta when she addresses Foster as Graham Grundy, there is a small pause before she utters first and last name which seems like an homage to this trope by the creators.
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* HelloInsertNameHere: If you listen [[https://youtu.be/D6WFEu8qx6c?t=4423 carefully]] to Greta when she addresses Foster as Graham Grundy, there is a small pause before she utters first and last name which seems like an homage to this trope by the creators. Even at the time the game was made, text-to-speech systems have progressed well beyond the need for this. However, it was likely done to be deliberately disconcerting.
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* RoboRomance: The Joey board makes clear his infatuation with Greta.
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* RoboRomance: The Joey board makes clear his infatuation with Greta. Her model appears to be attractive by human standards as well.
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* AnAxeToGrind: [[spoiler:Jimmy the Thumbs]] uses a cleaver to [[spoiler:attempt to cut off Foster's hand]]. Later, Foster uses it in a puzzle [[spoiler:to cut a rope]].
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* TheHeavy: Minister Alonso is the primary antagonist for much of the game despite being little more than an ObstructiveBureaucrat. [[spoiler: Until he attempts to murder Robert.]]
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* MachineWorship: Saviour Joey/Ken is regarded almost as a god, to the point of [[OhMyGods "Joey" being used in place of "God" in some phrases]].
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* MachineWorship: Saviour MachineWorship:Saviorr Joey/Ken is regarded almost as a god, to the point of [[OhMyGods "Joey" being used in place of "God" in some phrases]].
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Joey probing other devices at the museum is played like sexual intercourse. Joey even wants Foster to look away and concludes with LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything:
** Joey probing other devices at the museum is played like sexual intercourse. Joey even wants Foster to look away and concludes with LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain.
** Union City's luxuries and wealth turn out to have [[spoiler: been pillaged from Asios city]] which reminds players of colonialism.
** Joey probing other devices at the museum is played like sexual intercourse. Joey even wants Foster to look away and concludes with LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain.
** Union City's luxuries and wealth turn out to have [[spoiler: been pillaged from Asios city]] which reminds players of colonialism.
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* RoboShip: The Joey board makes clear his infatuation with Greta.
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* ElectricLove: The Joey board makes clear his infatuation with Greta.
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%% * RareGuns: Distance weapons can only be found on rare occasions. Even most enforcement robots use batons or a form of taser. %% The description is true, but it's not that trope.
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* RoboShip: The Joey board makes clear his infatuation with Greta.
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* BigBad: The council, though it's ultimately averted, as [[spoiler:Saviour Joey/Ken]] turns out to be TheManBehindTheMan.
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* BigBad: The council, Council, though it's ultimately averted, as [[spoiler:Saviour Joey/Ken]] turns out to be TheManBehindTheMan.
* CapitalismIsBad: The Qdos system effectively serves as a substitute for money in Union City, representing how valuable and successful a citizen is. Instead of incentivizing good behavior, it makes everyone scheming and status obsessed.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Ken/Joey is transformed into the despot of a CrapsaccharineWorld where he is worshiped as a god and HappinessIsMandatory. He states this is due to Foster giving him the command to make everyone happy.]]
* FictionalCurrency: The Qdos ("Kudos") system that rewards good deeds, aspirationalism, and happiness in general. It's not like money in the eyes of the citizens but effectively serves the exact same purpose with status as well as a class system emerging.
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* GenreShift: For the most part, this game moves away from slapstick humor to sarcasm and parody.
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* GenreShift: For the most part, this game moves away from slapstick humor to sarcasm and parody. It also moves from being a {{Cyberpunk}} {{Dystopia}} (albeit a humorous satirical one) to being a PostCyberpunk TechnoDystopia.
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* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: Savior Joey/Ken is the person responsible for Union City's transformation from a decaying gritty cyberpunk dystopia to the TechnoDystopia where everyone is happy...or else. He operates from behind a bunch of fake Councilmembers who are theoretically democratically elected.]]
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* CargoCult: In the past ten years, Joey has become known as Savior Joey and has developed a {{Cult}} devoted to his worship among the people.
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* {{Cult}}: The worshipers of Savior Joey have created an entire religion around him.
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* UnwantedFalseFaith: Joey has no particular desire to make the citizens of Union worship him but they do so anyway.
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* TechnoDystopia: Everyone is dependent on robots, is constantly watched, and their lives are utterly under the control of a oppressive nanny state. It ''looks'' very bright and shiny, though.
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* CrowbarCombatant: Foster carries a crowbar everywhere he goes. [[Downplayed|Trope]] as he only uses it for its intended purpose, i.e. forcibly opening things, never as a weapon. The only time he tries to use it to shoo away gang-gang birds, it doesn't work.
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* CrowbarCombatant: Foster carries a crowbar everywhere he goes. [[Downplayed|Trope]] A DownplayedTrope as he only uses it for its intended purpose, i.e. forcibly opening things, never as a weapon. The only time he tries to use it to shoo away gang-gang birds, it doesn't work.
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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* OurFounder: Saviour Joey is being praised as the one freeing the city from the tyranny of LINC, and creating the current city as is. He has a museum dedicated to him, and a statue outside the museum.
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* DVDCommentary: You can turn on developer commentary when starting the game. Then you'll have prompts appearing at several parts of the game where you can play commentary by the developers. The game recommends you to enable it only after playing the game once, as they can contain spoilers.
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* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: This is the result of a treatment in the Reflection Spa. In this, unhappy memories of the subject is replaced with happy ones.
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* GoodBehaviorPoints: Each citizen's social status is determined by their Qdos level, which is gained by conformist behavior. The higher your Qdos score is, the more services and luxury you have access to.
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* HackerCave: Leet's lair is hidden in the industrial level and has a lot of old computers. Most importantly, he has a LINC chair which can be used to access [[{{Cyberspace LINCspace]].
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* HackerCave: Leet's lair is hidden in the industrial level and has a lot of old computers. Most importantly, he has a LINC chair which can be used to access [[{{Cyberspace [[{{Cyberspace}} LINCspace]].
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* ThePrecariousLedge: At one point Raquel is painting a graffiti on a ledge near Graham's apartment. For some reason she suddenly forgets how she got there and panics.
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* AnAxeToGrind: [[spoiler:Jimmy the Thumbs]] uses a cleaver to [[spoiler:attempt to cut off Foster's hand]]. Later, Foster uses it in a puzzle [[spoiler:to cut a rope]].
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* CrapsaccharineWorld: At first glance, Union City ''appears'' to be a [[FalseUtopia citizen's utopia]], but lives are ruined to make it happen, plus nobody has free will..
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* CrapsaccharineWorld: At first glance, Union City ''appears'' to be a [[FalseUtopia citizen's utopia]], but lives are ruined to make it happen, plus nobody has free will..will.
* CrowbarCombatant: Foster carries a crowbar everywhere he goes. [[Downplayed|Trope]] as he only uses it for its intended purpose, i.e. forcibly opening things, never as a weapon. The only time he tries to use it to shoo away gang-gang birds, it doesn't work.
* CrowbarCombatant: Foster carries a crowbar everywhere he goes. [[Downplayed|Trope]] as he only uses it for its intended purpose, i.e. forcibly opening things, never as a weapon. The only time he tries to use it to shoo away gang-gang birds, it doesn't work.
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* DVDCommentary: You can turn on developer commentary when starting the game. Then you'll have prompts appearing at several parts of the game where you can play commentary by the developers. The game recommends you to enable it only after playing the game once, as they can contain spoilers.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: [[spoiler:Saviour Joey/Ken, particularly as he went off the rails based upon a simple instruction: to make the people happy. Contrast with the first game, where LINC was an actively malicious computer.]].
* ChekhovsBoomerang: Several items/techniques are part of the solution of multiple puzzles. This includes your crowbar, using Mini-Ks to lure gang-gang birds, or setting vending machines to play an alarm instead of dispensing drinks.
* HackingMinigame: Foster has a hacked scanner which can be used to alter the functionality of several machines, even exchange functions between nearby ones. Many times it's an essential tool for solving puzzles, other times it can be used [[HilarityEnsues for the fun of it]] to change some minor things in the environment.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: [[spoiler:Saviour Joey/Ken, particularly as he went off the rails based upon a simple instruction. Contrast with the first game]].
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* IronicName: The names of the five ministries, such as the Ministry of Wellbeing, an allusion to
''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''. On the surface, Wellbeing is concerned with just that, but it's actually a security agency.
''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''. On the surface, Wellbeing is concerned with just that, but it's actually a security agency.
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* IronicName: The names of the five ministries, such as the Ministry of Wellbeing, an allusion to
to ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''. On the surface, Wellbeing is concerned with just that, but it's actually a security agency.
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* StepfordSmiler: This is the natural consequence of the HappinessIsMandatory doctrine. Most prominent example in the game is Songbird, who pretends to be happy with her husband Graham so she can keep her Qdos points for having a family, despite the two's relationship going downhill in recent years.
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* FictionalGreetingsAndFarewells: "Keep a smile on your face". Mostly used by robots and government officials.
* FutureFoodIsArtificial: Mentioned throughout the game. Mini-Ks are an exception, which are said to contain some real meat.
* FutureFoodIsArtificial: Mentioned throughout the game. Mini-Ks are an exception, which are said to contain some real meat.
* HackerCave: Leet's lair is hidden in the industrial level and has a lot of old computers. Most importantly, he has a LINC chair which can be used to access [[{{Cyberspace LINCspace]].
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* IronicName: The names of the five ministries, such as the Ministry of Wellbeing, an allusion to ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''. On the surface, Wellbeing is concerned with just that, but it's actually a security agency.
* LargeHam: Reginald Arthur Schnipple.
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* IronicName: The names of the five ministries, such as the Ministry of Wellbeing, an allusion to to
''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''. On the surface, Wellbeing is concerned with just that, but it's actually a security agency.
* LayeredMetropolis: Just like in the previous game, the higher your social status is, the lower you can get in the city. Unlike in the previous game, however, the industry at the top level is mostly run by robots and the only people you can find there are fugitives and outcasts.
* LargeHam: Reginald ArthurSchnipple.Schnipple, the posh and flamboyant poet.
''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''. On the surface, Wellbeing is concerned with just that, but it's actually a security agency.
* LayeredMetropolis: Just like in the previous game, the higher your social status is, the lower you can get in the city. Unlike in the previous game, however, the industry at the top level is mostly run by robots and the only people you can find there are fugitives and outcasts.
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* ScavengerWorld: People in the gap live mostly in tribal conditions, using pieces of technology build out of junk scavenged from the city. Ember specializes in collecting various parts and "hacking" them, which is how you can get into the city in the first place.
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* TrrrillingRrrs: Leet likes to do this, especially with "Schrrriebmann port".
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* AffablyEvil: Alonso acts friendly and extremely polite, but his behavior and tone make clear that he is dangerous.
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* AdultFear: Robots that appear without warning and steal your children ranks high on the list. And then there's the fact that [[spoiler:the kids were brainwashed and used in experiments]].
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* FingerlessGloves: Foster wears these, as well as Voxel and Pixel.
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* LeetLingo: One of the human characters is actually named "Leet", which though derived from his real name Elliot, is also a reference to his profession.
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* LeetLingo: LeetLingo:
** One of the human characters is actually named "Leet", which though derived from his real name Elliot, is also a reference to hisprofession.profession.
** Most of the robot names are this, with a dash of FunWithAcronyms. The MINOS computer network also uses a fair bit of such names. Special mention goes to peoples' social standing being measured by a Qdos score, which is pronounced identically to "kudos".
** One of the human characters is actually named "Leet", which though derived from his real name Elliot, is also a reference to his
** Most of the robot names are this, with a dash of FunWithAcronyms. The MINOS computer network also uses a fair bit of such names. Special mention goes to peoples' social standing being measured by a Qdos score, which is pronounced identically to "kudos".
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* RunningGag: As with the first game, the fact that Joey inhabits multiple shells.
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** As with the first game, the fact that Joey inhabits multipleshells.shells.
** Various characters refer to Foster's bag as a purse, to which he always responds, "It's not a purse. It's a satchel."
** As with the first game, the fact that Joey inhabits multiple
** Various characters refer to Foster's bag as a purse, to which he always responds, "It's not a purse. It's a satchel."
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* DeadlyDustStorm: Foster encounters a dust storm while crossing the gapland.
* DeliciousDistraction: The gang-gang birds guarding the body of Graham Grundy can be lured away with a piece of cake.
* DeliciousDistraction: The gang-gang birds guarding the body of Graham Grundy can be lured away with a piece of cake.
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* ThievingMagpie: Early on, a gang-gang bird steals Ember's device which Foster has to recover.
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* RomanticismVersusEnlightenment: The CentralTheme of the video game. Should scientific progress and the decisions made by a central council pave the way to human happiness (enlightenment) or does too much conformity and discipline only lead to {{Dystopia}} (romanticism)?
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* BarbieDollAnatomy: Joey. Also Foster while InsideAComputerSystem.
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* BarbieDollAnatomy: Saviour Joey. Also Foster while InsideAComputerSystem.
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* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: Joey dies in Foster's]] arms inside the MINOS simulation.
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* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: Saviour Joey dies in Foster's]] arms inside the MINOS simulation.
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* ElevatorEscape: In the finale, Foster escapes Joey with the elevator.
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* PostCyberpunk: Subverted. While the original game was heavily based on {{Cyberpunk}}, Joey's restructuring since then has led to a more positive outlook of technology's impact on society. [[CrapsaccharineWorld On the surface anyway]].
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* SlowMotionFall: [[spoiler:Joey]] falls over backward in slow motion when he dies in front of the Obermann chair.
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* SlowMotionFall: [[spoiler:Joey]] [[spoiler:Saviour Joey]] falls over backward in slow motion when he dies in front of the Obermann chair.
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* AwfulWeddingLife: What the last few years for Graham and Songbird must have been.
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* AwfulWeddingLife: AwfulWeddedLife: What the last few years for Graham and Songbird must have been.
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