Beneath a Steel Sky: aka My new obssession

[Peaches]

Beneath a Steel SKy is a SCUMM based game that is now freeware.  I just started playing it and it's a blast.  It takes place in the future and is pretty fricking aweseom.  For those of you who don't know, the SCUMM games were a line of kickass games using the point and click adventure style of play.  There was no battle system and there are no powerups.  Typically there's not any real fighting at all.  These kickass  games include SEcret of Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Indiana Jones and teh Fate of Atlantis, and the absolutely awesomenessist of The Dig.  Plus there's quite a few more.  And I do believe I should be able to put BASS in there.

here's a synopsis straight from the readme.

You are
Robert Foster, an innocent outsider stranded in a vast city where oppressed
civilians live and work in soaring tower blocks... whilst the corrupt, covetous
and rich live underground, safe from all pollution. Alone, save for a robot
circuit board, Foster must fight for survival - and discover the sinister truth
behind both his own past and the city he has found himself trapped in

You can find it at:Ut seems you send it is not wanting to work.  SO I guess you can google. it.  I found it some site called Acid play/
And to run it you can get Scumm Vm at their websitehttp://www.scummcm.org[/url]

[Bladegash]

But you used the root beer to fight LeChuck.... and don't forget about insult sword fighting/arm wresting. (Okay, we can forget insult arm wrestling.)

[Swiftman]

Monkey Island OWN3D. Funniest game EVER. HANDS DOWN. It was wicked fun too.

I'll take a look at that game when I get home, Peaches. How big is it?

[Peaches]

It's pretty damn big actually.  Yet small at the same time.  It's about 66 MB in the zip.  PLus you'll need Scumm vm  if you don't have it (which is pretty small)/

Speaking of which.  Has anyone actually played The Dig here?  It was awesome.  The ambient music was on level with Metroid Prime (Which had the best atmosphere I've seen in almost any game).

The Dig is awesome.  If you ever cahnce to play it, it's great.  THe ending is a little cheesy and a cop-out, but it's the most serious game I've ever seen on SCUMM.  And I think it's art.  What I like about Point and Click games is it's like reading a book while watching the movie for it.  THey're brillilant and should come back in huge sprite ariffic hand-drawn background glory.

[Swiftman]

The Dig is a serious game? *INTEREST LOST! *shot**

URL to screenies or somethun, Peachy? Me interest be peeking.

But no matter what

Monkey Island > All other point and clicks.

[Peaches]

I happen to like the DIg -_-\
*shot*

Oh, it's got voice acting, but there is a smaller voice=acting less version found at the scummvm download section.  Also, it has this awesome comic book style intro.
anyways. I found where I downloaded from:
http://www.acid-play.com/download/beneath-a-steel-sky/

[Lazlo Falconi]

That game looks hardcore old.

[Peaches]

Yeah, my biggest complaint is the music sucks. hardcore.  It's bsically just a few synth notes going up and down in a not so cool fashion.  What can I say, the only ones with good music were the Lucasarts games back then.

It's got a lot of good lines though.  Like this guy and his clipboard.  I just hope the plot doesn't fall through.

[Maegra]

link to Scumm VM not workin, >.<

[Jehuty]

Wow, you haven't posted in a while.

[Maegra]

holy shit that was fukin fast

[Lazlo Falconi]

Jehuty's a ninja.

[Jehuty]

As I was saying....  it's been a long time since you posted.

[Peaches]

The link isn't working because I accidentally typed in scummCm, lol.


http://www.scummvm.org

This game is hard. . .  But I'm making my way through it.  You have to get plastic surgery >_<