Whereas Revolution Software program’s cult-classic journey sport Beneath a Metal Sky initially launched all the best way again in 1994, it feels prefer it’s been nearly as lengthy that we’ve been ready for a sequel. The builders behind the sport have hinted at a sequel right here and there through the years, nevertheless it wasn’t till Revolution was crowdfunding a sequel to one in all their different revered journey sport collection that it truly turned a actuality. A Beneath the Metal Sky sequel was one of many stretch targets through the Damaged Sword 5 crowdfunding marketing campaign, and though they got here up wanting that stretch objective, Revolution was inspired by the keenness the followers confirmed in order that they committed to making that sequel happen anyway.
In fact this was all approach again in 2012, and there wasn’t an entire lot of reports about that sequel within the time since. It wasn’t till Apple debuted their Apple Arcade service that the sequel, titled Past a Metal Sky, was truly confirmed and would be debuting on the new service. However when? No person actually had a solution for that one both, however when a model new story trailer was revealed earlier this month, it appeared like an indicator that Past a Metal Sky was very near releasing. That turned out to be the case as the sport has simply gone dwell within the Apple Arcade part of the App Retailer alongside this new launch trailer.
Past a Metal Sky brings again the 2 designers of the unique, Charles Cecil and David Gibbons, and as soon as once more follows the adventures of Robert Foster and his laptop companion Joey as they discover Union Metropolis on the hunt for a kidnapped baby. Clearly there have been a whole lot of {hardware} developments on the planet of video video games since 1994, and whereas it eschews the unbelievable pixel artwork of the unique sport for full 3D visuals, the general model of Past a Metal Sky nonetheless captures that cool cyberpunk vibe of the unique sport. It’s not typically you get to dive right into a sport’s world and expertise its story and characters once more after 1 / 4 of a century has previous, however that’s the chance Beneath a Metal Sky followers get with right now’s launch of Past a Metal Sky.
It’s value mentioning that in case you haven’t performed the unique sport earlier than and wish to get caught up earlier than diving into the sequel, Beneath a Metal Sky: Remastered ($2.99) is on the market on iOS and remains to be a superb option to expertise the sport though it hasn’t been up to date for contemporary iOS system screens. It’s also possible to get the desktop version for free over at GOG.com and play it on Mac, Linux, or Home windows. If you wish to take part on the dialogue about its sequel Past a Metal Sky, you are able to do so in the thread in our forums.