Beneath A Steel Sky

[BOYD1981]

i once spoke with dave gibbons and he said there were talks of a sequel shortly after the first game, but for whatever reasons it didn't happen.
i'd rather there was never a direct sequel to the game, perhaps some spin-offs like something set at Camp Morrissey or in Hobart City but with a completely different cast of characters.
but no BASS game would be the same without the 2D comic backgrounds, 3D just won't do it justice and it'd probably end up just being another mediocre 3D adventure attempt.
i would, however, love to see some kind of deluxe version of the original with the artwork scanned at a higher resolution and the characters redrawn in a hi-res comic book style, and it would be very awesome if they got the original voice actors to re-record the dialogue. but they should definitely keep the cheesy music the way it is

[m0ds]

Charles Cecil also told me circa 2003 that there was a BASS sequel planned, which is far more recent. And he seemed pretty adament that despite it not happening sooner, it was still going to happen, providing he was able to secure the original designers. Although it's probably not a good idea to speculate that there will be one, I wouldn't put it past him to say there won't be - he did seem very keen at the time. I recorded that interview but I can't remember where it is, so it's probably only in-tact in my memory now.

I never realised there was a voice version of BASS, I'd love to play it - because I only ever played the original 4 or so disk version

[Peder 🚀]

You HAVE to play the talkie version m0ds!!!

It is great! .

[Mr Flibble]

If memory serves, the voice actors were rounded up from the Royal Shakespeare Society, which is just awesome.

[Akatosh]

One of the few games with english voice acting I actually understood... the curse of the not native speaker 

[ManicMatt]

I played an Amiga demo of it with no speech.

Foward to 2006 and I played the full talkie PC version! Hooray finally!

If a new BASS was anything like the last Broken Sword game I'd rather it did not exist.

What was Charles playing at with some of the lame puzzles in "Angel of Death?"

it's the first BS game I've uninstalled from my computer without finishing first.

Sorry it's off-topic!

[Bluke4x4]

Maybe it's just because I played the floppy version first, but I absolutely hated the voices in the talkie version. Well, maybe not all of them, but definitely Overmann's. He just seemed completely monotone throughout.

[Huw Dawson]

Broken Sword 2 and Bass were the first two adventure games I have played to completion, although the first adventure I ever played was FOA. Revolution are probably the oldest adventure game company that still make adventure games (sort of.)

BASS = Awsome. End of.

- Huw

PS: I'm glad that, when I was a 13 year old that started on this forum, I didn't act like some of the more famous youths on this forum...

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[Babar]

Dunno what strange stuff happened here, but anyone played 2? I've not heard good things about it...

[Stupot]

Dunno what strange stuff happened here, but anyone played 2? I've not heard good things about it...

Nah. There seemed to be a bit of hype up to the release and then it all went a bit quiet. I didn’t hear great things either, but I also didn’t hear anything too damning. I suspect it’s a perfectly fine game with little to write home about. I don’t expect many people were expecting to have their minds blown.

[Pogwizd]

Dunno what strange stuff happened here, but anyone played 2? I've not heard good things about it...

I am guessing you might have seen this article already: https://adventuregamers.com/articles/view/beyond-a-steel-sky, but those guys rated it quite high. But I agree that I haven't seen anyone talking about it since the release.