#Beneath a steel sky trapped android#

The caretakerвЂ™s job is to designate malfunctioning units, but nothing is safe from its critical eye. Rogue artificial intelligence hasnвЂ™t been this compelling since the PortalВ games. At first, her determination appears to be a result of coding, but as Josephs comes ever closer to expiring, genuine emotion begins to push through her automated facade.

ARID doesnвЂ™t know it, but every attempt to save the meatsack trapped inside her suit brings her closer to escaping her restrictive programming. Her one ally is the facilityвЂ™s mainframe, who is understandably happy to see a friend after decades of loneliness.

#Beneath a steel sky trapped android#

Unfortunately, sheвЂ™s trapped in a decrepit android repair facility, packed with hostile security drones and run by a fantastically creepy caretaker. But the good Colonel is in critical condition, leaving his life in the hands ofВ ARID, the AI controlling JosephsвЂ™ suit. This figure isВ Colonel Josephs, a soldier in a generic future army. The FallВ opens with style, as gravity slowly kicks in for a mysterious suited figure entering the dusky atmosphere of an alien world. The FallВ (Linux, Mac, PC, PS4, Wii U, Xbox One) And thereвЂ™s no puzzle in this game that is frustrating enough to keep people away from The FallвЂs brilliantly crafted finale.

But the gameвЂ™s atmosphere is rich, and games rarely tackle artificial intelligence with this level ofвЂ¦well, intelligence.

The puzzles can border on the obtuse, and the action borders on redundant. The FallВ is a story first - the emotional core is never overshadowed by the technicalities or the underlying themes. ItвЂ™s the right sort of science fiction, the kind that challenges both your mind and your heart. The FallвЂ™sВ opening act is something out of a collection of Ray Bradbury short stories, where hard science leads to deeper questions of morality puzzled over by engaging characters.