Beneath a Steel Sky: Difference between revisions

** Joey's line "I take my orders from Overmann!" is an example of this, about a third into the game. {{spoiler|Oddly enough, it turns out to be the truth.}}

* [[Author Filibuster]]: Given the weighty subject matter they pretty much managed to avoid preaching a message about the evils of technology.

* [[Batman Gambit]]: The plans laid out to foil Rob in his goal to uncover the mysteries of the city. He played right into {{spoiler|LINC's}} hands and didn't even realize it.

* [[Badass Longcoat]]: Rob's stylish silver, gray and black garment. Handy for concealing a crowbar, amongst other things.

* [[Body Horror]]: Revealed in one of the game's closing scenes.

* [[Brick Joke]]: Rob gets complimented on his jumper by Potts in Gilbert Lamb's pipe factory, but it's not until quite a lot further on when we catch a glimpse of said jumper. Incidentally, this is one of the [[Crowning Moment of Funny|most hilarious moments]].

* [[The Call Knows Where You Live]]: Try as he might, Rob can't seem to escape his fate.

* [[Captain Obvious]]: Usually Joey's job, not that he's terribly happy to do it most of the time.

'''Rob:''' [''after sitting down''] Mmm! Comfortable AND aesthetically pleasing! }}

* [[Cryptic Conversation]]: Rob's first encounter with Gallagher down in Belle Vue, which [[It Makes Sense in Context|makes sense in context]]. Seriously, complete the game and then go back to that scene and run the conversation again.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Joey can rarely say a line without biting sarcasm and critique of Rob's incompetence. He provides a lot of the humour which makes the game fun to play; try getting him to analyze inventory items.

* [[Dubtitle]] / [[Fun With Subtitles]]: Due more to lack of attention to detail than anything else, often the spoken dialogue and written dialogue are different. Sometimes these are regional variations, like changing "spanner" to "wrench", but every so often the line is completely different, although the meaning is the same. This provides an inadvertent source of humour.

* [[Easter Egg]]: On the Amiga version, the programmers hid a little information in the main executable file. It was a short note on how hard it was to get the game running with only 1MB of RAM, written in "Olde Worlde" style English.

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Gallagher's bizarre riddles and generally odd behavior are used to cover up the fact he actually knows precisely what he's doing.

* [[Pixel Hunt]]: The C4 consists of a single brown pixel on a grey-brown background. At least you can [[Video Game Cruelty Potential|stick it into a live socket afterwards...]]

* [[Robot Buddy]]: Joey, and he's even more free-willed than [[Star Wars|R2D2]].

* [[Sequel Hook]]: Added to the "Remastered" version of the game for the iPhone, which plays as an animated epilogue after the ending.

** Joey's initial incarnation uses a rather familliar voice distortion effect. Why? When Rob first gives Joey the welding shell, this happens:

'''Rob''': And cut that out! }}

* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]: In a world full of cynics this is an interesting proposition; who can be ''less'' idealistic?