While The Forgotten City is a bit rough around the edges, it's a fantastic proof of concept, and its small team. You'll also start to mutter, "The many shall suffer for the sins of the one!" to yourself every time you drop a slice of buttery toast on the floor in real-life. And without spoiling anything, there are moments where the writing is so good it's practically leaping out of your screen, standing up there with some of the best moments in any RPG."Īlice Bell, RockPaperShotgun: "At the end of your six to eight hours, you'll have had a fun, satisfying and historically informative time. If you want to see more of The Forgotten City, you can check out this dev interview that features some gameplay footage, or check out the official site.Gabriel Moss, IGN: " The Forgotten City is an incredibly unique and self-aware adventure game that does a fabulous job of exploring complex ideas stemming from a basic question: "what is objectively good?" If you're expecting a full-blown action RPG that spans dozens of hours, this 10-hour jaunt and its fairly simple combat may only whet your appetite, but it still sports an impressive ensemble cast of likable but flawed characters who each have something interesting to say.
Whatever the reason for the delay, we can hope that it will be the only one, and that The Forgotten City will be available for purchase sometime in the next few months. This is also Modern Storyteller’s first game, so there were likely some growing pains for the fledgling studio. The Forgotten City was originally set to release in Winter 2020 for PC and XBox, so it’s possible the release was pushed back in order to get the game working other platforms. The characters were compelling, the puzzles clever, and it even had an original orchestral score! After the success of his mod, creator Nick Pearce left his legal career to found Modern Storyteller and turn The Forgotten City into a standalone game. To put it frankly, the writing, voice-acting, and storytelling in The Forgotten City was better than in the rest of Skyrim. The original Forgotten City was an Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim mod that released in 2015 and quickly made its way to most must-download mod lists for Skyrim, eventually racking up over 3 million downloads. The game also promises difficult moral choices as well as multiple endings, so there’s at least a few play-throughs to be had here. Drawing on its RPG origins, The Forgotten City will allow you to create your own character, and overcome the game’s challenges your way, with charm or threats, stealth or clever use of the time-loop mechanic. The protagonist of The Forgotten City must explore an ancient underground Roman city, investigating its past in a time loop that allows the player to alter the fate of the city.
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