The Forgotten City

released on Jul 28, 2021

The Forgotten City is a mystery adventure game of exploration and deduction, and a re-imagining of the critically acclaimed mod of the same name. Combat is an option, but violence will only get you so far. Only by questioning an intertwined community of colorful characters, cleverly exploiting the time loop, and making difficult moral choices can you hope to solve this epic mystery. Here, your decisions matter. The fate of the city is in your hands.


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Some of the funniest facial animations any game has ever had and the ending is so beyond cheesy you can't make it up. Great game.

What a marvelous game! This definitely hits the same sweet spot as Outer Wilds, although it doesn't quite evoke as many "magic moments" and is a bit more streamlined. Characters are also slightly more one-dimensional and often just there to have specific "function". But don't let that hold you back: It's still incredibly well done, very engaging, with a beatiful and interesting setting, voicework and music. I inhaled this over the course of two days. Big recommendation, if this kind of game interests you even in the slightest!

NEARLY PERFECT. Played it in one sitting I thinK? it was absolutely wonderful

It's just a dialogue simulator with RPG mechanics. I played the game for a little over 1 hour, but it failed to capture my interest. The amount of dialogue we had to listen to complete the main and side missions managed to overwhelm me. As soon as you start the game it's like you're entering a grind fest. Everything about the game feels like an unbearable chore. On the other hand, even though I completely turned off motion blur and increased the sharpness, the graphics of the game still look very blurry. Since the game was developed by a small team, everyone generally praised it for support purposes, but unfortunately it did not seem like an interesting enough game to be worth my time. Such a dialogue-oriented game should also offer variety in gameplay so that the player does not get bored. Just walking around, listening to dialogue, and then looking around for notes makes the game boring enough for me to ignore it, even if it has an interesting story.

What an awesome time travel game. Super interesting mystery game with light RPG/combat elements. The dialog is the game's strongest point, great writing, fantastic soundtrack, everything from funny to philosophical. The authors have also done their homework when it comes to Roman/Greek/Egyptian mythology and have woven these elements into this game in a very coherent way. The end of the time loop is also never frustrating, as you always have new impulses/ideas of what else you could try and some tasks are taken over by a helper so that you don't have to do them all over again, great idea :) The fighting doesn't feel particularly fluid or good, but fortunately it's limited. If you like good stories and ancient culture/mythology, you have to play this.