Keeping this review spoiler-free is a challenge but suffice to say, there are plenty of plot twists that you will discover in the game.
The Forgotten City plays as a mystery action-adventure game where you solve the mystery through conversation with the citizens, exploration of the complex city, and puzzle-solving. Your character is brought in to preemptively prevent the sin from being committed and hence saving the citizens from dying. The Forgotten City sends you 2,000 years back into a Roman underground city where the citizens are under a curse known as The Golden Rule, where all will die if one person commits a sin.Īll around the city, there are reminders that “The many shall suffer for the sins of the one”.
The developers even consult genuine historical consultants and archaeologists, so a certain level of historic accuracy can be expected. What’s remarkable is that it took three people over four years to create this game featuring not only the ingenious script but also suitably tense and unnerving atmosphere and polished gameplay.ĭeveloped by the Modern Storyteller team from Melbourne, Australia, on an Unreal engine, The Forgotten City shows how much fun a non-triple A, indie title can be.
Ready to travel to the past again and again to solve the mystery of The Forgotten City?įrom its humble beginnings as a Skyrim mod back in 2015, The Forgotten City is now fully developed with expanded content and released as a standalone game.Īt that time, The Forgotten City had won the Australian Writers’ Guild award with its suspenseful, blockbuster-worthy script.
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