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Game

The Forgotten City

Released: Jul 28, 2021

Genres:

Open World Puzzle Role-playing (RPG)

Themes:

Drama Fantasy Historical Indie Time Travel

Perspectives:

First person

Game Modes:

Single player

Game Engines:

Unreal Engine 4

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Description from Steam STEAM

WISHLIST DEAR VILLAGERS' NEW GAME Awards & Nominations About the Game Travel 2,000 years into the past and relive the final days of a cursed Roman city, where if one person sins, everyone dies. Combat is an option, but violence will only get you so far. Only by questioning an intertwined community of colourful 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. Explore an open-world ancient Roman city with historically authentic art, architecture, costumes and customs Investigate a gripping, non-linear mystery with multiple endings Become entwined in the lives of richly detailed, deeply interactive characters Grapple with moral dilemmas which have life-and-death consequences Play as whoever you want, by choosing your character’s gender, origin and backstory Solve problems with reason, charm, bribery, intimidation, violence, or by cleverly exploiting the time-loop

Description from IGDB IGDB

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.

Storyline IGDB

Travel 2,000 years into the past and relive the final days of a cursed Roman city, where if one person sins, everyone dies. Trapped in a secret underground city during the Roman Empire, twenty-six lost souls cling to life. In this precarious utopia, if one person breaks the mysterious Golden Rule, everyone dies. As a time-traveller drawn two thousand years into the past, you’ll relive their final moments in an endless loop, exploring and interrogating, and changing the course of the day with each secret you uncover. Only by 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.

Wikipedia Description WIKIPEDIA

In both the full 2021 game and the 2015 mod, the story of The Forgotten City explores the existential relationship between humanity and its laws. The full game begins with the protagonist waking after being rescued from floating down the Tiber River in Italy. The mysterious individual who rescues the player character asks them to look for her friend who had disappeared whilst investigating nearby ruins. As the player explores said ruins, they are sent back in time to 65 CE, with the ruins restored as a city of the Roman Empire. As the plot progresses and the player continues exploring, it is elaborated that the city is under the protection of the gods, where if anyone is to commit sin, all citizens of the city would be equally punished and turned into gold in a system referred to as the Golden Rule (originally Dwarves' Law). These gold statues, depicting previous inhabitants and residents, can be heard whispering but seemingly only by the player. The specific sins that are criteria for the Golden Rule to be enacted are not clear to any resident of the city, with numerous records of contradictions. The player is able to re-enter the portal they had entered from and restart the time loop if the Golden Rule is ever enacted, allowing them to keep both physical and mental objects such as important items and information. The plot was significantly altered from its original story in the mod, with the setting of a Dwemer ruin being shifted towards that of ancient Rome as well as much of the script being updated and rewritten. Multiple endings were both added and expanded from the original story. Each character in the game has a strong background story and argument, complicating the decisions players make in the game. In the future, the developer plans to provide expansion through mods.

About The Forgotten City

The Forgotten City is a Open World, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG) game released in 2021 developed by Modern Storyteller that offers Single player gameplay from a first person perspective playable on Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4 with 136 user ratings averaging 81.2/100. The game explores themes like Drama, Fantasy, Historical. If you enjoy The Forgotten City, you might also like similar games in our database of 45,000+ titles.

Basic Info

Release Date: July 28, 2021

IGDB Rating: 81.2/100 (136)

Rating Count: 136

IGDB ID: 103320

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Additional Information

IGDB Rating: 81.2/100 (136 votes)

Release Date: July 28, 2021

IGDB ID: 103320

Платформы 6

Mac

PC

PS4

PS5

XOne

XBS

Genres 3

Open World Puzzle Role-playing (RPG)

Themes 5

Drama Fantasy Historical Indie Time Travel

Player Perspectives 1

First person

Game Modes 1

Single player

Companies

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Developers

Modern Storyteller

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Publishers

Dear Villagers

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Plug In Digital

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Keywords

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