BEWARE OF POTENTIAL SPOILERS IN COMMENTS!

I played The Forgotten City for free via PS+ Extra and it’s one of my all-time favorite gaming experiences! I urge anybody remotely interested to not look up a goddamn thing about this game beyond this blurb of mine (because spoilers are easy to stumble upon) and play it ASAP!

What is it? It started as a Skyrim mod developed by a lawyer who wanted to make something that’s less of a game per se and more of an interactive story that delves into philosophical quandaries like the nature of morality. It’s a first person game where you go to an island and wind up in an ancient city of sorts. There’s a kind of groundhog day element to it and you have to figure out how to stop that from happening. It’s a bit of a mystery, but nearly all of the gameplay is running around and talking to various characters, all of whom have unique personalities. It’s like a really robust Fallout New Vegas mission, but without all the combat. You’ll probably get through it in 20-40 hours.

Okay, now that that’s outta the way, who wants to rant or gush about this little game?

  • Domi@lemmy.secnd.me
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    1 year ago

    Outer Wilds and The Forgotten City are the only games I know that pull off the time loop mechanic without being annoying and telling a excellent story at the same time.

    I really wish there were more like these.

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      1 year ago

      I played both and while trying to pull off similar things they are magnitudes apart in terms of literally any metric.

      I guess tfc brings home the ancient history factoids consolation price.