Current Events > The Forgotten City is a great game. If you like WRPG cities check it out

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Is one of your favorite parts of an Elder Scrolls or Bioware game is when you get into the large city for the first time with a dialogue heavy NPC's, a bunch of personal side quests and discovering the secrets and scandals between the people living there?

That's basically what The Forgotten City is focused on. I believe it even originally started as a Skyrim mod.

Got all four endings from it (it's on Game Pass because of course it is) and had a blast. Felt like I haven't had a proper experience like this in a while.

My only real criticism is that the True Ending has a few elements of it that's a bit sloppy and batshit but that's still overall a minor nitpick. It's nothing compared to a certain other time loop game from this year.

It plays sort of like a Bethesda game (it only has bow and arrow combat along with the option of taking a handgun).Thinking about it the game should have been called The Golden Rule. The pitch of the game is you find yourself ending up in a time loop thousands of years in the past during the Roman Empire. You're in a settlement where nobody can escape living under the Golden Rule. If one person commits a sin the entire population of the people who live there are permanently turned to gold.

Outside of that the less that is known the better I think. Like any time loop game. So if you have Game Pass or want a shorter sort of experience to play check it out.

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Great mod

Does the actual game still use assets from skyrim?

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Lordgold666 posted...

Great mod

Does the actual game still use assets from skyrim?

It apparently uses Unreal Engine 4 so probably not?

It has a similar feel gameplay wise but it doesn't feel like a mod to me.

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The skyrim mod was pretty great, but dunno if it's just a direct copy or just based on it. Might check it out if it is on game pass.
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It is a fairly direct copy, to the point where it's a bit pointless to actually get it if you have played the Skyrim version (outside of supporting the developers, of course). There are even a couple of weird gameplay quirks that only exist because they are completely trying to emulate the mod rather than consider the differences in the game outside of the Skyrim engine.

Regardless it is a fun experience and the entire concept is highly novel in approach.

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