Genre: | Adventure |
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Release Date: | July 2021 |
When it comes to The Forgotten City, this is one of those games where talking in-depth about the story means you’re well and truly in spoiler territory. Sure, any review that outlines a narrative-focused title’s big story beats would inherently be ‘spoiler-filled’. But, biting one’s figurative lip here is tantamount to saying “trust me, you’ll dig this”. The Forgotten City presents a fascinating and often thought provoking journey into the nature of morality, religion, and myth.
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The Forgotten City is a time-traveling tale about an ancient and cursed Roman city. After stepping through a Sliders or Stargate-like portal, you’re whisked 2,000 years into the past and tasked with uncovering this mysterious underground locale’s, err, mysteries, its citizens' motivations, and ultimately... changing the course of history. All those golden statues you saw before tripping the light fantastic? They were actual people. People in togas.