3.5/5 ★ – Just_Deli's review of The Forgotten City.

This is a much more recent one since I played this once it finally came to game pass for PC at the beginning of November. I heard about this one a while back after knowing about the popular Skyrim mod for a while and was really interested in playing it after seeing that the small dev team had made their own game. This game had me hooked the whole time. It feels very much like a Skyrim/Fallout game where the emphasis is only on the dialogue. There is a small bit of combat but it’s almost laughable and such a minor part of the game. I absolutely loved this game. I was able to play through it in basically one Saturday. The feeling of uncovering a mystery and learning to solve the puzzle over multiple loops of time where the world gets restarted each time is so addicting. (And no I have not played Deathloop yet, but this game has moved that game up on my list of when I will play that.) One of my favorite types of open-world styles is when the open world is made on a smaller scale and is something that can be super memorable and as you play you feel like you learn the world. Dead rising games have always been some of my favorite open-world games because you feel like you learn the layout of the mall and know when you need to go somewhere and how to get there you can do it without looking at a map. That is how I feel about The Forgotten City. While it isn’t really an open world and more of a larger sized level it is a city you step into and learn the ins and outs of overtime as you loop over and over trying to solve the mystery. The characters and dialogue options provide for a lot of choices and with multiple endings, there is a lot to do here. I was able to get the “good” ending through my playthrough and I was just taken aback at how the story unfolded over time. This was a great time and it has me begging for more games like this. Remember don't break the Golden Rule.