To give entrance to new things, you have to say goodbye to the old ones. This vital maxim also applies to the Xbox Game Pass subscription service, which on October 31 say goodbye to some games so that others like A Plague Tale: Requiem, Scorn or Persona 5 Royal have been able to land. In that sense, today we give you 5 reasons to play The Forgotten City before it leaves Game Passan exploration title with a great emphasis on narrative that was born as one of the most successful Skyrim mods and that ended up becoming, because it was inevitable, an essential independent video game.
A history of time loops
Time loops have become a recurring idea in recent years in video games and The Forgotten City applies it to a thousand wonders. Breaking the golden rule (committing a sin) within the city the game takes place in will cause everyone to turn into golden statues. However, if we reach an interdimensional portal in time, we will restart the day with all the progress that we would have made already saved and known.
roguelite component
It is precisely this time-loop mechanic that gives The Forgotten City its roguelite component. Every time we restart the day, the characters in the city have forgotten who we are and we have to start over, but we keep the information obtained, the resources we have been getting and, therefore, we have more options to succeed in the next attempt. While the Modern Storyteller game is undoubtedly a narrative exploration adventure, this roguelite element adds a unique twist to the whole.
Characters
The key to everything in The Forgotten City is its characters. In our exploration of this hidden Roman city we have to find out who is going to break the golden rule and stop him. In the city there are twenty-three different characters, each with their own routine, their own story and side quests, and their own dialogue, personality, and distinctive traits. Knowing them all is critical to success.
multiple endings
Depending on the decisions that we make throughout the adventure, The Forgotten City will take us to one of its many endings. This adds a touch of replayability to the title, but given that there is little time left before it leaves Game Pass, you will be happy to know that it is a game easily beaten in about 8-10 hours, so you still have room to fully enjoy it before it ends. be late.
Roman culture
If you are a lover of Roman culture, you are in luck. The Forgotten City is an ode to this historical era, its customs, its architecture, its gastronomy, its ideas, its politics and its philosophy. Everything in the Modern Storyteller video game exudes the aroma of Ancient Rome. Not only is it a sublime setting, but it will dazzle the most experienced in the field.