PC User Reviews

It's short and technically flawed, but at the same time it's quite an awesome experience, similar to other narrative driven games, and at the same time unlike any of **** you love history, moral dilemmas and mysteries, this is a must-play.

Çok underrated bir oyun. Hikayesi, keşif hissi, atmosferi gerçekten güzel bir oyun, güzel bir deneyimdi.

Easily the worst mystery game ive ever played with terrible writing. It starts off so strong in the opening hours then falls off a cliff when you realize hoe rigid solving the issue is. It has 4 endings and i got ending 1 and 4 with 4 being honestly really great but that doesn't prevent the game from being obtuse and rather pretentious more often than not.

I love this game. I'm sad that it's over. I wish I could spend more time in the beautiful world of The Forgotten City. The game is stellar from multiple angles – the writing is expertly crafted with a stunning amount of historical depth and character, the voice acting is consistently and astoundingly good, and the graphics are just gorgeous. But those are just details. The game is full of wonder and meaning and heart. It will make you think, it will excite and exhilarate you, and it will widen your eyes. The Forgotten City gives and gives and gives, but when it's over, you still haven't had enough. This game is a gem. Verdict: SUPERB

Ein super Spiel ... Ein einzigartiges Gameplay, mit den ein oder anderen Bugs, aber davon kann man absehen, wenn man bedenkt, dass das Spiel von einem kleinen Entwickler Team erschaffen wurde. Die Grafik ist in Ordnung und das Spiel ist kein Zeitfresser hingehen anderen Games. Wer sich für die Antiken Göttersagen interessiert, wird bei diesem Spiel auf seine Kosten kommen.

Meine Spielzeit = ~18 Stunden mit allen 4 von 4 möglichen Enden "WAS EIN DRECKSSPIEL!"dachte (und schrie ich glaube auch) im insbesondere mittleren Drittel der Spieldauer mehrfachund dennoch spielte ich es (mit allen 4 von 4 möglichen Enden) **** kann doch was nicht stimmen, oder?Also dann doch erstmal von vorne ... °_oNachdem mir dieses Spiel in einigen YT-Videos und beim Durchforsten von Steam-Empfehlungenmehrfach "über den Weg lief", die Fachpresse hohe Bewertungen/Nominierungen vergab und die Rezensionen mit 'Äußerst positiv' Eindruck schindeten, schlug ich bei einer Rabatt-Aktion von Steam zu.Gerade wegen der angeblich sehr guten Geschichte/Idee von 'Forgotten City' war meine Neugier als alter Abenteurer seit Lucas Art (eigentlich sogar LucasFilm)-Zeiten auf den Titel geweckt und um es vorweg zu nehmendie ist neben den insbesondere zum Ende hin sehr guten Gesprächen die große Stärke des Spiels.Aber würde ich den Titel (wie eben der Großteil der Spieler) als 'Äußerst Positiv' = für mich minimum 85-88 von 100 möglichen Punkten bewerten?Hmmm ... der Reihe nach .....Der erste Eindruck nach Spielsatrt (= Grafik) war nicht wirklich überzeugend.Eher wie ein Ø-Spiel zu Anfang der 2010er Jahre erschien es mir und *WTF* °_o es ruckelte.Auch wenn ich keine Grafikkarte habe (CPU i9-13900K mit integrierten Grafikchip - Win 11 64-bit - 32 GB RAM) liefen andere Titel wie 'Tomb Raider (2013)' und 'A Plague's Tale: Innocence (2018)' schön flüssig und sahen DEUTLICH besser aus.Aber nun gut - dieses Spiel sollte ja wegen der Geschichte/Atmosphäre überzeugen und nicht wegen Grafik/Effekten etc. - deshalb hatte ich es gekauft.Also weiterhin völlig offen und dem (angeblich äußerst positiven) Spiel eine Chance gebend und rein in den H*d** (nach dem Durchspielen wisst ihr was ich hier meine) ;-PUnd zugegeben die erste 1 bis 2h lief mir mehrfach ein mysteriöser, wohliger (kein Horror) Schauer (schön im Dunkeln in der Zockerbude (-: ) über den Rücken/durch den Bauch ... trotz der überholten Grafik und dem ruckeligen (MIT Grafikkarte evtl. flüssig) Auftreten.Ständig hat man das Gefühl hier stimmt irgend etwas ganz gewaltig nicht und man fühlt sich vollkommen hineingezogen.Absoluter Pluspunkt!Dann kam ich jedoch an einen Punkt wo ich mir recht verloren **** Welt war nicht megagroß, aber ohne Karte und nur teils rudimentäre Wegweiser war ich überfordert wann/wo es wie genau weitergehen **** überall waren kleine, "versteckte" Ecken/Gänge/Räume von denen ich nicht wusste ob oder wann sie evtl. noch irgendwie wichtig sein könnten so dass ich mehrere Stunden lang ohne wirklich große Fortschritte **** nach ~4-5 Stunden stellte sich dann der Frust ein, der mich zu der anfangs geschilderte "Fälkaläußerung" verleite.JAAaa... wirklich "ein absolutes Drecksspiel" ..."Max. 4 von 10 Punkten ... wo soll hier ran 'Äußerst positiv' sein!?!""LÄÄääääächerliiiiiiiich ..." moserte ich mehrfach unzufrieden rum - weil das Level-/"Karten"design mich wirklich absolut nicht an der Hand nahm und eine der hochgerühmten Spielmechaniken/-innovationen (nun erstmals erlebt) nicht so beeindruckend waren wie gehofft.Aber nur weil ICH (durchaus "Adventure"-erfahren seit 1987 etc. mit Maniac Mansion/Zak McKracken) nicht flüssig weiterkam und Fortschritte machte, bedeutete das ja nicht, dass evtl. noch Großartiges vor mir lag °_o.Also den "Tourismusausflug" in 'die vergessen Stadt' erstmal temporär beendet und ein paar Tage später mit neuem Wind in den Segeln eine neue Chance gegeben.Leider blieben die Erfolge zäh (ich konnte mir die Namen mancher Orte/"Figuren" - die nur oberflächliche Charakterentwicklungen durchliefen - auch nicht gut merken, was aber durchaus wichtig war) ... aber ich wollte dennoch wissen wie es weiter ging/was hier gespielt wird, was eben durchaus für das Spiel spricht.Also was tat ich (der sich mit 48 Lenzen nix mehr beweisen muss, da ich schon andere Nüsse geknackt hatte)? -Nach ~8-10h Spielzeit schaute ich ein YT-LösungsVideo an der Stelle wo ich ungefähr hing und "blätterte" von da an auch immer wieder (insbesondere wegen des Level Designs) in einer **** da an wurde das Spielerlebnis wieder deutlich **** Geschehen nahm Fahrt auf, teilweise sogar mit kleinen Action-Sequenzen und ein mächtiger Gesprächs-Aha-Moment, den ich wohl auch noch in 10 Jahren in Erinnerung haben werde (es ging um die Bedeutung/Aufschlüsselung eines Namens - krieg grad' schon wieder Gänsehaut ^^) bot sich mir **** handelte diverse Steam-Errungenschaften und dann eben auch Ende 3, dann 2 und dann 4 ab ... - Ende 1 hab' ich am Schluss noch in ca. 20min neuer Spielzeit erledigt - so schnell kann man das SpielHauptziel erreichen wenn man will und ganz zu Anfang bei der Charaktererstellung etwas Bestimmtes auswählt).Eindrücklich waren dabei neben dem geschilderten Aha-Moment noch ein langes hochinteressantes Gespräch kurz vor Ende und das Ende/der Epilog als solcher.

Ich kann gar nicht so genau beschreiben warum aber dieses Spiel hat mir ein Gefühl gegeben wie es wenige Spiele dieser Art vorher gegeben haben. Ich liebe dieses Spiel. Alles zu erkunden, alles zu erfahren all das fühlt sich in diesem Spiel einfach nur gut und richtig an.

this game probably gonna forever be mine most liked game of all time i finished 5 minutes ago and thats a precious experience for me plot philosphy thecharacters atmosphere and world of course there simple plot holes and little bugs but game make this things reckless with evrerything shown to you i think thats game i once lifetime experience everyone should get it i finished recently like i said and i was expecting yeah theres multiple choosesbut prabaly im not gonna play again when i finished when game finished i cant belive i, finished game and find myself with lookimg credits with pupy eyes i cant press esc to to skip and let it flow to end and ending made me felt different and emotional well thats because ending i get but still thats felt amazing if you are reading this get this game and play if you are into rpg games and categories i will guarantte you will enjoy the game even tho you dont like the categories i think you will enjoy.

The plot of the game is interesting and leads to philosophical thoughts about life. The graphics are at such a level that I was happy to look around, and even if the gameplay is not impressive with the variety of mechanics, it did not prevent me from enjoying the game. And although sometimes it was difficult for me to understand what to do next, this is rather exclusively my problem. It was an interesting story in which it was interesting to exist.

Una gran aventura gráfica cuya mayor virtud es poder ir en el orden que te de la gana. No es lineal, no hay prioridades ni el juego te lleva de la mano. Todo se basa en ir recopilando pistas y objetos a través de las conversaciones que vas teniendo con los habitantes La premisa es que tienes que liberar una pequeña comunidad romana de una maldición. Estás atrapado en el mismo día y se reinicia cada vez que alguien "peca" Hasta 4 finales distintos. Muy recomendable si te gustan las aventuras gráficas

Played a few hours and love the relaxing gameplay and mystery. It's oddly haunting to have golden statues look at you when you move past them.

Was a bit surprised going from the official teaser how talkative this game but few conversation after - I do not mind. Characters are fun, the idea is interesting, solid story telling,... Glad I did not miss this one

An interesting time loop game I really enjoyed once I got into it. The characters aren't all that interesting but they really are just there to carry the main theme of the story and for that they work well enough. The mystery is intriguing enough to carry the game, even through some of the more tedious parts.

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It's just a dialogue simulator with RPG mechanics. I played the game for a little over 1 hour, but it failed to capture my interest. The amount of dialogue we had to listen to complete the main and side missions managed to overwhelm me. As soon as you start the game it's like you're entering a grind fest. Everything about the game feels like an unbearable chore. On the other hand, even though I completely turned off motion blur and increased the sharpness, the graphics of the game still look very blurry. Since the game was developed by a small team, everyone generally praised it for support purposes, but unfortunately it did not seem like an interesting enough game to be worth my time. Such a dialogue-oriented game should also offer variety in gameplay so that the player does not get bored. Just walking around, listening to dialogue, and then looking around for notes makes the game boring enough for me to ignore it, even if it has an interesting story.

I don't think it's the best one of these time loop games, but its certainly an interesting one. If you are more into the investigating aspect of these games and don't mind tons of dialog, this is the one for you.

mitoloji, din, tarih, uygarlıklar, günahlar ve altın kural ... hikaye anlatımı, karakterler, şehir hepsi ayrı güzel. bu oyuna aşık olmamak elde değil. kısıtlı imkanlarla bu işi çıkaran ekibi de ayrı tebrik etmek lazım. oyunun benim için tek eksisi yay gameplay'inin yavanlığı oldu.

A timeloop-based narrative investigation game in a very cool setting, an underground roman city that lives under the following rule : "the many shall suffer for the crime of the one". If one commits a sin, the whole community dies. A crime is about to be commited and you have to resolve this mistery to get out the loop you're stuck in. it's a really cool and original idea, the city is magnificent, the story is thrilling, the character writing is good. The issue is that the gameplay is very basic. The story is far more linear than it first seems, the dialogues aren't so decisive, there is no real investigation system, and the combats are boring and just here to fill the gaps. So it was cool to discover the setting, the characters, the story, but don't expect any exiting gameplay.

One of the best games i ever played, deserves recognition, i Wish there were more games like this

Massively overrated. For a game that relies so heavily on dialogue, the dialogues themselves aren't all that good. Voice actors do their best to elevate this material, but there's only so much they can do. This game wasn't written by a professional script writer, and it clearly shows. This whole timeloop mechanic is very tedious. I have no idea how both this game and Outer Wilds are some of the most well-received adventure games of the last five years, despite the timeloop implementation being equally as awful in both of them. The journal is a joke. It lets you put a tracker on a quest you wanna follow, except half the time this tracker doesn't work and you have to navigate on your own. I hate this kind of approach. You either let a player track every quest or none of them. The way it's done here, it just creates confusion. The graphics are nothing to write home about. A tad more fidelity than you'd expect from your typical indie game, but still nowhere near enough to compete with big budget contemporaries. I couldn't help but think that instead of these "pretty" graphics and fancy voice acting they could've invested more funds and effort into the actual gameplay, quests, etc. Take, for example, Age Of Decadence, which, yes, looked way behind times, but it had a much better writing, actually interesting characters, more and better quests, even more locations variety. Better score too. The soundtrack in The Forgotten City is basically just stock "ancient music" and lacks severely in originality and memorability. Once again, if we're talking smaller budget, indie titles, take something like Enderal, which had a massive 5-hour long OST with tons of memorable tunes. Overall, this game is an admirable attempt, but still a letdown in so many ways. The developers clearly bit off more than they could chew. Perhaps they should've started with something more lowkey, prove themselves and gain more experience, before undertaking something so ambitious.

Greek, Roman or Egyptian. Whatever it is, I always think of mythology as a superhero comic. And this game is built upon it. I don't know who fked whom. I don't know who is what? So it was hard following their stories. But the game did a fantastic job of telling everything about them or stories I need to know to follow through. So if you even don't know wtf their mythology comic is about. Don't worry the game got your back. The story, 65% of the story was phenomenal. It was fantastic. It got stale at the end but did not drop the ball. There are 4 endings. Each one of them is very clever. Except for the canon one. The character models were ok. Except for the ladies. Every fking lady in the game looks the same. The lack of facial expression was very noticeable. These things can be excused as this is an indie game. And as always, they must include Western woke culture for the sick fks out there.

FABULOUS GAME!! I was intrigued throughout the game, the story, the OST, everything was top notch. It's hard to believe this game was made by only 3 people. REALLY LOVE IT

Jesus Christ what a buggy mess. Just play the Skyrim mod instead, it's free.

An amazing game with and incredible gameplay mechanic, the history could be better but it is still a pretty good gone nonetheless, the game also have enough paths that you wont be bored at all.

A woke groundhog day in ancient rome, the timed quest and npcs chimping out and locking you out are annoying, you dont have multiple ways to progress, you will follow the same path up to a point, and then choose which of the obvious 4 endings to follow through with. But as far as story centered walking simulators go, this is decent.

I think that this is truly a unique game and I would recommend that if you are a fan of this type of genre then I think you should give this game a try.

Excellent game! I can say very little without spoiling it, but think Groundhog Day meets ancient days. Well written and voiced, beautiful graphics, and a great story concept! And multiple endings mean your choices actually do matter! I understand the playtime is around 6 hours but I spent 15 hours just playing around with decisions, dialogue choices, character alliances, etc.

Creative time loop mechanic with intriguing plot and charatcters. Great mystery game.

Really loved the world and the whole loop concept. It must be played with patience just so you're able to connect everything all the different characters tell you.

Not a game for people who dislike a lot of reading and running around aimlessly. I like the mysteriousness but I dislikee the lack of direction. The city isn't interesting enough to keep you running around looking for clues. There are quests that I have no idea how to complete. There will be a lot of time spent testing out a clue, or an idea and then be disappointed that it doesn't work out, and then stuck without knowing how to make the story progress.

Criminally underrated Witcher 3 story telling meets inception in Greece. I am not the greatest fan of ancient Greek/Rome story setting, but this game made it so interesting I stayed till 5 AM till I finished the game in at least different 3 ways. The game is no doubt masterpiece. Clearly product of love for the few developers that worked on it. The story, characters and dialog are well ground, fantastically delivered, and respect your critical thinking. Ending is elegant and although the plot is intricate all the loose ends are tied flawlessly.

I will never forget this game. An incredible story, betrayal, intrigue, plot twist... This game has it all for the sake of story. It's a great job, according to a 3-person developer team. I must say it has better story and optimization than most AAA games. (Of course, there is a slight optimization problem.) But it bothered me that we asked the same questions to the people we talked to in the game, and this reduced the diversity. On the other hand, after spending some time in the game, you see that we do nothing but talk. The game has a crouch key to go stealth, but it doesn't do much. Finally, as the story progresses, the names of some characters are forgotten, although the game tries to remind us of these characters, it is not very successful.

The most beautiful and magnificent work of art and dedication i ever seen in my 12 years of gaming truly a once in a life time masterpiece of writing and design

good game. good game. good game. good game. good game. good game. good game. good game.

This game is pretty good if you like history or fantasy. A pretty good adventure , graphics are decent , story is really great. But just one thing I don't like about this game is that the face expressions of the chacaracters . But its not a really big problem.

Just a masterpiece. Clever, beautiful, touching… a must play. Can’t recommend it enough.

A game with great time loop and puzzle mechanics, sadly bogged down by clunky combat. The time loop puzzle is satisfying, but the game loses its momentum towards the end when it devolves into scouring the map in fetch quests.

The Forgotten City es sin duda un juego muy recomendable. La historia está muy bien construida, con un buen desarrollo de los eventos, los giros de guión y los personajes. No tiene muchas decisiones que tomar ni una variedad grande de finales, pero es un puzzle muy bien montado sobre como romper el bucle temporal (me recuerda a Deathloop en esto, aunque casi sin combate ni sigilo). El bucle se rompe de ciertas formas para lo cual hay quests con marcadores si los quieres usar para ir resolviendo cada cosa, pero que puedes tener desactivados si prefieres (como yo) hacerlo por ti mismo sin guias. La jugabilidad principalmente es cosa de explorar, hablar con gente, encontrar y usar objetos como una aventura gráfica clásica, con una pequeña zona (relativamente opcional) que incluye una parte de combate. El juego es un poco corto (9 horas para mi y eso que me dediqué bastante a hacer cosas por completismo) pero en este caso funciona bien porque no tienes la sensación de que haya nada de relleno, y haberlo alargado probablemente lo hubiera acabado haciendo repetitivo. Gráficamente el juego no es lo más puntero que vas a encontrar, pero cumple bien; y la recreación del entorno de la antigua roma es simplemente brillante en su detalle, rigor y cuidado. El sonido tiene un nivel bastante bueno, con una música adecuada que acompaña muy bien, buenos actores de voces (al menos en inglés), etc. Y, cosa rara en estos tiempos, yo no me he encontrado ningún bug. Por todo ello, sin duda Forgotten City es un juego muy recomendable. No perfecto pero si excelente. Un 8,5.

A great game, with an exciting story told in a way that could only be told in a video game. The characters and situations are well written and the juxtaposition of ancient rome and modern times is entertaining. The amount of historical research that went into the making of this game is staggering, considering the short dev team.

Wonderful game. The story is a masterpiece. But the only problem is that I can finish one of the endings too quickly. I wish I had been ignorant of the truth for longer.

Came for the story, stayed for the graphics. That is of course not ideal. I expected to be more impressed by both the story and the interactions. I was thinking 2 things while playing it: boy, this writing sure pales in comparison to Disco Elysium and this kinda feels like a Fallout New Vegas Vault. It probably worked much better in its original incarnation as a mod

Beautiful detective game. The city is visually nice, the various endings are good!

An enjoyable time loop romp through a little Roman village. Date Completed: 2022-02-06 Playtime: 7h Enjoyment: 8/10 Recommendation: Yes!

The game is decent, but I don't understand the hype, though I must say I played around 1h and I have gave up. For me it is so boring because dialogs are flat, life of the city is not better than Skyrim NPCs and we have 2022 not 2011. There is too overwhelming pathos: music, dialogs. Maybe it was fine back in the day but today I feel it makes narrative flat. Interactions with the world are boring and even though I tried 3 times I can't force myself to play more in this game.

Good story, I'm not regret at all playing this game. Did all endings and enjoy them all, if you like a story based game you need to play this. Plus I learn some new thinks about Ancient time.

[PL] 7,5/10 ️ - Bardzo dobra (po ukończeniu gry i zobaczeniu wszystkich zakończeń) Rozgrywka bardzo uboga, polega głównie na chodzeniu i rozmawianiu. Niewiele walki i fatalnie rozłożona w czasie gry. Fabuła fajna, momentami bardzo wciągająca. Ukończenie bardzo satysfakcjonujące. Niesamowicie inspirująca gra.

What a great story rich game! I enjoyed every moment of it! Although I learned something new about history by playing this game, so it was definitely worth it

Unique, well-written, surprising, and interesting throughout it all, The Forgotten City is a great game that deserves your time.

This game has an amazing story full of twists and turns, original puzzles and beautiful graphics. I would give it 10/10 because it's an experience you won't forget. But you also won't forget the problems that the game has and they annoyed me all the time. Lags and objects appearing in front of you or the fact that the game sometimes just stops and starts loading wouldn't bother me that much. What bothered me though was the over the top political correctness. It was very annoying especially because story is everything in this game. Some of the characters were in the game to impose the author's political views to the player. I want to enjoy an otherwise interesting story, not be lectured on political issues. The Forgotten City is an amazing game that is only stopped from perfection by its not-so-good technical state and completely inappropriate political propaganda. I look forward to more games from these developers and hope they avoid the mentioned problems in their next projects.

Absolutely phenomenal game, fantastic story told in a way that just grabs you by the balls and holds onto them until the end. Bravo! Haven't play something that good for a while.