The Forgotten City gets off to a slightly rocky start imo, with the explanation of the time-loop premise feeling like one of those ridiculous Danganronpa-esque scenarios where the characters painfully overexplain what are clearly just a bunch of gameplay contrivances that wouldn't need to be explained in excruciating detail if the game didn't go to such great lengths to draw attention to them, but once the story finds its footing and the mystery draws you in, everything clicks. I have no real complaints except that I was more impressed by the clever construction of the plot than I was attached to the characters, so the attempts to tug on the heartstrings in the true ending left me a little cold. Still very much worth a play if you like narrative games with lots of conversation and some puzzle-solving.