A number of time loop games have come out the last few years and it's an appealing mechanic. Doing things over till you get things right is very much baked into concept of video games. The Forgotten City does it really well. It avoids repetition by allowing you to keep any item you pick up between loops and at the start of the loop, you're able to tell the NPC that greets you to do some of the tasks for you. It's a fun puzzle game and it's satisfying to work out how to solve everyone's problem. I really did enjoy the story; it felt very Star Trek. I'm always down for a Roman aesthethic and I liked the thematic link between the player builing up knowledge based on past loops and how civilizations like the Romans were built upon past civilizations. I do want to say good for the guy who made a popular Skyrim mod and found success building it into its own game. Those are always nice stories to hear.

Reviewed on Mar 17, 2023


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