Thankfully, and because this is a video game, if The Golden Rule is broken, you have a do-over. With the threat of permanent gilding hanging over your head and the confusion as to your trip back in time, The Forgotten City tasks you with unravelling the mystery of this city and preventing The Golden Rule from being broken. The Golden Rule means that if even one of the townsfolk sins, everyone will be transformed into golden statues. What’s more, this city has been cursed by an unnamed god with The Golden Rule. On speaking with the citizens of this hidden and underground city, it soon becomes apparent that you’ve been transported back in time some 2,000 years. Things get stranger still when you enter the ruins of an ancient city and fall through the crumbling floor, directly into an ancient Roman bathhouse. In looking for Al, you discover a golden statue, hanged from a tree with an inscribed tablet, purporting to be Al’s suicide note. Al headed off in search of help, Karen says, but has been gone for hours. Karen sets you off on your adventure and in search of another “almost” drowning victim named Al. Greeted by a stranger named Karen, she explains that she dragged you from the river after briefly making some delightful small talk about the stigma attached to her name. The Forgotten City Reviewīeginning with the tropiest of tropes, The Forgotten City sees you waking up with explosive amnesia on the banks of a river.
Sadly, it’s over far too quickly though that’s a testament to just how entertaining The Forgotten City is. What’s more, it’s a thoroughly enjoyable adventure featuring top-notch writing and storytelling. The Forgotten City has taken an interesting and unusual path to release but it’s one that’s heartening, especially for any fledgling developers out there. The Forgotten City also boasts new story elements, endings, plot twists and more. Modern Storyteller says the re-written script for the standalone game is more than twice the length of the original, weighing in at over 80,000 words. With the assistance of a grant from Film Victoria, began the development of a standalone version of The Forgotten City in earnest.įounding Modern Storyteller, Pearce recruited two developers to assist with the creation of his vision and today, the fruits of their labour are finally available. Following his win, Pearce left his 10-year legal career to become a full-time developer. In 2016, Pearce and The Forgotten City won the 2016 Australian Writer’s Guild award for best screenplay in the interactive media category. Quickly becoming one of Skyrim’s most popular and most downloaded mods.
First created as a mod for Skyrim by Modern Storyteller’s founder Nick Pearce over a period of three years and 1,700 hours. The Forgotten City has a long and storied history.
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