
The game wastes little time explaining the central mystery. Fortunately, their second release seems to have benefited from this unorthodox development cycle: The Forgotten City is smart, polished, and surprising. Developers at the studio Modern Storyteller then worked for five years to ultimately release The Forgotten City, again, this time as a complete stand-alone title. The game was originally released in 2016 as a mod for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. It’s easy to view the very existence of The Forgotten City as its own time loop of sorts. If you want to see the very best of the best for your platform(s) of choice, check out Polygon Essentials.


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