




I spent 1,700 hours working on the mod version of The Forgotten City, over a period of three years, and I had such a great time making it that I wouldn't have cared if anybody played it I was just making the kind of game I wanted to play. So I decided to make a big story-driven mod instead. Nick Pearce: I've always loved telling stories, and I started out with more traditional writing, but about 10 years ago, I realized I cared more about video games than I did about novels. You could be living in bloody Skyrim.What inspired you to create the original Forgotten City mod for Skyrim and how long did it take you to get it to a state where you could share it? The self-declared jarl who sounds like someone doing an impersonation of Patrick Stewart, and the merchant who swears he's honest, and the cynical healer who hates being stuck in the Forgotten City but says it "Could be worse, though. The paranoiac who correctly believes they're all in danger, but responds to it by wandering around with an axe like a maniac. The two researchers happy to have this opportunity to dive into understanding the Dwemer, even if they can't share what they learn. It's the characters I keep thinking about, though. The limits to the area mean that you learn your way around properly, and eventually figure out where everybody lives and how to navigate it at speed. There's a palace, a single district and a lakehouse, but there are other places to unlock and secrets to find. There's even new dialogue to take this into account, including some funny stuff when you try to convince someone you know what they're going to say next.Īs well as getting to know the people, you get to know the location as well. If you fail you can go back to the moment of your arrival, starting another time loop armed with everything you've learned. Fortunately, you can make multiple attempts. Something's going to set off the magical punishment left behind by the dwarves and you've only got a limited time to figure out what it was and prevent that from happening. Having seen the city's future, you know that's about to happen.
