Forgotten history shitter!
Submitted by bucket brigadier ILikeSocks: “Ancient Roman shitter, and Ancient Roman shitter graffiti. The game is “The Forgotten City.” It was recommended if you liked Outer Wilds and I finally bought it. It’s…. similar to Outer Wilds and I’m enjoying it, but it’s not quite as gripping. I guess it was originally a Skyrim mod made into its own game, which is hella cool. I don’t expect to be sad and filled with existential emptiness after beating it but it’s the closest I can get to scratching that itch.
You are a modern dude who discovers an ancient Roman city located underground and you are transported into the past when the city was still active. You and everyone else in the city are trapped there with no way out, and the god that has placed everyone there has one law: If anyone commits a sin every single person in the city will die.
The magistrate is convinced that someone is about to sin causing all their deaths and asks you to investigate to determine who the culprit is.
Theres a time loop mechanic, so you can solve things by sinning and resetting the loop. Like one guy who’s a debt slave needs money to buy his freedom, so I stole 2k from a chest, reset the loop then paid him. Part of it is finding out what is considered a sin because everyone has different interpretations. Stealing is a sin, killing, etc. I was able to lie to someone which directly lead to them dying so there’s a element of figuring out what counts.”
Cool, cool, so graffiti is not a sin. Speaking of graffiti, that one says an orgy took place here which I heavily doubt. Especially because the second one says “They’re always watching” referring to the Judgey Judgers from Judgetown, the sky daddies who think stealing is super bad, but at the same time killing everyone isn’t. But I guess they’re saying the orgy wasn’t a sin.
Let’s talk for a minute about that second picture’s rollover reveal. This is disappointing, I’m sure, to all Bucket Brigadiers who know all about the xylospongium. Wisdom is indeed a burden, but allow the peace of knowing this knowledge is shared by all our readers worldwide wash over you like that kitchen water the lady tosses down into the shitter gutter. Haec ut felix faustumque sit.
