![]() Many of the scenes take place in nature and the art does a great job of telling a story through the location that the characters are at any given moment. The character’s faces aren’t fleshed out too much, but that perfect because they are not the focus - the memories are. The game is quite charming and a very relaxing way to spend 3 hours. ![]() As Sid tries to find inspiration from his surroundings, he has conversations about childhood, life, and creativity that any player can relate to. The day Sid is living and the story that he is attempting to write parallel one another in a very pleasing way, leaving the player satisfied with two tied up storylines at the end of the playthough. You play Sid as he travels towards his childhood home, all the while visiting the world that he is trying to create for his book. He gets a call from his mother inviting him to a small get together at his childhood home - it is being sold in the morning, and his mother wants him to come and say goodbye to it. You play Sid, an author with writer’s block who is procrastinating on his deadline for a proposal for his second book. So when I got the opportunity to play a review copy of Forgotten Fields, I jumped at the chance. I am clearly a sucker for nostalgia, and it is a theme that I seek in my games. Released April 14, 20201 after a successful kickstarter in 2020, the game was developed by Frostwood Interactive and published by Dino Digital, both based in India. This is the primary theme of Forgotten Fields. Leaving them was difficult, but like the waves of Lake Michigan, life is always moving and we must change with it. I don’t dream about any other place, or feel the same tug of nostalgia that I do for these past homes of mine. Even if we are no longer physically present, they live within us still. It must be something about the places we spent our most formative years. I still dream about both of these places constantly. ![]() When I was 22, my family made the difficult decision to sell the property, and I was heartbroken, though I understood the reasoning behind the decision. I was also fortunate enough to grow up with a lakeside property on Lake Michigan (my family purchased the land for dirt cheap in the 60’s), and it remains one of my favorite places on earth to this day. I adored my childhood home and the memories made there, and moving from it was one of my first experiences with loss at age 13. I have always had a strong attachment to places.
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