The rebels (the Forgotlings that don't want to comply with their 'assigned' jobs and have rebelled against the Forgotten Lands' laws) have begun an attack, and Anne's on a quest to track down the rebel leader and put a stop to it. A lot of the choices you direct Anne to make are far more nuanced.įor instance, in an early part of the game, you're tasked with interrogating a rebel Forgotling. As a game with six concrete endings and a number of different branches to get to each, Forgotton Anne goes beyond simple black and white morality choices. I imagine behind it lies a complex web of decisions-the type that Quantic Dream drop in the trailers for their games-showing the many, many different outcomes. From a storytelling perspective, it has a lot more in common with the likes of Studio Ghibli's eco-terrorism magical raccoon tale Pom Poko or even the coming-of-age of Howl's Moving Castle than, say, the cutting political commentary of Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus.Īs for the game itself, Forgotton Anne is determined strongly by choices. Forgotton Anne was made by the Denmark-based studio Throughline Games though, not American game developers, so this parallel in all likelihood is just a coincidence-a catch-all 'maybe we shouldn't blindly accept our government and authority figures' sort-of message. It's an uncomfortable cop-like position, putting the player in the shoes of an officer abusing (or learning how not to abuse) their power. Yet some still see her as a protector, just as she sees herself. That's why she's feared and respected in equal measure: she 'keeps the peace' in a violent way. With the Arca, Anne has the potential to 'distill' any sentient thing that doesn't obey the laws of the Forgotten Lands, sapping them of their livelihood. It can also be snatched away by Anne with just the flick of a wrist.Īnd that's where her nasty reputation comes from: as the Enforcer, Anne uses the Arca for what some may perceive as evil. Arca is what keeps the Forgotlings alive. Like Master Bonku, she possesses the ability to wield a magical substance known as the Arca. Passersby gasp when she appears on a scene, some call her 'soul snatcher' and other harsh names. As per her formidable title, she has a rough reputation. She sticks out like a sore thumb in the Forgotten Lands, and seemingly the only other human being there is the ruler of it all (who lies somewhere between being her father figure and her boss): Master Bonku. In Forgotton Anne, you're playing as the human girl Anne, better known as Madam Enforcer. Who says humans can't fly, or at least glide? Elsewhere in town, there's a purple rocking horse who sweetly tells the main character that her dad says that she's 'not as bad as everyone says.' But some Forgotlings aren't nice to the game's heroine at all, which we learn is fair considering her reputation. There's the heroine's childhood friend, a kind-hearted lampshade. There's the pompous police inspector who is a literal gun. They all have distinct, memorable personalities too.

In this world, the things we've long forgotten have become 'Forgotlings,' and these formerly inanimate objects populate the Forgotten Lands.

That's the charming setting for the adventure puzzle-platformer Forgotton Anne: a world akin to the Island of Misfit Toys in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Of course, you wouldn't know this, because you forgetting about the pump is what landed it in this renewed existence in the first place.

They smoke a cigar, probably Cuban, at all times. Unbeknownst to you, the person who forgot the gas pump, the pump is living semi-happily in this bizarro world. The lonely gas pump is then transported into a magical land where inanimate objects get souls and livelihoods. Soon you'll have forgotten about it, and so has everyone else whoever used it. Do you remember the last time you got gas for your car? Imagine that gas pump, after many years, has been abandoned.

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