Now, almost six years later, The Forgotten City has somehow managed to supersede its origins and become one of the most unequivocally impressive games of 2021.

Back in late 2015, a sprawling and ambitious Skyrim mod set in an ancient underground metropolis launched to unanimous critical acclaim. A soldier wearing the weathered scepticism of war-privy eyes a farmer with a drive for democracy in a veiled dictatorship designed to drown it a vestal priestess who knows more of the gods than any god-willing mortal should even comprehend.