1. Anytime for you

7. Is it plankton?

I was 12 years old when Apollo 11 landed on the moon Mad. I remember the family glued to the tv for it. It was a day to remember

The Landing

Neil Armstrong taking first step on the moon along with his and Buzz Aldrin's 2 hour moonwalk

9. Indeed (denied) - Hi Soot

Bernie

Good morning manXman ... wishing you an awesome day

Macbeth's barista never missed an opportunity to rub it in about that whole 'Hubble Bubble' debacle.

Yeah Mikael, there isn't really a lot to do. I did mix up some potion in the chemistry shop (in Chapter 2) but I don't even know if I really got it right. I failed and then was trying again but I think I used the same ingredients and all of a sudden it said I was successful. I don't know.

I am not crazy about how you have to walk up close to people and objects to see if you can interact with them or not and I'm also not crazy about the footsteps you need to find to change scenes. Last night I had no footsteps and was stuck on the dock, possibly because I had gone there already and shouldn't have. I ended up having to exit out of the game hoping I wouldn't lose any progress. I went right back in to check and my progress was fine and the footsteps were there - also the dog who was not there when I couldn't find the footsteps, but she had been there when I went there the first time which I did while not following the script, so to speak. I hope that makes sense. I'm thinking stick to objectives and after they're met, wander around.

I do like Jack the Ripper stories though and am not really familiar with Arthurian legend so I am interested to see how the game plays out.

Please let us know if you continue or not.

I miss the great humor in games like Space Quest, Simon the Sorcerer, Discworld, Monkey Island, etc.

Thanks, Marian!

Forgotlings are all those objects that get lost and are forgotten. I originally came across them in Forgotten Anne, an excellent platforming adventure I reviewed in 2019 (is it really that long ago!). Here they are again, hailing from the same studio and inhabiting the Forgotten Lands, wanting to be remembered.

As the Steam page says "you play as Fig, a once-forgotten posing doll now captain of the sentient lightship Volare. As shadows stir and ancient divisions crack the land, you must soar across windswept skies and forgotten cities, uniting warring tribes before everything unravels."

I am about an hour in and am very much in start-up mode. Fig is not even nearly a captain, not even aware of who he is. We first encounter him seemingly trapped underground, where shadowy things ultimately result in what brought him here flashing before his eyes and sending us back to his beginning.

This first sequence operates as a tutorial for the platforming that presumably awaits. I have jumped, swung, leapt, attacked, crouched, climbed, rolled and bounced off walls. I haven't blocked yet, indicative of more combat to come. That said, I am currently playing on Story Mode, which "makes combat easier so you can focus on the narrative." You can change it at any time in the Options menu (Normal being the other mode) which I will do as I go to see the differences.

As yet it doesn't feel as lush as Forgotten Anne, but it has the same animated aesthetic. Everything is voiced, and the soundtrack is grand. You largely scroll left and right but Fig can at times walk into the background, effectively changing the plane in which he then explores left and right.

You can map the keys to suit, but curiously you won't find that capacity at the initial menu. I assumed it would be in Options, but it isn't. You need to start the story, then hit Esc which will generate a much more detailed menu which includes Controls. It is there you can remap, albeit it's a bit fiddly (you have to unbind already used keys if you want to map them to something else). I do find that in platforming games, comfort with your keys is important.

It saves automatically and while I haven't yet worked out when that happens, the menu will tell you how long it has been since the last save so just play a bit more until it says something like "less than a minute."

If Forgotlings is only nearly as good as Forgotten Anne, it will be an excellent experience. I look forward to what is to come and to telling you about it.

Thanks for this.

Oh yeah ... Radar Love!

Thanks for your list Tim.