Get Forgotten Beginnings: A New Afterlife for PC

Forgotten Beginnings: A New Afterlife is a turn-based RPG styled after 1980s NES games, with modern quality-of-life features. You lead a party of four with different skillsets through a strange world of conflict, which they enter after hearing a mysterious voice and coming to life there. Much of the story is revealed late in the game.

Combat and progression

You fight enemies in turn-based battles and face challenging bosses. Enemies have weaknesses you can exploit for maximum damage, while some can reflect your spells back at you. Random outcomes can sometimes cause a game over, reflecting the design of 1980s NES RPGs. The game is designed to require little grinding, with about 20 minutes of intentional grinding on the second-fastest game speed.

Style and length

The game uses NES-style visuals and music, though some visual changes and a vibrato plugin give it elements that are not NES-authentic. A playthrough took about 4.5 hours with animations on at the faster speed setting; that estimate excludes battles that end in defeat and require a reload, so playtime varies with game speed and reloads. There is no New Game+ or other game mode, so replaying means starting again.