How’s your handwriting?
Good, is it?
Can you read Latin?
What else could it be butPentiment!
Absolutely no thank you.
If theres a stonking good story that unfolds alongside it, thats a bonus.
Pentiment is very much that, and also nabs that bonus for an enthralling story, too.
Wanting to clear his friends name, our artist sets out to find the real killer.
What I love most about Pentiment is its use of setting.
Its a story that could only be told during a very specific time in the 16th century.
The relationship between the church and the local peasants has become… uneasy.
Instead of being directed by the story, its basically all down to you.
Be careful though, as whoever you end up pointing the finger at will have drastic repercussions through generations.
No pressure, then.
Multiple playthroughs arent vital but I highly recommend it.
You really cant get more historically accurate than that.
My screenshot folder is proper stuffed.
you’re able to play it between watching Christmas re-runs of Agatha Christie’s Poirot.
Alice Bee:It’s giving big The Name Of The Rose energy.
My favourite thing in Pentiment is the text animation, which I havewaxed lyrical onbefore.
It is drawn on screen in front of you as if an invisible quill were writing on parchment.
It’s one of the most beautiful things I’ve seen in a game.
It’s basically pornographic.
The characters feel very realised, because Obsidian knows a lot about who they are and their motivations.
