Pentiment

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7.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 140 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 93 out of 140
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 140
  3. Negative: 29 out of 140

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  1. Cryheme
    Dec 14, 2022
    10
    One of the best games in the genre. Disco Elusium meets Medievil (without skeletons).
  2. FauxEden
    Jun 11, 2023
    10
    This is the best game i've played in probably a decade. Simply amazing. Beautiful art, great engaging dialogue and you learn a lot of stuff. The story is fantastic and I would love more like it
  3. Cjm_cola_cole
    Nov 23, 2022
    10
    Great narrative game. Love how people are review bombing it for not being something it ever claimed to be
  4. Deadheadbill
    Nov 19, 2022
    10
    In a world of Call of Duty and Destiny we need a game like this. I can see why some might not like it due to the amount of reading and the style of gameplay but for the targeted playerbase it is a masterpiece.
  5. Nondas
    Nov 17, 2022
    10
    an incredible adventure full of twists and turns and with an outstanding story, I recommend it to everyone who likes an incredible narrative
  6. Gaudy
    Jan 31, 2023
    10
    Una historia enganchante. La historia es magnifica además de la manera de contarla. Cuesta un poco de cogerle el ritmo las primeras horas pero la historia y el ambiente te van atrapando. El sonido ambiente y la música casan a la perfección con lo que quiere expresar el juego. Los gráficos son simples debido a que imita artisticamente a los códices del siglo XV con lo que es absurdoUna historia enganchante. La historia es magnifica además de la manera de contarla. Cuesta un poco de cogerle el ritmo las primeras horas pero la historia y el ambiente te van atrapando. El sonido ambiente y la música casan a la perfección con lo que quiere expresar el juego. Los gráficos son simples debido a que imita artisticamente a los códices del siglo XV con lo que es absurdo críticarlo por los gráficos ya que su intención es artistica. Artisticamente es una obra maestra. Las decisiones son vitales y constantes, dando giros de guión con cada una de ellas cambiando la historia constantemente. No hay dos partidas iguales. Artisticamente esta cuidado al milimetro y consigue transmitir unas sensaciones increibles en un juego con gráficos "obsoletos". Una aventura relajada pero increiblemente intensa donde se disfruta cada minuto de las mas de 30 horas que le heche. Muy rejugable. Un imprescindible.… Expand
  7. Samnity
    Nov 29, 2022
    10
    Amazing game. The narrative, the characters, the design, the music, a trully masterpiece.
  8. SolRacRG
    Dec 27, 2022
    10
    The good:
    -Beautiful and consistent visual style
    -Fitting sound design, with amazing music and ambience sounds -Interesting and captivating story, and perfectly told [SPOILER AHEAD] The bad: Choices don't affect the final, just the road. [END OF SPOILER] The Ugly: -Lacks better handling of events. Sometimes, you can start conversations with NPC's after have done activities    The good:
    -Beautiful and consistent visual style
    -Fitting sound design, with amazing music and ambience sounds
    -Interesting and captivating story, and perfectly told

    [SPOILER AHEAD]

    The bad:
    Choices don't affect the final, just the road.

    [END OF SPOILER]

    The Ugly:
    -Lacks better handling of events. Sometimes, you can start conversations with NPC's after have done activities that make said conversations be out of place. I hope they fix it in the future.

    Overall, I would give it a 8/10 but because there is people who give it a 0 just becuase it isn't what they expected, I had to give a 10/10 to even things a little bit, as it deserves better that those haters.    … Expand
  9. GVB
    Nov 29, 2022
    10
    It's a game with soul, deep and emotional. A great story with RPG elements where you will suffer and laugh with each character. It's like reading The Pillars of the Earth, or The Name of the Rose, but making meaningful decisions and with a soundtrack that you will not forget easily.

    It's not perfect... but almost.
  10. OceanUla
    Nov 15, 2022
    10
    Отличная игра, сюжет и детективная составляющая 10/10. Ролевая игра с отличными диалогами. Тут нет боевки как в Disco Elysium, но игре это не мешает. В общем советую.
  11. Bonnily
    Nov 16, 2022
    10
    I‘m really enjoying the story of this. Took a while to get into, but once I did I was blown away. So many choices, amazing music score and interesting mystery at the middle. Can recommend this for anyone who likes point and click type of adventures and games where your choices matter.
  12. mister_emu
    Jan 24, 2023
    10
    What would happen if Agatha Christie wrote Andre Rublev and set it in Bavaria?
  13. Bavari-90
    Nov 17, 2022
    10
    Just to make ponies sad.
  14. TerraSanctum
    Nov 21, 2022
    10
    This game is simply AMAZING! It drags a little in the first hour, but once the story and character develops it becomes extremely addicting and fascinating! Its would have never guessed how deep the story is, and how immersive it gets, putting the player face to face with some situations hardly presented in medieval times games. Showing the commum folk struggle for life, religion conflicts,This game is simply AMAZING! It drags a little in the first hour, but once the story and character develops it becomes extremely addicting and fascinating! Its would have never guessed how deep the story is, and how immersive it gets, putting the player face to face with some situations hardly presented in medieval times games. Showing the commum folk struggle for life, religion conflicts, woman struggle on society, and the consequences for your choices.. Im already 16h into this game and loving it, just cant stop playing this masterpiece! Thank you for such amazing game, Obsidian!… Expand
  15. Hyperion22
    Nov 28, 2022
    10
    Pentiment es un juego que no es para todo el mundo, pero siendo de Obsidian es sinónimo de calidad. Tiene un apartado grafico excelente y para alguien que le llame la atención la ambientación histórica de principios de la Edad Moderna es indispensable (siempre que sepas que es una aventura gráfica y no un juego de pegar tiros o espadazos). Tiene personajes memorables, elementos de RPG muyPentiment es un juego que no es para todo el mundo, pero siendo de Obsidian es sinónimo de calidad. Tiene un apartado grafico excelente y para alguien que le llame la atención la ambientación histórica de principios de la Edad Moderna es indispensable (siempre que sepas que es una aventura gráfica y no un juego de pegar tiros o espadazos). Tiene personajes memorables, elementos de RPG muy interesantes y la historia consigue mantenerte atrapado de principio a fin.… Expand
  16. Lysterao
    Nov 17, 2022
    10
    Now this game isn't for everyone, it's slow paced, cerebral, nuanced and about time period that many people will care little for and know even less about. However, in terms of the Genre it comes from and what it's trying to achieve it's a masterpiece. Brimming with thoughtful artistic choices, good puzzle design, well written characters and an intriguing murder mystery than never holds your hand.
  17. ranp34
    Nov 17, 2022
    10
    Excelente historia, te adientra en la edad media con sus conflictos religiosos de momento, la estetica del juego es impecable para la historia que se cuenta, la trama te va enganchado mediante vas jugando, sin duda una propuesta diferente y que se aprecia que llegara al gamepass de manera gratuita.
  18. plagia
    Nov 22, 2022
    10
    Ce jeu prend du temps à installer son rythme mais alors une fois que cela ai fait on découvre toute la richesse que ce jeu a à nous offrir.
  19. Cholas
    Jan 27, 2023
    10
    Una delicia de trabajo, recuerda a juegos como la abadía del crimen, donde con falta de recursos se hacían grandes cosas para manter la intriga y hacerte pensar por donde seguir y tus acciones tienen consecuencias futuras. Artísticamente perfecto
  20. jimkaddi
    Feb 2, 2023
    10
    Gamers need more games like this! a masterpiece of story, music, graphic design, and vibe. Refreshing to see XBOX is supporting such studios to inject their creativities into making games and bringing new tastes to the market. I had a definite blast playing this game and I got to learn a lot more about medieval Germany as a person who lives in Germany himself! Well done Obsidian.
  21. Xenshin1231
    Jan 29, 2023
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pentiment is a game so good that it made me interested in history. Pentiment takes place in 1500's Bavaria, a time and a place that I've never found myself interested in before; however, you end up becoming so immersed in the characters, the murder mystery and the decisions you make along the way that you find yourself wanting to learn more about this era.
    The setting is the crux of why the game is so engaging. You play as Andreas Maler living in the small mountain town of Tassing as a journeyman artist working for the Kiersau abbey. The game explores how life might have been lived back then looking at the relationships between the peasants, tradesmen, and the Catholic church. The brutality of life and the commonplace of death is another theme in place in the game. Between acts there are large jumps of time and many characters end up dying between and during these acts. When talking to other characters about those who have passed many just accept it as the way of life, showing how brutal life could be back then. The major exception is Andreas look at the deaths to those close around him, which is a good way for the player relate more to this look at death.
    The gameplay comprises of adventure type game with a heavy emphasis on decision based dialogue in order to persuade characters to reveal information or to act in a certain way. Andreas background choices influence dialogue choices as they allow for more dialogue options. However, as opposed to many other RPG's or decision based games, your specialized dialogue choice based on your background can often times be more harmful than useful. It is important to read what Andreas will be saying and more importantly who he is talking to as sometimes choosing your specialized choice might make whoever you are talking to more angry. For example, members of the church don't like it when you make comments on matters based on Bavarian law.
    Another detail of the game I love is how the text font of each character changes based on their ability to read and write as well as what their background is.
    While playing my decisions felt impactful but in act 3 they felt less meaningful. While playing through Act 1 I was confident on who I believed the killer was, but on watching the execution scene I thought there was a possibility I made a mistake. Usually I would look up to see who the true killer was but I was confident in my conviction and continued on. The same happened with Act 2. Now that I've beaten the game and know there is no correct answer to who the killer is, I feel my decisions were correct; however, I feel this lessens the impact of the gameplay in the game. Decision based gameplay remains one of the hardest games to design due to the audiences perception of the outcome of their decisions. Pentiment does this well by not making it obvious in game as to if you made a correct decision or not.
    Overall I loved Pentiment for making me make decisions I stuck with and I didn't try to cheese the game out of. I really ended up liking many characters as well as learning about this era in time. I recommend this game to anyone who likes decision based gameplay, murder mysteries, or the Middle Ages.    … Expand
  22. Archound
    Dec 15, 2022
    9
    Act 1 and 2 deserve a solid 10/10. Not sure what happened with Act 3, but the game's pacing was disrupted and the writing got worse. Unique, beautiful tale in a historical setting. All in all, it's 2022 GOTY, slightly better than Immortality.
    Don't start me with Elden Ring, a copy-paste from DS with a repetitive and boring open-world and quest design that would be bad in the 90s. GoW is    Act 1 and 2 deserve a solid 10/10. Not sure what happened with Act 3, but the game's pacing was disrupted and the writing got worse. Unique, beautiful tale in a historical setting. All in all, it's 2022 GOTY, slightly better than Immortality.
    Don't start me with Elden Ring, a copy-paste from DS with a repetitive and boring open-world and quest design that would be bad in the 90s. GoW is fine, but it already won GOTY 2018. It's 2022, hello!    … Expand
  23. MrDog3
    Jun 30, 2023
    9
    Everything that Obsidian touches turns to gold
    This has got to be one of the most creative indie game l've ever played. It's just that Obsidian Magic again. You shouldn't miss this one out, even if you are not into Obsidian's games; this game is pure creativity.
  24. epelpaj
    Nov 23, 2022
    9
    One of the best games this year. Outstanding visual style, with a great story, dialogue and characters. The sound design is great, but I would've liked some more music in the background. Also some voice acting would've been nice, atleast a few words to help give the players some aid in differantiating the characters. The gameplay is simple, but perfect for this game.

    Tl;dr: One of the    One of the best games this year. Outstanding visual style, with a great story, dialogue and characters. The sound design is great, but I would've liked some more music in the background. Also some voice acting would've been nice, atleast a few words to help give the players some aid in differantiating the characters. The gameplay is simple, but perfect for this game.

    Tl;dr: One of the best games this year, lacking music/voice acting.    … Expand
  25. Pplatt
    Nov 21, 2022
    9
    Not for non-reader kiddies and mindless bros who only think CoD and other twitch shooters when they think of video games.
    This is an excellently written slow NARRATIVE experience. It's all reading, all of the time. And it's pretty wonderful.
  26. george_bondo
    Jun 4, 2023
    9
    I played one of the most beautiful and soulful project, the game resembles a visual novel with hints of puzzles and RPG, great story and game
  27. Cynicayke
    Nov 23, 2022
    9
    Always a shame when illiterate mouthbreathers review-bomb a game from their mother's basement just because big words make them feel stupid and they decide to take it out on the work of people with actual talent. Perhaps a looped gif of someone jangling shiny keys in front of them would be more their speed.

    An interesting, well-written mystery game with some subtle RPG and    Always a shame when illiterate mouthbreathers review-bomb a game from their mother's basement just because big words make them feel stupid and they decide to take it out on the work of people with actual talent. Perhaps a looped gif of someone jangling shiny keys in front of them would be more their speed.

    An interesting, well-written mystery game with some subtle RPG and choice-consequence mechanics and fantastic, cleverly used artwork.    … Expand
  28. mattmcbride
    Nov 25, 2022
    9
    I read this game was getting review bombed, so wanted to put a real review up. I thought this game was excellent. I really enjoyed the story and setting, and felt the art style (and cool font idea) suited it perfectly. I liked the limited time to figure out what was going on, and not knowing if I got it right or not. I felt like my choices had real consequences over the course of the game.I read this game was getting review bombed, so wanted to put a real review up. I thought this game was excellent. I really enjoyed the story and setting, and felt the art style (and cool font idea) suited it perfectly. I liked the limited time to figure out what was going on, and not knowing if I got it right or not. I felt like my choices had real consequences over the course of the game. So while this game was not intended for everyone, it’s a great game, and I’m really glad something like this was made.… Expand
  29. ELGALIDIOS
    Nov 30, 2022
    9
    This review is written in spanish, feel free to use any translation app of your preference :)

    En resumidas palabras, me atrevería a decir que es uno de los mejores juegos que nos ha traído el 2022. Muchos dicen que el juego no es para todos, puede que tengan razón. El juego destaca sobre todo, en el apartado narrativo, dónde nos cuenta una interesante e intrigante historia. Toca    This review is written in spanish, feel free to use any translation app of your preference :)

    En resumidas palabras, me atrevería a decir que es uno de los mejores juegos que nos ha traído el 2022. Muchos dicen que el juego no es para todos, puede que tengan razón. El juego destaca sobre todo, en el apartado narrativo, dónde nos cuenta una interesante e intrigante historia. Toca temáticas cómo: el papel de la religión en la sociedad, el rol de la mujer entre otros temas. La ambientación es uno de los grandes puntos a favor de esta obra. A mí parecer y los videojuegos y la cultura POP en general, el medievo ha sido en general, siempre utilizado cómo ambientación para historias fantásticas. En cambio, Pentiment nos presenta una ambientación sumamente trabajada y documentada sobre el albor del renacimiento en la Alta Baviera. El apartado artístico y sonoro son una maravilla y cumplen con creces con lo que la obra busca transmitir sobre todo los dibujos y grabados que reflejan perfectamente el arte de la época. No he detectado ningún tipo de bug o error en el juego en mis 17 horas jugadas. En el apartado jugable, es evidente que no es un juego de acción y diría que se asemejaría más a los subgéneros "point and click" o de "novela gráfica". También tiene elementos de RPG aunque no me atrevería a decir que es un RPG ya que si bien , lo que construyes del personaje si afecta algunos diálogos,no es tan trascendental para el gameplay o para la historia en sí. En cualquier caso, el juego cuenta con minijuegos y puzzles que me parecen creativos, pero que son demasiado sencillos a mí parecer. Algunos otros puntos negativos que noté es por ejemplo: que en una sóla ocasión, en una sola caja de diálogo, las palabras cambiaron de estar en español a inglés. Por otra parte, aunque me parece que es un juego con una excelente narrativa, lo cierto es que hay partes que pueden llegar a sentirse "lentas o pesadas" . En conclusión. Sin lugar a dudas aunque dejé muchas de mis ideas fuera de mi reseña, sí puedo decir que Pentiment es de lo mejor del año. Por desgracia y lo que he observado Pentiment ha sido en mi opinión, infravalorado e incluso ha sufrido "review-bombing" por aquellos que no disfrutan de este tipo de experiencias. Pentiment, es un juego que me ha hecho aprender y reflexionar. Si bien no podríamos decir que Pentiment es innovador en el apartado jugable o mecánico, creo que sí lo es en su dirección artística y de ambientación. Pentiment es sin lugar a dudas único, algo que necesitábamos este 2022 y que nos hace recordar por qué los videojuegos son arte.

    PD. Disculpennme si existen errores de ortografía o redacción en la reseña :)    … Expand
  30. kesik93
    Dec 20, 2022
    9
    Easily one of the best games of 2022. Very unique experience. This is yet another example which shows that Obsidian is always making hits, even if they're not making classic RPG game. Great artstyle portraying life in sixteenth century Europe. Very good writing and characters. And super interesting story with twists and reveals. Just superb game.
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Metascore
88

Generally favorable reviews - based on 43 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 40 out of 43
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 43
  3. Negative: 0 out of 43
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 24, 2024
    100
    If you like the late Middle Ages, detective stories, interesting stories, don't mind reading, this is the perfect game for you. [Issue#324]
  2. Adventure Game Hotspot
    Apr 14, 2023
    85
    Pentiment is a captivating Renaissance adventure that challenges players to unravel both a murder mystery and the many enigmas of history.
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  3. Adventure Gamers
    Jan 3, 2023
    90
    Overall, Pentiment is a fantastic game with minor flaws that still impresses, even if the twist at the end of the second act is very difficult to accept. Despite being developed by a small team, Obsidian has demonstrated its ability to create an immersive and demanding game that blurs the line between art and gameplay.
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