Pentiment

 Xbox Series X
User Score
7.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 410 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 294 out of 410
  2. Mixed: 27 out of 410
  3. Negative: 89 out of 410

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  1. Johnnysagu
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pentimentzzz boring game the first 10 minutes its enough to put you to sleep… Expand
  2. Bluphoenicks
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    This is not a game - it's an animated Illuminated manuscript akin to the transition scenes in Monty python and the holy grail...
  3. codsworth
    Dec 3, 2022
    2
    Went into this not knowing a thing, but found the writing pretty banal and the gameplay tedious. Personally didn't like the writing, feels high-handed and pretentious, and the art is overrated
  4. Wilber88
    Dec 25, 2022
    1
    The dullest “video game” experience I’ve ever had. I’ve never been this bored on my Xbox before.
  5. CalvoConRetraso
    Nov 16, 2022
    0
    No hay nada más aburrido que este juego, cualquier juego de android es más divertido que el Pentiment, Inclusive el parchis tiene mejores gráficos y jugabilidad que este juego. No cometas el error de ni siquiera instalar el juego ya que es un desperdicio de espacio en disco.
  6. OnlyOneHere
    Nov 17, 2022
    0
    This isn't even a game, it is a virtual book. I only played 20 minutes of this steaming pile of garbage and that's enough for me to know that there isn't any actual gameplay. I was expecting to beat up some bad guys and these lazy developers can't even do the bare minimum. And the greedy developers had the audacity to charge $20 for this piece of garbage. Are you freaking kidding me XboxThis isn't even a game, it is a virtual book. I only played 20 minutes of this steaming pile of garbage and that's enough for me to know that there isn't any actual gameplay. I was expecting to beat up some bad guys and these lazy developers can't even do the bare minimum. And the greedy developers had the audacity to charge $20 for this piece of garbage. Are you freaking kidding me Xbox Game Studios? They had the audacity to sell us a $30 PowerPoint Presentation and now a $20 virtual book. I can purchase an actual book for a cheaper price. Xbox Game Studios publishing "indie" games isn't the real problem, it's the fact that they have the lowest production value possible. Microsoft is a multi-trillion dollar company for goodness sake, and this game makes Untitled Goose Game look like a AAA game. That is pathetic and flat out embarrassing.

    Is there any multiplayer? Not that I know of. This game doesn't even have any gameplay, so it doesn't matter either way. These cheapskates didn't even bother to hire voice actors. I want a refund. It's free on Game Pass, but this game should have been free to began with. I've played free flash and mobile games that have better production value than this. Microsoft brags about day and date games, but this year had been nothing but indie trash. There's no need to subscribe to that awful service for now. I don't recommend this poor excuse of a "game" at all, unless you want to support laziness.    … Expand
  7. Diegames
    Nov 17, 2022
    0
    É qualquer coisa menos um jogo de videogame. Simplemente injogáve e impossível se cativar com ele. É uma pena ver a decadência constante da MS.
  8. BigDad02
    Nov 17, 2022
    0
    Sinceramente eu duvido muito que estas pessoas que estão dando nota 10 pro game jogaram e realmente consideraram o jogo perfeito, conforme a nota sugere. Isso não é um jogo de videogame galera, na moral. Chega a ser verginhoso dar nota alta para isso.
  9. mabritec
    Nov 16, 2022
    1
    Es increíble la tristeza que genera un juego que se presento como una obra maestra, le doy 1 porque considero que existe un trabajo detrás de cada minuto de tortura que genera este "juego", sinceramente, no se que les pasa por la cabeza cuando quieren sacar un LIBRO como que si fuera un juego, es tanto lo que hay que leer que se vuelve aburrido y monótono, señoritas cuando quiero leer unEs increíble la tristeza que genera un juego que se presento como una obra maestra, le doy 1 porque considero que existe un trabajo detrás de cada minuto de tortura que genera este "juego", sinceramente, no se que les pasa por la cabeza cuando quieren sacar un LIBRO como que si fuera un juego, es tanto lo que hay que leer que se vuelve aburrido y monótono, señoritas cuando quiero leer un libro lo leo y lo disfruto, cuando quiero un video juego me siento JUEGO y lo disfruto, pero este libro NO LO DISFRUTE.
    Parte técnica, parece realizado por un grupo de desarrolladores en su primer mes frente un proyecto de estas características, (((el juego TOEM UNA AVENTURA FOTOGRAFICA, es en blanco y negro y tan plano y 2D como este))) sin embargo el TOEM engancha de principio a fin, este NO, es patético, PATETICO, ahora me pregunto como no odiarlo.
    Parte Grafica, bien, que mas se puede esperar de "arte medieval" 2D, bien, X en la vida.
    Audio nada mas de lo mismo, monótono y aburrido.
    Este "video juego" no vale ni el tiempo, ni los datos (5gb) no se donde están, ni la electricidad que se utilizo ni para su producción, ni para que ninguna persona lo descargara.
    En fin este juego me hizo odiar Xbox y obsidian.

    Algo si puedo decir, este "video juego" fue tan osado que se permitió patear en el suelo a todos los maravillosos títulos que fueron presentados por la empresa antes, es una empresa que ya nadie podrá volver a ver con los mismos ojos y ESO ES LO MAS TRISTE.    … Expand
  10. manujm23
    Nov 17, 2022
    0
    menudo tordazo de juego, aburrido, graficamente malisimo, el peor juego de obsidian hasta la fecha
  11. xQnv
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    Deserves less than a 0 !
    A cheap quality game with a $h!tty graphics also it's a 2D game About the story the story is the worst Subtitles takes ages to be written
    And a 0 gameplay .
    The gaming industry should make less 2D games.
  12. RYOHZK
    Nov 17, 2022
    0
    Berbat ötesi bir oyun x box hiç şaşırtmıyor dünyanın en güçlü konsolu demekle olmuyor o konsoldaki oyunların kalitesi önemli olan bundan yıllar sonra oyun dünyasında x boxun oyun dünyasına verdiği tahribatı konuşacak insanlar bunu görmek için kahin olmaya gerek yok çıkan oyunların kalitesizlik en büyük ispatı .
  13. Pockeey
    Nov 16, 2022
    0
    The production value is so low it’s laughable.

    Series X is 2 years old. How is it still so hard to find good games on that aren’t buried under a sea of shovelware on Gamepass?
  14. bex038
    Nov 18, 2022
    0
    I cant believe they released that game soo early: Its not finished and have massive performance issues on my series s. Please give me back my money!
  15. Playestus
    Nov 17, 2022
    0
    Me han dicho que era una obra maestra, bastante lejano a la realidad. Es la peor basura que he "jugado" en el año. Ni siquiera como libro es bueno.
  16. Sun3030
    Nov 27, 2022
    1
    Pentiment at its core is a OG Xbox game and a digital book thats boring AF. IMO not worth your time. The story was ok but omg i'd rather just read a book its slow to get going and when it does I was left hating myself for staying with this visual book as long as I did. Full disclosure the art style used for this visual book was not my thing so i cant award review pts for the developersPentiment at its core is a OG Xbox game and a digital book thats boring AF. IMO not worth your time. The story was ok but omg i'd rather just read a book its slow to get going and when it does I was left hating myself for staying with this visual book as long as I did. Full disclosure the art style used for this visual book was not my thing so i cant award review pts for the developers effort. As a rental game on Xbox Game Pass it was a waste of time and im sure there's better ways you can waste yours.
    My score 1.    … Expand
  17. JairoAntonio85
    Nov 16, 2022
    0
    Pentiment es un juego aburridisimo con gráficos de hace 25 años, todo esta mal con este juego, la música es inexistente, solo cuentas con el sonido ambiental que parece hecho por un aficionado, la historia es un asco, la jugabilidad es peor que la de un cd rom interactivo y por si fuera poco la animación parece hecha por niños de primaria. Es el peor juego que he visto en toda mi vida. NoPentiment es un juego aburridisimo con gráficos de hace 25 años, todo esta mal con este juego, la música es inexistente, solo cuentas con el sonido ambiental que parece hecho por un aficionado, la historia es un asco, la jugabilidad es peor que la de un cd rom interactivo y por si fuera poco la animación parece hecha por niños de primaria. Es el peor juego que he visto en toda mi vida. No cabe duda que este ha sido el peor año de Xbox y Microsoft. Ya perdieron la generación de nuevo.… Expand
  18. Thetype
    Nov 18, 2022
    2
    Don't like it, game is interesting but in 2022 this bd like isn't on par with new gen games that we are waiting for
    Mini game that can be play on mobile
  19. Endymion_Var
    Nov 17, 2022
    1
    Para que quiero una consola de nueva Generación para jugar a esta basura.
    Pero que es esto; donde esta la potencia de Series X
    Vaya truño de juego, dibujos pintados nada de jugabilidad y hasta es control ni responde
  20. Bertrandoskt
    Nov 18, 2022
    0
    Game freak , TPC e a Nintendo deveriam ter vergonha de entregar um jogo cheio de problemas visuais assim no mesmo ano que saiu jogos bem trabalhados no Nintendo switch, são problemas desde mal renderização de cenários, a tela ficando escura toda vez que tem uma transição de cena, mas vergonha ainda é ver jornalistas gamer dando nota 100 pra um jogo entregue com essa pobreza nosGame freak , TPC e a Nintendo deveriam ter vergonha de entregar um jogo cheio de problemas visuais assim no mesmo ano que saiu jogos bem trabalhados no Nintendo switch, são problemas desde mal renderização de cenários, a tela ficando escura toda vez que tem uma transição de cena, mas vergonha ainda é ver jornalistas gamer dando nota 100 pra um jogo entregue com essa pobreza nos cenários, falta de polimento visual etc só porq é puxa saco da companhia pokemon, dito isso os pokemon estão lindos, desempenho e cenários do jogo estão horríveis. A gameplay é legal mas ainda fica atrás das inovações do pokemon legends. Não tem legendas em português brasileiro e nem português de Portugal em pleno 2022.… Expand
  21. SawneeBean
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    More indie garbo from XBS. I don't even consider this a video game. A visual book you get to play along in. Pfft
  22. o22ie
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Wow this game is boring played for few hours couldn't take anymore. Back to God of War: Ragnarok
  23. ParanoydAndroyd
    Nov 18, 2022
    0
    Trash game. If I wanted to play a visual novel I'd just pick up a book and read it. Don't waste your time with more Gamepass filler content like this
  24. Broyax
    Dec 4, 2022
    0
    Obsidian fait aussi dans l’indé foireux, histoire de meubler un peu le Daube Pass avec des daubes ‘fraîches’, vite faites, mal faites qui ne manqueront pas d’attirer le public adulescent à la masse et/ou les ados mongolos à côté de la plaque.

    Les espèces de graphismes en 16 couleurs soi-disant inspirés de l’histoire médiévale ne font pas honneur à cette époque et la vision qu’a ce    Obsidian fait aussi dans l’indé foireux, histoire de meubler un peu le Daube Pass avec des daubes ‘fraîches’, vite faites, mal faites qui ne manqueront pas d’attirer le public adulescent à la masse et/ou les ados mongolos à côté de la plaque.

    Les espèces de graphismes en 16 couleurs soi-disant inspirés de l’histoire médiévale ne font pas honneur à cette époque et la vision qu’a ce studio américain de l’Europe du Moyen Age (ou plutôt de la Renaissance pour être plus précis) s’avère aussi stupide que maladroite et souvent ridicule.

    L’impression laissée par cette daube en 2D est indéniablement mauvaise et on lève les yeux au plafond d’ennui et d’incrédulité ; tout ce jeu est rempli à la fois d’imbécillités et de prétention, d’humour idiot et d’intellectualisme bobo en solde. Un jeu, non, que dis-je, un non-jeu superfétatoire et dérisoire, une ineptie inutile et du temps perdu. C’est pourquoi nous vous conseillons de vous écarter de cet étron indé et de l’évacuer aussi vite que possible !    … Expand
  25. MetacriticVoter
    May 2, 2023
    0
    Boring and nonsensical. It wants to be a Disco Elysium in the Dark Ages but ends up being the worst Professor Layton game you would ever play.
  26. Frank313
    Nov 25, 2022
    0
    Con el corazón en la mano, para mi este juego es como un juego de hace 20 años. Es muy absurdoi todo, el sonido de los diálogos, los graficos que son viñetas en cartulinas, un personaje que manejas dentro de un camino sin poder salir de ese camino, un estilo a un parchís, SIEMPRE EN LINEA RECTA .
    Este juego es mas bien para niños muy niños. No merece la pena salvo para nuestros bebes de 4    Con el corazón en la mano, para mi este juego es como un juego de hace 20 años. Es muy absurdoi todo, el sonido de los diálogos, los graficos que son viñetas en cartulinas, un personaje que manejas dentro de un camino sin poder salir de ese camino, un estilo a un parchís, SIEMPRE EN LINEA RECTA .
    Este juego es mas bien para niños muy niños. No merece la pena salvo para nuestros bebes de 4 o 6 años.    … Expand
  27. Paled
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    It's a horrible game! We can't even call it a game, it's an interactive story at best.
  28. nosplashsl
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. increíble que obsidian en vez de dedicarse a hacer un juego en condiciones de la mano de Xbox, opten por entregar este “librojuego” honestamente aburrido… Expand
  29. neomoonsevin
    Dec 11, 2022
    1
    Rubbish with shert paper cutout graphics is this unity engine because it is well known for using these budget graphics
  30. Fatmandu
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    This game is bad because its boring and had bad graphics and you have to read too much - if I wanna read I get a book.
  31. Chavamp
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    Le pongo dos puntos por la intención de innovación, sin embargo el juego está lejos de ser del interés general, es increíble que obsidian en vez de dedicarse a hacer un juego en condiciones de la mano de Xbox, opten por entregar este “librojuego” honestamente aburrido, en verdad me arrepiento de haberme comprado una Xbox series S
  32. Kreplik
    Nov 18, 2022
    2
    Pentiment. I do not know. The game gets almost nothing but 10/10, and it's not even a game. At least I didn't get to the gameplay. I've come to the point that it's boring and boils down to clicking through the subtitles. It looks like a western version of danganrompa, which I couldn't handle because of boring and annoying clicking through lines of text. So what if the plot isPentiment. I do not know. The game gets almost nothing but 10/10, and it's not even a game. At least I didn't get to the gameplay. I've come to the point that it's boring and boils down to clicking through the subtitles. It looks like a western version of danganrompa, which I couldn't handle because of boring and annoying clicking through lines of text. So what if the plot is supposedly great, and the atmospheric setting. But it's BORING! I'm at the age where I don't want to spend my free time clicking through a line of text. I prefer to read the book.… Expand
  33. ildemaro
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Juego super aburrido y para la potencia que viven alardeando me parece un producto de poca calidad, ya con 2 años en el mercado no se justifica que saquen eso..… Expand
  34. Fabiank2
    Jun 27, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Incredibly poor game. Such a disapointment! The story is ok but this is a very slow and ugly game… Expand
  35. Phuz
    Aug 27, 2023
    0
    The art style is horrible. The sounds are awful, the dialogue even in easy read mode could have picked way better fonts, it is a reading game after all, so make it as readable as possible.

    This is a review after very little time because it was so irritating I had to turn it off. Just nothing likeable. I'm all up for plod along adventure games but this lost me from the word go. The    The art style is horrible. The sounds are awful, the dialogue even in easy read mode could have picked way better fonts, it is a reading game after all, so make it as readable as possible.

    This is a review after very little time because it was so irritating I had to turn it off. Just nothing likeable.

    I'm all up for plod along adventure games but this lost me from the word go.

    The start of a game is very important to make someone excited to play. This made me excited to free up hard drive space.    … Expand
  36. Gemesi92
    Jan 29, 2023
    0
    A narrative game with multiple dialogue choices, but there are only one ending and 0 variety in the narration.
  37. Jpcotom
    Dec 16, 2022
    0
    I am still impressed on what Xbox is giving to the community. A random game tha perfectly match with a cellphone game. Disappointing.
  38. OG_Profficial
    Jan 24, 2023
    4
    Game was cool the art was old school but I found the story to be very entertaining.
  39. Umjogador
    Jun 17, 2023
    0
    Well, and this "game..." I think if you look at the red notes you'll see what most really think. A game full of polemics and affronts against the church? Will if I comment something disrespectful I'll be wrong or is it just you who can offend other people's faith and religion? Hard to call this game filmmaker, I've never seen something so silly and boring in my entire life. I really don'tWell, and this "game..." I think if you look at the red notes you'll see what most really think. A game full of polemics and affronts against the church? Will if I comment something disrespectful I'll be wrong or is it just you who can offend other people's faith and religion? Hard to call this game filmmaker, I've never seen something so silly and boring in my entire life. I really don't understand what Microsoft has been doing all these years, first they deliver Redfall totally broken, full of bugs, full of problems with 30fps, then they invent this totally useless "game", and lastly Starfiled which is coming again to 30fps... The biggest company of all can't deliver something the console can support. I'm tired of these bad games… Expand
  40. Ryzaerrr8791
    Jun 27, 2023
    0
    Maybe one of the worst independant game I ever played in my life
    This game is very poor at any stages
  41. SingleplayerBR
    Sep 5, 2023
    0
    Garbage, it is unacceptable spend all 2022 without any AAA game and then come up with this indie game made on PowerPoint, no OST, junkie gameplay, stupid dialogues, 100% garbage

Awards & Rankings

9
#9 Best Xbox Series X Game of 2022
5
#5 Most Discussed Xbox Series X Game of 2022

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
86

Generally favorable reviews - based on 56 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 51 out of 56
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 56
  3. Negative: 0 out of 56
  1. PCMag
    Mar 24, 2023
    90
    Pentiment is a thrilling, Renaissance-style whodunit that forgoes conventional video game action by focusing on an engaging narrative, branching dialogue options, and character relationships.
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  2. 4P.de
    Dec 1, 2022
    86
    Unique, exciting and clever, Pentiment is a beautiful yet educational adventure - a quiet but valuable gem in Xbox Game Pass.
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  3. TheXboxHub
    Nov 28, 2022
    100
    Pentiment is a superb game that marks an important step forward for its genre. Quiet, contemplative and intelligent, it is a shining example of what happens when a team is allowed to expand their horizons and take risks.
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