Pentiment (2022)
Genres:Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Puzzle
Themes:Historical, Mystery
Game modes:Single player
Story:A 16th-century narrative adventure set in Upper Bavaria, following Andreas Maler, a journeyman artist working in the bygone scriptorium of Kiersau Abbey during a time of great social unrest. While finishing his masterpiece, Andreas inadvertently becomes entangled in a series of murders that take place over 25 years. Peasants, thieves, craftsmen, monks, nuns, nobles, and even saints must be investigated and interrogated to expose the truth.Show more
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I was excited for this game after I heard that Josh Sawer was the lead, and boy I was not disappointed. The game is absolutely beautiful with every screenshot taken feeling like a work of art. The game is also an amazing demonstration of Josh Sawer's love of choices and consequences with world that changes depending on what you did in the previous acts. I even learned a few things about the time period, like the fact that Ethiopia was sending people to Europe on diplomatic missions. Pentiment is a fantastic game that deserve the DRM free treatment.
I grew up on Point and click games, so when i saw Obsidian Entertainment developed this i immediately had to check it out. Short story, this game deserves to be DRM free, it deserves to be owned by point and click adventure fans like myself.
This game features all the citizens of a whole town, and yet by the end, I felt I new and cared for almost each one of them. I love these characters and I love this world that might very well have existed 500 years before I was ever born.
As it is one of my favourite and most cherished games, I would like to have it in its entirety on GOG, it feels like keeping it close to my heart in a way.
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