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Pentiment

Pentiment

Obsidian Entertainment·Released Nov 15, 2022·Single player

Platforms
Xbox Series XPS4PCPS5Xbox OneSwitch
Genres
PuzzleRPGAdventure
Critic86/100
Across 9 reviews
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About

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.

Reviews

11 reviews
year:20242022
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Nintendo Life
PJ O'Reilly·Feb 27, 2024
Critic100/100
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Pentiment is a fantastic adventure RPG that revels in a studious approach to history and immaculate recreations of the styles and traditions of 16th-century Bavaria. There's a super smart, funny, and engaging murder mystery to investigate here, but it's how that mystery is so fully rooted in the world that's been lovingly crafted around it that really elevates this experience. It's one of the best games of the past decade, hands down, and to have that experience running and performing perfectly on Switch is a joyous thing - it feels like it was made for Nintendo's console. This is about as essential as games get.

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Push Square
John Cal McCormick·Feb 26, 2024
Critic80/100
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We were largely enthralled during our dozen or so hours with Pentiment. The mystery at the heart of the narrative remains compelling throughout, but it was the smaller moments that warmed our hearts; breaking bread with friends, sharing in their joy and heartbreak, watching lives play out, and generations pass, in a world on the cusp of dramatic change.

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IGN
Leana Hafer·Nov 14, 2022
Critic100/100
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A clever Late Medieval detective story with a gorgeously-realized world.

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Pure Xbox
PJ O'Reilly·Nov 14, 2022
Critic90/100
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Pentiment is one of the most unique and clever games we've played in a very long time. It may be the fabulous art style that first draws you to this one, and it really is quite the looker, but it's actually the very obvious care that's been poured into the narrative and the exacting detail in every aspect of the world-building here that ends up selling the whole thing so well. With a story that really goes some places, tons of history to learn about, lots of fantastic characters to meet and plenty of fun and surprises along the way, this is one medieval murder mystery you should absolutely check out as soon as it hits Xbox Game Pass.

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