Pentiment

I won’t be original in saying that, first and foremost, Pentiment stands out thanks to its art and setting. Not many games can boast an art style inspired by medieval manuscripts (who even drew cats like that?), use different fonts to reflect a character’s level of education, or follow people’s lives over the course of a quarter century. The last point is the most crucial: if you don’t find joy in mundane interactions with the people around you, you’ll hardly enjoy the game. Pentiment is sometimes advertised as a detective game, but it soon becomes clear that this is hardly the case. You won’t uncover the truth before the end of the game, no matter what choices you make. What your decisions do affect - and not only those made during investigations - are the lives of the people around you. Remove someone from an important position, and another person will step into their shoes. Accuse someone of murder, and they will hold a grudge for years. Kill an abusive father, and you’ll later see how his family fares years later. This focus on families across generations results in deliberately slow-paced gameplay, where most conversations revolve around how people are doing and what troubles them, rather than the protagonist’s own concerns, as is often the case in games. The ultimate example of this is eating, of all things. Each day, you choose a household to share a meal with while talking to its occupants. More often than not, they ask you questions and discuss their daily lives just as people would in real life. It also gives you the chance to compare the humble meals of the poorest peasants with the lavish food served to an abbot. All in all, Pentiment deserves a try if you can put aside your thirst for action and immerse yourself in the daily lives of ordinary people in a medieval town.

[h1][b]3/10[/b][/h1] Pretty much only for extreme fanatics of European history and that's it. Very sparse. Not interesting enough for me even if I can appreciate the creativity behind the art style. Sound effects and dialogue are so bad they likely would have resulted in a refund even if I'd thought it *was* interesting enough otherwise. I don't want to give it a thumbs down, but I can't say I'd honestly recommend it to anyone I've ever met. [h2]Pros:[/h2] - The art is the biggest strength the game has. It's unique and pretty cool - Has good accessibility options - Gives some "anti-religion" vibes, which I like. Not sure if this continues throughout the game, but according to other reviewers, I think it does [h2]Mehs:[/h2] - I don't really care for the main character and I don't like his family or family dynamics. I get enough of family drama irl, I don't need it forced on me in games [h2]Cons:[/h2] - No voice acting at all - Very little music, and what there is doesn't usually fit. It sounds far too Gaelic for a game in Germany (even if there are good reasons for why it sounds that way) - Sound effects would have been ok in small doses, but they're just non-stop and become severely irritating. Especially the paper-scratching noise whenever anyone says anything. The general lack of music exposes the problems with the sound effects very quickly - Mouse pointer constantly disappears, including every time anyone says anything, even if you need to make a choice. This can easily result in accidentally choosing the wrong option - Dialogue doesn't sound remotely realistic for the game being so focused on history. This wouldn't normally be such an issue, but because the game is so sparse and so dialogue-centric... it's absolutely disastrous and utterly ruins the game

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Would I "recommend" this game to others? That's actually a hard question to answer. It depends on who you are. I have hundreds of hours in Crusader Kings and Europa Universalis, so I love this era and place in history. I also read and loved "Name of the Rose", which clearly has a lot of overlap here. If you don't have some of that, this probably would not be for you. It's *very* steeped in late medieval / early modern Christian Europe politics, religion, and worldview that might be a turnoff otherwise. The art, music, and writing are *achingly* beautiful. It's a clear work of art, and a wonder to behold. However, how much it is a "game" is a little less clear. There is some exploration and mystery, but pretty railroaded. It was much more like a "choose your own adventure" story with some *very* minor interactive elements that almost seemed to disrupt the flow sometimes more than add to it. The flow of the story was pretty ponderous at times. And the perspective shift for the third act was jarring. Not perfect. I actually put the game away for a few months because of it, but had an itching to come back to finish it and am glad I did. In the end, I'm giving a "thumbs up" because those metrics matter to the developer and publisher and I want to see more things like this out there in the world. Whether or not I "recommend" this to you: read what I wrote above and see if any of it resonates with you. I'm *very* happy I got to experience this, so maybe you will too!

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The art in this game is absolutely beautiful but thats a given as the game is about art. The standout part to me was the story, although it is a game that can end and progress very differently based on the choices you make as long as you make the choices yours, unless you royally screw everything up, you should feel satisfaction at the end. I like the ideas and questions it poses about religion, faith and how far one should go, I also really liked the discussions on many problems of the past, religion, misogny and the class system while not just saying everything about the past was horrible and never should have happened. The inclusion of the game and the discussions it opens are very well done with it including many different types of people from many different communities and parts of the world while keeping it respectful and not performatively adding them in. I may be repeating it but I do really appreciate that it does not glorify the past but also does not make it seem like the worst thing in the world, it also has its own ideas on change and how that affects communities in the moment, the long run and how it can affect peoples minds. Overall very cool game would reccomend to have a full playthrough at least twice, maybe three times.

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[h1]Um mistério medieval que virou obsessão[/h1] Eu comecei [i]Pentiment[/i] sem expectativa nenhuma, e talvez tenha sido exatamente isso que tornou a experiência tão marcante. Logo de cara, os gráficos me chamaram atenção, mas foi a forma como o jogo constrói sua narrativa que realmente me conquistou. [quote]Nada como passar o dia inteiro desvendando mistérios medievais, julgando todo mundo e ainda sair com mais dúvidas do que respostas. 10/10, faria fofoca em mosteiro novamente.[/quote] [hr][/hr] [h2]Uma história que exige atenção[/h2] [i]Pentiment[/i] é totalmente focado em história. É aquele tipo de jogo que te obriga a prestar atenção nos detalhes, ler bastante e explorar cada cantinho. Eu realmente não esperava que ele fosse tão [b]full história[/b] assim, e isso foi uma surpresa muito positiva. Os personagens são intrigantes, o enredo é envolvente e o plot twist é muito bem construído. Inclusive, se você for do tipo que observa tudo com cuidado, talvez consiga descobrir antes do final. Não foi o meu caso… mas isso só deixou a experiência ainda mais impactante. [hr][/hr] [h2]Estética impecável[/h2] Se tem uma coisa que se destaca em [i]Pentiment[/i], é a estética. O jogo é simplesmente [b]lindo[/b]. Dá pra sentir o cuidado em cada detalhe, como se tudo tivesse sido feito com muito carinho. Pra mim, a estética chega a ser tão forte quanto a própria história, é o tipo de jogo que você joga e pensa: isso aqui é arte. [hr][/hr] [h2]Sobre a experiência de jogar tudo de uma vez[/h2] A primeira jogada foi simplesmente incrível... eu fiquei tão envolvida que joguei o dia inteiro. Mas justamente por isso, quando fui atrás de fazer tudo e explorar cada possibilidade em sequência, a experiência acabou ficando um pouco cansativa pra mim. Não porque o jogo seja repetitivo, mas porque eu mesma quis consumir tudo de uma vez. [list] [*]O jogo incentiva múltiplas escolhas e caminhos [*]Nem tudo pode ser visto em uma única jogada [*]Vale mais a pena aproveitar com calma [/list] Se eu pudesse dar uma dica: jogue no seu tempo. É o tipo de experiência que merece ser absorvida aos poucos. [hr][/hr] [h2]Conclusão[/h2] No geral, [i]Pentiment[/i] é uma experiência única. Um jogo com uma narrativa cativante, personagens interessantes e uma estética simplesmente sensacional.