Pentiment arrives tomorrow... here are our thoughts on Obsidian's stylish historical adventure!
Video games really have spoiled us in terms of power and spectacle. We’ve felled armies, saved galaxies, defeated gods… you name it, chances are some gaming hero or another has done it in suitably bombastic style. Sometimes, though, we might not want that — the stakes don’t always need to be that high to make for a captivating tale and when so many games are already competing to one-up one another to crank the intensity ever higher, it can be a great change of pace to dial things back a bit.
From a gameplay perspective, Pentiment mostly plays like a fairly traditional point-and-click adventure, but you don’t need to worry about missing things as anything interactive is clearly labelled. You do, however, need to frequently try talking to as many people as possible in case you miss out on new conversations after fresh information comes to light.
This isn’t the only way Pentiment is extremely smart with its visual design, either. The excellent overall art style certainly helps, but the stunning typography takes the crown here, especially with dialogue being the game’s most important feature. It’s rare that you’ll hear someone say that a lack of voice acting is a good thing, but that’s absolutely the case with Pentiment.
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