Pentiment - Josh Sawyer's historical mystery narrative-driven game set in 16th century Bavaria

[Junmarko]

So is it true that the game doesn't even bother to...

Spoiler

Have a concrete culprit for the murder that the PC investigates? Basically you can condemn anybody, but it's just a matter of opinion and you as the player can't know who the real murderer was within the story.

If that's the case, then truly this game is irremediable garbage.

heh...let's not pretend Obsidian is beyond selling Complete Ending DLC™ at this point.

 

[AwesomeButton]

Roguey , are you some kind of cringe freak?

 

[rusty_shackleford]

"different"
yeah, that's the reason people dislike gypsies.

 

[Hellion]

If those things in the background are stolen metal parts then this picture is 100% accurate.

 

[AwesomeButton]

Roguey , are you some kind of cringe freak?

It was a joke in the lines of do you enjoy digging up examples of cringe from this game.

BTW, this game existing and being released is solid proof that Josh has no real friends at Obsidian. I would have tried to talk him out of it.

 

[Alex]

If those things in the background are stolen metal parts then this picture is 100% accurate.

I think that is firewood. Going by the track record, I am going to guess the game never tells you whether it is stolen or not, but lets the player take their own conclusions.

 

[The_Mask]

Oh good... Josh Sawyer understands gypsies now. Great.

 

[Yosharian]

I saw some 'gameplay' of this in an impressions video and I just couldn't help but think that it's sad how far Obsidian have fallen

 

[gongal]

Oh good... Josh Sawyer understands gypsies now. Great.

He's americun... Of course he understands everything. In the most infantile, spineless way that is.

 

[Hellion]

I'd be surprised if this isn't a codexer. Show yourself, Robbaz.

 

[Infinitron]

It's not even a detective game, and this is only stated... on SA? What a turd.

Not just: https://www.thegamer.com/interview-obsidian-josh-sawyer-pentiment/

A historical murder mystery is certainly an intriguing and unique premise for a video game. But how much of a detective game will Pentiment be? I saw someone on Twitter describe it as 'medieval L.A. Noire' and I'm wondering how accurate that is, if at all. "I wouldn't say it's a detective game," says Sawyer. "There is a murder mystery at the heart of it, but I keep saying it's a narrative adventure to draw a distinction between the two. We don't have hardcore detective mechanics. There are no logic puzzles involving excluding people or confirming alibis. We actually did do that in a prototype, but it wasn't what we wanted."

 

[rusty_shackleford]

I'd be surprised if this isn't a codexer. Show yourself, Robbaz.

outside of the codex people still think obsidian is a company capable of developing a good game because they pay 0 attention to anything beyond brand labels

 

[Forest Dweller]

Equal Opportunity detective game.

 

[†††]

outside of the codex people still think obsidian is a company capable of developing a good game because they pay 0 attention to anything beyond brand labels

but le hecking new vegas

 

[Infinitron]

outside of the codex people still think obsidian is a company capable of developing a good game because they pay 0 attention to anything beyond brand labels

 

[Parabalus]

Is this worth playing?

 

[Tyranicon]

outside of the codex people still think obsidian is a company capable of developing a good game because they pay 0 attention to anything beyond brand labels

Imagine calling yourself a writer when all you do is critique video games.

Every day we stray further from god.

 

[Tyranicon]

Also I wish this game went a different way.

 

[†††]

The visual style is simply terrible, the more screens I see the more I screech. Medieval art under a tumblrette's lens.

 

[mediocrepoet]

Also I wish this game went a different way.

"He can see us!"
"I've seen everything. I've seen it all!"

 

[Starwars]

Despite annoyances, I'm enjoying this a lot more than I thought I would. Yes, the woke stuff feels shoehorned in in that special Californian way. And while I know this was hardly made for PC, the whole way in which you move about just feels annoying and clunky.

But, the story and characters are pretty nice I think. Aside from the wokeness present here and there, the tone of it all is nice and I'm pretty invested in the story as a whole. Visuals and (especially) music is good. The light roleplaying of it is nice. To me it feels a lot like something Inkle would make, sort of slightly reminiscant of Heaven't Vault (wokeness included). As far as "narrative adventure" goes (whatever that means), you could definitely do worse. And definitely inspired by The Name of the Rose.

After The Outer Worlds (last Obsidian game I played), I'm liking this a whole lot more overall. Though yep, you definitely have to set your expectations a bit. It's more like a visual novel or something.

 

[gongal]

After The Outer Worlds (last Obsidian game I played), I'm liking this a whole lot more overall. Though yep, you definitely have to set your expectations a bit. It's more like a visual novel or something.

Everything seem to feel at least "rather ok" after The Outer Worlds

 

[AwesomeButton]

And while I know this was hardly made for PC

How do you "know"? And what else was it made for - tablets?

 

[Infinitron]

 

[Haba]

1,187 players all time peak.

RIP.