The following contains mild spoilers for Pentiment. If you haven’t played it yet, go do that right now!
VGChartz's Lee Mehr: "When it’s all said and done, Pentiment is one of the most impressive narrative adventures in recent years. From the words scrawled across the page to impressive background details, there's a distinct appreciation for history coming out of every pore; moreover, it doesn't merely succeed at doing its homework, but also in fashioning unique visual storytelling that harmonizes with its rich narrative & themes. There are some specific design and narrative critiques, but none of them outright smother the abundant successes. For a title so reverent of history, it feels like divine justice that Obsidian's special adventure earns such a high spot in the annals of its own."
Pentiment demonstrates Obsidian Entertainment's ability to develop excellent games in genres that are currently little explored and Xbox Game Studios' ability to offer these games for new platforms.
Update 1.01 for the PS4 and PS5 versions of Pentiment is now available, and patch notes reveal that the game's platinum trophy has a new name.
The game really snuck up on me. It’s dialog heavy, and the story development is pretty slow. However, once the story opened up I got caught in the many paths the game could take you depending on the choices made. I’m actually on my 3 play through because I ran out of days.
Absolutely loved it, It even made me crave for eating bread and cheese with a bit of meat.
I might check it out was worried it wouldn't be to interesting but I do enjoy card shark it has an old timey vibe without a bunch of killing and its on hameoass definitely a plus ( no pun intended) im subbed til 2026
It took a bit of time to get into, but wow this game was a real gem! I'm considering a second playthrough :)