Before anything else, everyone needs to know that: (1) Pentiment is beautiful in every sense. (2) Pentiment is one of the greatest samples of writing in the video game medium.

Pentiment is all narrative, all character exploration, and all player choice. Yes, it's "a lot of reading," but the passion behind the writing is so immediately clear that I couldn't help but find myself engrossed within 15 minutes of starting the game.

Pentiment is an expertly written, tight narrative with a shameless adoration for its setting and characters that's driven forward by its unique and well-executed art style. I cannot recommend this enough, and I will forever be thankful for Game Pass for allowing big studios to make something small and experimental like this.

Reviewed on Nov 24, 2022


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