Pentiment News

Nominate Pentiment for Outstanding Visual Style in the Steam Awards!

It's been a big year, for Pentiment, and we are stopping anytime soon!

Now is the time to cast your vote for Pentiment in the Steam Awards for Outstanding Visual Style!

One of the core goals for Pentiment was to create art and animation that preserved the unique art style of the 16th century. The limited frame animation creates a breathtaking effect with the animation, keeps the art, and makes the characters and environment look like they are paintings and woodblock prints that live within the page.

Blending a style that comes across as something you would find in that period, in reality, it is a unique style all its own. This was the goal of this small team, and if you think they succeeded, then now is the time to help express this by nominating Pentiment in the Steam Awards for Outstanding Visual Style.

Thank you so much for playing the game, and we hope you continue to enjoy your time in 16the century Bavaria.

Создатель Fallout: New Vegas не прочь снова поработать над серией - он только что выпустил Pentiment

Руководитель разработки Fallout: New Vegas Джош Сойер заявил, что вполне видит себя в будущем за работой над новой частью серии.

Hotfix 1.0.1215

Greetings players!

Over the next few days, we will roll out a hotfix patch for Pentiment on all platforms. This patch includes the following changes:

-Several issues that could cause spoilers for later acts to appear in your journal too early have been fixed.
-A slider to adjust the volume of writing sounds has been added.
-An issue causing text to be missing for users whose systems are set to Turkish-speaking regions has been fixed.
-Other minor stability and presentation fixes have been addressed.

When you see this patch is available, please download and install it before continuing your game. Thank you for your patience and understanding, and we hope you continue to enjoy your time in Tassing and Kiersau Abbey.

Pentiment review: a captivating murder mystery spanning 25 years of rich medieval history

Just when I thought I had my top 10 games of 2022 sorted, Obsidian release Pentiment, forcing me to shred my former list and grab my quill and ink for a rewrite. It’s an odd pairing on paper - a detective thriller about a string of grisly murders set in the quaint countryside of 16th-century Bavaria - but, surprisingly, this coupling is a match made in heaven.

Its captivating story of conspiracy and murder is as rich and dense as its setting, and it's clearly made by a passionate team who have a deep love for the period. Playing Pentiment feels like riffling through the painterly pages of a medieval manuscript, but instead of finding the written gospel of saints and sinners, there are tales of angry farmers, greedy landowners, church scandals, religious turmoil, and murder. Fundamentally though, it's a historical tale about faith and truth, and the lengths that people are willing to go to preserve them.

November is a rather miserable month, if you ask me. For a start, it’s chucking it down right now, and my flat is freezing. There are no longer any Halloween vibes lingering around, and it’s a tad too far from Christmas to feel festive yet. That said, Xbox Game Pass is certainly coming in clutch this month and keeping plenty of us busy.

Xbox Game Pass is typically throwing out stellar offerings left, right, and centre. We’re guaranteed at least one or two solid additions to the subscription each month, and November is no different, aside from the fact we get more than just two good games.

Last week, we saw Tom Orry burn his lunch as he let Vampire Survivors sink its claws into him, and I can imagine he’s very much not alone in that sentiment. Having arrived on Xbox Game Pass on November 10, don’t be fooled by the graphically unimpressive screenshots you may have seen.