Pentiment is the new work from Obsidian, loaded with an acid narrative by Josh Sawyer that will take us to the 16th century
Repentance It was one of the best titles we could try during the Gamescom held last week in Cologne. The new work of Obsidianunder the direction of Josh Sawyer (Fallout: New Vegas), will hit the market on November 15, 2022. It is a conversational graphic adventure with RPG touches set in Germany in the early 16th century. As usual in the works of the North American studio, it has an acidic and scathing narrative that will deal with sensitive issues as we investigate a series of murders committed in the monastery of Kiersau over 25 years. Below you can read the impressions of the demo that we were able to play behind closed doors for half an hour.
In this demo, we had the opportunity to explore one of the early areas of Pentiment a bit. The first thing we did was create the background of our character through various choices on his past which will lead us to center the dialog options in one way or another. For example, having studied astronomy, literature or religion and other aspects that will affect the character of our protagonist. As the developers themselves previously reported, There are no correct or incorrect answersevery decision will affect our game in a different way in the future.
A wide variety of options to write our own story
In our case, we have chosen an academic training of a scientific nature, ready to question any explanation without solid foundations. We were free to move through its rendered scenarios and explore the various avenues around us to investigate a murder that had been committed. In our case, we visited a lady with a face of few friends who had lost her faith in the church due to its activities and representation lately.
Highlight excellence in dialogues, depicted with exquisite taste with various text sources from which we can choose. Our relationship with the resigned old woman led us to explore other scenarios and carry out different activities such as collecting firewood or tidying up her house a bit. Feeling that many answers we could choose from would drive the plot evolution through very different colored storylines.
In fact, the girl who helped us at Stand Xbox happily told us that the other guy testing the demo and I took totally different paths from the start. So sure every player will enjoy Pentiment in a totally authentic way based on their decisions.
A delight in the story and the visual
Special mention exquisite artistic style inspired by the era it is set in, with detailed colorful settings and the most charismatic characters. Without neglecting the design of the posters of the conversations and the menus of the game, with very dynamic visual effects as the text is presented, making reading more pleasant.
After completing the main mission of the demo, we were able to test one of the mini-games that will be included in Pentiment. It’s a kind of poker that is played with a deck of its own design. As if it were Texas Hold’em, we will play quick hands where we can bet at a table with three other players. Although we haven’t had exactly profitable results, it looks like it could be a good pool of hours.
We are therefore looking forward to November 15 to play Pentiment, available at launch on Xbox Game Pass. Although we are playing a version with English texts, the game will be fully translated into Spanish at launch. If you want to be informed of all the news from the world of Xboxfollow xbox community through our social networks Twitter, Tic there Youtube.
