Pentiment

Item: Pentiment
Rating: 91
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-09-14

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Summary

Masterful storytelling and deep characters
Engaging narrative-driven experience
Exceptional historical immersion and art style
Pacing and narrative issues reported
Limited player agency and impact
Poor save system and replayability

Emotions

Satisfaction22%Admiration13%Frustration7%Disappointment6%Excitement5%

Reviews (sample size): 1702
Helpful reviews: 75%
Unhelpful reviews: 25%
Protest reviews: 0%

91%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
9%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 5158
Negative points: 1539
Gameplay points: 1620
Perf. points: 27
Rec. points: 903
Misc points: 952

Point	Description	Importance
Masterful Storytelling & Character Depth Description Players consistently praise the game's intricate, multi-generational narrative, highlighting its profound emotional impact, unexpected twists, and rich historical themes. The characters are exceptionally well-developed, feeling human, nuanced, and deeply relatable, fostering strong player empathy and making choices feel genuinely impactful. Importance 100%	Players consistently praise the game's intricate, multi-generational narrative, highlighting its profound emotional impact, unexpected twists, and rich historical themes. The characters are exceptionally well-developed, feeling human, nuanced, and deeply relatable, fostering strong player empathy and making choices feel genuinely impactful.	100%
Engaging Gameplay & Replayability Description Despite its narrative-heavy nature, the game offers an engaging experience with meaningful choices that genuinely impact the story and characters. Players appreciate the replayability, driven by the desire to explore different branching paths, dialogue options, and character backgrounds, making each playthrough feel unique. Importance 61%	Despite its narrative-heavy nature, the game offers an engaging experience with meaningful choices that genuinely impact the story and characters. Players appreciate the replayability, driven by the desire to explore different branching paths, dialogue options, and character backgrounds, making each playthrough feel unique.	61%
Exceptional Historical Immersion Description The game is lauded for its meticulous historical accuracy, bringing 16th-century Bavaria and the Reformation era to life. Players appreciate the deep research into medieval life, customs, religion, and social structures, often feeling like they are actively participating in or witnessing a historical period, making learning history enjoyable and immersive. Importance 49%	The game is lauded for its meticulous historical accuracy, bringing 16th-century Bavaria and the Reformation era to life. Players appreciate the deep research into medieval life, customs, religion, and social structures, often feeling like they are actively participating in or witnessing a historical period, making learning history enjoyable and immersive.	49%
Unique & Beautiful Art Style Description The game's distinctive art direction, inspired by medieval illuminated manuscripts and woodblock prints, is a major highlight. Reviewers consistently describe it as gorgeous, unique, and perfectly suited to the narrative, enhancing immersion and contributing significantly to the game's overall artistic appeal. Importance 47%	The game's distinctive art direction, inspired by medieval illuminated manuscripts and woodblock prints, is a major highlight. Reviewers consistently describe it as gorgeous, unique, and perfectly suited to the narrative, enhancing immersion and contributing significantly to the game's overall artistic appeal.	47%
Exceptional Audio Design Description The game's subtle yet effective sound design, including period-appropriate music, ambient environmental sounds, and unique dialogue effects (like quill-writing sounds and changing fonts), significantly enhances the immersive atmosphere and emotional impact of key narrative moments. Importance 15%	The game's subtle yet effective sound design, including period-appropriate music, ambient environmental sounds, and unique dialogue effects (like quill-writing sounds and changing fonts), significantly enhances the immersive atmosphere and emotional impact of key narrative moments.	15%
Vibrant & Evolving Town of Tassing Description The fictional town of Tassing is praised as a living, breathing community that evolves over decades, with characters aging and customs changing. Players feel a strong connection to the town and its inhabitants, experiencing their daily lives, struggles, and the long-term consequences of their actions within this dynamic setting. Importance 10%	The fictional town of Tassing is praised as a living, breathing community that evolves over decades, with characters aging and customs changing. Players feel a strong connection to the town and its inhabitants, experiencing their daily lives, struggles, and the long-term consequences of their actions within this dynamic setting.	10%
Passion Project by Developers Description Reviewers consistently recognize the immense love, care, and meticulous research poured into the game's development. This dedication is evident in every aspect, from the art and writing to the historical accuracy, making the game feel like a genuine passion project that deeply resonates with players. Importance 8%	Reviewers consistently recognize the immense love, care, and meticulous research poured into the game's development. This dedication is evident in every aspect, from the art and writing to the historical accuracy, making the game feel like a genuine passion project that deeply resonates with players.	8%

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