One Year Later, It’s Clear Pentiment Left Its Mark on the Historical Mystery Genre

Andreas Maler’s journey through 16th Century Bavaria in Obsidian Entertainment’s Pentiment is an adventure that, by all accounts, shouldn’t work as a video game yet absolutely established itself as one of the best titles of 2022. Among Pentiment‘s many triumphs are the game’s pitch-perfect writing and character development, which should come as no surprise given the pedigree of developer Obsidian Entertainment, but embedded within that writing is another one of the game’s best aspects. Pentiment is one of the most historically accurate adventure games available and one of the few pieces of interactive media that can make even a passive observer actually care about the workings of medieval European history.