Pentiment, Aesthetic, and Why You Should Play It
1,169(Note: there aren't any spoilers here unless you seek to go in completely blind)
Pentiment immediately hooked me conceptually not for just being a game with an interesting premise and aesthetic but for how it promised to use its aesthetic to clarify a moment in history.
**Given I want people to play the game for themselves, I'd appreciate if the comments were spoiler cautious if not downright spoiler-free.
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My Links:
https://twitter.com/KRosencreutz
https://www.patreon.com/Rosencreutz
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Special thanks to @Ludohistory
Recc videos:
For more Pentiment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z3KG34vFkY
For something different: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edn-fWoE80c
And to
fayrethee on Instagram
for the art of Ray McCoy aiming a crossbow at Brother Mathieu
https://www.instagram.com/fayrethee/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D
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Links to sources mentioned:
Getty page
https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103RTJ
Guardian interview
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2022/aug/24/pentiment-the-16th-century-mystery-that-looks-like-a-playable-tapestry
Announce
https://www.pcgamer.com/fallout-new-vegas-directors-new-narrative-adventure-pentiment-announced/
KCD 2015 review:
https://www.polygon.com/features/2015/4/24/8445617/kingdom-come-deliverance-interview-preview
Witcher 3 locations inspiration (Sorry it’s a Blog Source™, but it’s pretty visually apparent):
https://blog.inyourpocket.com/poland/2020/02/the-witcher-and-poland-real-places-that-inspired-the-witcher-franchise/
KCD lecture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0haSpyrnSew
KCD problems with historical accuracy, Rock Paper Shotgun:
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/kingdom-come-deliverance-historical-accuracy
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00:00 Intro
03:50 Pentiment: Characters and Presentation
11:07 "Immersive Realism" and Kingdom Come Deliverance
18:03 Historical Education in Historical Games
22:46 The Efficacy of Aesthetic
26:19 Outro
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