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The Pen is Boring-er than the Sword
Nelson Schneider - wrote on 04/05/2025
“Pentiment” is the first game released by Obsidian Entertainment that went through its entire development cycle under the auspices of Microsoft’s Xbox Division, which purchased Obsidian in 2018. However, instead of being a big-budget tech-fest demonstrating just how great Obsidian can be when not constrained by the shoestring budgets of Indie development, “Pentiment” ultimately turned out to be, in every way, an Indie-style game.
Unfortunately, the central shtick of “Pentiment” – that is, it’s Medieval manuscript illumination art-style – was also the central gimmick for another game which entered Early Access around the same time “Pentiment” was released in 2022, allowing for all sorts of confusion to swirl around the two titles, and muddying the waters with …
