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Pentiment

Pentiment is a 2022 adventure role-playing video game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Xbox Game Studios. The player is tasked with investigating the murders of prominent individuals. The game was released for Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on November 15, 2022. The Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 versions were released on February 22, 2024. It received positive reviews from critics and won a Peabody Award in 2023.

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Parents Guide

Partially reviewed
Version covered

Base game on source-listed platforms. ESRB-listed platforms: Windows PC, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series. Other editions, added content, mods and later updates are not assessed.

Violence

Strong

Narrative choices can lead to shootings, executions, strangling and animal killing with blood.

Sexual content

Moderate

Dialogue discusses sex, brothels, sexual illness and an assault.

Language

Strong

Profanity includes f**k, sh*t and a*shole.

Frightening & intense themes

Strong

Murders, violent punishment and references to a severely beaten woman are described.

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How long does it take?

15 hr

Base game

Base Game
15 hr
Dedicated Playthrough
19 hr
Perfect Game
24h 30m

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ENTERTAINMENT DYNASTY

Pentiment

Pentiment is a 2022 adventure role-playing video game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Xbox Game Studios. The player is tasked with investigating the murders of prominent individuals. The game was released for Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on November 15, 2022. The Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 versions were released on February 22, 2024. It received positive reviews from critics and won a Peabody Award in 2023.

Credits

Wikipedia contributors, Pentiment (video game) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Modified for this entry.

Release date
November 15, 2022
Developers
Obsidian Entertainment
Publishers
Xbox Game Studios
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