![]() ![]() Pentiment will feature some light RPG elements, as well as the branching choices and consequences that Obsidian games are known for. You’ll traipse through beautiful tableaus and tapestries crafted by art director Hannah Kennedy and her team, as you converse your way through a rarely-explored period of history for video games. Pentiment sees you play as Andreas Maler, an artist who is caught up in a series of murders and scandals. Read: How digital distribution and game prices are costing developers ‘I think if we had tried to fund this through traditional publisher methods, I don’t think that would’ve worked very well at all,’ says Sawyer. The subscription service is not just a home for Xbox and Bethesda’s blockbusters, but plenty of smaller-scale, unique games, that fill different niches and also have the ability to find a wider audience – when you have the license to simply download something and play it on a whim, you’re far more likely to give it a try. That lines up pretty well with the clear strategy Microsoft is executing with Game Pass. ‘One: Game Pass as a platform seems very appropriate for it, and two: I thought that Microsoft would be more willing for us to be able to try something unusual and experimental.’ Sawyer cites two reasons Pentiment was able to get off the ground. The fact that it’s a narrative adventure game is unique for the studio, as is the fact that it’s being made by a very small team – 13 people, including Sawyer. ![]() Pentiment is a very different kind of game for Obsidian Entertainment, which has, up to this point, typically traded in sprawling role-playing games. ![]() ‘I can’t remember the exact moment where I was like “Wait, what if I made a historical game that was a narrative adventure game that was very small,”’ he continued, ‘But I will say that it wasn’t until Microsoft was going acquire Obsidian that I thought “I think we can do this now”.’ ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |