Pentiment is enshrined in my pantheon of great narrative games alongside such modern classics as Kentucky Route Zero, Night in the Woods, and Disco Elysium. It demands more from the player than most games do, asking you to adjust to the rhythms and customs of country life in medieval Bavaria, and then to care about a very large and tangled web of relationships, with dozens of named characters who all know and gossip about each other, and also age and marry and have children and get sick and die. It took a while to grow on me, but I’ve rarely felt more rewarded for my investment. Highly recommended to anyone with the patience for it.