I really liked Pentiment from Obsidian Entertainment. It's written/directed by Josh Sawyer (of Fallout New Vegas, Pillars of Eternity and Icewind Dale 2 fame) and an incredible art team.
It's a game set in late medieval/early mordern Bavaria and you try to solve a series of murders in a town over the period of 25 years.
It's very different from Disco Elysium but it's really rich in both themes and art. No other piece of media has made me experience the weight of history like this one. It's about how history is about what we choose to remember and how we choose to interpret things. It's about how small nudges can alter people's lives and how we co-exist with the stuff and stories of the people that came before us.
It's extremely well researched, one of the only games I can think of with an actual bibliography in the credits.
Most importantly it moved me to tears on multiple occasions, and it really made me appreciate both history in general and the history of my own local environment in particular.
Highly recommended, it's not that long and it's easy to pick-up even if you aren't that familiar with games.
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I really liked Pentiment from Obsidian Entertainment. It's written/directed by Josh Sawyer (of Fallout New Vegas, Pillars of Eternity and Icewind Dale 2 fame) and an incredible art team.
It's a game set in late medieval/early mordern Bavaria and you try to solve a series of murders in a town over the period of 25 years.
It's very different from Disco Elysium but it's really rich in both themes and art. No other piece of media has made me experience the weight of history like this one. It's about how history is about what we choose to remember and how we choose to interpret things. It's about how small nudges can alter people's lives and how we co-exist with the stuff and stories of the people that came before us.
It's extremely well researched, one of the only games I can think of with an actual bibliography in the credits.
Most importantly it moved me to tears on multiple occasions, and it really made me appreciate both history in general and the history of my own local environment in particular.
Highly recommended, it's not that long and it's easy to pick-up even if you aren't that familiar with games.