(Note: there aren't any spoilers here unless you seek to go in completely blind)
Pentiment immediately hooked me conceptually not for just being a game with an interesting premise and aesthetic but for how it promised to use its aesthetic to clarify a moment in history.

**Given I want people to play the game for themselves, I'd appreciate if the comments were spoiler cautious if not downright spoilerfree.
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Special thanks to ‪@Ludohistory‬
Recc videos:
For more Pentiment:    • Medieval Historian Plays Pentiment (P...  
For something different:    • Painting With All the Colors of the A...  

And to
fayrethee on Instagram
for the art of Ray McCoy aiming a crossbow at Brother Mathieu
https://www.instagram.com/fayrethee/?...

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Links to sources mentioned:

Getty page
https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/...

Guardian interview
https://www.theguardian.com/games/202...

Announce
https://www.pcgamer.com/falloutnewv...

KCD 2015 review:
https://www.polygon.com/features/2015...

Witcher 3 locations inspiration (Sorry it’s a Blog Source™, but it’s pretty visually apparent):
https://blog.inyourpocket.com/poland/...

KCD lecture
   • Kingdom Come  přednáška VIII FINÁLE ...  

KCD problems with historical accuracy, Rock Paper Shotgun:
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/king...


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00:00 Intro
03:50 Pentiment: Characters and Presentation
11:07 "Immersive Realism" and Kingdom Come Deliverance
18:03 Historical Education in Historical Games
22:46 The Efficacy of Aesthetic
26:19 Outro