FOUR LAST THINGS

It was a brilliant idea to use Dutch and Flemmish Renaissance paintings and build an entire game around them. The Dutch were the first to base their art on the more  intimate and non-religious everyday subjects and non-generic landscapes, and  it was extremely clever that the author of the game used those to tell a tale of transgressions and absolution.
You're an everyday kinda bloke of poor physiognomy (which, by default, dooms one to a life of moral and spiritual decay) who comes to St.Paul's church to atone for his sins. But since the said sins were not committed in the parish this church is part of  he can't be pardoned by the cardinal, unless of course he committs sins in the parish  under their jurisdiction. So you set out on a journey of committing all of the seven deadly sins until you're worthy of consideration of a pardon.
This point-and-click adventure plays well, looks beautiful despite the awkward , almost Monty Pythonesque walk of the protagonist, and  the quest for each sin is  accompanied by carefully chosen paintings.Another aspect of the game I truly admired is the use of the contemporary vernacular and not the corresponding  Early Modern English variant. The end will find a believer a tad disappointed, but otherwise you'd be in for a real treat playing the game. It is a bit short, but the 2 hours you'll spend solving puzzles and communicating in the style of the best point-and-click classics of the 90s  is well worth your time.
There's also something else I noticed about the game -some paintings and music don't belong in the Renaissance. Putting Satie and other post-Renaissance/post-Baroque music alongside Bach, Dowland and others can't be a coincidence, there must be something the author wanted to say with this. Is the sin of lust you commit with Goya's Maja Desnuda t intended to be otherworldly and ahead of its time, does it transcend time and sin ?