A Plague Tale: Innocence

It is such an awesome game, one a casual gamer like me can enjoy and finish. The guards are kinda stupid and the storyline might not make sense, but the gameplay is consistently interesting and you really don’t know what happens next. Love the setting which you have various support characters with different skills. The characters are also very unique, a bit more focus on their past and personality will be even better. Nice balance between action and puzzles Also love the personal relationship between Amicia and Hugo

---{ Graphics }---
☑ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS
---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't
---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf
---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☐ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma
---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☑ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls
---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☑ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding
---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☑ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life
---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☑ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond
---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs
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A Plague Tale: Innocence is a moving tale of two siblings and their fight for survival during the dark times of the merciless Black Death disease.
The story takes place in the medieval Kingdom of France. Swarms of rats are tearing through the country, destroying everything in their way. Before the outbreak, Amicia and Hugo barely spent any time together. One ordinary day, their world fell apart. Pursued by Inquisition soldiers, they must join forces with other survivors and avoid the rats at all costs using fire and light. Faced with many obstacles, they must learn to trust each other, but this fragile trust will be put to the test when they discover a dark secret and the true reason why the Inquisition is hunting them.
Moving on, the gameplay (combat, puzzle solving and collectibles) is fun and easy. As for the story, I really liked it. The creators did a fantastic job on the portrayal of medieval Europe period as well - the atmosphere is great.
Let me end by saying that A Plague Tale: Innocence is a truly beautiful game and a must-play for all adventure game lovers.

Just gonna start this review by saying that I absolutely adore this game. One of my favourite titles of all time.
And with the occasion of finally getting all the remaining achievements today, and finally having 100% the game, I decided to review it.
Worth mentioning that I played the demo three times, and finished the game pirated for about 2 times when it was first released in 2019.
And 4 times on Steam, since I finally bought it in 2021.
Protagonist and characters:
I love the characters. I enjoyed playing as Amicia a lot. And I usually avoid playing as female characters given the chance. But Amicia was great. She didn't constantly cry and wine, nor was a sassy girl-boss throughout the game. She actually felt like a real human at times! Aaannddd, she actually believes in God and is religious. I like that. You go, Amicia. So refreshing to see a character be religious. It's a personal thing that made me connect with her a bit more.
I enjoyed her performance also, both in French and English dubs. Also really thought they were gonna make Amicia, a 15 years old girl with no real combat training a brutal killer, to feel like a strong independent girl that you are. Reality, thankfully, was different. She gets hurt a lot, she uses clever tools and tricks to fight with enemies twice her size and stronger than her. I like that! Better than a teenanger going toe to toe with a grown man in full plate and a still winning somehow through conventional means.
Hugo is alright too. I don't like kids in games because they are so annoying, but Hugo was okay most of the time. We even have a lot of great discussions with him.
Would've loved to see more of their father though. We barely talked with him and he got killed. A missed opportunity in my opinion. Lucas is alright as well. Roderic might be my favourite side character though. But again, lack of screen time, he only appeared in a few scenes.
The twins, Mellie and Arthur are ginger and thus have no soul and I shan't speak of them.
Vitalis looks like the healthiest vegan ever, ready to choke on his own saliva and die at any moment. Weak villain, interesting character. Lord Nicholas was better in my opinion. He had an interesting design and just overall looked like an actual threat.
The graphics and design:
I know this game is from 2019, but it looks so damn good. Sure, the facial animations leave a bit to be desired at times, but the lighting, the reflections, the textures, the particles, the effects, the gore, it's so beautiful to look at. It's so rare to see such magnificent sights coming from a non-AAA title.
I won't ever forget that chapter where you had to walk the battlefield filled with corpses. Fog everywhere, sun rays peeking through the trees with hanged soldiers, it's so impressive.
Or the farm with dozen of butchered cows and pigs, all stacked upon eachother in huge piles. It was so beautiful.
The whole game could just be one giant screenshot simulator.
Soundtrack:
Words won't bring justice to this game's OST. From the very first moments of the game when the music hits I knew I would be in for a treat. And I was. The music is so so so good and atmospheric. It can go from the happiest song ever, to haunting guitar chords in the background.
The first minutes from the first chapter, compared to the first minutes from the second chapter. You will know what I mean.
It's one of the few games who's OST I listen outside even the game itself.
Story:
Interesting, and fun enough to keep you invested. It has this very grim setting, and its dark moments as well. While sometimes pure cheesy dialogues between teenagers. It's not funny. The jokes suck, but it's charming to listen to the characters laugh after they nearly got devoured by rats. I like the bonds made by the characters. Amicia and Hugo's strangers-to-actual-siblings from the beginning of the game until the end stole the show. I loved it. The plot is also fairly good. I really enjoy the story.
And its really dark atmosphere kept me always wanting for more. I remember this moment when you're on your way to the Library, you'll go through the city. After you see what the plague and the Inquisition did to the civilians, you will encounter this dying old man. He asks for water, then falls on his knees, and in front of him there is a small river, he drinks from the river and immediately dies while Amicia screams horrified. The river was filled with corpses floating, and this man out of desperation drank from it. It was such a memorable moment. The game is full of them.
Gameplay and stealth:
Very simple. Nothing too fancy or complex. It gets the job done. Stealth is fair and never gave me any issues unless it was my own fault.
Gameplay is repetitive but never got bored of hitting people with rocks in their forehead. It's quite satisfying, really. The "bonk" sound of a rock hitting a head just makes me laugh so much and it never got old.
Also... The rats are amazing. I love the whole concept of it. And at the beginning they actually feel like such a big threat. Which they will remain throughout the whole game. There is no worse feeling in this game than walking with your burning stick and realising you will have just 3 more seconds before it burns completely and you will be eaten by rats. I don't ever get scared by games, but those rats keep you on edge. Not because they are scary, but because they can kill you in a few milliseconds. You have to stay in the light. The gameplay makes such good use of the tools you'll get. I truly love it. It's a loop that never bored me.
AI:
Absolutely brain dead. Nothing else I can even say. It's a mess. Imagine this, a bloody soldier is chasing you, sword in hand, and you can literally be two steps away from him, but as long as you crouch In the grass for 2 seconds, he will not see you anymore. You'll literally think that Amicia has Harry Potter's invisibility cloak as long as she's in the grass. So dumb.
That's it. I really cannot think of any other flaws to be honest. At least for me.
It's cheap, it's great, you can get easily 10 hours of fun with it.
Also, an advice. This game is very immersive. You wouldn't want to have your beautiful environment be cluttered with objectives and details on your screen. Turn most of the HUD off besides ammunition and aim reticle, and enemy detection. Keep the rest off for maximum immersion. Maybe play in French dub too. I find it much better after always playing in with English dub. Up to you.
Thank you for reading.

------------ ACHIEVEMENTS -----------------------
If you are into achievements completion and want to have the following ones:
Not a toy anymore
Handfull of pockets
You can avoid doing another playthrough with this:
Go to Main Menu and then Chapter Selection. Select Chapter X. Once the loading screen shows up you have to keep pressed your " i " button and hold it. Once the game loads you'll see the inventory's menu and the scene will go on. Wait until Amicia stops talking and then press and hold your "TAB" button while stop pressing the " i " one. Navigate with " A " or " D " button to the Craft Menu and once you're there you have to keep pressed the click button while selecting an item of the Quick Craft (TAB) Menu. The bar below will start to move slowly. That means you did it correctly :), and there ya go!
You'll be able to craft any upgrade. THIS ONLY WORKS IN CHAPTER X.

This game is a reason that video games can be called as a form of art.

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