A Plague Tale: Innocence (PS5)

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Lowry, Brendan (13 May 2019). "A Plague Tale: Innocence PC review: A gripping stealth title that will keep you glued to your seat". Windows Central. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021 . Retrieved 15 May 2019. All the categories (2020)". Pégases Awards. 7 February 2020. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021 . Retrieved 5 March 2020. Some sequences, though, particularly in the closing chapters, require aggression rather than stealth, but most of these combat sequences resemble puzzles more than anything else. Instead of relying on fast reflexes and expert aim, it’s about figuring out the ideal sequence in which to dispatch a group of enemies so you aren’t seen. This is where Amicia and Hugo’s vulnerability is most apparent, because drawing the attention of one soldier typically brings the cavalry. You have to think carefully before you act. Unfortunately, these genuinely tense moments of are almost entirely reserved for the final few chapters of this 15-hour adventure.

Given that A Plague Tale: Innocence sees you fleeing from, skirting around, and confronting huge waves of rats, I'm most curious (and terrified) to experience how developer Asobo Studio has used the DualSense's haptic rumble and 3D sound. Crafting materials that make the alchemy skills are plentiful – a bit too plentiful, with no way to adjust the difficulty level. Because you can find more than enough supplies throughout each level, A Plague Tale never really encourages you to think about making your strategy for clearing a puzzle efficient. You can be careless and wasteful and still make it to the next area, where you’re certain to find more. Workbenches contain upgrades for your sling and abilities, which inevitably makes resource management even less important. A Plague Tale’s use of these crafting and skill systems isn’t time consuming or tedious, which I appreciate; that said, both features lower the stakes by making everything too convenient and removing the need to make tough decisions.

Outsmart the enemy and environmental threats in a plague-infested medieval France.

rawmeatcowboy (23 June 2022). "A Plague Tale: Requiem launching Oct. 18th, 2022, extended gameplay video released". GoNintendo . Retrieved 23 June 2022. Delahunty-Light, Zoe (17 March 2017). "Imagine The Last of Us in medieval France with man-eating rat swarms". GamesRadar. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018 . Retrieved 22 August 2021. In 1348, Amicia de Rune is a 15-year-old French girl of noble descent who lives in Aquitaine during the Hundred Years' War between England and France. Her 5-year-old brother, Hugo, has been ill since birth; their mother, Beatrice, an alchemist, has sheltered him in their estate while trying to devise a cure. [3] While hunting with her father Robert in the forest, Amicia encounters an unusual substance on the ground, and her dog Lion is gruesomely consumed by an unseen entity. French Inquisition troops, led by Lord Nicholas, arrive at the de Rune estate in search of Hugo, executing Robert and slaughtering the family servants. Beatrice helps her children escape and instructs Amicia to take Hugo to a doctor named Laurentius. Favis, Elise (28 April 2019). "Watch Eight Minutes Of New Gameplay From A Plague Tale: Innocence". Game Informer. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021 . Retrieved 14 May 2019.

A Plague Tale: Innocence was one of GameSpot's Best Games of 2019. The game captures sibling love remarkably well, putting you in the shoes of Amicia, a noble girl who must take care of her younger brother Hugo as the two try to survive 1348 France. On their journey, the two will come face-to-face with a country ravaged by the Hundreds Years' War, the French Inquisition, and the bubonic plague, the latter of which has been personified into a literal horde of ravenous rats. Phillips, Tom (18 March 2022). "A Plague Tale is being turned into a TV series". Eurogamer . Retrieved 18 March 2022.

Nominees". National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers. 13 January 2020. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021 . Retrieved 21 January 2020. Following The Announcement Of A Plague Tale: Requiem, A Plague Tale: Innocence Is Confirmed For Nintendo Switch On 6 July, Also As A Cloud Version. – NintendoHill". nintendohill.com. 18 June 2021. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021 . Retrieved 1 July 2021. Moyse, Chris (20 May 2019). "Review: A Plague Tale - Innocence". Destructoid. Archived from the original on 28 February 2021 . Retrieved 22 May 2019. One of the best aspects of A Plague Tale is its world, which has an ominous emptiness to it. Well, at least when it comes to living things that aren’t overwhelming waves of terrifying rats. It’s not uncommon to come across mass graves of those who died from the Plague, and in one particularly somber sequence you actually have to walk across an entire field of bodies. Most of the living that you come across want to kill Amicia, Hugo, and various companions that help you throughout their journey. This foreboding atmosphere matches the dreariness and depravity of the areas you’ll explore, from darkened forests to abandoned castles to ghostly villages to Inquisition camps, though they all look far more dangerous and daunting than they actually are. Belzanne, Auerlie (9 May 2019). "Asobo Studio details the tech behind getting thousands of vermin on screen simultaneously". PlayStation Blog. Archived from the original on 31 May 2020 . Retrieved 14 May 2019.

Carnbee (14 May 2019). "Test de A Plague Tale: Innocence par jeuxvideo.com". Jeuxvideo.com. Archived from the original on 12 June 2019 . Retrieved 14 May 2019. Delahunty-Light, Zoe (22 March 2019). "A Plague Tale: Innocence is here to make you realise how much we've become used to death in video games". GamesRadar. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021 . Retrieved 14 May 2019.Agnew, Callum (14 May 2019). "A Plague Tale: Innocence Review | Oh, cruel world!". Game Revolution. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019 . Retrieved 15 May 2019. Delahunty-Light, Zoe (13 May 2019). "A Plague Tale: Innocence review: "There are glimmers of something special" ". GamesRadar+. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022 . Retrieved 14 May 2019. Phillips, Tom (17 June 2021). "A Plague Tale: Innocence getting 4K 60FPS Xbox Series X upgrade (UPDATE: PS5 too, and a Switch cloud version.)". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 14 July 2021.