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A Plague Tale: Innocence

Asobo Studio

2019•Adventure•PEGI 18•About 13 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventuredramafantasyhistoricalmonster/alien/supernaturalfastunsavouryimaginarysimplelinearbig & variedcomplex relationshipfighting evil

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Boxlist takeExpect an otherworldly, wide-ranging adventure game, fast rather than slow-burning. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

81 / 100

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About This Game

A Plague Tale: Innocence is a third-person action-adventure game set in 14th-century France during the Black Death. Players control Amicia, a young girl protecting her little brother Hugo as they flee the Inquisition and navigate environments overrun by swarms of plague rats. Gameplay combines stealth, puzzle-solving, and light combat, with an emphasis on using fire and light to manage the rat hordes.

Summary: IGDB

Story

In 1348 Aquitaine, during the Hundred Years' War, young Amicia de Rune lives a sheltered life on her family's estate, largely separated from her younger brother Hugo, who suffers from a mysterious blood disease. When soldiers of the French Inquisition attack their home and kill their parents, Amicia must flee with Hugo into a countryside devastated by war and overrun by supernatural swarms of plague rats. Alone and hunted, the siblings must rely on each other and a handful of orphaned allies to survive, while Amicia begins to realize that the Inquisition's interest in Hugo may be connected to...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureDramaFantasyHistoricalMonster/alien/supernaturalComplex relationshipFighting evil

Keywords

RatsFemale protagonistRatPreviously on - prime gaming

Where to play

Details

Developer: Asobo Studio
Publisher: Focus Entertainment
Released: 14 May 2019
Series: A Plague Tale
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Third person
Time to beat: 9h rushed, 13h normally, 13h complete
Age rating: PEGI 18
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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