A Plague Tale: Innocence (PC, PS4, XB1)

Mr Crispy

Anyone else interested in this? It's out the same day as Rage 2 (May 14th), but is obviously a very different type of game. The puzzles and stealth mechanics don't look too challenging to be fair, and it's seems to be a guided/linear adventure, but I'm still really looking forward to it. Visually it looks great and, from what I've seen, the voice acting seems pretty good too. The setting is quite harrowing (rat/plague/inquisition infested medieval France), so it'll be dark in all senses of the word. The main thing for me is that it's shaping up to be a well-made story/character-focused title, which might be just the antidote for open world burnout.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7Jj_G425yU

OptimusTractor

I will. Looks to be a mix of Assassins Creed and The Last of Us.

Retr0gamer

I bet one of them dies.

Mr Crispy

A small insight into creating the rat mechanics (PS Blog).

super_furry

Darch Nemesis wrote: »

A small insight into creating the rat mechanics (PS Blog).

I hear that they spent 100 hours motion capturing Luis Suarez, just to get it right.

Sephiroth_dude

super_furry wrote: »

I hear that they spent 100 hours motion capturing Luis Suarez, just to get it right.

Mr Crispy

Nice preview from RPS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vBk6AdZ_kQ

Mr Crispy

First review. Pretty much what I was hoping for.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VNChMD3WMI

Retr0gamer

Getting middling reviews elsewhere.

Mr Crispy

81% on Metacritic. Guess that's middling these days.

Retr0gamer

I didn't look at Metacritic, just eurogamer and another one as most media outlets are ignoring this one. Going to read up more on it. I'd prefer a game to have flaws and be interesting than a bland triple A game.

DarC_Kn1ght

Very good this, one of them surprise games that come along from time to time.

Sephiroth_dude

Got this on sale on psn for 35.

dudeeile

Played the demo of this last year and loved the feel, happily paid €20 in GameStop back in November.

Started up last night and played through the first 5 chapters, mostly straightforward and basic gameplay with just a few sections so far that were a little tricker and required extra attempts, I think I've made the correct decisions so far regarding the upgrade path for weapons and equipment.

The look and feel are great and the voice acting is top notch, this will be my main game for the next week or 2 and hopefully it maintains the excellent start.

sweetie

dudeeile wrote: »

Played the demo of this last year and loved the feel, happily paid €20 in GameStop back in November.

Started up last night and played through the first 5 chapters, mostly straightforward and basic gameplay with just a few sections so far that were a little tricker and required extra attempts, I think I've made the correct decisions so far regarding the upgrade path for weapons and equipment.

The look and feel are great and the voice acting is top notch, this will be my main game for the next week or 2 and hopefully it maintains the excellent start.

It's a great game indeed.

dudeeile

I'll finish this today or tomorrow, brilliant stuff so far, definitely ramps up difficulty wise but nothing very strenuous.

dudeeile

Main story finished, difficulty definitely increased nearing the end but ultimately nothing too taxing.

Great little story and characters and although a pretty linear experience still thoroughly enjoyable. The boss battles and some other encounters had neat mechanics and was only really let down by their ease of completion but that's the sort of game this was. If it wasn't for the extensive backlog I'd happily kill some more hours collecting items and scouting a bit more.

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sweetie

The Phantom Pain wrote: »

Considering getting this. It's only 24 quid on ebay.

20 quid in CEX on xbox. 30 on ps4

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dudeeile

Gamestop €20

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On sale this week on the Xbox store for 19.99 so I think I'll give it a look too. People can thank me later when it then ends up on gamepass the following week

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

On sale this week on the Xbox store for 19.99 so I think I'll give it a look too. People can thank me later when it then ends up on gamepass the following week

FFS it's coming to gamepass for PC this month and I got it for Xbox last night.

sweetie

Deleted User wrote: »

On sale this week on the Xbox store for 19.99 so I think I'll give it a look too. People can thank me later when it then ends up on gamepass the following week

Deleted User wrote: »

FFS it's coming to gamepass for PC this month and I got it for Xbox last night.

Fair play, you called it!

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nix

The Phantom Pain wrote: »

Oh, and I think the kid is gonna annoy me.

I actually quite liked the kid, i was expecting to hate him, but hes not a brat and actually quite polite.. :pac:

daheadonu

Acky duck! 😀 Best line of the game

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Only up to chapter 5 but I'm enjoying it. Moves along at a nice pace and the fact it's linear is actually a good thing for me. Wasn't happy we had to

sacrifice the pig

in the barn

goon_magee

Stuck a couple of hours into this last night and again tonight and I'm not seeing what all the fuss was about in all honesty. It's....fine...but nowhere near as great as I was expecting it to be given the praise heaped upon it last year.

Story is decent as is the setting, but from a gameplay persepective it's incredibly mundane and really not interesting to me in the slightest. The gameplay so far at least has been so simplistic that it completely erases any sense of tension.

I'll keep at it just to see do my opinions change, but at the moment it seems like one of these games that indie and mid tier devs chuck out, that feels like it gets a pass on being mediocre because it tackles dark themes and serious subject matter, despite the fact that it fails at being an engaging game.

goon_magee

goon_magee wrote: »

Stuck a couple of hours into this last night and again tonight and I'm not seeing what all the fuss was about in all honesty. It's....fine...but nowhere near as great as I was expecting it to be given the praise heaped upon it last year.

Story is decent as is the setting, but from a gameplay persepective it's incredibly mundane and really not interesting to me in the slightest. The gameplay so far at least has been so simplistic that it completely erases any sense of tension.

I'll keep at it just to see do my opinions change, but at the moment it seems like one of these games that indie and mid tier devs chuck out, that feels like it gets a pass on being mediocre because it tackles dark themes and serious subject matter, despite the fact that it fails at being an engaging game.

For me it was the fact that it was a game that mechanically could have come out 10 years ago but still works today. Decent story, decent characters, linear and no bloat. Perfect 10-15 hour game. Not ground breaking by any means and I doubt anyone will say that but an enjoyable use of my time. Niggles I had were the poorly explained mechanic very late game and some very cheap deaths to go along with that.

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The Phantom Pain

The Phantom Pain wrote: »

And I know exactly the mechanic you're talking about and just like that I hate this game now. Ruined it for me. Keep killing myself with it. Why do you have to hold down the button so long? :mad:

Don't try to kite them like I and assume you thought that was how it works, just point at the place/enemy you want them to go to!!! Took me many a death to work that out. Good job game explaining that one !!!

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Sephiroth_dude

Re downloaded this last night after rage quitting just cause 4 LOL!

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nix

The Phantom Pain wrote: »

Get ready to rage quit at chapter 14 of this game. Actually, I had to replay Chapter 14 for a collectible and a trophy and it wasn't too bad this time as I knew the path so could rush through it but wow, this is what Final Fantasy 15 fans must have felt like with chapter 13 pre patch. :eek:
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Chapter 14 was as easy as the rest of the game, had to reset a checkpoint 2 or 3 times, no big whoop

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nix

The Phantom Pain wrote: »

Hi there, if you view my comments above it details my personal issues with a [specific section in chapter 14. Other than that, in my opinion it's really long and boring leading up to that part. As I'm sure you can appreciate, different people have different experiences and tolerances with games so while you consider 2 or 3 restarts OK for a game like this I personally would feel it's unnecessary and avoidable had the mechanic been explained a bit better. I like the game overall hence why I completed and platinumed it. Many thanks.

You didnt detail anything about chapter 14, hence my confusion as to what you found so difficult about it..

The only thing i messed up on that chapter was sneaking about, i got caught once or twice.. If you're referring to the

controlling the rats mechanic

, a tutorial message pops up on the screen telling you exactly what buttons to press to use it. So im not sure what you found so confusing/frustrating about it

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nix

The Phantom Pain wrote: »

It was fairly obvious what I was referring to hence why I was able to get advice about it... Yes, I saw the tutorial but it was worded badly hence why it could easily be misconstrued. I'm not the only one who had an issue with that section and if you look online others found it annoying as well. Not sure why it bothers you so much?

Its not bothering me at all, im just genuinely curious, not sure why yer getting so uptight about it

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nix

haha im not upset though, like at all, i just asked specifically what you didnt like and you got very defensive.. :rolleyes:

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nix

The Phantom Pain wrote: »

No...rather you are being defensive because I didn't like chapter 14. At the end of the day you know what I didn't like and why now. So any alleged "confusion" of yours should be cleared up now. :rolleyes:

I havent defended the game at all, i said it was easy, thats about it, its hardly a masterpiece, but i enjoyed it mostly also. I just wanted to know what you found difficult about chapter 14, which it appears you just skipped over the tutorial message explaining how to use the new simple game mechanic, mystery solved

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nix

The Phantom Pain wrote: »

Yes, I saw the tutorial but it was worded badly hence why it could easily be misconstrued.

Which you could have just said in your first response instead of getting uptight and super defensive :rolleyes:

Honestly i wouldn't have bothered even trying to start a discussion on the topic if i had known you were going to be this weird about it.

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