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

Mr Crispy · 02-05-2019 12:27pm #1

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 · 02-05-2019 12:55pm

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

Retr0gamer · 02-05-2019 12:58pm

I bet one of them dies.

Mr Crispy · 09-05-2019 1:50pm

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

super_furry · 09-05-2019 2:06pm

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 · 09-05-2019 2:13pm

super_furry wrote: »

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

Mr Crispy · 10-05-2019 6:03pm

Nice preview from RPS.

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

Mr Crispy · 13-05-2019 11:36pm

First review. Pretty much what I was hoping for.

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

Retr0gamer · 14-05-2019 9:13am

Getting middling reviews elsewhere.

Mr Crispy · 14-05-2019 11:32am

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

Retr0gamer · 14-05-2019 12:01pm

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 · 16-05-2019 4:04pm

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

Sephiroth_dude · 12-07-2019 10:36am

Got this on sale on psn for 35.

dudeeile · 07-01-2020 1:17pm

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 · 07-01-2020 1:44pm

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 · 10-01-2020 5:37pm

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

dudeeile · 14-01-2020 11:34am

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.

sweetie · 14-01-2020 12:39pm

The Phantom Pain wrote: »

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

20 quid in CEX on xbox. 30 on ps4

dudeeile · 14-01-2020 3:22pm

Gamestop €20

[Deleted User] · 15-01-2020 10:54am

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] · 16-01-2020 11:53pm

Enfilade 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 · 17-01-2020 10:07am

Enfilade 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

Enfilade wrote: »

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

Fair play, you called it!

nix · 22-01-2020 3:50pm

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 · 22-01-2020 6:22pm

Acky duck! ðŸ˜€ Best line of the game

[Deleted User] · 25-01-2020 3:23pm

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

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

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