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

Mr Crispy · 02-05-2019 11:27AM #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 11:55AM

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

Retr0gamer · 02-05-2019 11:58AM

I bet one of them dies.

Mr Crispy · 09-05-2019 12:50PM

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

super_furry · 09-05-2019 01:06PM

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 01:13PM

super_furry wrote: »

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

Mr Crispy · 10-05-2019 05:03PM

Nice preview from RPS.

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

Mr Crispy · 13-05-2019 10:36PM

First review. Pretty much what I was hoping for.

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

Retr0gamer · 14-05-2019 08:13AM

Getting middling reviews elsewhere.

Mr Crispy · 14-05-2019 10:32AM

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

Retr0gamer · 14-05-2019 11:01AM

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 03:04PM

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

Sephiroth_dude · 12-07-2019 09:36AM

Got this on sale on psn for 35.

dudeeile · 07-01-2020 12:17PM

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 12:44PM

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 04:37PM

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

dudeeile · 14-01-2020 10:34AM

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.

The Phantom Pain · 14-01-2020 11:11AM

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

sweetie · 14-01-2020 11:39AM

The Phantom Pain wrote: »

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

20 quid in CEX on xbox. 30 on ps4

The Phantom Pain · 14-01-2020 12:01PM

sweetie wrote: »

20 quid in CEX on xbox. 30 on ps4

I have PS4. My bad, I should have mentioned.

dudeeile · 14-01-2020 02:22PM

Gamestop €20

The Phantom Pain · 14-01-2020 03:08PM

Purchased this. Can't wait to give it a go!

15-01-2020 09:54AM

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

16-01-2020 10:53PM

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 · 17-01-2020 09:07AM

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!

The Phantom Pain · 17-01-2020 08:19PM

Mine's arrived in the post. Tempted to take a break from Outer Worlds to give this a bash.

The Phantom Pain · 22-01-2020 01:46PM

This is the second game I've played this month that

kills off a cute dog early on lol. Is this the kink now? Johnwicking dogs in a cheap way to make players upset?

The opening was pretty good. Because you have to keep moving I often missed witnessing the visual slaughter but the screams were enough. :eek:

If there is a waypoint marker then it's not immediately obvious. If it wasn't for the mother leading the way I don't think I'd know where the hell I was going. In some ways that's good because it encourages exploration but in intense stealth situations I can see that becoming frustrating. I also remapped the controls in the tutorial section because square to dodge is nonsense.

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

nix · 22-01-2020 02:50PM

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 05:22PM

Acky duck! ðŸ˜€ Best line of the game

The Phantom Pain · 25-01-2020 02:22PM

They say imitation is the most sincerest form of flattery and I think Naughty Dog should be extremely flattered... It's The Last of Us lol
I mean, it's enjoyable but it's The Last of Us. The rats are the zombies and the older sibling/younger sibling strangers-at-first-family-by-the-end mirrors Joel and Ellie's father/daughter story. Goes to show how influential TLOU really was that so many games have taken inspiration from it.

I've just completed chapter 4. I'm enjoying all the little interactions between Hugo and Amicia. The stealth is laughably easy, you can just run through it and as long as you lose the guards in the grass they won't find you and you can just carry on.

25-01-2020 02:23PM

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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