A Plague Tale is a must-play series for fans of first-party Sony story games, very Naughty Dog inspired, and even sometimes gives The Last Of Us a run for its money in terms of bleak brutality.
There are so many nice moments in Requiem; sunny forests, a crowded marketplace full of happy townspeople, fields of flowers, and on the other side of the spectrum you'll be wading through murky diseased water full of blood, guts, human and animal corpses and god knows what other bodily fluids. The rat nests/hives are full of slimy webbing and eggs, looking like the black symbiote from Spider-Man made its way through there. It's jawdropping how far the game goes to show you how utterly terrifying and apocalyptic this world has become, despite it also feeling hopeful and beautiful.
The game looks incredible, environments are insanely detailed and the lighting works wonders. The stealth gameplay is more or less a carbon copy of the first game, Innocence, but with more open playing fields (again with a Last Of Us comparison), and also some newly added weapons and items at hand. And like the first game there's tons of navigational puzzles and dungeon-like sequences to work your way through, which are always fun to try and figure out, especially using your tools in different ways to experiment solutions.
The characters of A Plague Tale make the series as engaging as it is, Amicia and Hugo are both likeable and have a great relationship; Amicia especially has many moments to shine here, especially when she goes into a blind rage several times and you can feel her murderous fury in every word. The side characters are especially great, Lucas (the MVP in my opinion) is back from the first game, and special shoutouts to Sophia and Arnaud for being really engaging and interesting sidekicks as you go through your journey - I legit liked these people and cared about them.
This series is an easy big recommend from me, a fan of linear action/stealth story games, and I might go back and get all the collectibles and upgrades to get the Platinum eventually like I did with the first game... there's just other things I'm playing/want to play at the moment. If they are finished with this series, this was a satisfying conclusion, but if not, I'll definitely be there for the next installment
There are so many nice moments in Requiem; sunny forests, a crowded marketplace full of happy townspeople, fields of flowers, and on the other side of the spectrum you'll be wading through murky diseased water full of blood, guts, human and animal corpses and god knows what other bodily fluids. The rat nests/hives are full of slimy webbing and eggs, looking like the black symbiote from Spider-Man made its way through there. It's jawdropping how far the game goes to show you how utterly terrifying and apocalyptic this world has become, despite it also feeling hopeful and beautiful.
The game looks incredible, environments are insanely detailed and the lighting works wonders. The stealth gameplay is more or less a carbon copy of the first game, Innocence, but with more open playing fields (again with a Last Of Us comparison), and also some newly added weapons and items at hand. And like the first game there's tons of navigational puzzles and dungeon-like sequences to work your way through, which are always fun to try and figure out, especially using your tools in different ways to experiment solutions.
The characters of A Plague Tale make the series as engaging as it is, Amicia and Hugo are both likeable and have a great relationship; Amicia especially has many moments to shine here, especially when she goes into a blind rage several times and you can feel her murderous fury in every word. The side characters are especially great, Lucas (the MVP in my opinion) is back from the first game, and special shoutouts to Sophia and Arnaud for being really engaging and interesting sidekicks as you go through your journey - I legit liked these people and cared about them.
This series is an easy big recommend from me, a fan of linear action/stealth story games, and I might go back and get all the collectibles and upgrades to get the Platinum eventually like I did with the first game... there's just other things I'm playing/want to play at the moment. If they are finished with this series, this was a satisfying conclusion, but if not, I'll definitely be there for the next installment