A Plague Tale: Innocence and Requiem

I was hesitant to get this game because the plague scenario and the child protagonists sound like it really shouldn't be cup of tea at all.
However, after reading a few tests and because it's finally another story driven SP game with good characters, I decided that this game deserved being bought at release price.

Played only the first two chapters so far. I am blown away by the initial impressions. The atmosphere and the characters are really fantastic so far and even I immediately felt with those kids. The gameplay is also pretty decent. Clearly it is in service of the story and (so far) not particularly deep but it offers a lot of variety, you have to switch quickly from sneaking to running away to solving a puzzle, to fighting (rather deliberately, it's not a action combat game). Mor importantly I feel like every single step I take in this game moves the story forward. THere is no real filler content at all.

After all those open world collection-quest games that dominate the industry these days, this is a really nice change. Love it so far and really had to drag myself away from the game.

Top so far , I'll get back to this thread once I had a chance to get a bit further in.

I had zero bugs or crashes while I played it; not even the odd clipping of items in the game world. It's somewhat simplistic, but this let the developers polish the game to a shine. A Plague Tale really is polished and ready for it's release date.

When I watched a developer live stream earlier this year they said they had no plans at the time for a sequel or DLC. But they may consider DLC if the game does well and they fell like there are other avenues to explore in the story. Not sure what that could be. Possibly continuing where the story ended? I felt the ending was good on it's own, but I would definitely buy a story add on for the game.

Bought the game day one,i don't regret anything. I felt empty after i finished it that's how good it was.

Seriously if you enjoy great story-driven games you HAVE to get this one,it's incredible.

Just bought the game off an authorized key seller for 34€.

That's perfect!
I consider it an early birthday gift to myself. Ha!

It's official now: Even an indie game has better hair than a Bioware game!

Enjoying it so far. Good English voice actors (my French sucks, so I'm going with English).

Already died twice. Once I pressed the wrong button and left cover. The other time I misunderstood the instructions. Tries hitting an enemy over the head with a pot instead of just distracting him. That didn't work out so well... *g*

Gameplay is a bit jerky and the lighting is kinda weird. But storytelling is solid. And that's all that matters.

Let's continue!

I'm having a great time so far!

A Plague Tale evokes a great atmosphere of a medieval world turned into a nightmare with a touch of occult mystery to spice things up. I really like Amicia and Hugo and, after a decades long career of gaming, I still hold my breath whenever I try to sneak past the next bunch of Inquisition soldiers or attempt to dodge or distract another swarm of rats. I care for them and the people (and even animals) they meet, a feat very few games from much bigger and better funded studios manage these days, so kudos to the devs for that.

It also runs as stable as a rock and gave me the Coat of Arms DLC for free despite my purchase not being a preorder as the icing on the cake.

A Plague Tale deserves to be purchased at full price on release in my opinion. It restored some hope for the games industry in me.

Thanks to everyone in this thread who helped me with my purchasing decision.

Both are very intense games for me.

Story and atmosphere wise, Senua's Sacrifice is more a journey into her own mind on which she doesn't meet a single human being and it's quite obvious that you're not traveling through actual reality. A Plague Tale is mostly grounded in the real medieval world, the only mysterious thing, at least initially, being the incredible surge of rats and their very obvious fear of light and fire.

Gameplay wise, Senua's Sacrifice is exploration, rune puzzles and combat, something Senua is very good at. A Plague Tale is stealth, i.e. sneaking and distracting enemies, puzzles (often about fire and how to use it to foil the swarms of rats) while combat takes a back seat - occasionally Amicia uses her sling (upgradeable through crafting) to hurt and kill people, but more often it's a tool to dislodge items, light fires or create distracting sounds.

That's as good of a comparison as I can make after a few hours of gameplay.

This game has GREAT LOOKING atmospheric set pieces!
At least when it's not sunny. Bright days have excessive ugly bloom. But everything else looks gorgeous!
Screenshot dump from the first 8 chapters incoming!!!



Story is unfolding nicely. Getting better and better. I love the companions Amicia and Hugo gather. Wasn't expecting that!

I've my eye on this as well after I caught the trailer last month. I'll watch some gameplay before deciding.

Spoilers:
www.gameskinny.com/cw5yy/the-easter-egg-you-missed-in-a-plague-tale-innocences-post-credits-scene

I saw the entire gameplay so I know what the story is about. It's an interesting concept with a good narrative. The VA are great, graphics are good. It would be great if the devs plan to make it into a series but this is a one off. They're not planning to make any sequel.

The only games I know that have decent German VO are games actually made by German studios, such as the Gothic games (all Piranha Bytes games actually, though they seem to have only 10 voice actors ) or adventures like A Moment Of Silence (where the protagonist is voiced by the German VA of Bruce Willis ).

But yea, the English VO of PT:I is excellent.