About This Game Follow the grim tale of young Amicia and her little brother Hugo, in a heartrending journey through the darkest hours of history. Hunted by Inquisition soldiers and surrounded by unstoppable swarms of rats, Amicia and Hugo will come to know and trust each other. As they struggle to survive against overwhelming odds, they will fight to find purpose in this brutal, unforgiving world.1349. The plague ravages the Kingdom of France. Amicia and her younger brother Hugo are pursued by the Inquisition through villages devastated by the disease. On their way, they will have to join forces with other children, and evade swarms of rats using fire and light. Aided only by the link that binds their fates together, they will face untold horrors in their struggle to survive.As their adventure begins… the time of innocence ends. 6d5b4406ea Title: A Plague Tale: InnocenceGenre: Action, AdventureDeveloper:Asobo StudioPublisher:Focus Home InteractiveRelease Date: 14 May, 2019 A Plague Tale: Innocence Crack Folder Download Before I opine on the nitty-gritty of this game, I think an important fact worth mentioning upfront is that this game was developed by around 45 people based in the city of Bordeaux, located at the southwestern region of France known for its wine. Hopefully it would be known for Asobo Studios soon too. On to the review! I told myself I wanted to buy this game the first time I saw its gameplay, which was during E3 2018. Fast forward almost a year later, bought it and came away astoundingly impressed. Three points below justifying it.1) Story was captivating, exploring the interactions being the two siblings Amicia & Hugo as they escape from the protagonists with little to no weapon is rewarding. (Amicia is a teenager and Hugo is just a kid.) It elicits that on the edge of your seat feeling, cause you just don't know what's gonna happen next. So you're playing and playing itching to find out. Even though I've so far finished Chapter 1, I'm already sold. 2) Gameplay was mainly stealth based, so more of using brains than muscles, cause you mainly use a slingshot while making the most of your environment to distract your enemies to prevent detection. Puzzles weren't overly difficult, so you won't need to crack your head figuring it out, a balanced mix I would say.3) This is where it really hits the spot for me, environment + sound. This game pulls you right in the moment you start playing. Oil painting inspired graphics and soundtrack composed specifically for this game takes the immersion to the next level where few developers are able to match. The developers truly done their homework and did their best to simulate medieval France in its dark ages, evident by its grim and hopeless ambience (and hoards of rats) plagued by deadly diseases. You'll just empathize the characters and feel bad for them while wishing for things to turn for the better, even if it's just a modicum of hope. To sum it up, this game is essentially a virtual time machine for me to explore France in its past with all the beauties and riches offered, a truly second to none experience.These aspects already made it a very good game for me, almost perfect actually. But the developers went beyond that because they nailed a few things that other developers, even AAA ones failed, and these are all PC-specific. 1) This game barely has any bugs or technical issues on PC, it's completely playable since day 1!! I know this shouldn't even be a praise cause it's a given that it should be shipped in a workable condition. But it's fair to say that many games nowadays have encountered FPS rate drops, weird glitches and bugs that ruin the experience or just downright crashing making it completely unplayable. So thank you developers for porting PC the right way!2) The controls feel extremely smooth and fluid, controllers are not required at all. I've come to appreciate this because I wanna enjoy PC games the native way, with the duo combination of keyboard and mouse instead of anything else. It's good that Steam supports controllers, but I'd much prefer the traditional PC way. 3) No microtransactions that wanna milk maximum money out of you. So you get what you pay, a really well built game that leaves you wanting for more. Well priced at $45, but I just wish there would be DLCs, would definitely preorder for that. (Fingers crossed!)All in all, this is $45 well spent, especially when all you wanna do is turn on your PC and enjoy a great time. This game is enthralling, exciting and gripping. Serves as a lodestar for other PC games to follow if you wanna have 93% of positive comments (it's 93% as of writing this comment). Asobo Studio, if ever you're reading this comment, thank you so much for what you're doing and pls continue doing it. All 45 of you are thriving and I can't wait to see what you all will have in store next. Be it a new game or upcoming DLCs, I'm down for it. Anyone that's browsing the comments contemplating whether to purchase, it's a resounding yes from me. Gonna be $45 you glad you spent.. This game is a love letter to anyone who loves story rich games.I have to say i really enjoyed this game, cause nowdays story driven games are almost non-existent.If you love story rich games and fade up from crappy micro-transaction tactics ,boring fetch quest titles,then this is the game for you.I have no regret paying full price for this game ,as this game is absolutely amazing. My final thoughts of this game -Awesome single -player story - Amazing graphics and very immersive - The soundtracks of this game are amazingIn last i have to say if you are looking for a high action packed game , or a another horrendous battle royale then you are totally out of luck.If you want the thrill of playing with fancy weapon skins look other places. This game reminds me why i love to play games in the first place. Totally worth it.. I'll reiterate what I've said in the discussion forum of this game and say, "it's linear...AND I LOVE IT!!!"In this day in age of gaming, it's all about the open world sandboxes and 100+ hours you can plug into a game. And while I do not hate sandbox games, and there's a lot of them that I DO like, there are also a bunch of them that have TOO MUCH to do in terms of fluffy sidequests leaving the main quests and story very very thin.What I love about A Plague Tale: Innocence is that it is really really focused. The story moves along at about the right pace it needs to all the while finding casual ways for you to practice the fundamental stealth and slinging mechanics as soon as you start the game. It wastes no time in showing you the ropes and getting the story started.Speaking of the story, it is incredibly well written and just comes to show how much potential video games have for compelling storytelling. You play as Amicia a 15 year old French princess who is orphaned when The Inquisition comes to her castle seeking to kidnap her little brother Hugo. Your objective is to protect your little brother, who you haven't seen for most of his life, from all the would be kidnappers--all the while trying to survive the plague of rats swarming all over France.I've had legit feels throughout this game and I think I'm only halfway through it, if not almost. The sibling relationship unfolds in a very natural way. You get moments where Hugo wants to be a normal kid, but he can't be because not only does he have a mysterious illness that has kept him locked up and isolated in his castle, but also because The Inquisition want to take him for a reason I've yet to discover.This leads to a lot of conflict between Amicia and Hugo where she needs to protect him at all costs, even if it means robbing him of any happiness and comfort because you're almost always on the run from danger. This takes its toll on him as he is just a little innocent boy thrust into all this violence and bloodshed, as well as for Amicia who has never taken in a life before. Now she's forced to choose whether or not she wants to be a murderer all for the sake of Hugo's and her own survival.Now I can go on forever about the story, but I'm sure you wanna hear about the gameplay. Well, let's just say that at least for me, it's enough gameplay to make me feel involved in the experience. It's a lot of diversion based stealth with OPTIONAL murder, and the interesting thing about the murdering is that you can hear a change in Amicia's voice over time the more you kill. It takes a toll on her conscience and that makes the experience feel grounded in reality. She's not your typical bad\u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665and blood thirsty hero, she's a regular young girl forced to make tough decisions.Don't expect too much bad\u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665stealth takedowns akin to Assassin's Creed or Batman games, but at least to me I still think it's pretty bad\u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665to sling rocks at dude's heads as well as KO them with a sleeping elixir. The puzzles are also well done, they rival the puzzles found in Tomb Raider games, though not as elaborate, they can be equally satisfying to solve. Some of them require you commanding secondary characters to do different things and that's a neat way to use them as opposed to having them stand by the sidelines watching the main hero carry the team. This game makes you feel like you are actually as helpless as a 15 year old girl would be and would require some additional help while also having her own level of competence for survival to grow.Definitely recommend if you want a short and concise experience, and also definitely worth the price in my opinion. This isn't a game you play only once and forget about it. To me this is a story I would like to experience at least one or two more times later down the line like good movies and TV series I've rewatched over the years because there's a lot of details you might miss the first time. Full price or sale, this is definitely worth your money if you're looking for a gaming experience that has a definite ending and has the linearity of the good old games of yesteryear, mixed in with modern realistic graphics and compelling writing.. Finally, fresh air. It is a peace of art.. Decided to return Rage 2 and pick this one instead. That was the best decision in my life.Everything in this game is fantastic. You will never regret buying it at full price.
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