A Plague Tale: Innocence

It successfully combines horror, action, survival, combat and story in a way that so few games do in this modern age. A Plague Tale: Innocence is also a reminder that the world still needs single-player story-based games, especially those that are as wonderfully beautiful and heartfelt as this one.

A Plague Tale: Innocence does not show the side to any blow, allowing itself to be pointed out for a couple of minor defects, unable to affect the final result.

A beautifully designed action-adventure with great characters, believable dialogue and a clever mechanical mix of stealth, puzzles, fighting and teamwork in a surreal ocean of rats.

A Plague Tale is a narrative adventure whose true protagonists are the rats. It is set in a realistic Middle Age Europe, during the Hundred Year War, and delivers an interesting story, and some well designed puzzles. On the downside, it is short (about 10 hours long) and some mechanics feel repetitive.

A Plague Tale: Innocence doesn’t nail everything, but it still manages to pull off the things it absolutely needed to succeed. For every clunky stealth section or awkward animation, there’s a heartfelt interaction between Amicia and Hugo. It’s a story about the inevitable end of all things and how tragedy makes people long for a time before innocence is stripped away. Amicia didn’t ask to become Hugo’s guardian--that’s just the way life panned out. Much as she would like to shield him from the brutality of their circumstances, it’s not possible if they want to survive. Innocence is akin to fire; neither lasts forever and, eventually, every flame fizzles out. However, if we stick with the people we love, it’ll burn for as long as we need it to.

The developers of A Plague Tale managed to create an emotional story seasoned with stealth elements - not very demanding, as the game is really easy. Nevertheless, the title remains a very compelling experience that I finished overnight - which might be the best review I can give. Also - it's insanely pretty.

A Plague Tale: Innocence deserves respect for daring to be different, funnelling you through a bleak European backdrop that’s seldom seen. Despite some neat ideas, though, the stealth and puzzle mechanics drag, and the story can’t quite make up its mind about what it wants to be. Furthermore, while the presentation is spectacular, the project lacks polish in key areas and overstays its welcome at times.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

O jogo tem uma história pesada e triste, que já consegue prender logo no início com aquela cena da suposta morte da mãe deles. A relação entre os personagens também é bem interessante ao longo do jogo. A gameplay tem alguns aspectos divertidos, especialmente as mecânicas dos ratos. Mesmo sendo uma gameplay relativamente simples, ela funciona bem dentro da proposta. No geral, é um bom jogo.

Ojalá más juegos así. Fue una maravilla poder jugarlo en su estreno y rejugarlo posteriormente en 2026 ya con la intención de exprimirlo y sacarle el platino. El apartado gráfico, la historia y las mecánicas de horas de ratas son su punto fuerte. Cabe destacar que es un juego donde el sigilo sí se siente como mecánica central del desarrollo y que ir como loco matando todo lo que se mueve no es una solución

Totalmente olvidable. De qué estaba hablando. No me gustan los juegos con chicas.

All the **** about the Middle Ages is present in this game. Hellish vision of a world that never existed. Excessive and without intelligence.