A Plague Tale: Innocence

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8.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1568 Ratings

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  1. EvilEmperor2
    May 13, 2019
    10
    Incredible Game, is so so perfect, Thank You, Asobo;
    Special Thanks to Focus Home.
  2. hoanns
    Feb 7, 2021
    5
    Completly mediocre game. Graphics are generally good, but it has stiff characters and animations, the rat swarms and npcs are a joke from an immersion standpoint. Gameplay is uninspired and boring. Gameworld feels like a set piece.
  3. NordSpirit
    Oct 11, 2020
    7
    Excellent visuals, each location is like a painting of the renaissance, beautiful work with color and light. But unfortunately, these are all the advantages of the game, completely flat characters, all except for main characters, are just talking scenery, strange gameplay periodically knocking out the flow from the state of its absurdity and lack of logic, the plot is superficial andExcellent visuals, each location is like a painting of the renaissance, beautiful work with color and light. But unfortunately, these are all the advantages of the game, completely flat characters, all except for main characters, are just talking scenery, strange gameplay periodically knocking out the flow from the state of its absurdity and lack of logic, the plot is superficial and predictable in the bad sense of the word. The main characters are not revealed at all. Unfortunately, the developers did not have enough experience and time, but it's not bad for a debut indie project, but there is definitely room for improvement.… Expand
  4. DJKrimson
    May 16, 2020
    7
    This game creates such a touching atmosphere with a mix of great visuals, soundtracks, dialogues and storytelling. I loved the voice acting, specially Amicia's (the main character). Unfortunately, the gameplay just doesn't hold up for todays standards, not even close tbh. There's a lot of sneaking in this game, but the enemy AI is ridiculously stupid. You're also very limited with yourThis game creates such a touching atmosphere with a mix of great visuals, soundtracks, dialogues and storytelling. I loved the voice acting, specially Amicia's (the main character). Unfortunately, the gameplay just doesn't hold up for todays standards, not even close tbh. There's a lot of sneaking in this game, but the enemy AI is ridiculously stupid. You're also very limited with your actions and movement.

    I'd recommend playing this if you find the game on sale. (Full price is 45 EUR at the time of writing)    … Expand
  5. lord_raccoon
    Mar 14, 2020
    7
    Pretty nice game with strong plot and graphics, but, as for me, gameplay is weak. I mean it was kinda boring, even though it was dynamic and was changing from chapter to chapter. I was playing it 1-2 hours per day and hadn't this feeling that i want to come back. On the contrary, it was making me bored and closer to the end i was playing only just to see the ending.
    About the plot, in    Pretty nice game with strong plot and graphics, but, as for me, gameplay is weak. I mean it was kinda boring, even though it was dynamic and was changing from chapter to chapter. I was playing it 1-2 hours per day and hadn't this feeling that i want to come back. On the contrary, it was making me bored and closer to the end i was playing only just to see the ending.
    About the plot, in short words, it's a beautiful tale, but, as for me, with a poor ending - no intrigue or surprises. But that's a feature of the tale as a genre, i guess.
    All in all, just a beautiful story with simple gameplay, for few evenings.    … Expand
  6. Xemnuz
    Sep 11, 2020
    6
    What potential this had... Awesome graphics, great music, interesting characters and story, but it sadly it falls short in gameplay that's just repetitive, narrow and towards the end brutally awkward to the point of ruining the experience. The game has an atmosphere you can only find in great titles like Witcher 3, Dishonored and Dragon Age Inquisition and the recent Greedfall. I cannotWhat potential this had... Awesome graphics, great music, interesting characters and story, but it sadly it falls short in gameplay that's just repetitive, narrow and towards the end brutally awkward to the point of ruining the experience. The game has an atmosphere you can only find in great titles like Witcher 3, Dishonored and Dragon Age Inquisition and the recent Greedfall. I cannot help but think about what this game would be like in an open world with these great textures if they only added an actual combat system that doesn't feel like a used diaper. They did a good job, but the combat is awful, 6.5/10 objectively. 10 star reviews are sad to see as they're not objective at all.… Expand
  7. daniel1492
    May 18, 2019
    10
    Es un juego hermoso, bien hecho, con historia y buenas mecánicas de juego, un imprescindible en este año
  8. XLazer
    Mar 9, 2021
    7
    Overall - 7.5/10

    +Mood/Environment setting/Graphics
    +Excellent lightings
    +Good Story
    +Some great ost(s)
    +Vitalis

    -Gameplay is way too linear and boring
    -Dialogues and voice acting is meh
    -RIP facial expressions
    -Side characters are generic
    -Poor enemy AI
    -Consistent Framedrops

    Enjoyment - 7.5/10
  9. Gattsu
    Mar 13, 2022
    10
    A masterpiece to behold. Character driven, amazing story, full of emotion, action, thrills, and a horror-packed bag on your way to redemption.
    Well done Asobo, we're truly grateful
  10. zeratul28
    Feb 4, 2020
    9
    Gran Historia, juego mágico, juegos como este convierten el ocio digital en arte.

    Gracias.
  11. kozel1
    Jan 9, 2020
    9
    This has to be one of the best games I've every played. I've only played around 3 hours so far, but it is just simply phenomenal how well the game can suck you into the story and you genuinely care for the girl and the boy. Actually I was more worried that the boy got hurt every time my character had to make a decision.

    Wonderful atmosphere, the music, dialogues are absolutely spot on    This has to be one of the best games I've every played. I've only played around 3 hours so far, but it is just simply phenomenal how well the game can suck you into the story and you genuinely care for the girl and the boy. Actually I was more worried that the boy got hurt every time my character had to make a decision.

    Wonderful atmosphere, the music, dialogues are absolutely spot on to suck you into the world and feel the pain and struggle the characters are going through as they venture across the storyline.

    I highly recommend it to anyone really.    … Expand
  12. PanMrkvicka
    Mar 24, 2020
    7
    Incredible tale about weird family. It has elements that are good and ones that are bad. Well the story is good and bad it has its moments but its combined with predictable retarded plot points and dumb characters. Ending is definitely a cool looking moment but its pretty underwhelming. Its just a decent tale with nothing that interesting. Gameplay could be better that doesnt mean its badIncredible tale about weird family. It has elements that are good and ones that are bad. Well the story is good and bad it has its moments but its combined with predictable retarded plot points and dumb characters. Ending is definitely a cool looking moment but its pretty underwhelming. Its just a decent tale with nothing that interesting. Gameplay could be better that doesnt mean its bad its good but could have been even better. It consists of stealth, walking and puzzles. Stealth is okay its just good old generic automatic stealth and the AI is dumb still it gives you interesting tools every now and then mostly chemical substances that either put out fire or makes rat moves that feels fresh which is great. Still it could be used better because it gets pretty boring and stealth segments are too long and not interesting. There are few enemy types at least cant complain there. The puzzles are more like go here and do this and then go there and do that, you dont even have to think they are too simple and the game even tells you what to do. Very dissapointing. Then there are the walking segments which serve as story telling, some people hate this but I didnt mind here. There are also two bosses and I ve seen worse, I enjoyed them. By the end of the game there were segments where you could use a lot of things for killing guards but you could just go and kill them with rats which felt too easy and not rewarding but I guess the point was to feel super saiyan but why put so much environment elements when you could make it more fun. Also theres upgrade system and for that you use resources which you find in the environment mostly during stealth. Theres a little reward for exploration but most of the time you dont even have to explore because you simply cant you get resources just by walking in a straight line and theres not much hidden somewhere else. So getting upgrades was really easy and you never run out of resources. Upgrades are also pretty unnecessary here theyre not bad in what you get but theyre just small upgrades that you wont care about they dont give advantage and you kinda forget about them in a while and beating game without upgrades feels the same as with them, theres no feeling of progression. Some characters also felt like they were forced to be there and you didnt care about them and story would be better without them. But the main girl Amicia and the little boy are really wel written characters and you feel for them immedately. Overall not a bad game at all, I expected something better because of the praise but I still wasnt dissapointed and its graphically beatiful even tho some side characters or even the main sometimes have weird face animations but it looks really incredible. Soundtrack is amazing but sadly its used so many times it gets really repetitive and theres always track for the same situation over and over and you expect it before it plays and it just gets old which is sad some more tracks in this already amazing soundtrack would make it even better. Personally I couldnt beat myself to play it and I was constantly afking it just didnt grasp me that much dont know why.… Expand
  13. Kasitsyn
    Feb 24, 2020
    8
    Отличная игра, с увлекательным сюжетом, интересными геймплейными механиками, великолепной атмосферой "чумной" Европы с ее нищетой, грязью, трупами, грубостью и религиозным фанатизмом - все это приправлено мистикой, не соскучишься!!! Игра как динамичный фильм, проходится на одном дыхании, постоянно разные локации, разные геймплейные решения, новые герои, крадемся, бежим, деремся, исследуемОтличная игра, с увлекательным сюжетом, интересными геймплейными механиками, великолепной атмосферой "чумной" Европы с ее нищетой, грязью, трупами, грубостью и религиозным фанатизмом - все это приправлено мистикой, не соскучишься!!! Игра как динамичный фильм, проходится на одном дыхании, постоянно разные локации, разные геймплейные решения, новые герои, крадемся, бежим, деремся, исследуем и т.д. Советую к покупке в коллекцию!… Expand
  14. DemoniKsataNa
    Feb 16, 2020
    7
    We got good story, interesting setting and cool atmosphere of France at 1300s. But also we got bad gameplay. I can't play in this game. Developer just take ALL bad thing that can be in gameplay and mix it. Better watch it on youtube or somewhere else. 7/10 and only becouse of atmosphere.
    It's good like movie but bad like game.
  15. profitto
    Apr 10, 2020
    9
    Игра почти идеальная. Хороший сюжет, красивая графика, неплохой геймплей. Но на мой личный взгляд не хватает головоломок. -1 за отсутствие головоломок. А так, отличная игра!
  16. Umrun
    May 9, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Просто бомбическая игра !!!!!!! я рыдал просто когда родерик помер!!!!! Шедевр.… Expand
  17. ProfAmateur
    Sep 20, 2021
    7
    Attention, the Story gets realy dark!

    + Sound
    + Graphic
    + Atmosphere
    - Some Bugs
    - Let's be honest, the little Brat is sometimes a bit annoying
  18. Rapskateallday
    Sep 9, 2021
    10
    Wow. Did not thought this game would be as good as i thought it would be. Played this in 2021 and i never expected it to be the kind of game that i would like.
  19. Supra88
    Apr 7, 2022
    10
    Ce jeu est un chef d'oeuvre, il n'y a rien à dire de plus. J'ai adore la saga The Witcher mais côté histoire, beauté ce jeu le détrone à mes yeux et c'est sans nulle doute le meilleurs jeux de ces 13 dernières années (bien loin ces bouse de halo ou zelda botw)
  20. alicanp58
    Apr 3, 2022
    10
    Splendid Game.it has a great story
    Gameplay 8/10
    Story 10/10
    Graphics 10/10
  21. Laith_77
    Dec 12, 2022
    10
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  22. ClarkKunt
    May 27, 2019
    7
    Visually stunning, great voice acting and soud design overall, atmosphere of the world is fantastic.... BUT. Gameplay is dull and repetitive, stealth is not well made, AI inteligence is just **** non existing, through playthrouh i encountered 3 major gamebreaking bugs that forced me to replay up to one hour of the campaign again.. and story it self is just mediocre at best. Long storyVisually stunning, great voice acting and soud design overall, atmosphere of the world is fantastic.... BUT. Gameplay is dull and repetitive, stealth is not well made, AI inteligence is just **** non existing, through playthrouh i encountered 3 major gamebreaking bugs that forced me to replay up to one hour of the campaign again.. and story it self is just mediocre at best. Long story short: Game is great technical accomplishment, graphics and sounds are amazing,but gameplay is dull, repetitive and ending of the story is way too simple nad rushed.… Expand
  23. Kif1983
    Dec 28, 2019
    7
    The majority of the game is a linear stealth challenge with light puzzle mechanics. Both literally light, and figuratively, most of the puzzles involve manipulating light sources. None of the puzzles are particularly challenging, and there's not much of a sense of jeopardy as the light sources permanently stave off the danger. However, occasionally, the game rises to a frenetic pace andThe majority of the game is a linear stealth challenge with light puzzle mechanics. Both literally light, and figuratively, most of the puzzles involve manipulating light sources. None of the puzzles are particularly challenging, and there's not much of a sense of jeopardy as the light sources permanently stave off the danger. However, occasionally, the game rises to a frenetic pace and that's when it's really in its element as you have to respond quickly to stay safe.

    Combat is best avoided until some late game items/skills are achieved and the boss fights are pretty lacklustre generally. When you do have cause to fight, you typically are trying to achieve one solid whack to the head with the slingshot, however, there are number of ways to achieve that.

    For the most part you have an AI companion following you around, the game didn't really capitalise on all it could with that. They are part of the world, if they get into trouble you have to save them, if you leave them alone too long they make noise. However, there were very few opportunities for either of those things to happen.

    Aspects of the story have impactful moments are easy to invest in. However, once it ventures into the main plot with the end boss it goes off the rails a bit.    … Expand
  24. LetMeInPlease
    Jul 8, 2019
    6
    Expected more from such high scores. Not a bad game but nothing in it particularly stood out to me
  25. boeph
    Jul 10, 2019
    8
    Игра, про которую невозможно не рассказать.
    Тот редкий случай, когда малоизвестная игра от неизвестных разработчиков, дающая большую фору играм уровня AAA, не имела сотен миллионов бюджета и раскрученной рекламной кампании, но стала самой запоминающейся в 2019 году.
    В A Plague Tale: Innocence великолепно всё: отличная современная графика с хорошей оптимизацией дополнены крайне    Игра, про которую невозможно не рассказать.
    Тот редкий случай, когда малоизвестная игра от неизвестных разработчиков, дающая большую фору играм уровня AAA, не имела сотен миллионов бюджета и раскрученной рекламной кампании, но стала самой запоминающейся в 2019 году.
    В A Plague Tale: Innocence великолепно всё: отличная современная графика с хорошей оптимизацией дополнены крайне качественной атмосферной музыкой и общим звуковым окружением. И конечно же гвоздь номера - потрясающий сюжет. Тут просто нет слов - это надо видеть, слышать, чувствовать, в это надо играть.
    Настоятельно рекомендую всем ознакомиться с этим, не побоюсь это слова, шедевром.    … Expand
  26. Angrytiger
    Apr 4, 2021
    8
    Graphics = 3 of 3
    Story = 3 of 3
    Gameplay = 1 of 3
    Music and Sound = 3 of 3
    Wow factor = 2 of 3
    Total = 12 of 15 or 8 of 10
  27. SahilKChandio
    May 14, 2019
    9
    The game is beautiful and amazing it is a story driven adventure which is thrilling and fun! I feel like this is super great and the studio deserves a lot of support this is a very good game they've made!! It fell a little bit short in story as for me but a great game and worth playing nonetheless!
  28. Invize
    May 26, 2019
    10
    Шедевр. Без лишних слов. Хотелось бы больше таких игр.
    Это вам не новый DMC, который прошел и забыл с одной унылой локацией. Здесь, каждая локация по своему красива (даже если и отправляют второй раз).
    Это вам не Anthem, который рекламировали на каждом углу, на каждой выставке с мега супер пупер графикой, и что в итоге? Забыта уже на следующий день после выхода... Графика на высшем    Шедевр. Без лишних слов. Хотелось бы больше таких игр.
    Это вам не новый DMC, который прошел и забыл с одной унылой локацией. Здесь, каждая локация по своему красива (даже если и отправляют второй раз).
    Это вам не Anthem, который рекламировали на каждом углу, на каждой выставке с мега супер пупер графикой, и что в итоге? Забыта уже на следующий день после выхода... Графика на высшем уровне.
    Такие ощущения вызывал только третий Ведьмак. И не боюсь сказать, что они на одном уровне.

    Плюсы:
    + Сюжет, может и предсказуемый, но в последнее время не было сюжета лучше. 9,/10
    + Графика, просто красотище. 10 из 10.
    + Звук, все прекрасно, 10/10
    + Персонажи, это вам не картонные болванчики. Разговоры, переживания... 9/10
    + Крысы

    К минусам,
    - Управление, иногда прицеливание шалит... 7/10
    - Коротенькая, привыкаешь... и хотелось бы еще и еще. Но с другой стороны, все должно быть в меру. 8/10

    Советую всем поиграть и не проходить мимо этой игры.    … Expand
  29. TwoEars
    Oct 21, 2019
    6
    A very irritating game for experienced gamers who can see behind the beautiful graphics and setting. But let's cross off the strong points first:

    * Very nice graphics and movement, I suspect photogrammetry was involved * For me good voice acting, although I've seen that some others like it less * Good soundtrack which gives the game a nice ambience * Great choice of setting and    A very irritating game for experienced gamers who can see behind the beautiful graphics and setting. But let's cross off the strong points first:

    * Very nice graphics and movement, I suspect photogrammetry was involved
    * For me good voice acting, although I've seen that some others like it less
    * Good soundtrack which gives the game a nice ambience
    * Great choice of setting and time-period with lots of potential

    However if you look behind the appealing surface you'll find:

    * A pretty clichéd and predictable plot
    * One dimensional bad guys who are bad because they are bad
    * A ruined accurate medieval setting with the introduction of magic (black death not scary enough for you??)
    * Corridor like world-building which feels very handholdy
    * Stealth mechanics with pretty bad AI and which rely a lot on trial and error to get through
    * Difficultly curve a bit all over the place
    * Unrealistic encounters (scrawny girl with a sling defeat medieval guys in full armor, sure why not)
    * Rushed and repetitive gameplay, rather than exploring the beautiful surroundings, and getting a history lesson, we mostly find ourselves running through it while being chased or hiding from something

    This might also be a personal thing but I didn't find watching over my little brother especially fun, it's much more of a chore where he's constantly trying to get us killed in one way or another. Am I supposed to have some kind of emotional connection to him that makes up for it? Maybe, but he's kind of dumped in our (the players) lap at the beginning and is mostly a hindrance from a game-play perspective. Compare that to A Tale of Two Sons where you actually felt joy when working together and figuring things out as a team, this game is not that. As it is now I think it would have been much better if our brother had been kidnapped and we have to go on a mission throughout the game to rescue him or something like that. Also cliché perhaps but for me it would have been better than what we have now.

    So it's all a bit of a mess really and the tone of the game is pretty inconsistent. They picked a great setting and time-period if you ask me, there's black death and English knights coming into France. If you can't make a story out of that setting you have problems. But apparently that wasn't enough for them so they felt they needed to ruin an accurate medieval setting an introduce magic, shame. Then instead of enjoying what's left of the setting (or make some kind of magic mystery out it) we're mostly being chased through it, and we have to constantly look after our kid brother which is more of chore than anything.

    So essentially it's a pretty repetitive, and not very smart, corridor stealth game in which we're being chased by one-dimensional bad guys. We also don't learn anything much about the cool medieval setting and we also have to baby-sit our sick little brother who isn't exactly cooperative most of the time. Does that sound like fun to you? Then go ahead I suppose, for me it felt more like work than fun.

    If they make a second one I suggest dropping the babysitting chores, then slow the game down and take some time to actually explore the setting and history. And maybe at least try to give the bad guys some motivation for being bad... how hard can it be?    … Expand
  30. Jeronimo3
    May 14, 2019
    9
    A fantastic story delivered as a cinematic experience. Refreshingly worth every penny as far as I am concerned.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 33 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 33
  3. Negative: 0 out of 33
  1. Edge Magazine
    Jan 3, 2020
    80
    It's unlikely Innocence will lead to an epidemic of similarly snappy games, but we'd love this particular contagion to catch on. [Issue#341, p.116]
  2. PlayGround.ru
    Aug 1, 2019
    85
    We’ve got another outstanding adventure game. It’s not without technical flaws, but delivers a pleasant impression. Perhaps the next game of the studio will become a real gem.
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  3. Riot Pixels
    Jul 9, 2019
    72
    A Plague Tale: Innocence makes a commendable effort to mask its somewhat routine gameplay, and in the end, it wins you over with captivating atmosphere, great music, likeable main characters and nice visuals. If you like cinematic games, this stroll through Dark Ages is worth it.
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