A Plague Tale: Innocence

 PlayStation 4
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8.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1410 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 1,151 out of 1410
  2. Mixed: 172 out of 1410
  3. Negative: 87 out of 1410
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  1. Avey123Avey
    Mar 19, 2023
    2
    The gameplay here is extremely restrictive. You are often forced to do things a very particular way, and should you not you will run into very sharp difficulty spikes. The game makes you feel like an actor following a script and not a player in a simulated scenario. This already kills it for me but what makes this game even worse is how horribly stupid our main characters are in everyThe gameplay here is extremely restrictive. You are often forced to do things a very particular way, and should you not you will run into very sharp difficulty spikes. The game makes you feel like an actor following a script and not a player in a simulated scenario. This already kills it for me but what makes this game even worse is how horribly stupid our main characters are in every situation. This game is just chockfull of characters making aggravatingly stupid decisions constantly and if you're someone like me who gets really bothered by this than you will hate this game. And I don't mean stupid decisions that is understandable for the characters to make, no I mean that they make purposefully dumb decisions that no human being would ever make, undeveloped or otherwise, just to justify the next scenario. And in the end it is in service of a terrible story which truly fly's off the goddamn rails at the end. Not really sure what it is I'm supposed to see in this game besides a strong presentation.… Expand
  2. platti
    Jul 11, 2021
    4
    Buggy game. Dumme Rätselaufgaben, die KI ist an manchen Stellen sehr dumm. Story beläuft sich auf ca 9 Stunden Spielzeit
  3. IIIAHMIII
    Aug 18, 2021
    4
    They just build a game around the uncharted machanic and tried to make a game. Not terrible but far from entertaining. Slow ASF you walk 1 mile per hour.
  4. Zeydlitz
    May 22, 2019
    3
    At the begining this game look like a nice adventure, but at the end it become a very poor designed and badly controlled action game. The Boss fight is absolutely wrong, control scheme is so poor, that mostly it would be main enemy, not a boss. Mostly only 1/3 of the game is good.
  5. WondemanLocke
    Jun 5, 2019
    4
    Story is good but I would have not buy this game if I could have known that combat is such bad and slow and there is parts when need to be good and fast, sometimes game is illogical there too and things simple does not work. It is like a playing net game with too much lag because need to take much advance and shooting with sling takes forever. Enemies sometimes are unfair, sometimes seeStory is good but I would have not buy this game if I could have known that combat is such bad and slow and there is parts when need to be good and fast, sometimes game is illogical there too and things simple does not work. It is like a playing net game with too much lag because need to take much advance and shooting with sling takes forever. Enemies sometimes are unfair, sometimes see through walls and kill you with instadeath. I would really liked to review this game better but there is too much parts that you simply need to shut down console because it simply did not worked out, sometimes needed a guide because action parts and guides always spoils things.… Expand
  6. basedonprice
    Jan 2, 2020
    0
    Pay $49.99 for "indie" game?
    If you ever watch all-cutscenes in Youtube, you'll never buy this.
    Cons - Bad movements. You walks like skating. - NPC moves like robot. 90s 3D games are better. - Face expression is worst like overdone botox. - This is not a game. This is a collection of cutscenes. - Playable contents are extremely easy like mocking player. - Moving -> Cutscene ->    Pay $49.99 for "indie" game?
    If you ever watch all-cutscenes in Youtube, you'll never buy this.

    Cons
    - Bad movements. You walks like skating.
    - NPC moves like robot. 90s 3D games are better.
    - Face expression is worst like overdone botox.
    - This is not a game. This is a collection of cutscenes.
    - Playable contents are extremely easy like mocking player.
    - Moving -> Cutscene -> Throwing rocks -> Cutscene -> Moving -> Cutscene -> ...

    Pros
    + You want to play for only Good Story?
    + Please try to watch all-cutscenes in youtube.
    + You will save your $49.99    … Expand
  7. DarthPreamp
    Oct 24, 2019
    1
    Great, just filled with game breaking bugs. An otherwise excellent title, but filled with unforgivable game breaking bugs
  8. Murdochella
    May 14, 2019
    2
    Looks like a PS3 game and repetitive af, bad replay factor, atrocious gameplay.
  9. Angelus78gak
    May 20, 2019
    3
    The characters are annoying, the story is flat, I feel no sympathy for the two main characters and seriously hate Hugo.
  10. horatiousgate
    Apr 18, 2020
    0
    Terrible piece of **** game. It's highest quality is that it's not the worst possible game, but it's a crappy disgusting messed up piece of crap of a game.
  11. Focs
    Jul 25, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Игра ужасна. Она плюёт на свою же логику. Она постоянно скатывается в само повтор. Но по порядку. Сначала вам будет интересно. Загадки, интересные, не сильно сложные. Есть тайники и место для исследования. Но уже ближе к середине вы поймете, что вы делаете одно и тоже действия. Крысы вас будут бесить. Они не сложные. Они не вписываются в концепцию мира. Они кажутся инородными. Мистическими, как-будто находишься в фэнтези. Персонажи не далекие. Импульсивные, бесячии. Брат это вообще я бы его придушил. Из за него столько народу погибло. В начале мыши боятся огня. В середине они бросаются и тушат огонь. Где логика? В начале вы бегает от мышей. В конце вы бегаете с мышами. К середине головоломки будут повторятся по кругу. И головоломки постоянно повторяются. Вы будете себя все чаще и чаще ловить на мысли, что устали от игры. А концовка это вообще что-то с чем-то. Можно сказать лучше бы и не видел.… Expand
  12. mklamt
    Jul 22, 2021
    0
    This is a MUST PLAY game if you have a PS5.
    The last boss is an amazing fight. A plague tale can be repetitive sometimes, but it's original history is very creative and immersive.
  13. beewarrior
    May 5, 2021
    0
    The story is okay (7/10)
    Gameplay and characters are great. (9/10)
    Graphics are amazing! (10/10)

    The RPG elements aren't that good, but still acceptable.

    Overall 8/10.
  14. Tom11th
    Aug 9, 2021
    3
    Broken game design, and poor character control balance! (PS5 Version)

    The last chapter broke the game for me. Starting from the 'pushing cart' part, till the final boss this game is an unplayable mess. Took me about 30 tries to finish the cart part, I was unable to beat the boss. Character controls lack a lot of precision, every single time, when the final enemy was exposed to my    Broken game design, and poor character control balance! (PS5 Version)

    The last chapter broke the game for me. Starting from the 'pushing cart' part, till the final boss this game is an unplayable mess. Took me about 30 tries to finish the cart part, I was unable to beat the boss.

    Character controls lack a lot of precision, every single time, when the final enemy was exposed to my attack, my first shot was always a miss... at a certain point, another character was supposed to help you with the rats, but for some reason he was unable to do so.
    So you run around, try to reach that same moment only to hear that he can't do it because of some arbitrary reasons... It took me maybe 20/25 tries, after that I said F-it, and this was the end of the game for me.
    I am not the best player in the world, although I did a platinum trophy in Bloodborne, Sekiro, God Of War finished on highest difficulty, and yet, A Plague Tale made me rage quit.

    Voice acting ("English" version) in this game is poor and really annoying as well. I understand, it's an indie title, but what is the point of having an English speaking actress pretend a french one? Makes no sense at all. Accents makes sense when the characters speak between each other in a different languages, but here, we have a French people speaking between each other in English with some weird accents. Why?
    From the beginning this broke the immersion for me. Every single time when Amicia and Hugo where talking, it was like nails on a chalkboard! Unbearable, infantile, stylized and unnecessary.

    Oh, and there should be a drinking game, every time you here Hugo saying 'mummy', you 'drink' a bullet to the head. :3

    I was very exited for this game, and in the end it's a title I will remember for a long, LONG time, as one of the most annoying games I've played in a long time. Hype for the second game is gone, will not play it even if it was a free game.    … Expand
  15. Loykey4g63
    Jun 21, 2020
    1
    This game is not so awesome like people say. It is full of bugs, glitches and the story is boring. The auto aim is broke, the devs admitted to that and still have not fixed it.
  16. beedy
    Jul 3, 2020
    0
    je trouve que tout dans ce jeux est bon, beau, et qui tiens en allène. c'est tous ce que j'ai a dire.
  17. Sheldontung
    Jul 30, 2021
    0
    This is not a game. It’s a man-control cutscene collection. A very bad so-called indie game. The whole story is full of shhhiiiitttt.
  18. HellsbellsXCII
    Aug 21, 2022
    0
    Voice acting and animations are awful. Reminds me of kingdom come deliverance. Or the loud speaking in front of guards without them noticing. And characters all look dead inside.
  19. sajju84
    Apr 3, 2021
    4
    Undoubtedly a unique game; but the game play reminds me of the time when we used to play games in our Pentium 3. I really hope that in the sequel of it, the gameplay would be more dynamic
  20. Bettacupra
    Aug 2, 2021
    0
    Really bad and annoying gameplay,i quit the game in chapter 14 so i played almost all the game,the mechanicals are stupid and repetitives,the story is typical and really simple.
    Is free in psplus but dont waste your time in thia game
    Reading all the comments…wtf? A 10? What a joke…
  21. CapitanQwark
    Jul 4, 2021
    0
    The worst game I've ever played. I have never seen a game that has technical issues worst than this one. I can't recommend it, and I don't want to. Don't play it if you don't want to lose your time playing something unplayable.
  22. Maksixx2
    Nov 22, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Прохождение игры это что-то сказочное, кажется вначале, а потом пиздец. Главным героям везёт, противники и глав гад тупые, франции и католичеству похуй на эксперименты с крысами и что целый город вымерли. Крысы будто не животные а пришельцы или зомби. А потом вообще пизда, ведь оказывается пацан может управлять крысами и после этого мне стало похуй на всех в игре,плюс игра очень скриптованая и линейная. Поэтому из таого жанра это тупорылая игра с сюжетом придуманы в канализации под наркотой. 1 из 10 чтобы уровня ь оценку так игра на 3 из 10… Expand
  23. NiNjAtr
    Jun 18, 2022
    3
    I came across the game by chance and the theme he chose is nice, but the problem is that most of the game is like the last of us and you usually repeat a lot of things. For example, you have to get rid of the man, you throw a jar somewhere and surprise the man. Artificial intelligence is very bad and it is very easy to understand that the main characters in the game are made in theI came across the game by chance and the theme he chose is nice, but the problem is that most of the game is like the last of us and you usually repeat a lot of things. For example, you have to get rid of the man, you throw a jar somewhere and surprise the man. Artificial intelligence is very bad and it is very easy to understand that the main characters in the game are made in the computer environment.… Expand
  24. VNVreviewer
    Oct 6, 2022
    1
    Almost finished it but just couldn’t get past a stage where you have to fight off soldiers while staying behind a moving cart that is protecting you from archers. Died over and over so many times. Sometimes hit by an arrow from an impossible angle. I swear I was safely behind the cart enough that there’s no way an arrow could have hit me. Sometimes my reticle would inexplicably moveAlmost finished it but just couldn’t get past a stage where you have to fight off soldiers while staying behind a moving cart that is protecting you from archers. Died over and over so many times. Sometimes hit by an arrow from an impossible angle. I swear I was safely behind the cart enough that there’s no way an arrow could have hit me. Sometimes my reticle would inexplicably move off a target and then the approaching soldier would kill me. Sometimes the reticle just refused to aim onto a soldier before they reached me. Sometimes keeping an eye on my position relative to the cart meant that I just couldn’t turn back in time to hit a soldier before they got me or if I didn’t check my position, I would get hit by an archer. A massive exercise in frustration and tedium which summed up my experience of this game. The story was OK, the graphics were great but the gameplay absolutely sucked beyond words. This is without doubt the worst gaming experience I’ve had in over 10 years. I cannot believe it’s got such a high average score.… Expand
  25. Edfil
    Oct 17, 2022
    4
    All the **** about the Middle Ages is present in this game. Hellish vision of a world that never existed. Excessive and without intelligence.
  26. p1nkhouse
    Feb 12, 2023
    0
    After reading the reviews, I was excited to try out this game. It started off quite well, with beautiful graphics and an interesting story unfolding. However, I was shocked at the amount of bugs in it: characters start to speak at the same time, or only 3 minutes after you saw the NPCs - you might already be miles away from them. I tried opening the door, but the character got stuck andAfter reading the reviews, I was excited to try out this game. It started off quite well, with beautiful graphics and an interesting story unfolding. However, I was shocked at the amount of bugs in it: characters start to speak at the same time, or only 3 minutes after you saw the NPCs - you might already be miles away from them. I tried opening the door, but the character got stuck and had to wait for a couple of minutes before anything happened. What is completely unacceptable however, is the 'black holes' - I've fallen into one where there was supposed to be a water fountain, and couldn't get out. I've then climbed over a fence and was supposed to land on a ground, but instead fell into a massive black hole again where I couldn't get out of. Had to delete this immediately.

    I just haven't seen so many bugs in a game in ages. Shame really, as it was a promising game.    … Expand
  27. Haannss
    Dec 30, 2022
    4
    A terribly boring game that repeats dumb mechanics once and again, with a clumsy, slow control, and a story that, being the best of this game, it isn't special at all, making the whole thing totally not worthy. Furthermore, you constantly feel that all your actions are scripted, so you can only do whatever is expected at any time. There is not more than one way to overcome the situationsA terribly boring game that repeats dumb mechanics once and again, with a clumsy, slow control, and a story that, being the best of this game, it isn't special at all, making the whole thing totally not worthy. Furthermore, you constantly feel that all your actions are scripted, so you can only do whatever is expected at any time. There is not more than one way to overcome the situations the game lays out, just one, and the lack of freedom feels really anoying. Comparisons between A Plague Tale Innocence and naughty dog's games do not benefit the first in any way, because make more evident all the strengths it lacks. Finally, dubbing it to French and German is ok, but not dubbing it to Spanish, with far more speakers around the world, seems to be an ilogic decision. One more among many.… Expand
  28. Morados9
    Jan 3, 2023
    4
    Totalmente olvidable. De qué estaba hablando. No me gustan los juegos con chicas.
  29. vinibarreto2022
    Apr 24, 2023
    0
    Joguei a versão de PS5. Pontos Positivos: Historia convincente, Personagens memoraveis, dialogos entre os personagens principais cativantes, Protagonista com uma personalidade impar. Voce irá facilmente gostar de Amicia. Diferente da maioria dos jogos Main. Pontos negativos: A maneira como vc tem que lidar com o combate por vezes é travado, a movimentação de objetos é muito ruim, ficaJoguei a versão de PS5. Pontos Positivos: Historia convincente, Personagens memoraveis, dialogos entre os personagens principais cativantes, Protagonista com uma personalidade impar. Voce irá facilmente gostar de Amicia. Diferente da maioria dos jogos Main. Pontos negativos: A maneira como vc tem que lidar com o combate por vezes é travado, a movimentação de objetos é muito ruim, fica parecendo que vc está em um jogo 2D. Eu concordo com a detecção de morte imediata porem não faz sentido vc ser identificado por um personagem que esta a mais de 50mts e ele te alcançar em apenas 2 segundos. poderiam ser feito de outra forma já que vc literalmente não pode "lutar" com soldados da Inquisição. Este é o objetivo principal do game ... se esconder e fujir a maior parte do tempo, Existe um exagero em certos ambientes, sim, estamos diante de uma praga e diante de uma guerra mas as vezes existem tantos corpos que é impossivel aquelas pessoas morarem no mesmo "condado" ou sei lá o nome .... Existem um ambiente em que existe tanto boi morto que chega a ser engraçado pela quantidade, ninguem naquele tempo detinha tanto gado e nem existiam pastagens para tanto boi. Os ratos são um caso a parte, ele funcionam como uma brincadeira de criança chamada "o chão é lava" vc remove eles aqui e ali, desvia lá e por fim vc controla a lava kkkkkk. .
    Resumido: Se vc gosta de uma boa historia com personagem principal cativante e com personalidade, gosta de jogo em 3a pessoa com enfase massiva em se esconder, esse jogo é pra voce. Esqueça tipos e alarmes, modo detetive dentro outras coisas a lá MGS. É um jogo diferente e muito bom, peca as vezes por coisa besta como salvar em lugar errado ou não permitir que vc volte a algum ambiente. as vezes o combate pode parecer frustante mas é só pegar o jeito "bugado" de atirar pedras kkkkk. de resto é um bom jogo e vale a pena joga-lo.    … Expand

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#42 Best PS4 Game of 2019
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#24 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2019
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#58 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2019

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Metascore
81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 61 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 52 out of 61
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 61
  3. Negative: 0 out of 61
  1. VG247
    Sep 18, 2019
    80
    There’s a lot lifted from other games in A Plague Tale, but somehow there’s nothing cynical about it. This is a full-hearted reach for the big time of AAA storytelling that succeeds in the most important departments, thanks to its sparkling polish and subtle characterisation. It’s one of a handful of games for which I could tell you the personality traits and motivations of not just the protagonists, but four or five secondary characters. Consider this review a carrier: Asobo Studio is a name that’s going to spread.
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  2. Worth Playing
    Sep 12, 2019
    86
    Aside from the basic gameplay and a few rough edges, A Plague Tale: Innocence tells an incredibly gripping story about a couple of kids in the most grim circumstances imaginable. It nails the horrifying setting with standout visuals and a thick atmosphere that is worth experiencing at least once. If you're looking for the next great story to play through, A Plague Tale is definitely it.
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  3. Impulsegamer
    Jun 4, 2019
    96
    I thoroughly enjoyed A Plague Tale: Innocence from start to finish and cannot fault this title at all. While the gameplay is fluid that is accompanied by excellent graphics and audio, where A Plague Tale – Innocence shines is with its characters and the way it tells their story. So if you’re upset at how Game of Thrones ended and need a story that is told correctly, A Plague Tale – Innocence does that flawlessly.
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