A Plague Tale: Requiem

 PlayStation 5
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8.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 561 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 438 out of 561
  2. Mixed: 57 out of 561
  3. Negative: 66 out of 561
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  1. rrkwarmonger
    Oct 20, 2022
    4
    Bruh this game running on 24 fps on 1440p that even goes down to 20 fps on ps5. Hopefully I'll be able to refund it cause I can't play it in its current state.
  2. Davario
    Oct 20, 2022
    1
    No day one patch even after a few days after the game is launched. Game performance is bad and not an amazing experience for a PS5 player.
  3. BenFauWriter
    Oct 19, 2022
    0
    Poor graphics and poor optimization for next-gen console (30fps and not even 4k). As soon as you move, the graphics get ugly
  4. HardyPilgrim
    Oct 20, 2022
    2
    Fewer rats, more frames. 30 fps and lower is unacceptable on next-gen hardware.
  5. Kratos766
    Oct 19, 2022
    0
    It should be a crime to play 30 fps in 2022
    it looks like a joke
    the producer should be ashamed
  6. FGPT
    Oct 20, 2022
    1
    Its absurd to even consider a game running at 30 FPS in 2022. The new consoles are more than capable of running this game at 60. Bad optimization and incopetence from the studio makes this a terrible experience. Hopefully a new patch will render the game playable and a worthy follow up to the previous game.
  7. Myrakls
    Oct 19, 2022
    0
    I paid for a next-gen game, I get a 30fps game on PS5 with lags, even in small areas !
    They asked us to wait for day one patch. Well, we are still waiting and we don't even get any news about the situation.

    Innocence was great so I don't understand what happened.
    If you want to buy it, wait until you have a powerful computer or a PS5 pro ;)
  8. scorp332211
    Oct 22, 2022
    4
    I liked the first game really well. The 2nd one gets very boring quickly with avoiding rats and soldiers. It seems so much like the first game. I was completely bored by the end of Chapter 3 and stopped playing at Ch. 5. And I knew there were 17 chapters. I just couldn’t keep going. Maybe someday I’ll pick it up again, but I’d rate what I played as 4/10. Glad I got Game Pass PC for just aI liked the first game really well. The 2nd one gets very boring quickly with avoiding rats and soldiers. It seems so much like the first game. I was completely bored by the end of Chapter 3 and stopped playing at Ch. 5. And I knew there were 17 chapters. I just couldn’t keep going. Maybe someday I’ll pick it up again, but I’d rate what I played as 4/10. Glad I got Game Pass PC for just a $1 to play this game.… Expand
  9. ulukaj
    Oct 20, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is not where action adventure games should be heading. Primitive gameplay with nothing more than simple hide and seek mechanics and autoaim. Cheesy story supported by flat, uninteresting characters and awfully overacted voiceacting ruin potencially great atmosphere and setting. Bad optimisation just underlines generally terrible experience not much different from its prequel. Seriously, game reviewers, wake up and set your standards higher, much higher!… Expand
  10. WanderinMelmoth
    Oct 20, 2022
    1
    That little kid that you have to escort around 100 % of the time is annoying. And you can't kill him or throw him to the wolves. Who the hell wants to play a never ending escort mission???
  11. JaroJaro1990
    Oct 20, 2022
    0
    If you liked first one, you'd probably like Requiem too. But... technical side on PS5 is horrible. Only 30 FPS mode with frame drops and stutters is unacceptable. No optimisation whatsoever, no performance mode, nothing. And they didn't even have the decency to let us know before the game was released. Don't buy now... we must boycott such practices and laziness of developers. Shame on them.
  12. Tonyjaka
    Oct 19, 2022
    1
    Sad that you don’t get the same experience as PC or Xbox. Looks great IF YOU STAND STILL.
  13. TRN
    Oct 22, 2022
    0
    The game itself is fine. It's more of the same but I guess it looks amazing now. However I don't quite understand what the point of looking amazing is if the performance is utter crap. No seriously, PT:R runs at a cinematic 24 fps at times on a PS5. Sometimes it drops down to 20. These aren't one-off stutters either. Some areas and effects just completely tank fps. The game looks good butThe game itself is fine. It's more of the same but I guess it looks amazing now. However I don't quite understand what the point of looking amazing is if the performance is utter crap. No seriously, PT:R runs at a cinematic 24 fps at times on a PS5. Sometimes it drops down to 20. These aren't one-off stutters either. Some areas and effects just completely tank fps. The game looks good but it's horrible to actually play. Why do developers in 2022 STILL prioritize how good a game looks over how good it feels to play it? You're not making a movie, you're making a game.

    I would not recommend picking this up until developers sort out some of these performance issues. It's unacceptable to release an unstable 30 fps game in 2022.    … Expand
  14. Genexus84
    Oct 20, 2022
    0
    I don't know what to say.I'm dissappointed because some things are not smooth. The game looks great yes but it didn't blow me away with some huge ''wooow'' effects. Maybe the game isn't for me.I played the first one and I had more fun with it.
  15. OnlyOneHere
    Oct 23, 2022
    0
    This game is a huge steaming pile of garbage. The story is poorly written. I point and laugh every time at the developer's pathetic attempt at trying to make the game "hit hard". The only thing that hits hard in this game is the FPS. The greedy developers are charging $60 for a next-gen game that runs at only 30 FPS. Are you freaking kidding me? This game is on a PS5 console. There isThis game is a huge steaming pile of garbage. The story is poorly written. I point and laugh every time at the developer's pathetic attempt at trying to make the game "hit hard". The only thing that hits hard in this game is the FPS. The greedy developers are charging $60 for a next-gen game that runs at only 30 FPS. Are you freaking kidding me? This game is on a PS5 console. There is literally no excuse as to why these developers can't add a performance mode in their $60 game. It just goes to show how cheap and lazy these developers are. The physics are trash. The gameplay is boring and repetitive.

    There is no multiplayer. So once you beat the story, there is literally not a reason to play this game again. Charging $60 for a game with no replay value is a cash grab. That little kid could have made for a decent co-op, but the developers were too greedy and lazy for that. Speaking of that kid, he is annoying. If I could just RKO that annoying kid in this game, I would rate this higher than a 0. I don't recommend this boring game at all.

    P.S. Hey Metacritic, are your mods full of children? I have an opinion. Like it or not, learn to accept it. How dare I give a game a 0 for failing to meet my high standards for $60 games. It doesn't even have a performance mode on PS5 for goodness sake, and I can't give them a 0? Not to mention that you chose to make 0 an option in this site.    … Expand
  16. Sannikov123
    Oct 22, 2022
    0
    Very Boring Story, Very bad Animations and Lip Sync. Here and there some good looking Landscapes but destroyed cause of boring Gameplay mechanics. Only good can be the graphics when you stand still. When you move the choppy Framerate gives you Headache.
  17. MazePLn
    Oct 23, 2022
    0
    „Remember no preorders”, what a great slogan! I am afraid that we living in times when we need to write a new one. Remember don’t buy games on day one. The game would be easy 8-9/10. But on PS5 it’s a disaster. OK if the game is 30 frames at all times (that’s nonsense too) I can manage, but that drops it’s a slap for your face when you paid 60 bucks. Don’t buy it wait for 60 frames patch.„Remember no preorders”, what a great slogan! I am afraid that we living in times when we need to write a new one. Remember don’t buy games on day one. The game would be easy 8-9/10. But on PS5 it’s a disaster. OK if the game is 30 frames at all times (that’s nonsense too) I can manage, but that drops it’s a slap for your face when you paid 60 bucks. Don’t buy it wait for 60 frames patch.
  18. Call0ut
    Oct 22, 2022
    3
    What a bad game, how'd this get such high critic scores, so repetitive and everything feels unfinished, with really frustrating stealth combat
  19. Octobierg
    Oct 22, 2022
    1
    A disgusting game, as well as the developers who could not get their hands out of their asses to make 60fps.
  20. Ron177
    Oct 20, 2022
    1
    -PS5 -1.002.000 -Multiple chapters

    -Every 10-20min in any chapter, the game is completely powering down the PS5. Have to unplug and replug the console to get power to turn back on. The game crashes so often that it is unplayable.
    Very disappointed (P.S other games run all fine on my PS5, just A PLAGUE TALE: REQUIEM crashes all the time)
  21. Blblb
    Oct 23, 2022
    3
    Horrible level design and boring puzzles. Good Story but not a good game. Next time better make a Netflix show
  22. pioslik
    Oct 20, 2022
    1
    Combine greedy publisher and lazy developers and puff, you'll get A Plague Tale: Requiem. Defective game with terrible optimization and no 60fps mode, as this would require from devs more time to make and make necessary optimizations. Console versions of APT:R is spitting in the faces of consumers and telling us it's raining.
  23. yuricloud3
    Oct 22, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I didn't like how it ended . It fells like we lost 20 hours for nothing . Not buyng that asobo . Really bad… Expand
  24. cabbages
    Jan 17, 2023
    0
    its one of the most boring game ive ever played, there are so many sneak mission, and all you do is wait, and wait, and wait, and wait, and wait. and wait so more.

    By the time youve finished waiting and sneaked pass, you do not even care anymore, because you've so tediously bored.

    This isn't a game, its a screen saver.
  25. Smc88
    Oct 28, 2022
    2
    So gameplay is decent for a stealth style game. I played the first one and enjoyed it. Unfortunately the fps is a disaster. And half of the game your forced to walk in slow motion because it seems as though graphics are all they were worried about not playability. The story is as generic as it gets. Typical WOK story of skinny girl warrior takes on an army of men and destroys them all.So gameplay is decent for a stealth style game. I played the first one and enjoyed it. Unfortunately the fps is a disaster. And half of the game your forced to walk in slow motion because it seems as though graphics are all they were worried about not playability. The story is as generic as it gets. Typical WOK story of skinny girl warrior takes on an army of men and destroys them all. With cringy one liners. Also the word bastard was used atleast 100 times. If you have absolutely nothing else to play then it can kill some time. But overall for me it was not worth the money.… Expand
  26. Axiomrend
    Oct 27, 2022
    4
    Game was okay, although got really repetitive after some time, just like the first one. Story was a high point, although got pretty annoyed with "mad with anger" sister and "foolish young brother" stereotypes in the first game, and here it's even worst.

    On the other hand, performance on consoles is a joke. Game looks only slightly better than the first one and runs 2x slower. Making    Game was okay, although got really repetitive after some time, just like the first one. Story was a high point, although got pretty annoyed with "mad with anger" sister and "foolish young brother" stereotypes in the first game, and here it's even worst.

    On the other hand, performance on consoles is a joke. Game looks only slightly better than the first one and runs 2x slower. Making stones more "stony", fabric more "fabricy", grass more "grassy"? Is this a joke? Who, in their right mind, will even notice it, during normal gameplay, running mostly in dim-lighted corridors, sitting a good distance from a tv? At least give people an option, to choose between 30 and 60 fps mode.    … Expand
  27. Elkeiem
    Nov 13, 2022
    1
    30fps on current gen consoles.. that i think is enough said. But fpr whatever reason i need to fill enough characters
  28. Lother
    Jan 4, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Loved the first game, but this one fell apart so fast. First of all Amicia just wont shut up for the first half of the game. She only has one mode: panicky. It doesn't make any sense in the context of the previous game's story. She's constantly losing her sht and the voice actress overacts so much. This is so weird since the previous game was NOT like this.

    Then we have the story. My goodness was I annoyed and bored out of my mind playing this with my gf. Arnaud tries to kill Amicia and Hugo, but then SUDDENLY, for no reason whatsoever he saves them. There is even a sequence with him where he WILL kill you if he catches you, constantly taunting Amicia. Oh, then he's just your ally, because this is the level of writing. I would sometimes just blurt out loud "maybe the frenemies were the enemies we made along the way".

    Hugo ends up literally just chasing a blatant lie, there is no cure. We of course could have suspected this from the very start, but the story thinks it's being clever trying to trick us. Really, the BEST thing that could have been done from the very start would have been for Amicia to put a rock in Hugo's head and spare all the millions he kills. This is what ends up happening anyway.

    Did I mention Huge kils a sh1ton of people? It's hard to relate to the little sh1t since he doesn't feel any remorse whatsoever. Oh, neither does Amicia who should know better how Hugo is a walking disaster.

    At one point they split off from Lucas and their mother and I get the feeling they couldn't give two fks about the people they were supposed to care about in the first game.

    They reach an island where the "cure" was supposed to be. Locals have a legend about a child of embers, phoenix tropes, blah blah. Turns out the Count, the main villain, just made that all up because his wife is crazy, but somehow Hugo has a vision of this at the start of the game? Why? Because the Macula curse "tricked" Hugo? Huh?

    Amicia has these utterly stupid girlboss moments, but she gets slapped down every time. The toxic female empowerment here is off the charts, but somehow the writers thought they shouldn't push it too hard. It doesn't make much sense anyway since at one point you find Amicia's predecessor who took down like 40 soldiers. Yeah, sure she did, you slay queen in a universe where it's accepted that strength and armor do matter in a fight. Heck, a dude wouldn't have been able to do that, especially given the puny size of her predecessor's armor. This even happens in a fight were Amicia is injured and stupidly tries to use a two handed sword with one arm. She gets sliced up good, but is fine 5 minutes later.

    By the way, it was never really clear where the rats came from. Turns out they really are magical and are created in these huge disgusting pods. So when Hugo first arrives on the island he says he can't feel them. Then you find like a zillion under the island in a nest. The nest is literally formed of tens of thousands of skeletons. Like, how could people not have noticed this and kept coming to a remote island that literally couldn't house the population found in the rat nest?

    Then there's the tonal shifts. The game will literally be at its most doom and gloom, yet they find some flower and are cheery all of a sudden.

    Look, this game should never have been made. It's a shameless cashgrab with a story that is forced, the worst kind of sequel. Stick to the first one.    … Expand
  29. afluxner
    Feb 24, 2023
    1
    Boring, slow game.
    Great graphic and beautiful story, but its a very boring game. No gameplay upgrades from first game. Could play 3 chapters only and then get bored
  30. Karnov
    Nov 11, 2022
    4
    I enjoyed the first Plague Tale game. The puzzles were new and interesting and I managed to make it through the game completely. I paid very little for the first game and got excellent value and was very impressed that a lower budget game could use a gimmick like thousands of rats in an interesting unique and challenging way. This game is completely different and feels very unfinished. II enjoyed the first Plague Tale game. The puzzles were new and interesting and I managed to make it through the game completely. I paid very little for the first game and got excellent value and was very impressed that a lower budget game could use a gimmick like thousands of rats in an interesting unique and challenging way. This game is completely different and feels very unfinished. I paid full retail price for this game on the basis of my enjoyment of the first and I've been very bored and disappointed with this game. I'm 10 chapters in and just want to give up now out of sheer frustration of how clunky and ridgid and unpolished this game is. I don't mind the 30fps since it feels relatively smooth to me still. Thats not my issue. The visuals look good. My issue with the game is that there is no variety going into puzzles or challenges. The gameplay is pure trial and error and every challenge has to be completed in a specific way so you die until you do what you're supposed to do and a lot of the times it's not obvious at all what the devs intend for you to do hence the game feels unpolished, hollow and unfinished. The combat in the game sucks, the stealth is the game is amazingly stupid and the worst I've ever experienced. You literally have to progress with trial and error and can't use your intuition or logic to progress. The clunkiness of the mechanics becomes frustrating since you'll be walking with a child and another NPC that often gets in your way. This is a £5-£10 game and definitely much worse than the first. I regret paying full retail for this and can't bring myself to finish it.… Expand
  31. GreenhouseSlk
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    Garbage Dev’s should be ashamed on their **** work. Biggest flop of 2022 this is trash
  32. Rich33
    Nov 25, 2022
    0
    NO 60FPS = UNPLAYABLE.
    A number of PS5 games have amazing graphics at 60 - 90 fps and at 1440 resolution. This game looks last gen.
  33. Miduza
    Nov 22, 2022
    1
    So, I never got over what happened to Joel. And now this game. I think, I will stop playing games like that. That’s enough.
  34. sheldontung88
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    This is one of the worst game I've ever played in my life. A 2022 game visually looking like Witcher 3, running at 30fps on PS5 charging for a AAA game price and, on top of these, sucked at every aspect of game design.
  35. yeknomhtooms
    Dec 5, 2022
    4
    The game play is OK and the game in general is well developed but:

    The story was OK, but, the ending sucks: After everything Amicia and her little brother went through, fighting countless of enemies trying to kill them, and the little brother dreaming about finding a cure and dreaming about being a captain... the game ends by Amicia killing her little brother by hitting so hard in the    The game play is OK and the game in general is well developed but:

    The story was OK, but, the ending sucks: After everything Amicia and her little brother went through, fighting countless of enemies trying to kill them, and the little brother dreaming about finding a cure and dreaming about being a captain... the game ends by Amicia killing her little brother by hitting so hard in the face with a rock. Like WTF.

    Literally one of the worst endings ever.    … Expand
  36. brdjn
    Jan 15, 2023
    1
    Even if the story is not bad, this game is boring. Amicia's mother is the dumbest character created for a videogame ever. Game is monotonous and boring. Amicia is complaining about everything 99,9% of the time, til the point that is annoying to play with her as the main character. And sorry, but I don't empathize with a annoying children who brought a plague to the world and he doesn'tEven if the story is not bad, this game is boring. Amicia's mother is the dumbest character created for a videogame ever. Game is monotonous and boring. Amicia is complaining about everything 99,9% of the time, til the point that is annoying to play with her as the main character. And sorry, but I don't empathize with a annoying children who brought a plague to the world and he doesn't stop screaming the whole game. I don't feel like saving him (I'd rather kill him). Voices in English are not good, in Spanish even worst. Maybe good to play in french, bat it could be tedious if you are not a french speaker. I don't know where all the positive reviews are coming from.… Expand

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#23 Best PlayStation 5 Game of 2022
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#16 Most Discussed PlayStation 5 Game of 2022

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Metascore
82

Generally favorable reviews - based on 69 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 60 out of 69
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 69
  3. Negative: 1 out of 69
  1. Cubed3
    May 30, 2023
    70
    By the time A Plague Tale: Requiem concludes, it will feel like being dragged by a pick-up truck, across miles of concrete. The world depicted is a bleak and cruel one with no light at the end of the tunnel. Players will be getting their money's worth, as this is a very long game that is punctuated with lots of gimmicky sequences that add value to the package. The story does have a lot for fans to discuss, and the visuals are amazing, even if they came at the cost of a high frame rate. The gameplay is technically better than the first, but it was never amazing to begin with. The over reliance on prebaked contextual actions and the rigidness of simplistic stealth is something most could expect from a seventh gen console title, not a ninth gen console release.
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  2. PLAY! Zine
    Dec 13, 2022
    90
    If you are on a quest to find a video game that could make you cry, may your quest end right here. A continuation of a story that was fine on its own, Requiem delivers one of the most powerful stories ever conceived in a video game. But be wary of the framerate drops on the PlayStation 5 console, which bring their own set of unforeseen despair.
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  3. PLAY
    Nov 30, 2022
    80
    An essential purchase if you enjoyed Innocence, and an imperfect but gripping starting point if you missed it. Hopefully not the end of the tale. [Issue#21, p.80]
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