A Plague Tale: Innocence
Asobo Studio
· Focus Entertainment
Adventure
Release Date: May 14, 2019
A Plague Tale: Innocence, on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC, tells the grim story of two siblings fighting together for survival in the darkest hours of History. This new video game from Asobo Studio sends you on an emotional journey through 14th-century France, with gameplay combining adventure, action and stealth, supported by a compelling story. Follow the young Amicia and her little brother Hugo, who face the brutality of a ravaged world as they discover their purpose to expose a dark secret. On the run from the Inquisition's soldiers, surrounded by unstoppable swarms of rats incarnating the Black Death, Amicia and Hugo will learn to know and trust each other as they struggle for their lives against all odds.
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Critic Reviews
9 reviews
PlayStation Universe
9/10
90
One of the most unsettling and downright terrifying adventures to come along on PS4, read our A Plague Tale Innocence PS4 review to get the definitive verdict.
Destructoid
8/10
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Every now and then, a title shows up on the video game market that has all the passion and talent of the “AAA gaming” scene, but without the budget or the marketing machine of a Warner Bros. or an Activision in its corner. Despite this, some of these “mid-tier” releases go on to find critical and/or financial success. Titles such as Ninja Theory’s award-winning Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice are an obvious example.
RPG Site
8/10
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A Plague Tale: Innocence tells a magnificent story about hope shining through no matter how bleak life might be.
COGconnected
90/100
90
A Plague Tale: Innocence blends real historical horrors of war and disease with a gripping narrative, intense survival, and serious resource management in a haunting fable sure to tug at your heart.
Eurogamer
★★★
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60
Children struggling to right a world wrecked by the old is a popular theme nowadays, within video games and beyond them…
IGN
7/10
70
A Plague Tale: Innocence has a great story, but the gameplay has a level of convenience that undercuts the perilous world.
ComicBook.com
4/5
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Saying that A Plague Tale: Innocence is pleasantly surprising is perhaps one of the best ways to summarize the game. The grim story about plagues and innocence lost from Asobo Studio and Focus Home Interactive always seemed like it’d be a compelling game, one that appeared to emphasize the story over everything else. Between a […]
GamesRadar
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Its pace is slightly too uneven, but A Plague Tale: Innocence has flashes of potential
TheSixthAxis
9/10
90
Rats! Why did it have to be rats?