A Plague Tale: Innocence

The title says it all, but I'll summarize quickly. 1. The game looks great. The rat swarms are amazing and skin crawling. If I had to criticize one thing in this area is that I wish there were more different character models for the Inquisition. But that is minor, they are not the main draw to the game in any way. 2. The puzzles are engaging. Most of the game is finding your way around massive swarms of rats or guards. I don't know that there is more than on solution for each puzzle, but it feels great. 3. The world feels fully fleshed out. The details are amazing. You expand your understanding of what is happening by the settings themselves and also you gain a lot of understanding by listening to people as you are sneaking around. 4. The characters are great. Not all make out of the adventure and each one that falls feels impactful. To me, you really feel the connections to these characters and it feels like you really understand them. The game is just great. I almost played it through in a single playthrough, and not because it's short but because I didn't want to quit. It's good I did not because it's a lot longer than I thought it was. There are secrets to find throughout the game, the ability to replay chapters, reason to perhaps go and try to get all the upgrades, etc. This game is worth the asking price. It's a top quality game that looks and sounds great. If you want to play an engaging stealth/puzzle game, this is the one for you.

Controls using controller are simply atrocious. Do not even bother. Playable with good old M+K combo, but forget about using controller for this one.

I certainly recommend it. It might be linear but very well made.

I really liked the game, the fact that its single player with a focus on story is a huge plus. The setting is definitely very unique, and well worth the price that I paid for during a sale. Looking forward to the sequel releasing this year, hope it comes out on GoG! The fact that you don't get DRM here is a dealbreaker for sure.

Generally I like cinematic adventures/scripted games. But I expect such games to be 100% flawless. This game has way too many bugs as you move forward, despite having very few choices along the way. For instance enemies may not see you even though you are right in front of them! This breaks the immersion massively and spoils the experience for me. While the beginning of the game was okay, but a few hours in, about every other section I moved through had Note I'm writing this review several years after release, and the bugs have apparently still not been fixed. Overall I don't get why this game has such a high rating. Even if it were flawless, it is at best a good game for me, maybe 4/5 stars.