Posted on: April 12, 2020

Yorgl

Jeux: 182 Avis: 55

Une œuvre solo parfaite (ou presque !)

A Plague Tale: Innocence est un jeu d'une qualité presque irréprochable qui a clairement l'objet d'un soin et d'une cohérence comme on n'a rarement la chance d'en voir ! L'histoire et l'ambiance sont très vite prenants, et la linéarité du jeu sert très bien ces aspects car les créateurs et créatrices ont parfaitement le contrôle sur notre aventure. La direction artistique est assez incroyable, que cela soit dans les visuels, les palettes de couleur ou encore la bande-son du talentueux Olivier Derivière. On se prend vite d'affection pour les deux protagonistes, et les personnages secondaires sont également fort bien écrits (j'ai une sympathie particulière pour Lucas). Le doublage français est d'excellente qualité, avec peut-être une réserve sur la voix de Hugo, dont il est évident qu'elle est faite par une adulte ce qui est peu convaincant les premières heures ; cela s'améliore à mesure que le personnage se creuse et qu'on s'y attache. Le jeu brille, à mon sens, en particulier par l'absolue perfection de son rythme, et la sobriété des systèmes. Lors des premières heures je me suis dit "Bon l'histoire est sympa mais je sens que je vais passer 8h à me cacher dans l'herbe et détourner l'attention de gardes.". Rien n'est moins vrai puisque les phases de jeu sont juste assez longues pour créer de l'enjeu, mais assez courte pour ne pas être lassantes, et que les systèmes et attentes évoluent constamment cassant toute monotonie. Et sans rien spoiler, mais ce rythme est au service de ce que le jeu raconte, ce qui participe énormément à cette cohérence que je citais. Petit conseil perso : dans les options, activez le mode "Immersif" et ne remettez en normal qu'au besoin. Avoir moins d'indicateurs d'UI est vraiment un plus. Bref, un jeu à mon sens que je serais tenté de qualifier d'incontournable. Ne faites pas vos rats et achetez-le. (Lolol)

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Posted on: April 21, 2021

williemctell

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Jeux: 110 Avis: 16

Great artwork, clumsy controls

The good parts are the story and the art work. It looks like Europe in the late Middle Ages with a little license in Amicia's clothing. The voice acting is good. Hugo and Amicia seem plausible as brother and sister. The not so good part is the mechanics. On an I7 8 core 2.9GHz desktop, 16 GB RAM with a Radeon RX 550 graphics card and 4 GB of RAM the game was sluggish. It was impossible to adjust the mouse sensitivity to a low enough level without taking the resolution down to 720P and adjusting the "camera" settings to their lowest possible levels. Even then mouse response was problematic. Since the combat requires precise positioning of your character, the controls make the random number generator a big factor in the game. Another thing I thought could have been improved was the total lack of visibility in most of the areas where you have to sneak through and/or have combat. This meant that the only way to plan a route was by dying multiple times till you discovered all of the surprises. Also, when NPCs ambush you they always appear facing you regardless of the direction from which they come. It requires a, pun intended, brute force approach to strategy. The puzzles that involved positioning things suffered from the same visibility problem. It's like playing basketball or soccer with hood on. My real frustration came from the final boss battle. I ended up solving it by watching a couple of videos and making a list of cues from the boss's dialogue. Even after making a complete set of notes it took me 45 minutes to complete the battle because of micro positioning errors. If the mouse and arrow keys were implemented better the game would have been a lot more fun. In addition to the precision problems, a fair number of critical actions required 3 or 4 key chords. I'm a lifelong touch typist and play the guitar and found some of the stretches a bit challenging.

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Posted on: November 27, 2019

kubokuk

Jeux: 169 Avis: 5

I wanted to love it, but I couldn't

I have a very special feelings towards AA third-person games, that pop up from time to time. I loved Remember Me - a game almost nobody remembers about. Then came Senua and I loved it even more. And I thought it will be the same with Plague Tale, but the longer I played it, the more I realised how flawed it is. At the begining it seemed fresh and original and after first session with the game - which took about 2 hours - I rated it 8 out of 10. Deeper into to the game I realised it's more of a 7 out of 10 production and it was fine by me, I still liked it, but one of the bigger issues started to emerge: inconsistency between the game's subject, it's overall mood and the gameplay, which is completly out of place and at times just ridiculous. This issue gets more and more apparent towards the end of the game. The game was definitely rushed - the story falls apart near the ending, many things are left unexplained and it is completely unsatisfactory. I finished the game because I told myself that I will - I don't want to have to many games unfinished - but the final hours with it were just frustrating. I reached for this game because it seemed like another ambitious and original AA project with very alluring setting and it is all these things, but something went wrong with the execution. I think the developer eithere didn't have enough ideas to make gameplay more relevant or they lacked courage. Personally, I rate this game 6+ / 10 and I don't recommend it.

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Posted on: January 4, 2020

craig_s_russell

Jeux: 507 Avis: 42

Good but not great

I agree with most of the other reviews that this is a really good game, but it's not a great game. It gets 5 stars for: (a) the story (b) voice acting (c) the graphics & sound (d) the controls (e) upgrades at workbenches But serious defects in game design and gameplay cost it 2 stars in my opinion. The following three things nearly killed the game for me: (1) It's not truly an open game world. It's a disguised "rail game". This is the game's biggest flaw. Every single level has many places you can plainly see and should be able to reach, but you can't. Whether it's climbing behind a wall for cover in a village, or climbing a barrel to reach an open 2nd story window in a house, or going off the main trail in forests to use trees and bushes for cover, every single level is full of places that you can plainly see but you can't reach due to artificial, invisible barriers. There's initially the illusion of options, but in reality the game designers give you a very limited (often only one) path through any given level. (2) Monotonous gameplay. This game rehashes the same handful of basic scenarios over and over and over... Although they're packaged in different locations, different number of NPC's to avoid, more/less rats, it's basically the same thing through the whole game. (3) Game needs quick save feature. Yes checkpoints are relatively generous. But if you're going to force players down a very limited number of predetermined paths on each and every level, then at least give the player the choice to do a quick save when needed. It's just plain frustrating to distract and sneak pat the same guard 10 times because the game designers force you on a specific path through each level. If not a quick save, then at least a checkpoint every time an NPC is avoided. It succeeded on story, but failed on stealth and gameplay. Stealth games with great stories that deserve 4-5 stars include Thief, Splinter Cell, Dishonored, Hitman and Metal Gear Solid.

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Posted on: August 12, 2020

GalliumNaN

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Jeux: Avis: 18

Beautifully done mid-tier game

This is one of the few games that got me feeling invested in the characters early on and kept me that way right to the end. Even though the game is very linear, the level design does a good job of sustaining the illusion that you are in a larger world, rather than going down a series of corridors. The stealth feels satisfying, as you are always on the back foot, even with upgrades. Minor caveat: if you're even a little bit of a history nerd, you'll have to suspend disbelief around the clothing and armour design.

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