Everything you need to know before the release of A Plague Tale: Requiem on October 18: plot, gameplay, game features, rat tsunami and saving a brother
A Plague Tale: Requiem will be released on October 18. We have already written about dozens of trailers, interviews with developers and gameplay features. Now it's time to put it all together and prepare gamers for the game release.
Plot Of The Game
In the world of the game, six months have passed since the events of Innocence, when Amicia and Hugo defeated the Grand Inquisitor Vitalis Bénévent and thwarted the insidious plans of the Inquisition. Brother and sister go south in search of a new and peaceful life. But adventures caught up with the heroes again. Hugo's illness has worsened, and Amicia must go with him to a secret island that may hold the key to curing her younger brother. Going to the island, the world becomes more cruel, distorted, and rats only increase. The passage of this story will take 15-18 hours.
Gameplay
The game has stealth elements and a choice of how to pass a particular location. The characters are hunted by different opponents and there will be different potions to fight them in the Mission. They can set fire to areas, extinguish fire, attract rats to different places or create smoke screens. The young girl will also have a crossbow, which can neutralize enemies at long distances. And her younger brother Hugo will be able to highlight all the enemies we can't see in yellow to clearly understand where they are and where they are going. There will also be dynamic scenes when the characters will be pursued by various threats.
Features Of the Game
First of all, the developers wanted to reach a new level, and not repeat the previous game. The team quickly mastered the new power and capabilities of the new generation consoles, which helped them add even more elements to the game and make the environment more interesting.
Much attention was paid to rats - the main attribute of the series. They wanted to add 10 times more of them than in Innocence. At one point, the studio realized that they could even create a tsunami of rats, and it worked. The rodents' artificial intelligence has improved. Now they are better at avoiding light and moving around.
Flashback
A Plague Tale: Requiem is the second game in the series and a direct sequel to A Plague Tale: Innocence. The first part is remembered by the atmosphere of plague France of the 14th century, where rats are waiting for prey in the dark corners, and people are planning the next atrocities. The strongest side of the game was the atmosphere. Being in the ruins, where sick people were hanged on the trees, a thousand rats are running on the ground, and the Amissia with Hugo has only one torch at hand, the player began to get scared and worry together with the characters. And the depressing soundtrack only aggravated the situation, thus giving an exciting and unforgettable adventure.
When We Can Expect It
A Plague Tale: Requiem is scheduled for release on October 18 on XBOX Series X|S, PlayStation 5 and PC.
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About A Plague Tale: Innocence we wrote in the article "Plague all over France, voices of mythical monsters in the head and a writer locked in his own nightmares: 3 Horror-Adventure games you didn't know about".