A Plague Tale Requiem

A Plague Tale: Requiem is a continuation of the warmly received action adventure game with clearly outlined stealth elements, released in 2019. The production was developed by the authors of the first part of the series, namely the Asobo Studio team, and its release was handled by Focus Home Interactive.

The plot

A Plague Tale: Requiem once again takes us to medieval Europe. The action of this production is set in the 14th century, after the events presented in the original. Amicia and Hugo, the siblings known from the original, along with their friends try to start a new life in the southern regions of France and forget the traumatic events of the past. However, it soon becomes apparent that the plague that struck these lands is not over yet, and neither are the wars tearing the country apart. Amicia must resume her search for someone who can help Hugo, facing adversity and fighting for her life.

Mechanics

In A Plague Tale: Requiem the action is observed from a third-person perspective (TPP). The adventure takes us through a variety of locations - from cities and villages, to picturesque coastlines and battlefields. While traversing them, we follow the storyline and perform the resulting tasks, solve environmental puzzles and deal with enemies.

Amicia has at her disposal the slingshot known from the original, and can set ingenious traps for enemies. In addition, however, the girl makes excellent use of a crossbow, and has also learned to sneak up on adversaries and inflict a quiet (though brutal) death on them from close range. All this means that the protagonist often has the opportunity to turn from a victim into a hunter who hunts her enemies.

Things are different with the plague of hungry rats, which sometimes even flood the locations and destroy the surroundings and devour everything outside the range of light. Passing through places overrun by them requires the use of torches, constantly looking around and making sure that our path is well lit. However, the presence of bloodthirsty rodents can be used to your advantage, for example, by luring opponents to places where they will be vulnerable to their attack, and by extinguishing their torches with accurate sling shots, thus setting them up to be devoured.

Technical issues

A Plague Tale: Requiem boasts high-quality graphics. As before, the most impressive are the rats appearing here in truly frightening numbers.