A Plague Tale: Innocence

<div>Follow the grim tale of young Amicia and her little brother Hugo, in a heartrending journey through the darkest hours of history. Hunted by Inquisition soldiers and surrounded by unstoppable swarms of rats, Amicia and Hugo will come to know and trust each other. As they struggle to survive against overwhelming odds, they will fight to find purpose in this brutal, unforgiving world.</div><div><br></div><div>1349. The plague ravages the Kingdom of France. Amicia and her younger brother Hugo are pursued by the Inquisition through villages devastated by the disease. On their way, they will have to join forces with other children, and evade swarms of rats using fire and light. Aided only by the link that binds their fates together, they will face untold horrors in their struggle to survive.As their adventure begins… the time of innocence ends.</div>

<p>I feel like this game pushed the core mechanic past its reasonable limit to the point of ridiculousness. The game started with some interesting puzzle involves clearing paths and using light to your advantage, but the puzzles started to disappear as the game continued and turned more into a stealth/combat game ending to a frustrating boss fight at the very end. The story seemed pretty weak and was hard to understand, though that may have been intentional as it seems this game may have been part of something that was designed to be bigger. Overall, this game is a decent game with some stealth/combat sequences, as well as some puzzle sequences. As an adventure game, at least to me, it really falls flat as the story telling barely exists and we are left to try to piece together the story (which may have been intentional).</p>