A Plague Tale: Requiem

Item: A Plague Tale: Requiem
Rating: 74
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-12-25

Summary

Masterful emotional storytelling captivates players
Immersive gameplay with stunning visuals
Strong sibling bond enhances narrative depth
Repetitive and punishing gameplay frustrates
Poor enemy and AI design disappoints
Technical and optimization issues persist

Emotions

Frustration19%Disappointment11%Admiration10%Awe8%Satisfaction6%

Sample precision
Helpful reviews: 59%
Unhelpful reviews: 41%
Protest reviews: 1%

74%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
26%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 1109
Negative points: 673
Gameplay points: 632
Perf. points: 124
Rec. points: 164
Misc points: 17

Point	Description	Importance
Masterful Emotional Storytelling Description The game's narrative is praised for its deep emotional impact, character development, and tragic themes, often compared to masterpieces like The Last of Us. Players highlight its heartbreaking yet beautiful execution. Importance 99%	The game's narrative is praised for its deep emotional impact, character development, and tragic themes, often compared to masterpieces like The Last of Us. Players highlight its heartbreaking yet beautiful execution.	99%
Immersive Gameplay and Mechanics Description Gameplay is tightly integrated with the narrative, offering a mix of stealth, combat, and puzzles. Players appreciate the fluidity, variety, and emotional weight of mechanics like rat swarms and alchemy. Importance 72%	Gameplay is tightly integrated with the narrative, offering a mix of stealth, combat, and puzzles. Players appreciate the fluidity, variety, and emotional weight of mechanics like rat swarms and alchemy.	72%
Stunning Visuals and Art Direction Description The game features breathtaking graphics, detailed environments, and a unique art style that contrasts beauty with horror. Improvements over the first game are frequently noted. Importance 63%	The game features breathtaking graphics, detailed environments, and a unique art style that contrasts beauty with horror. Improvements over the first game are frequently noted.	63%
Strong Sibling Bond (Amicia & Hugo) Description The relationship between Amicia and Hugo is central to the story, praised for its authenticity, emotional depth, and character development. Amicia is highlighted as a standout protagonist. Importance 52%	The relationship between Amicia and Hugo is central to the story, praised for its authenticity, emotional depth, and character development. Amicia is highlighted as a standout protagonist.	52%
Improved Sequel with Expanded Content Description The sequel builds on the first game with refined mechanics, larger environments, and more gameplay variety (e.g., crossbows, open-world elements). Players note it surpasses its predecessor in depth and scale. Importance 43%	The sequel builds on the first game with refined mechanics, larger environments, and more gameplay variety (e.g., crossbows, open-world elements). Players note it surpasses its predecessor in depth and scale.	43%
Outstanding Soundtrack and Audio Description The game's music and sound design are lauded for enhancing emotional immersion, with orchestral scores and high-quality voice acting (especially in French) elevating the experience. Importance 42%	The game's music and sound design are lauded for enhancing emotional immersion, with orchestral scores and high-quality voice acting (especially in French) elevating the experience.	42%

A Plague Tale: Requiem

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