A Plague Tale: Innocence review – you’ll want to catch this one
The past 20 years has been tough on the traditional point-and-click adventure game. What used to be the prime genre for storytelling and puzzle solving struggled when the medium embraced 3D technology, and so it’s been continually reworked - from Tomb Raider to The Walking Dead, and then Life is Strange. A Plague Tale: Innocence is the latest evolution of the adventure game, and while it’s wonderful, it isn’t without flaws.
The game is set in France, circa 1348. You mostly play as Amicia de Rune, the teenage daughter of a wealthy household, and despite the plague spreading through villages she doesn’t worry about anything other than her young brother Hugo being sick. Their whole world is shattered when the Inquisition comes calling, forcing the siblings to flee for their lives, and beginning a dark adventure about using wit to get the upper hand against a range of unrelenting pursuers.
It’s a wonderful story that’s told well, with the central, twisting mystery behind the weird behaviour of the rats, the spreading illness, and the motivations of the Inquisition keeping a tight grip on the narrative for the ten-hour duration. However, it probably won’t be to everyone’s taste, as the historical grounding is swayed when the plot gets fantastical towards the end. If you’re the type of person who hates the White Walkers and dragons in Game of Thrones then Plague Tale might perturb you for the same reasons.
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