A Plague Tale: Innocence - An Analysis

I think those rats have actually made me crazy.
- Credit to Frederikct112 from World of Longplays for GTAIV gameplay: ‪@worldoflongplays‬
Footage used from A Plague Tale: Innocence, DOOM (2016), Mass Effect 3, The Last of Us - Part 1, DOOM, Grand Theft Auto IV, Spelunky, and A Plague Tale: Requiem.
A deep dive analysis and critique of A Plague Tale: Innocence. I guess you could call it a video essay.
0:00 Intro
3:20 A positive first impression
11:34 How it all works
20:30 “We have The Last of Us at home”
25:20 The rats made me crazy
30:42 The heart of the game (Hugo)
37:35 Things start to crumble
39:49 The loose narrative threads
43:14 Inconsistent side characters
45:30 A terrible villain
49:02 The gameplay can’t keep up
52:55 A clash between the promising elements
55:20 Conclusion

[@nootnooty]

How dare you disrespect ASOBO's best rat game ratatouille like that.

[@TheTuubster]

40:00 Some of the inconsistencies in the story come from a total revamp of the game halfway through due to devastating test results. Many aspects of the story, gameplay and environments were rewritten and redesigned. For example during the scene in Hugo's room you hear recordings of Lucas' dialogue in which you can year the shift of age from the actor for the added lines. The development of the game is one of the examples of something on the brink of failing became something great as everyone pulled together fixing it - like the filming of the movies "Gladiator" or "Back To The Future".

[@Pixel_Whip]

This is great context to add.
I was aware of the fact that the epilogue was added during the revamp, but didn't know that this affected that particular scene. I agree that particularly the additional epilogue balances the pacing of the ending so much better than if it had been left after the boss fight, and Asobo did a fantastic job responding to the negative feedback during testing.

[@imogen6897]

great vid dude

[@NerdyGamerReacts]

Subbed, you deserve more sub's, this game was so much fun to play, I got so emotional by the end, was sobbing, it was an amazing platinum experience, looking forward to playing the sequel,heard it's better, and the story is also even more emotional.🙏💯

[@Pixel_Whip]

Thanks! That means a lot.
If you like the first game for its emotional narrative, then I think you'll love the second one. I'd fully recommend it to you!

[@lordneojacks]

i disagree with almost everything you say here and still enjoyed your video thoroughly