5 things to know about A Plague Tale: Requiem
A Plague Tale: Requiem is the sequel to the previous game in the series, with the subtitle: Innocence, which saw players step into the shoes of the protagonist Amicia de Rune.
Set during the Black Plague in 14th century Aquitaine, France, the game sees Amicia take her younger brother Hugo and run away from their home, as soldiers of the French Inquisition capture their parents, in an attempt to capture the young boy.
The game sees the two siblings travel across the land, evading soldiers and rats carrying the plague, looking for refuge and meeting different people along the way. The story reveals that Hugo is capable of controlling the rats with a supernatural power known as the Prima Macula. This is also why the Grand Inquisitor of France, Vitalis, wishes to capture the boy to use for his own ends.
While Innocence ends with Hugo defeating Vitalis, and he along with his sister returns to a relatively normal life, A Plague Tale: Requiem picks up the story from there.
With a new trailer of the game shown during the Xbox & Bethesda Games event, more details regarding this upcoming sequel have come to light. Thus, here are 5 things of note regarding A Plague Tale: Requiem.
Note: The article reflects the writer's opinion.
By the end of Innocence, the black plague has disappeared from France, as Amicia and Hugo along with a few others settle into a normal life. However, as the trailers from the sequel have already shown, the rats are back, and in greater graphical detail than ever before.
As this is possibly going to be the potential hook for the narrative to start off, any answer as to why the plague is suddenly back should not be expected until the game is released. Although, from trailer footage it can be noted that Amicia and
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