Released in May 2019, A Plague Tale: Innocence had little hype at launch, but that quickly changed once the first wave of players got their hands on the game. Set in 14th Century France during the Hundred Years' War, players assumed the role of Amicia de Rune, who had to protect her sick younger brother from the Inquisition and a horde of plague-infected rats. The unique setting, art style, and emphasis on stealth gameplay set A Plague Tale: Innocence apart from other releases, and through word-of-mouth, the game soon became a hit. A few years later, the sequel A Plague Tale: Requiem is one of the most anticipated games of the year.
Releasing on October 18, 2022,A Plague Tale: Requiem will be a direct follow-up once again following Amicia and her brother Hugo as they continue to fend off the Inquisition and the unstoppable swarm of rats, now hoping to find a cure for Hugo's blood disease. Announced a year ago, A Plague Tale: Requiem looks to be building on the original in some significant ways, and the slew of trailers released so far give fans a great look at those upcoming improvements.
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Announced during E3 2021, the first A Plague Tale: Requiem trailer does a great job of reintroducing fans to the setting and tone of the first game. As the camera stretches down an abandoned town street, revealing corpses surrounded by flies and upturned carts, a voice-over asks where these «things» come from, to which the voice of Amicia replies «from all of us, from what we do to him.» Upon being asked if she can stop the oncoming horde, Amicia replies that she doesn't know, but she's willing to die for her brother.
As she says this, a sea of rats crash onto the abandoned street,
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