A Plague Tale: Innocence
Developed by Asobo Studio, A Plague Tale: Innocence was a surprise sleeper hit of 2018 for myself and many others as the third-person adventure game took players on a harrowing journey through a plague-infested France in the 1300s.
After their father passes, Amicia and Hugo must run away from the Inquisition which leads them on a long path that ends up taking the story places that I never expected.
Each encounter with the inquisitions is immensely tense, the relationship between the two main characters is very compelling, and there are so many damn rats in this game that actually serve as a big gameplay factor later on in the story… it’s absolutely wild and sort of disgusting.
Amicia and Hugo’s story could continue in a sequel or it would even be great to just get a different game altogether that takes place in a similar time frame with other characters. A Plague Tale could be the start of a series of games similar to Innoncence and it would be amazing to see that sort of anthology from Asobo.
