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A Plague Tale: Innocence

PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 • 2019

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Quick resume

Follow the grim tale of young Amicia and her little brother Hugo, in a heartrending journey through the darkest hours of history.

Global score

93/100

Genres

Action, Adventure

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    Pros

    • Engaging and emotional story
    • Beautiful graphics and sound design
    • Unique rat swarm mechanics
    • Well-crafted atmosphere
    • Balanced stealth and puzzle gameplay

    Cons

    • Linear gameplay with limited replayability
    • Some ai and control issues
    • Minor bugs reported
    • Short game length
    • Combat can be frustrating

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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      "Players control Amicia and occasionally Hugo with freedom to choose stealth or combat approaches, and craft ammo, but the game is linear with fixed story progression."

    • Competence

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      "Gameplay involves skillful use of various tools and weapons, challenging boss fights, and puzzle solving that requires thinking and dexterity."

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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      "Game is short (7-10 hours), with limited replayability and no new game+; players often finish quickly and desire more content."

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    • Cooperation

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    • Creativity

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    • Domination

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    • Escapism

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      "Strong emotional narrative and immersive world provide escape from real life."

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    • Expectation

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    • Experimenting

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    • Exploration

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    • Expression

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    • Fantasy

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    • Fellowship

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      "Single-player experience with minimal social interaction."

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    • Growth

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    • Health

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention and continuous engagement; not a casual or background game."

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    • Intimacy

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      "Emotional connection to characters and story, but limited social interaction."

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    • Leadership

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    • Progression

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    • Relaxation

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    • Sensation

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    • Status

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    • Story

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    • Strategy

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Continuation, Exploration.

    How to use the graph
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    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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