The rats kill indiscriminately, swarming over Amicia and the knights of the Inquisition alike.

Those swarms contain hundreds of rats, moving like a river of furry death over bones picked clean by their ravishing hunger. It uses its graphical prowess to render some very dark imagery - seemingly sentient rodent swarms swirl in the darkness at the gameвЂ™s edges. A Plague Tale is beautiful, one of the prettiest games of 2019. Unless, of course, youвЂ™re dealing with the rats. If I was spotted, it was possible to run and hide, but it was usually faster to just die and restart from a checkpoint.ДЄmicia can throw rocks to create distractions and use a sling to take out weaker enemies, but the safest strategy in most situations is to move quietly and avoid conflict. AmiciaвЂ™s only weapon is a sling, and thereвЂ™s no health bar-one stab or slash of a sword will kill her. I spent much of the game sneaking, crouched in tall grass and holding HugoвЂ™s hand, while dangerous knights searched the area. This is a survival game at its core, as Amicia tries to keep little Hugo alive at all costs. The English invade, the Inquisition is hunting the siblings for mysterious reasons, and the plague is killing everyone in Europe, carried by swarms of thousands of rats that seem to crawl out of the ground. After their dog dies, the siblings lose pretty much everyone and everything in their lives. The era was not a pleasant one for anyone in Europe, but Amicia and her little brother, Hugo, have it particularly rough. In fact, as I continued to play through the bleak and beautiful game, I was grateful to developer Asobo Studio for setting the tone early-watching Amicia say goodbye to her very good boy prepared me for a litany of tragedies to come.ДЄ Plague Tale is a third-person stealth game from a French developer, out now for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. A Plague TaleвЂ™s story is wonderful, and I forgive it. But-as in John Wick-if the story containing such a death is good enough otherwise, I can forgive it. ThereвЂ™s an entire website dedicated to spoiling the fates of fictional pooches. I hate to see dogs die, and so do lots of other people.

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