A Plague Tale: Innocence is one of the best story based games I’ve ever played. The game is set in France during the Black Plague in the 1340s. You play as 2 young siblings: Amicia and Hugo, who are trying to escape from the Knights of the Inquisition. All around you the world is falling apart due to the plague/Black Death and you’re being hounded by the realm’s fiercest, unrelenting knights. The story is an emotional rollercoaster filled with bloodshed, drama, stealthy escapes and a plague of ever hungry, flesh craving rats.

The gameplay is a linear based story and involves combat, stealth, exploration and crafting to survive. It’s well polished and has no bugs (that I’ve experienced anyway); something which very few games, let alone AAA games can claim in 2019. The game has a great story, an excellent soundtrack which really helps create the ambience of the world, beautiful graphics along with stunning character voice and design which help create a really bleak, dire atmosphere where you really feel like the world is ending. The game takes around 15 hours to complete and has varying difficulties and optional collectables should you be interested in playing through a second time.