Test de a Plague Tale: Requiem

My sibling, my family

When a dramatic event requires Hugo to utilize his powers to protect his sister, everything begins again. Encountered with the vulnerability of the order in which her mom had positioned all her hopes, Alicia chooses to train Hugo in search of an island which the young boy desires, in the hope of locating a remedy that can Conserve the youngster.

• My sibling, my family
• The age of maturity
• You'll Never ever Stroll Alone
• A gameplay evaluated as well as expanded
• Damage the loophole
• Verdict
• Technical point
• Visual put

The age of maturity

A monitoring is right away won by playing Requiem : Solo has absolutely transformed dimension as well as offers us a far more ambitious game. All the arrows are pushed towards the plus and Requiem can search in the white of the eyes many huge video games of recent years in regard to top quality of manufacturing. Personally, it went to the last Tomb Raider video games that Requiem on a regular basis made me believe, mostly for the means the video game is structured. Thus, if innocence continued to be a relatively intimate adventure, this second episode plays a lot more stunning card which occasionally gives it an extremely Hollywood smash hit side (devastating movie division), without sacrificing its characters. Hugo as well as Alicia of training course continue to be the body and soul of the video game . Their connection is a huge point of the game, and it is even more attractive because they will not leave the examinations that await them heading. Nevertheless, various other buddies bring their rocks to the structure.

You'll Never ever Stroll Alone

The relationship that is connected between all these characters is additionally extremely effective, and everyone advantages from an attractive writing. Too poor on the various other hand that we can not say the exact same of the villains of the video game, at ideal so caricatured as it will be recognized as such from the very first conference, at the worst character-function because it was necessary to have a villain in this section Game.

We note with pleasure that these new friends are not basic viewers of the experience. Solo has certainly made them an indispensable part of the gameplay and each friend that goes along with Alicia brings a capacity that the player can use. It is certainly Sophia that is best served on this factor because her magic crystal will certainly allow him so a lot to distract human opponents throughout the infiltration phases as to keep the rats at a distance when it is a concern of mapping his method center of rodents. Hugo, for its component, can quickly use rats to its benefit, either to identify opponents, or by straight regulating rats to make it a (very) reliable tool. Requiem does not basically alter the formula of the collection. The video game always alternates in between expedition series offering the narrative, activity sequences, infiltration as well as tiny puzzles normally involving staying clear of being consumed by hungry rats.

A gameplay evaluated as well as expanded

That stated, Requiem is not material to replicate the formula of his precursor: he boosts it on numerous factors . Therefore, some heaviness of the very first episode have gone by the hatch (it is no more needed to make a stock of rocks for the sling) while brand-new possibilities are offered to the player. We note the look of a brand-new tool, the weapon, very powerful, yet whose ammo is the good news is extremely unusual. Likewise, you will certainly discover knives, but their power is countered both by their rarity and by the fact that they are the only method to open several of the Alicia equipment renovation. The best offered, necessarily. The possibilities of alchemy have actually also been expanded. The standard solutions continue to be the exact same (turn on a fire, extinguish it, attract rats), a brand-new look, yet it is currently feasible to incorporate recipes with various other tools than the sling, permitting example to create Bombs by integrating them with the vases. Incidentally, Alicia likewise wins a skills tab whose development is figured out by your way of playing, depending upon whether you prefer opportunism, brutality or stealth (making use of the environment to your benefit).

Damage the loophole

However, this desire to offer something brand-new all the time has a cost: we barely have time to obtain used to a gameplay aspect that a new one awaits us at the turn. I informed you above that Sophia was finest served with her abilities and, beyond the effectiveness of the latter, it is likewise because the personality accompanies us for numerous successive levels. The various other friends are not likewise existing as well as commonly spread between numerous acts of the game. I therefore had a great deal of concerns concerning the powers of Hugo as well as their effect in the gameplay. In reality, they are just available very promptly and seldom with the amplitude of their initial use. The presence of these powers was necessary from a scriptwriting perspective (it is a very sensible Zeus ex lover Machine besides), however I am much more shared as to their contribution to the gameplay. Since of the numerous possibilities where you can not utilize them when they have actually simplified your life, specifically.

Rats, guys and bugs

A monitoring is immediately won by playing Requiem : Solo has actually definitely altered measurement and provides us a much a lot more enthusiastic video game. Directly, it was at the last Tomb Raider games that Requiem regularly made me think, largely for the means the video game is structured. Also negative on the other hand that we can not claim the same of the villains of the game, at ideal so caricatured as it will be identified as such from the first meeting, at the worst character-function since it was essential to have a villain in this part Game.

My various other book on Requiem's gameplay worries the video game seepage stages. There is likewise a sign of the title to be elevated, the locations dedicated to this sort of gameplay have actually obtained in location. The game therefore manifests less the challenge facet in which you just need to discover a means to draw away attention from a guard put on our course. We are usually here in front of semi-open locations opening up numerous courses to reach our goal. An adjustment of size that must be an advantage in absolute terms, but to which I have frequently slammed a lack of readability. It is on a regular basis challenging to have a good general vision of our setting and the risks it includes, especially at night and on cards having structures. Removing a guard is often the most effective method to bring in others to your setting, with occasionally quite random reactions. A wickedness still amplified by the various insects that I have encountered throughout these sequences, both in people (who occasionally appear to have problem choosing which will certainly carry out an action first) as in rats (whose contempt displayed for walls is quite annoying). We cross our fingers to make sure that the patchThe first daycorrects it all.

My other reserve on Requiem's gameplay concerns the game infiltration stages. I can not determine if I choose virtue or this Requiem, as the 2 video games excel each in their own means.

Verdict

Requiem is an attractive game and also the journey to the south gives it a brighter ambience. The game does not think twice to supply numerous wonderful views. The video game does not neglect to use its share of striking scenes, remarkably presented and also reliable in activity as in feeling.

Technical point

Visual put

I can not decide if I prefer innocence or this Requiem, as the 2 games succeed each in their own means. Something is specific: Solo has done greater than confirm the examination with Plague Tale : Requiem. The Bordeaux studio offers us among the games of the year, just. A game so just as well as relocating creating the relationships between his characters that we forgive him for his couple of failures when the end credit reports scrolls before our eyes, after twenty hours of play. Thank you for these moments.

_ Examination made on PC (Ry zen 5 5600X, GTX 3060, 16 GB DDR5) by Grim using a variation given by the editor _.

Throughout our introduction of last month, I noted a certain special of the video game. The test variation appears to be much better on this point and kept a stable frame rate in ultra on my machine. Keep in mind just the same that Ray-Tracing, prepared for the output on the computer variation only, was not readily available in this test version, for that reason difficult to gauge its effect on performance. You will additionally locate in this paragraph relative photos of the variousPresetsgraphics of the video game, with and also without DLSS, to obtain an idea.