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So speaking of games I didn't realize what they were going in, I had no idea on A Plague Tale, either. It just seemed to get pushed routinely on Steam and I decided to take a flyer on it. This was a game I could have and maybe should have known what it was before buying, and very nearly returned before the two hour mark when it revealed a heavy reliance on stealth, mixed with horror elements. Not to undermine my OW argument above, but those are two genres I wouldn't expect to like, particularly the horror, but Plague Tale doesn't fully commit to either. Rather, it exists in this in-between space where there are some intense moments, but I'm not fully creeped out. It puts in more than the token stealth section many games have, so the experience is more refined, but it backs off it periodically so you don't have to endure 20 straight hours of it.

Agree with basically everything in the write-up. Amicia's character is great, the art and production are amazing, I was always surprised how the portions of gameplay where we were in a town or other civilized area didn't feel contrived for the sake of level design. There are a few choices Innocence makes that Requiem is better-off for not making, and there are a few minor nitpicks I could make but won't because spoilers, but overall a game that surpassed expectations significantly.