

Then there are the corpses - hundreds upon hundreds of corpses lying in the street, hanging from trees, burning on pyres or piled like wood. Rotten food moulders in baskets, muddy fields slow journeys, narrow town alleys reek through the screen. Thousands of hours have been spent rendering a near-photorealistic medieval France, and the result is lovingly presented filth. If A Plague Tale: Innocence wants its players to understand one thing, it’s that the past was disgusting. LOW The final boss encounter is a complete mess.


HIGH Walking through a ‘Red Sea’ of rats.
