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luminescenthunter · 9 months

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I just started A Plague Tale: Requiem, so I don't have a whole lot to say yet, but-

MY SON AND DAUGHTER IN THIS SCENE COLLECTIBLE ART, AGH ❤️

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cynical-gamer-media · 2 years

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A Plague Tale: Requiem’s Ending ruined the entire game and it’s beautiful message:

(I have edited this post: the ‘mental illness’ to ‘mental and terminal illness’ as I missed the words and only used mental in reference to a spoiler)

So I just finished A Plague Tale: Requiem and the ending absolutely destroyed the beautiful message (your terminal illness doesn't make you: you can still live and thrive) and ruined the entire game.

(Major spoilers for the entire game and mentions of ableism under thread)

The story is an allegory with living with terminal illness: you have good days, you have bad days, you do everything right but you are getting worse, you're afraid people will leave you at seeing your worse, you're afraid of hurting those you love.

Hugo mentions how he has ruined Amicia's future by her taking care of him, but she doesn't believe that because she loves him. Sophia says that she still likes him even after seeing him at his worst.

You find out that the previous Carrier (Basilius) was isolated and institutionalised against his will because he was 'too dangerous', which made him panic and activate the Macula. The game heavily criticises institutionalising those against their will and separating from family.

It is discovered that so long as Hugo has a loving network and the support he can live with the Macula. Amicia and Hugo wish to start a new life where they can live in peace.

The message of the story was about how no matter how destructive your terminal illness is (and how terminal health correlates with mental health) may be you still deserve to live and can have friends that love you regardless. There is no cure for the Macula, but Hugo learns to live with it. He can be happy. People love him regardless.

Only for the ending to say 'Hugo is far too gone (even though he has some control?)/too mentally unstabled, so you must kill him' and for Amicia to give up trying because... you can't win in everything? You can't save everyone? It's hopeless? The whole journey was pointless?

The story's message alluded that the ending would be that Amicia saves Hugo; there is no cure for the Macula, Hugo learns to live with it, they start a new life, and have a network of those who love and support him (Sophia and Lucas). What a beautiful message, ruined.

Why didn't the game just end with chapter 14 in which by boat they go to the mountains to start a new life? Beatrice's death wouldn't have been pointless (which also destroyed the message of how so long as Hugo and Amicia have each other they'll live).

Asobo dropped the ball with the ending and ruined the entire message of learning to live with you terminal illness and living (with family and friends). Requiem is entirely ruined. Even Innocence by extension. Jesus, Asobo that was a godawful way to ruin Requiem.

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pocket-full-of-fun · 1 year

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I’m playing A Plague Tale: Requiem right now, and something that bothers me so much is the constant nagging from the game about killing people.

We keep being told that Amicia is losing control and she’s killing and that’s wrong,,,, but these guys are committing mass murder by sacrificing people to the rats, killing and enslaving innocent people and they will literally kill her and Hugo on sight!! Why is she a bad person for headshotting them? She has to keep her brother safe, and she doesn’t wanna die!

Also, in this 14th century setting no one is gonna arrest them for any of their regular crimes and war crimes. It just feels lazy to say all killing is wrong. Like yeah, don’t get carried away in your bloodlust and don’t take on armies alone etc but killing these people is not the problem here.

#a plague tale #let Amicia and Hugo kill!!#like Sophia #respectfully #shut up!!!#a plague tale spoilers #a plague tale: requiem #a plague tale: requiem spoilers #a plague tale requiem spoilers

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gortash · 1 year

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A PLAGUE TALE: REQUIEM — CHAPTER XVII: LEGACY OF DE RUNE FAMILY

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vindicia · 2 years

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May this world remember how much you loved it.

A PLAGUE TALE: REQUIEM (2022)

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msunitedstatesjames · 8 months

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I just finished playing A Plague Tale: Requiem (spoilers incoming) and that final scene with Hugo was just so masterfully done.

The way Hugo was positioned, almost like he was on a cross, as the sacrifice needed to save human kind.

The way Amicia has finally been forced to recognize the horrible truth she's been adamantly denying the whole game.

And the slow, horribly deliberate way she draws her sling that final time. It's such a tiny detail that makes a major difference in the mood, and it's little details like that that make video games stand out as a unique form of storytelling. You as the player are forced to draw the sling yourself, instead of the game prompting you or doing it automatically. And when you do, you can feel how slowly and painfully Amicia does it, you can feel her indecision through your controller, and then, just when you hear the crack of her sling, it cuts out to blankness and silence. It was just such a great scene.

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infriga · 5 months

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Arnaud waiting in jail while Amecia, Hugo, and Sophia go on a pilgrimage to the rat trauma hall of fame and start a mini apocalypse while bonding together:

#I was genuinely questioning for a while whether the game just forgor about him and he'd just be left in jail forever 😂#A plague tale #a plague tale requiem #Plague tale #Plague tale spoilers #Random #Love Sophia tho fav side character 10/10

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xolaanii · 2 years

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A PLAGUE TALE: REQUIEM "imagine that you're flying"

#came out blurry as hell no matter what i did so alas #anyway cute ass scene i died #a plague tale requiem #a plague tale #amicia de rune #hugo de rune #aptredit #aptr spoilers #gamingedit #gamingdaily #videogameedit #vg: a plague tale requiem #c: amicia de rune #c: hugo de rune #valedits #mine: a plague tale #p: mine

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brekkie-e · 1 year

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So uhh.... what the heck happened internet? Did y'all really sleep on this queen?

Seriously though, how come this woman has not completely flooded my dash already???? I am flabbergasted. I am dismayed.

I seriously can not and will not get over her. The answer to my complaints about the rising "single dad figure rescues a kid" trope, and it's lack of female counterparts. A gaurdian figure to child-sized protagonists that not only adequately attempts to protect them from the violence they're up against, but also gives genuine parental smack downs. Who balances her well meaning criticism with genuine love and support?

I honestly do not think I have ever encountered a mentor figure in a narrative who has done the job even half as well as Sophia.

On top of that??? She's a freaking pirate queen. So legendary, they call her the Sea Scorpion! How cool is that?

I fully did not expect her to make it through the entirety of the game, but let me tell you I was thrilled that she got to live, and remains a part of Amicia's life. Im so happy they have a positive adult role model and protector.

#sophia plague tale requiem #plague tale requiem #plague tale requiem spoilers #this is me half asleep and delirious sitting in bed after finishing #and i have a lot of opinions about the ending #but im too overwhelmed with adoration for this woman to be disappointed about the narrative short comings #sophia #plague tale #amicia #sea scorpion #look at me #collecting wives again

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passiveaggressiveturkeys · 2 years

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There’s just something I really love about how most game developers releasing the new sequels to their last gen games will mainly talk about improved frame rates and graphics that the newer systems allow

While Plague Tale’s team is here like *slaps the roof of console* this bad boy can fit so many rats

#obviously there’s other stuff development teams are talking up about their new stuff #just the amount I’ve seen the new rat numbers come up amuses me #although I’ve also read what the number difference is so like yeah they get to brag about that #I’m also slightly scared #and very excited #ugh my copy isn’t gonna get here for another two days #I’m already getting so many reviews recommended to me on YouTube #one even had a spoiler in the title and the game isn’t even officially out for yet #I think?#it might be in some regions I’m not sure #a plague tale #a plague tale requiem #plague tale #aptr

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renegade--soul498 · 1 year

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Béatrice's line "Love can kill, Emilie. By the time you realize that, it'll be too late"...

That's the whole point of the game.

We're on a journey driven by love and hope, but at the end there's only death and mourning.

Béatrice's love for Hugo took them (her, mostly) to trust Vaudin even if it wasn't the best choice. Amicia's love for Hugo took them to La Cuna, and that wasn't the wisest course of action either.

Both options were born out of love, hope to save Hugo... but in the end they killed him slowly. First, Hugo was disregarded, misled, and treated poorly by Vaudin, then in the island the Macula overcame him, it connected to him even more.

When they all realized what had to be done to keep Hugo safe, it was already too late...

Yeah, I'm still reeling back from Requiem... That cursed scene's imprinted in my mind and I can't seem to get it out. That chapter was so dark, twisted, and cruel... Fuck... I still have a lot to say about Chapter XII but this is what struck me the most. Unbelievable...

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x-nephophile-x · 1 year

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Hi I just realized Hugo controls everything in the end.

Amicia and Lucas go down a slope together and somehow get separated. Because he needs her alone. To face this. To understand. To accept.

And after she understands, he disappears from her side. He doesnt need to be there now. She is ready.

But as she walks on, she says she cant be ready for this. And that, after this is done, she will be alone.

And right after, Lucas suddenly appears, hugging her.

She isn't alone. Hugo shows her that.

#im going to PUNCH A WALL #i just beat it again and realized that and it made me bawl ALL OVER AGAIN #Amicia de rune #hugo de rune #lucas the apprentice #a plague tale requiem #a plague tale requiem spoilers #aptr spoilers #aptr #a plague tale spoilers #he guided lucas to her through the nebula just like he guided amicia #he made sure she wasnt alone #ive not done the lucas ending nor do i know if i have the strength to #but that ending makes it even more tragic #less bittersweet and more sad

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