Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy

Resonance has a lot more combat and action than the previous games in the Plague Tale series, but the stealth sequences are really solid too. Love the character of Sophia and hope we see more of her stories. Overall a well-crafted, incredibly cinematic and compelling experience. We need more single player games like this.

A lot can be said about how good this adventure was, it did part ways from the stealth of the original games, but stood out on its own, the story was great and so were the visuals, all while having great performance. Looking at you Unreal Engine. Like always this alongside the main series will remain an underrated gem, and i do recommend this one, buy now, later in sale, whenever, but do play this one! I really hope asobo can now branch out into stealth focused as well as action adventure games, thereby keeping the series going, if they do make another, and i hope they do. I will be there to play it. Also, as a fan of Hellblade 1, this is what i was looking forward to from Hellblade 2. There were some parallels between these two games, without going deep into spoilers territory, i do hope asobo refines the combat to feel more weighty in the next one.

I was skeptical going into this one. I loved the last two entries, but I wasn't confident that Sophia could carry the game as a main character. After the end of Requiem, I just assumed that the next game was going to be a continuation of Amicia's story, so it surprised me that we were instead getting a prequel revolving around a side character. Asobo ended up doing a great job at fleshing her out. I found the story to be very interesting, and the flashbacks really added to that. Paired with incredible visuals, solid voice acting and a banger soundtrack, it resulted in yet another great narrative experience that the Plague Tale series is known for. Exploring the ruins of an ancient Cretan civilization really peaked my interest as a fan of Greek mythology. Gameplay was a big change, with a more combat focus akin to Uncharted, which is a big leap from what we got in previous entries. The parrying mechanic took a bit of getting used to, but beyond that I found combat to be good. The puzzles were mostly straightforward, but I did get briefly stuck on a couple. Hopefully we keep getting more Plague Tale games, the after credits cutscene was a nice touch and gives me hope.

UNDERRATED GOTY

Beautiful music and art direction. Combat feels responsive and fun to execute. All in all a solid game in APT series - for me 9/10.

I loved the first and second game, but this entry felt a bit off in terms of quality (story-telling) when compared with the other two games. I know it's not part of the main series, but was hoping for similar quality on that end. The game is really impressive graphically and I'm surprised that no RT/PT was used or even added as an option. The combat is fine (don't hate it or love it), Sophia is cool, and the voice-acting overall is fine too. But, the story felt a bit dull? Lacking? It didn't really grab my attention much and by the final third, I was thinking "when is this gonna end?" pretty often. Would prob recommend on discount if you're a fan of the series already. If you're not, I'd seriously recommend starting with the first game and work your way up to this one.