A Plague Tale: Requiem brings moralising and lots and lots of rats to southern France Rock Paper Shotgun Support us Join our newsletter Visit our store Sign in / Create account If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. A Plague Tale: Requiem brings moralising and lots and lots of rats to southern France Amicia is ready to ger her hands dirty News by Alice Bell Deputy Editor Published on June 12, 2022 1 comment We all remember 2019's A Plague Tale: Innocence, the inspiration for the famous phrase "rat's entertainment!" that you still hear shouted in music halls up and down the country. The blend of action-adventure, stealth and seething hordes of rats is getting a sequel later this year, taking our miserable medieval tots Amicia and Hugo to the south of France for A Plague Tale: Requiem. In a gameplay trailer shown at the Xthesda showcase tonight we saw that Amicia is struggling with whether or not she should kill the heck out of soldiers, or try to stealth on by. Amicia's conflicted morals are the main change in how you actually play the game, at least from the trailer. The plague of rats seems to have returned after Hugo had a rat-nado showdown in a church at the end of the first game, and so you still need to sneak through them using light and shade to your advantage. Amicia still uses her sling, both to solve puzzles and attack enemies, and in a one-on-one fight against a soldier she'll probably lose. These days, though, she seems to want to take the fight to them a bit more. We'll see if the game gets a bit more active than passive as you play, cos the trailer also shows her stabbing a guy in the neck, shooting another with a crossbow, and stranging one with a garotte. Nice. It's also interesting to see the no-kill vs. all-kill routes in a stealth game rising it's ratty little head again. Will this once again be a high chaos or low chaos kind of situation? Will it change your outcome if you take the more difficult route of not pushing dudes into vats of ravenous rodents? In a post on Xbox.com, lead writer Sébastien Renard talks a bit about the new setting as a contrast to the depressing mud and war and rain from the first game. We're still in France, but the south gives the opportunity for more colour, as well as a contract between the beauty of the world with the terrible things happening in it. They've also added some unique new locations, including a medieval dyery. I look forwards to seeing how these places can be fucked up by rats in a few months' time when the game is out. Like many things at the showcase, Requiem is going to be day and date on Xbox Game Pass. Not E3 2022 is in full-swing - see everything in our E3 2022 hub, as well as our complete round-up of everything announced at Summer Game Fest 2022. Many more big game showcases and streams are still to come this summer, so make sure you stay up to date with our summer games stream schedule. More News Jack King-Spooner's next handcrafted game has a teaser demo out Judero brings chat and action in the Scottish Borders Alice O'Connor 17 hours ago 1 If you were hoping for any Overwatch 2 balance changes then you'll have to wait until season two The next season begins in December CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 3 The Dead Space remake will chuck random Necromorphs at you as you wander the Ishimura In space, no one can hear you proper bricking it CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 8 Valve register mysterious new Neon Prime trademark in the US It doesn’t seem to be for a particularly colourful Steam Deck CJ Wheeler 20 hours ago 11 Latest Articles What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Alice O'Connor an hour ago 21 Past Wordle answers Here's an archive of previous Wordle words Ollie Toms 2 hours ago 1 Wordle answer today (Saturday 15 October) Hints and the answer to today's Wordle word Rebecca Jones 9 hours ago Overwatch 2 hero tier list Which are the best heroes in Overwatch 2? Ollie Toms 16 hours ago Supporters Only You're probably better than me at One Many Nobody You go on without… uh, you? Sin Vega 17 hours ago Supporter podcast - The Nate Files episode 13: dry bones Bad science is also FUN science! Alice Bell 18 hours ago Japanese dating show Love Wagon has surprising parallels with Yakuza and Persona My new obsession Ed Thorn 2 days ago If you're hankering after Bayonetta 3, Valkyrie Elysium might be a good substitute It's not out on PC until next month, but the console demo has been a surprise charmer Katharine Castle 1 week ago 4 We've been talking, and we think that you should wear clothes Total coincidence, but we sell some clothes Buy RPS stuff here