Amicia is forced to kill her little brother, she weeps for him, she mourns him. The player cries Game: You've unlocked a new crossbow, come pick it up in the extras.
His death was sad but the part that broke me was realizing Hugo would never get to live a normal life and the festival on the island was the last time seeing him truly happy.
The saddest part for me was Amicia holding on to the hope that she could save hugo, because if she lost hugo she has nobody left. You go through the whole game killing for hugo, doing everything to protect him, and then you have to be the one to kill him to save the world. Definitely the saddest ending to any game, but yeah seeing hugos mind slowly be consumed by the macula broke me
Saddest for me was the realization that Father, Mother, Arthur, Roderic, and more died…for nothing, all their sacrifices just for Hugo to die anyway I’m just sad now
Tbh i didnt expect Hugo can go normal life until its setle the thing i mean the carrier. I though this second will have solution for how to clear carrier in the end. No clue just way to be better
"I love you. I've been happy with you. Goodbye, Amicia." This is even more heartbreaking the fact that this is the last word that Amicia heard from Hugo. May our King Rest In Peace.
Damn, that part hits me like a tsunami of rats... Rest in peace Hugo. So sad that the game starts with Hugo that is playing the part of a king and then ends with him becoming another type of King... 😭
I believe the rats which were pulling away to give Amicia and Lucas entry way to Hugo was Hugo using the last of his willpower against the Macula to let them do what he knew needed to be done.
Absolutely correct! If you remember that once Amecia saw Hugo control the rats, she said to him "I didn't know you could do that" and his reply was "Yes! I can but it hurts". Hugo used his last act to control the rats ruining the plague's plan and made a path for Amecia and Lucas all the while suffering in excruciating pain which allowed 2 things: 1. End the current plague for that current century 2. End Hugo's emotional and physical torment
@@Torraim were do you think the next plague game will take place being that there is another carrier an the woman sophia who they meet is a moor or a gypsy will it take place somewhere near Africa or in or near India
This ending broke me, I had a feeling hugo was gonna have to die at the end and knew it was gonna break my heart if he did but having to do it myself just made it worse. Having said that it was an incredible game and an extremely high standard of writing. I wouldn't change a single thing about it. RIP Hugo.
I find it quite sad when Hugo mentions that he can't do anything anymore and relies on Amicia to finish it. Telling her that he loves her and it was time well spent. This was a really well developed story.
the Developers didn't make something usual about fantasy in the end, like a shadow of Hugo to says something better than that. this game is fantasy, Please don't make it like real...... i hate you Developers to make me so sad for bad ending. indeed
It's just a game of fantasy, and you make it like in real life, that most be something different, just look at AMICIA, she even can't die after she got shot on her stomach.
The fact that Hugo is scared of the sea and its waves and that Amicia and Lucas, at the end of the game, have to "dive in" and face waves of rats. The fact that the ending tree in which Hugo is stuck is similar to the one from his dream. The fact that, in front of Hugo's grave, Amicia drops a flower and a feather, representing herself and Hugo... That game was a masterpiece.
Hugo's grave IS his dream. The birds, the mountains, all present. The pendant has a big tree on it. Amecia's tears pooling at her feet. How her grieving is helping her to heal.
@@pikamochzotv539i was wondering why they were speaking english with english accents lol i would have preferred to play it in french but loved both games either way.
One small detail struck me at the moment of that short walk of Amicia and Lucas toward Hugo on his tree. Rats are everywhere but they spread apart before their step, signifying Hugo’s awareness of them and giving them way so Amicia can achieve what she has to. Another interpretation is that since rats usually flee light, you can deduce that Amicia is now light itself.
For me this was one of the most heartbreaking games I ever played. I had no idea that some people would be disappointed by the tragic ending. I cannot tell you the goosebumps I got when Amicia extinguished the brazier when trying to find Hugo and learning how to let go. At the end I couldn't kill Hugo and Lucas had to take the reins.
This game was almost like an allegory to the real world sicknesses when parents spend a lot of money, sacrifice their own physical and mental health to help their sick child, but at the end sometimes a sickness can't be cured and parents have to learn to let their child go, even though they don't want it. That's why it was so emotional for me when Hugo died. I got so attached to him, that I felt like I lost my own little brother even though I haven't got one. There are thousands of parents out there in the world who in a way have to take the same road as Amicia to save their children but at the end all their efforts are in vain. Very tragic and meaningful story.
@@MultiKamil97 That's what makes it so poignant. It resonated with me on a very personal level. The times I fought with everyone and everything only to let it go at the end, and to accept some things are beyond your control. I'm sure we've all felt that at some point, and that all our efforts were in vain. But that's just life for you. In the end, it all boils down to letting go and saying your goodbyes.
@@falsaai If you kill Hugo then Amicia says that Lucas is wandering and studying alone, if Lucas is forced to kill him (he takes your crossbow) then Amicia says she hates him and doesn’t care what he’s doing
Bro u have no idea when I say I almost uninstalled the game when the amicia betrayed him I literally hovered on that uninstall button for like 5 mins jus in deep thought if I wanna continue playing glad I kept playing Awesome game less than satisfying outcome with hugo dying but awesome game even better than the 1st bravo 👏🎉🎉
He's the classic anti hero. Someone who was good, until something or someone badly wronged him (usually a close friend), that then trashed all his beliefs in the world. No longer able to trust anyone, other than himself, he only acts for himself. Rather than honourable & decent, he becomes self centered & self-serving. Then, suddenly, once again, a turn of event sees the rug ripped out from under him, tripping him over & shaking him out of his lonely apathy. Slowly, he returns to the world & becomes the man he used to be. The real Arnaud. It's hard & he can be difficult to deal with, as he's readjusting, but his heart (if not his head) is in the right place. And this time, he won't let anyone hurt those he holds dear, even if he doesn't say/show that's how he feels (although it would seem Hugo has an inkling & better understanding of Arnaud, than Arnaud does of himself). He will do anything to protect them. Include die, if it means saving them. And he does, his dying words not actually being what he means, but the subtext is obvious & clear as anything. Amecia doesn't need him to say it. She knows. That he thinks of her as the daughter he never had. And that Hugo is beyond lucky to have her as a sister.
God never thought something as sad as RDR2 ending would happen but boy this is absolutely soul destroying! RIP Sweet king hugo you will be remembered 😢
when i say my heart absolutely broke when i heard Hugo say “Goodbye” and “I love you so much”, i started screaming and crying. I love this series so much and the amount of time and love invested in the storyline + characters, I’m happy Hugo is at peace but this gameplay will forever hurt.
Hugo's death decision at the end of the game is a very stupid decision from the writer. We don't want Hugo to die. I hope Hugo comes back alive in the next part
Amica has lost her entire family Robert de run was killed by lord Nicholas from the inquisition Beatrice de run was killed emily countess of provenance Hugo was killed by Amica or lucas in hope to save the world that what Hugo wanted . But amica is going to try and find the next macula that will probably be in the future era like 2022 or when ever . She will never be forgotten I just wish the Assassin creed people could of helped.
@@SammiiLuVTTV lion was the first to be killed her father said what devily is this as he pulled amica back technically he saved his daughter from the rats but unfortunately the inquisition was on its way .
Yeah, she’s going to try and delude the new carrier that things can be fixed even when she saw they can’t. Considering all the deaths for her selfishness and bloodlust at times, she lost her entire family, but she deserves worse. I can only hope she is forgotten for the sake of the new carrier.
Definitely one of the saddest games I've ever played, but also one of the best. Not sure if I've ever had a game that hit me in the feels as hard as this one did.
The ending is very refreshing in a way that most other games don’t give however at the same time I hate it because that means the end of the road for Hugo, whom I loved so much :( good ending though. For the first time I felt like the game I was playing was so good it didn’t need anymore story or sequel. I don’t think I could play another sequel if Hugo, Amicia, or Lucas wasn’t in it.
@@shano494 naah thats no hugo but hugo reincarnation of clone you can hear the hospital breathing theres no way medieval have these technologies and thats a female business shoes walking and it takes places in 970 years after the requiem
Amicia De Rune is now one of my favorite female characters of the modern day. Instead of the typical "Strong Female Character" crap that most writers do to make their protagonist perfect, without flaws and belittle every other character (Usually males) around them. Amicia is the complete opposite and she feels like a real person, she's loving, caring, fun, and she cares about the people around her, while also at the same time having times of vulnerability. Shes terrified, had doubts about what she can do, makes mistakes and loses herself at times when things get really bloody. She lets other people tell her what her problems are and she does her best to fix them and rectify them. Amicia feels like a real person and someone we should all strive to imitate. I love her as a character and the voice actress who played her delivered a heart wrenching performance. Love this game and i hope to see Amicia De Rune again:)❤
@Arctic Wolf 0406 Sure... Except she kills hundreds of trained fully armored soldiers and get a Justin Bieber haircut at the end. If that's not a typical strong female character, I don't know what it is.
@@ashgolzine Was disappointed by the story and gameplay. I'm bummed that Hugo died. It's sad, but bittersweet because he is redeemed and free from his curse. Seems he couldn't ask for anything better. Hugo was also the only person who seemed to care for anybody outside of his immediate circle, the only one with a moral compass so of course it's sad that he dies from the curse, but that's the ONLY good part of the ending. I still dislike the ending, not because the it's tragic but because all we did was fight to save Hugo. Now the entire journey throughout the games and the millions of deaths meant nothing. They should've killed him as an infant and the world would be a much better place. Now and millions of people are dead and not just Hugo. Woopdie-fucking doo what a waste of lives and time.
@@leikeylosh Well its not like Amicia was able to manhandle the soldiers, she had and used multiple tools at her disposal to use against them which often involved her using stealth and engaging them from a distance, its not as if she was able to just beat them in hand-to-hand combat. In reference to her hair, she didnt want it cut off, Arnaud and the Count really did it, most likely she's just growing it back after one year.
The ending of this game made me cry for a solid 45 minutes and i couldn't contain myself at all. This game really hit home on valuing the ones you love. And to see Amicia go through hell and back time and time again to do what she could to keep her brother safe while at the same time losing her mother, father and the friends she made along the way only for her to in the end of it all put Hugo down herself even though she didn't want to...its heartbreaking and it really strikes the heart strings and the reality that you should value those closest to you because you don't know what will happen to them supposedly hours later. Love this game and I will never forget it.
This is the most tragic ending to any game I've played. Mostly because she had to kill hugo herself even after doing everything in her power to save him, and now she has nobody left. The bond they shared was unbreakable, and while I would've liked a happy ending, not every masterpiece needs one. I think this ending was perfect
@@joshhudson7413 I'm bummed that Hugo died. It's sad, but bittersweet because he is redeemed and free from his curse. Seems he couldn't ask for anything better. Hugo was also the only person who seemed to care for anybody outside of his immediate circle, the only one with a moral compass so of course it's sad that he dies from the curse, but that's the ONLY good part of the ending. I still dislike the ending, not because the it's tragic but because all we did was fight to save Hugo. Now the entire journey throughout the games and the millions of deaths meant nothing. They should've killed him as an infant and the world would be a much better place. Now and millions of people are dead and not just Hugo. Woopdie-fucking doo what a waste of lives and time.
@@noamias4897 i think this is the worst type of endings. "Everything was for nothing" type. It's extremely disappointing and unfair to the player. It's like trying to leave the ishimura in dead space but die from some explosion instead of actually leaving it. Like why did i even had this journey? I did completely nothing, should've never even started it. Kratos failed to get to Jotunheim, Arthur didn't save John's family, guardians died and promise consumed the universe and so on. I think requiem would be so much better if they gave us happy ending.
@@sipdermun Exactly. It'd be as if Kratos and Atreus said" fuck it" after killing gods and marking themselves as enemies to Freya and Asgard. So they just went home to and lived like nothing had happened. If everything would be better if the journey never started, the entire journey becomes a big "fuck u" to the player. In this case it's especially atrocious because we murder over a million people just to say "eh that didn't work, but at least we tried!"
This ending is right on par with RDR2 ending for me. Both were very emotional for me and left me in tears, to the point where I had to just close the PC and lay down on my bed after the final credits. I must say, it was an awesome and very memorable adventure for me, starting with Innocence. The developers have progressed so much since Innocence and Requiem is definitely a gem that will be remembered as one of the best games ever made. I think Requiem deserves the GOTY title. I can't see any better game this year that would surpass the awesomeness of this one.
i completely agree with you, this game it's just special, as for me, i've only really cried because of a game in the last of us 2, but this ending...made me go to sleep crying thinking about Hugo, it was like i had lost him for real, i'm really sensitive with child's so this just broke me
Never played RDR2 or TLOU, but I did play The Walking Dead, and this is mercy-killing Duck all over again. Duck was the first time I actually had to pause a game because it hit my emotions this hard.
Poor Amicia. I know she's a fictional character but dayum... Seeing her be torn apart, body mind and soul for hours upon ours in hopes of completing what is a simple, noble, and relatable, but ultimately futile goal is heartwrenching. and this Requiem drives it home beautifully. Even the cover art, where you see her determined, yet pained and emaciated face, guarding her brother's ghostlike one is a work of art on it's own.
To be honest, I do not know if I will ever be able to go through the first and second parts of this saga again. The ending of the game just killed and devastated me. I probably won't be able to play this game anymore, knowing how it will end.
@@maycomb_blume-clerith Same thing... I dream that Asobo will make an alternative good ending, but I am afraid that this desire will remain in my dreams...
The ending ruined me the first time but I’ve already been playing requiem again and it’s actually a little more enjoyable already knowing what happens. Less anxiety and stress lol. Plus now that I know killing guards doesn’t affect the ending I can go wild.
I won't replay this games again because the ending made this story pointless. For 2 games straight we did everything for Hugo to survive just to kill him anyway. Why would i even do it if it all doesn't matter at all?
Most people hate ending for not being happy. And to be honest this shows greatness of this game. A Plague Tale series has kept its tragic charm. There were moments when you think that everything would be alright and Amicia with Hugo is going to be together forever. But look to the truth. Makula has no cure. No special treatment. That fancy Order dedicating itself to study the plague failed the world and was going to make the same mistakes again and cause another catastrophe. Embarrassing but we have what we have. There was no other way. You couldn't predict what's going to be next with time bomb in Hugo's blood. All in all, game showed only one hard but mature decision to get things right... Jesus, I cried like little girl. Why this needed to be so ugly for Hugo's end... Rest in Peace young King
But first one was not that much tragic in terms of story this is god level both environment and story literally goosebumps when Fighting the rat gaints
@@nikhil0021 Idk. Both main heroes have lost their home, dad. Society sees in them only monsters. All their journey isn't one big adventure but survival. And environment in the first game is mostly grim and tragic. That farm, battlefield, catacombs, town in the end... Even in the end when they've saved the world from mad inquisitor they are still monsters for the people. Not heroes. So story maybe is not as tragic as the second game but mood is definitely equal or close. Anyway, this is IMHO
What you said is very wrong, while the rat-controlling ability is fictional, it is relatable to those who are suffering from different mental disorders. Yes, they are a ticking timebomb and can snap at anytime. Mental illness has no cure, like the Makula, but it doesn't give you the right to kill them just because. And I wouldn't say the Order has failed, they built a fortress to contain their first carrier, Basilius, and they have succeed. While it was a mess, they did stopped the end of the world from coming, otherwise, none of this game would have ever happened. This corresponds to the dark times when mental illness patients are treated horribly in asylums. Being experimented on like lab rats, shock therapy, surgerical removal to parts of the brain. What Amicia is trying to do is find another way, and she did - Hugo needs love and see all the goods of the world. It is only when he encounters bad people that he started his rat-fenzy. In fact, that's what SAVED the world, his last remaining goodness guiding Amelica to end him. That corresponds to the present day, we start to understand mental illness more and more. Combining modern medicine and therapy, those mental patients can lead to a normal life. I'm frankly disappointed at your view, saying this is a hard but mature decision to get things right. You're wrong. Amicia is right, all Hugo needs is love to heal, it's only all the evils and opportunists and even the normal people, like you and I, driven purely by fear and unknown, in the world that stray him from the healing path.
41:00 she took a while looking at the little chair because it reminded her of Hugo 😭 Beatrice used to say they have the house on the mountain and they’d live like a family there after everything had settled down, so she must bought that chair for Hugo before. The chair with the same size for him, only meant for him, now is all in vain 😭😭😭 (and the fact that she put that little chair next to the tree trunk, her favorite place to watch a pretty view ahead, was to imagine Hugo sat next to her)
Sheesh, what an ending. Don't know yet if the idea of a present day setting is a good or bad thing. But nevertheless, a great conclusion to Amicias and Hugos Story arc
If the story's good then it's still good! Even in the modern era, the rat plague like this is still a disaster to humanity! I would love to see the next Plague Tales could be a story of mother / father and the child! Or maybe the child with rat control power could be the protagonist!
I think a hard core rat invasion during our days would be a hell of a setting. It would start in a modern city, cars, hospitals etc and as the story would go on everything would collapse and the conclusion could be a new middle age.
@@ramasubramanian1132 you should watch the dialogue of Amicia after that. She and her friends (including Lucas) will depart to a new place. She said Lucas is somewhere in the town, doing some things before going. So no worries.
I was so happy that Lucas survived! And they're still fighting the good fight! I can't wait to see/hear about more of their adventures together, wherever they may eventually go when they reunite.
@@donpula6349 she'll probably take Lucas to wherever Amicia is investigating, whenever he finishes studying. Though I'm curious if she'd be personally involved outside of transportation, and funding with her money from her business. She might not be as into going into the deep dark rat filled places as Lucas and Amicia are.
@@cade11071994 interestingly i refused to kill Hugo because to me it didn't fit with Amicia's character so Lucas killed him with a crossbow, which works much better to me, and now Amicia refuses to see him because it reminds her of how he killed Hugo
@@noamias4897 the whole point of this game is Amicia coming to terms with Hugo not only wanting to die, but needing too. So it's very in character for her to put him down when there was literally no other option but to do so. What isn't in character is her letting someone else do it. Also, even in the ending where she's "mad" at him, she somehow sounds MORE mad that he's left. Even in the good ending she doesn't sound happy that he's not there, just understanding that he needs to go study for a time.
39:50 this scene dude... 26 yrs and I was crying like a baby when I was about to shoot Hugo, took me some time before I was able to shoot... and after that I was still crying, games are stupid 😭
me at loud in my room playing the :why the F am i crying its just a game inside my head to myself: Its not just a game im not crying u are crying 😭😔🥴 this was my reaction on that moment
I started bawling when I finally realized what was the only thing that could happen. You know when Hugo told Amicia you know what to do and all that... Couldn't stop crying after that realization. I was clinging on to a dumb hope that maybe something could have been done to save him before Hugo told Amicia that :( but at least he will not suffer anymore!
Tbh tragic ending sometimes is a great way to end a story, i loved this ending and it hit me so hard and i think it fits the tragic tone of the story despite how happy they seemed sometimes the dark and tragic moments is what makes this game so special. Great game imo.
i felt like there is going to be a 3rd sequel, from the very last clip we see a new born 'carrier' and from tht we know it comes with a 'protector', and it may lead to amicia's trying to lead and help those two getting into the right path and together they'll find a way to end this 'macula' completely. And from my theory, its going to b a reincarnation of Hugo as it the same as Basilius the first carrier. Since both of the carrier and protector passed away in 16th century, but in Amicia's case only the carrier died and a year after tht we see a new born carrier. SO lets just hope tht te protector would still be amicia and the new born carrier is just the reincarnation of Hugo. This is a desperate theory i know, but i hope it would catch the developers eyes to bring Hugo back to live.
and from what we've seen of the gameplay where they saw the body of the previous carrier and protector, you might noticed tht the two bodies are different, where basilius's still intact with all of his original state, (flesh, skin, face, expression) while Aelia the protector only left her armor n wht should a dead ancient body looked like (only skulls/bones). And we can say history repeats the same way for them but the only different is that the current protector which is Amicia live n only the carrier died. In order for the macula gets to live and conquer the sun is for the protector died and sucks the life out of the carriers soul untill it had nothing left to take. That might explain why a body of 16th century still intact in one piece as he just recently died a year or two before hugo was born and the so called "Justinian Plague" caused by basilius. And i believe the macula wanted to brought back that Plague again by being reborn in Hugo's blood but it got stop by amicia the protector who the macula probably did not predict would live at the end. SO in order to not break that history timeline where the protector should've been dead for the macula to create a whole new permanent plague again, im guessing hugo's going to be reincarnated into a newborn baby since the macula failed to take over their timeline where he should've been reborn and make a new similar plague like The Justinian plague. Because if there's two protector standing by the new carrier's side is going to b really hard for the macula to try and take over the world again. SO IM GUESSING THAT PROBABLY THE MACULA HAS ITS WAY TO REVIVE HUGO AND PUTS HIM IN A NEWBORN BABY., BECAUSE IF NOT THEN IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO FACE TWO SKILLED PROTECTOR AND THAT GOES AGAINST HIS RULE WHERE HE NEEDS TO TAKE OVER AMICIA'S TIMELINE TO SECURE HIS POWER
This was a disappointment to me both story and gameplay-wise. I'm bummed that Hugo died. It's sad, but bittersweet because he is redeemed and free from his curse. Seems he couldn't ask for anything better. Hugo was also the only person who seemed to care for anybody outside of his immediate circle, the only one with a moral compass so of course it's sad that he dies from the curse, but that's the ONLY good part of the ending. I still dislike the ending, not because the it's tragic but because all we did was fight to save Hugo. Now the entire journey throughout the games and the millions of deaths meant nothing. They should've killed him as an infant and the world would be a much better place. Now and millions of people are dead and not just Hugo. Woopdie-fucking doo what a waste of lives and time.
There are other histories with tragic endings, but this is not just that. Everything in this game was gradually ruinned until there was anything more to lose, and the worst part is they (and us) were constantly renewing their hopes only to have it crushed again. It's a roller coaster where every fall goes further and further down. Also, Amicia surviving and having to live with it forever just makes it harder. Saddest game i've played and surely one of the best.
You can’t be serious. After all the damage she’s caused, she’s no better than the count or Emile. Especially since it’s all for her delusions and selfishness. She’s a character I wish there was an option for her to die.
@@moonmoon2479 well that is true and it is selfish of her to keep pushing when Hugo said otherwise but remember whatever she did is for her brother, Amicia knows her brother is going to die and she would do anything to keep him alive
@@KN-cl2tu no excuse. How many people have lost their families because of her and Hugo? At least an entire towns worth and that’s just this game. Do you know who you sound like? Martin Walker. Excuses excuses. The Count did it all for his wife. Emile did it all to not be alone. Gee, who does that sound like? Doesn’t matter why she did what she did. The results are what matters in the end. And Amicia is responsible for the exact thing she hated that was done to her. In the end, Vitalis was right. I’ll miss the Amicia in innocence. But this one is a monster and nothing more.
I don't cry at many games' endings, but God, this one had me crying for about half an hour. Edit: It's a day later and I still cry thinking about Hugo's death.
Okay, I never understood the way this game handles "tragedy" maybe I'm heartless, but ever since we found out Hugo is the cause and the macula is what is summoning the rats, my constant thought was "Sacrifice him." While this is horrible and you can say "He is just a child" imagine all the men, women, children, animals etc that Hugo has killed by just being there too long. In the game, he literally destroys ENTIRE CITIES worth of people and we are told to feel bad for him. It suck and is tragic, but at the end of the day the life of one for millions. Not only that, but if he was allowed to keep living, it only would get worse and worse and worse. The plague doesn't go away until the carrier dies by the look of it, so killing any macula carrier at the start of the symptoms would be the safest thing. Probably going to get down voted to high heaven, but just... think about it. Imagine if a kid came to your town with your family there, would you be sympathetic as you see your mother, father or children being torn apart by rats because of this kid? I would try and help him initially, but if I saw the absolute devastation he wrought, I would side with the order at that stage. I hope that people can see the viewpoint I have without thinking me heartless!
This ending absolutely broke me and I never thought a video game could. Sure I've teared up some games but this game had me close to just sobbing. When you're winding up your sling and the credits roll, I just broke. Realizing you're visiting his grave did the same. The ending would not have been the same had the studio not followed through on Hugo telling Alicia what she had to do at the end.
Just finished it.......man oh man did I hate that ending. This is one of the few games where I actually wanted a cheesy happily ever after because of how invested I was in Amica and Hugo. This game was a hell of a journey.
My guess for the next Plague Tale: -Modern times (obviously) -The Macula will take on a new form, probably inspired by COVID -You won't be playing Amicia but a distant descendant of the De Rune family -There could be callbacks to Amicia and Hugo
@@assembled1855 Well, so much for a happy ending... After the ending of this game... I think it can be called - "A Plague Tale: Apocalypse" - and in the end the whole human race would be destroyed... Sorry.. this game just triggered my own Major Depressive//Bipolar Disorder..
@@Ins0mn1acsDr3am. If there's anything that remains a constant, it's that we humans are stubborn little shits; We've survived countless nightmares and disasters since our species was born, and the Macula is no different.
This is the most heartbreaking ending to any game I've played. If the actress for Amicia doesn't sweep the awards for best performance I'm starting a riot
I didn't like the ending, or the game in general, but I can recognize that Amicia's actress without a doubt delivered an awesome performance, even better than she did with the original. Unless God of War Ragnarok has a stellar performance (I am hearing Thor's actor is awesome) I really, really hope she gets the award.
@@noamias4897 he’d have to be an exceptional actor. The scene just after Hugo kills the counts wife, where Amecia simply falls to her knees and fights for the courage to keep going on was some of the most powerful acting I’ve seen on any media not just gaming. Phenomenal actress.
@@craigfisher1937 the way that amicias actress expresses herself losing her mind throughout the game and portrays going through trauma, I've never seen it this good.
@@joshhudson7413 This was a disappointment to me both story and gameplay-wise. I'm bummed that Hugo died. It's sad, but bittersweet because he is redeemed and free from his curse. Seems he couldn't ask for anything better. Hugo was also the only person who seemed to care for anybody outside of his immediate circle, the only one with a moral compass so of course it's sad that he dies from the curse, but that's the ONLY good part of the ending. I still dislike the ending, not because the it's tragic but because all we did was fight to save Hugo. Now the entire journey throughout the games and the millions of deaths meant nothing. They should've killed him as an infant and the world would be a much better place. Now and millions of people are dead and not just Hugo. Woopdie-fucking doo what a waste of lives and time.
After finishing thsi game. the ending was truly tragic. It definitely put some tears in my eyes. It was harsh to see Hugo go like that. But it definitely wrote a epic tale that I will alwasy remember. I definitely recommend anyone to play this game. This story did the characters a well told one. Hugo will be missed. Especially when I saw the very fist carrier the 1st time and how he was chained up. Hugo was pretty much imprisoned the same way.
A dlc where Amicia figures out and trail the Macula signs to know its going to be several hundred years later and that she leaves signs and hidden msgs to help modern day Protector.
So ends the tale of King Hugo, taken not by any malice of their own heart; but the all consuming fear and greed of a world unprepared to raise one born with such a gift.
Never has a game got me so caught up and having a young daughter and two sons made it even more emotional. I was screaming, hollaring and crying throughout the last several chapters. Amicia reminds me of Joan of Arc. Both young girls from France compelled by otherworldly events and visions that lead them to become warriors despite not knowing anything about combat or war.
Only three games have ever made me cry like a baby. This one, The Walking Dead (telltale season 1) and The Last of Us Part 2. Most games you inevitably save the princess, save the world, etc etc. But games like these show how, just as in life, sometimes the people you love can never be saved no matter how hard you try. RIP Hugo. RIP Dad.
And RIP the thousands you killed to save Hugo even though you couldn’t. Man, those guys at the beginning of Innocence had it right from the start. They should have killed Amicia and Hugo.
@@moonmoon2479 "they should have killed Amicia and Hugo" except in Innocence they wanted Hugo so they could transfer his blood to use his power for evil lmao. thats why they only wanted to kill Amicia the protector. Or maybe in Requiem they should have let the Order have Hugo from the start like Vaudin wanted so the Order could cause the next Basilius 2.0 because they never cared about the "treatment", only experiments for their power too. Yep kill Amicia so those guys have no opposition just like they killed the protector of Basilius because she was againts them. Epic plan yes.
At 38:41, the song playing is called "A Plague Tale Requiem", performed by the Estonian Philarmonic Chamber Choir and the lyrics on that verse goes like this: "La joie et mon cœur Tu es tout mon bonheur Ô soleil Ô merveille Ô Lumière Tu es pareille à ton père" Literally it translate to: "Joy and my heart You are all my happiness oh sun oh wonder oh light You are like your father" Go watch "A Plague Tale Requiem: Symphony", if you loved the music in this game, this amazing choir sang some of them live, starting with the main title of the game, A Plague Tale Requiem ❤️
That poor, sweet little boy 😥 It broke me to see Hugo attached to the Nebula and fully given himself to the Macula. The look on his face that was once filled with joy and life that was now filled with suffering and with a soulless expression. When it came time, I had Amicia do it instead of Lucas (since I didn't know he could but it's better that she did it). It's what Hugo wanted. We couldn't just leave him there. He had long accepted his fate before the end was near and he was okay with ending it all before the Macula took him. But Amicia, Lucas, Beatrice, Arnaud, Sophia, and everyone who protected him weren't ready to accept that yet. Neither did we, but deep down we were already fearing the worst. Hugo may not have cared anymore what were to happen to him, but everyone around him did. And we damn sure did too. That was very brave and mature for a young child like Hugo to accept that his death would mean the safety of the world. May you rest in peace, kind little king ❤
Great video mate, This game was something else which also had me crying at the end too. I'm a father to a son who reminded me alot of Hugo. The raw pain stuck with me for over 24 hours as though I actually lost someone I knew. And still a week later I feel the impact. The whole game was building towards a cure for Hugo when in the end it was fruitless, I was hoping this wasn't the case all the way to the bitter end. They really hit the hammer on the head with the relationship between Hugo and Amicia. The innocence and childlike behavior really made Hugo a living character who I could relate too. His curiosity and love of the world around him really had me emotionally invested in him and to his success at a second chance of life. With regards to the direction of the next game (if there is a next game) It would be amazing if somehow the next generation of carrier and protector where reincarnations of Hugo and Amicia, and during the game play hints opened them to their past life's (including Basil) where they failed in the past and the generational link that bonds them, and somehow in this life they actually manage to find a cure and have a happy life that they so longed for and deserved. So it wasn't all for nothing but a repeating pattern until the Macula was defeated. Please DEV's give me an ending to help heal the pain.
Kinda, 50% yes and 50% no. Ellie wasn't the one who was ill, she wasn't spreading it and didn't start it all, plus there was no confirmation that the cure would work or that killing her would magically heal the world, so her death could be in vain. Here the setting is more fantasy-focused and we have confirmation. Also if there's another game I would also add it would be Hellblade, not exactly the same and I don't wanna spoil, but it has some very similar themes too 😉 I wonder if A Plague Tale devs played it.
What could be cool for a 3rd installment, would be grown up Alicia and Lucas, helping the new bearer of the macula and leaving clues for the future. And seeing the modern day's bearer and protector following the clues of Amicia. But like side by side. 1 chapter amicia and 1 chapter modern day.
I... Just finished the game. Wow I'm crying. I lost some people in life and the thought of trying everything to want to save them but in the end having to let them go and be alone. This game. Made me feel so.. Damn.. Sad😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
As a younger brother to my older sister i can say Hugo is kinda like me when i needed my sister the most. Then the way Amicia treated Hugo in the first game is pretty accurate how my big sis and me in a relationship does during our childhood, you know the beginning of big sis jealousy over the younger sibling. But as we both grew up, know each other well and goes through that hardship we both starts to look after one another and cares with each other (even though she's already married). Then playing this game and finished it, it's really heartbreaking and sends rain in my eyes and i wish i could hug my annoying big sis as well. But i know we both already an adult so hugging her and crying over this game probably going to confuse her lol. But either way, i'm glad this game brings something new to a story about siblings relationship and yes it goes as same with Basilic and Aelia backstorys.
@The Quiver There's some speculation in the game's lore that Basilius is a direct/potential ancestors of the De Rune's family (Amicia actually hint/said that). During the first game, some of the soldiers or a priest said something about the Macula was awaken for many centuries old and the Prima Macula only passes through bloodline which we called it The Carrier. So i have a theory it's either Robert or Beatrice is one of the descendants of Basilius but no doubt it is confirmed Amicia and Hugo was also have the Macula or we called it Carrier. However, Amicia macula doesn't activated or we could say in dormancy state(you can check out on wiki how many stages the Macula have). Think of it like Amicia's Macula is fully inactive. But somehow Hugo in an unfortunate event at his age activate/awaken it. That's why when you play the first game the bad soldiers tries to find and capture Hugo because they know either Robert or Beatrice is the carrier. It's highly possible Beatrice is the descendant of Basilius though since she knows about the Order and the Macula unlike Robert. Edited : Yes it is also a curse or the first corruption. Whatever the origin of it is still unknown. We only knew Basilius is the first carrier but how he got it remain mystery. We just gotta wait the sequel to tell more of the story
Amicia was protective of Hugo since the start. A LITTLE jealousy early on, but it dissipated quickly and was replaced by total protectiveness to the extent that she'd give her life for him.
@@infiniumknight9664. This bullshit again? Not only is that kind of lame, but it's also an unnecessary cliffhanger. Besides, you don't do a post credits scene like this unless you intend to follow up on it.
Maybe it's a Covid reference in the real world. There was another reference where Amicia and Hugo find some materials from China and they say something like "Do you think they have it too? The rats?", "Maybe, maybe not YET." hinting new diseases to come.
Sorry bro, but they're long dead if the ending is any implication. I just hope whoever we play as in the modern day story in the hypothetical third game is able to fill Amicia's and Hugo's shoes.
@@ugulufu2052. You can moreso listen to the background for the modern clues with the sounds of air ventilation; You might be surprised to hear this, but air conditioning systems are actually a fairly recent bit of technology.
I didn't like the way they built that ending. Usually in stories like this, the easier solution (in this case, Hugo's death) is presented at the beginning of the story and the main character (Amicia) tries every possible alternate solution to the problem throughout the story only to fail again and again. After each try, after each failed cure or method, Amicia would know that the only solution left would be Hugo's death and she would slowly prepare herself mentally for that. The game, however, gives the impression that everything is going to be alright until the final 10 minutes where Amicia goes from "I would never hurt my little brother" to "well, if that's the only way". A little bit abrupt which undermined the emotional impact of the scene.
They literally showed the origin carrier and plastered it into your face that hugo is going to die. I don't know where you got the feeling that everything was going to be okay in the last few minutes of the game but it's been pretty obvious that the moment they didn't find any sort of cure or miracle drug in the origin carrier's chambers, that Hugo's fate is inevitable.
@@untrustingstatue That would normally be the case, however, the game makes you believe that Hugo's fate is going to be different from Basilius (or whatever was the original host's name). Even Amicia at some point says something in the lines of: "We are following the original Protector's steps to learn from their mistakes and this time is going to be different". Before the last sequence, the consensus between Amicia and Lucas was: "Hugo can live, as long as Amicia is always by his side and that he can live somewhere without any threat which can trigger his powers". The idea that there was no other solution except Hugo's death is literally presented at the last 10 minutes.
@@leikeylosh Hugo thought Amecia was dead and he gave into Mecula. That was point of no return and his demise was the only choice to save the world he loves.
There are several points why this ending hits me so bad I can't think about the game without crying: - Everything Amicia went through was pointless, all the suffering couldn't prevent Hugo from dying. - Hugo will never experience the normal life he so longed for - If the mother wouldn't have pushed the siblings towards the order, perhaps this all could have been prevented - If Amicia had trusted her guts and stopped the guy at the beginning, the macula wouldn't have re-awakened - If Amicia, perhaps, would have stopped when Hugo told her to instead of pushing him further down the road of Basilius to chase her own dreams, Hugo maybe could have recovered The tragic of this story doesn't raise from the fact that this was an inevetable fate doomed upon Hugo as the carrier. But Amicia failed to protect him, blinded by the very duty to protect him. It's an irony that makes this ending 1000x worse than it would have been. And poor Hugo, who was innocent all along, is the one who has to pay the toll.
37:50 You can see how much Lucas understand Amicia, he know she might not able to kill Hugo so he bring her crossbow instead give it to her, i prefer the ending where Lucas is the one did it.
Thinking about that post credit scene, to see a body of Hugo on Modern Days that still have Macula in it must be that we going to play as De Rune descendants in A Plague Tale 3. I can see that we going one on one with Hugo as Final Boss. I don't know this is just my theory.
Despite that scene seems in "modern days", this game is HUGE RIDDLE - it's like an "art-house- dark fantasy- alternative history setting". It's still a question if there is descendant of Hugo ??? .. There was absolutely not shown the recovery of his body to bury him. As well as.. why the hell did Amicia cut her hair so short in the end ??? I know maybe it's for the sake of player imagination.. As an open ending.. Well at least it did not end like TLOU2... This game is much more deeper and a waaay beyond that comparison...
If it'll take place in the modern times (which I think will be the case), I think it would be more relevant if the Macula took on a new form. Something inspired by COVID.
Ok, now on a more serious note, I think the game would've benefited greatly from having two possible ending that you can work towards with the choices you make throughout the game.
Just beat the game. The sadness of this ending is easily on par with RDR2 and Infamous 2. This has to be one of the best games I’ve ever played. Just wish it wasn’t so bittersweet.
I felt it would end this way and I thought I wouldn't cry but when I got to the Phoenix part 28:40 and got a final confirmation I started bawling my eyes out 😢
Amicia is forced to kill her little brother, she weeps for him, she mourns him.
The player cries
Game: You've unlocked a new crossbow, come pick it up in the extras.
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
I'm heartbreakingly crying & laughing at the same time because this is so true. I was mourning for Hugo 😭🤣🥹 I thought that was a bit insensitive🥹
@@angelkoh016 well it's technically a good thing since it pulls you out of the trauma lol
that what i thought. the hell
@@billybro1403 Yeah, the crossbow thing was a nice touch of grounding.
His death was sad but the part that broke me was realizing Hugo would never get to live a normal life and the festival on the island was the last time seeing him truly happy.
The saddest part for me was Amicia holding on to the hope that she could save hugo, because if she lost hugo she has nobody left. You go through the whole game killing for hugo, doing everything to protect him, and then you have to be the one to kill him to save the world. Definitely the saddest ending to any game, but yeah seeing hugos mind slowly be consumed by the macula broke me
Saddest for me was the realization that Father, Mother, Arthur, Roderic, and more died…for nothing, all their sacrifices just for Hugo to die anyway
I’m just sad now
@@joshhudson7413 yeah.
Maybe someday y'all be grateful for the folks who saved your ass in reality, not just your games.
Tbh i didnt expect Hugo can go normal life until its setle the thing i mean the carrier. I though this second will have solution for how to clear carrier in the end. No clue just way to be better
"I love you. I've been happy with you. Goodbye, Amicia."
This is even more heartbreaking the fact that this is the last word that Amicia heard from Hugo. May our King Rest In Peace.
NOO HUGOOO
Damn, that part hits me like a tsunami of rats... Rest in peace Hugo. So sad that the game starts with Hugo that is playing the part of a king and then ends with him becoming another type of King... 😭
Blessed be the Child
The devs are bringing hugo back in third game by resurrection
@@Yoloswags Wait, what?!
Are you serious?!
I believe the rats which were pulling away to give Amicia and Lucas entry way to Hugo was Hugo using the last of his willpower against the Macula to let them do what he knew needed to be done.
That’s definitely the case. I can’t think of another reason they would do that
Absolutely correct! If you remember that once Amecia saw Hugo control the rats, she said to him "I didn't know you could do that" and his reply was "Yes! I can but it hurts".
Hugo used his last act to control the rats ruining the plague's plan and made a path for Amecia and Lucas all the while suffering in excruciating pain which allowed 2 things:
1. End the current plague for that current century
2. End Hugo's emotional and physical torment
@@Torraim were do you think the next plague game will take place being that there is another carrier an the woman sophia who they meet is a moor or a gypsy will it take place somewhere near Africa or in or near India
@@Nysasq Hugo was a compassionate little boy, I'm certain he was more concerned with ending the plague (which basically was his torment)
@@brandonsuavekilla2612 in modern time..they will send the carrier to man made island from steel..so carrier n protector can live there happily
This ending broke me, I had a feeling hugo was gonna have to die at the end and knew it was gonna break my heart if he did but having to do it myself just made it worse. Having said that it was an incredible game and an extremely high standard of writing. I wouldn't change a single thing about it. RIP Hugo.
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I find it quite sad when Hugo mentions that he can't do anything anymore and relies on Amicia to finish it. Telling her that he loves her and it was time well spent. This was a really well developed story.
the Developers didn't make something usual about fantasy in the end, like a shadow of Hugo to says something better than that. this game is fantasy, Please don't make it like real...... i hate you Developers to make me so sad for bad ending. indeed
It's just a game of fantasy, and you make it like in real life, that most be something different, just look at AMICIA, she even can't die after she got shot on her stomach.
The fact that Hugo is scared of the sea and its waves and that Amicia and Lucas, at the end of the game, have to "dive in" and face waves of rats. The fact that the ending tree in which Hugo is stuck is similar to the one from his dream. The fact that, in front of Hugo's grave, Amicia drops a flower and a feather, representing herself and Hugo...
That game was a masterpiece.
Hugo's grave IS his dream. The birds, the mountains, all present. The pendant has a big tree on it. Amecia's tears pooling at her feet. How her grieving is helping her to heal.
@@tomboychick oh my god, yes you're right 😭😭
@@tomboychick wow good interpretation...
@@tomboychicki cannot believe how accurate this seems. I never thought about it
Charlotte McBurney's performance as Amicia in this game is just incredible.
Bro, if you heard the french dubbing... It's even better and makes better immersion
@@pikamochzotv539i was wondering why they were speaking english with english accents lol i would have preferred to play it in french but loved both games either way.
That's me
One small detail struck me at the moment of that short walk of Amicia and Lucas toward Hugo on his tree. Rats are everywhere but they spread apart before their step, signifying Hugo’s awareness of them and giving them way so Amicia can achieve what she has to.
Another interpretation is that since rats usually flee light, you can deduce that Amicia is now light itself.
For me this was one of the most heartbreaking games I ever played. I had no idea that some people would be disappointed by the tragic ending. I cannot tell you the goosebumps I got when Amicia extinguished the brazier when trying to find Hugo and learning how to let go. At the end I couldn't kill Hugo and Lucas had to take the reins.
What? You wanna tell me that I didn’t have to do it myself! Oh, dear god.
This game was almost like an allegory to the real world sicknesses when parents spend a lot of money, sacrifice their own physical and mental health to help their sick child, but at the end sometimes a sickness can't be cured and parents have to learn to let their child go, even though they don't want it. That's why it was so emotional for me when Hugo died. I got so attached to him, that I felt like I lost my own little brother even though I haven't got one. There are thousands of parents out there in the world who in a way have to take the same road as Amicia to save their children but at the end all their efforts are in vain. Very tragic and meaningful story.
@@MultiKamil97 That's what makes it so poignant. It resonated with me on a very personal level. The times I fought with everyone and everything only to let it go at the end, and to accept some things are beyond your control. I'm sure we've all felt that at some point, and that all our efforts were in vain. But that's just life for you. In the end, it all boils down to letting go and saying your goodbyes.
defuq
@@falsaai If you kill Hugo then Amicia says that Lucas is wandering and studying alone, if Lucas is forced to kill him (he takes your crossbow) then Amicia says she hates him and doesn’t care what he’s doing
I feel like I lost my little brother. 😭I’m happy he won’t suffer anymore, but he deserved a life as a normal boy.
I honestly didn’t think that the ending would hit me hard. Rip brother.
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REQUESCAT in PACE little one
Nobody is taking about ARNAUD. He Gave his life for someone who barely knows each Other 😭😭.
Bro u have no idea when I say I almost uninstalled the game when the amicia betrayed him I literally hovered on that uninstall button for like 5 mins jus in deep thought if I wanna continue playing glad I kept playing
Awesome game less than satisfying outcome with hugo dying but awesome game even better than the 1st bravo 👏🎉🎉
He had the best one liner too. "You're a savage, shorty."
I laughed so hard. Arnaud was a great dude.
Thats for sure. He deserved more in that ending.
The best character🤜
He's the classic anti hero. Someone who was good, until something or someone badly wronged him (usually a close friend), that then trashed all his beliefs in the world. No longer able to trust anyone, other than himself, he only acts for himself. Rather than honourable & decent, he becomes self centered & self-serving.
Then, suddenly, once again, a turn of event sees the rug ripped out from under him, tripping him over & shaking him out of his lonely apathy. Slowly, he returns to the world & becomes the man he used to be. The real Arnaud. It's hard & he can be difficult to deal with, as he's readjusting, but his heart (if not his head) is in the right place.
And this time, he won't let anyone hurt those he holds dear, even if he doesn't say/show that's how he feels (although it would seem Hugo has an inkling & better understanding of Arnaud, than Arnaud does of himself). He will do anything to protect them. Include die, if it means saving them. And he does, his dying words not actually being what he means, but the subtext is obvious & clear as anything. Amecia doesn't need him to say it. She knows. That he thinks of her as the daughter he never had. And that Hugo is beyond lucky to have her as a sister.
At least Hugo doesn’t have to suffer anymore. Let him Rest In Peace.
Are Lucas die?
@@artsiir340 He’s alive.
@@artsiir340 well, yes tecnically if you see the post-credits you can assume that
@@McKnlght god damn it
me at loud in my room playing the :why the F am i crying its just a game
inside my head to myself: Its not just a game im not crying u are crying 😭😔🥴
Lucas was the Samwise Gamgee of this story, he pushed them forward when they were hopeless. Hugo was the Ring and Amecia was Frodo.
God never thought something as sad as RDR2 ending would happen but boy this is absolutely soul destroying! RIP Sweet king hugo you will be remembered 😢
You hit the nailed my friend
and Also Amicia I will keep her just After Kratos and Arthur Morgan legend protagonist no Alloy no Lara no Ellie
@@nikhil0021 Lara solos
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Absolutely
when i say my heart absolutely broke when i heard Hugo say “Goodbye” and “I love you so much”, i started screaming and crying. I love this series so much and the amount of time and love invested in the storyline + characters, I’m happy Hugo is at peace but this gameplay will forever hurt.
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Hugo's death decision at the end of the game is a very stupid decision from the writer. We don't want Hugo to die. I hope Hugo comes back alive in the next part
@The Quiver i doubt that the voice actor is 12
Really you started screaming and crying huh
"I love you. I've been happy with you. Goodbye, Amicia."
Hugo's last words to Amicia just broke my heart 😢
Rest in peace little brother
Amica has lost her entire family
Robert de run was killed by lord Nicholas from the inquisition
Beatrice de run was killed emily countess of provenance
Hugo was killed by Amica or lucas in hope to save the world that what Hugo wanted .
But amica is going to try and find the next macula that will probably be in the future era like 2022 or when ever .
She will never be forgotten
I just wish the Assassin creed people could of helped.
Not to forgot her dog
@@SammiiLuVTTV lion was the first to be killed her father said what devily is this as he pulled amica back technically he saved his daughter from the rats but unfortunately the inquisition was on its way .
Poor Leon, the first victim of the Macula, both games are such masterpieces and they are more then games, they are a experience in its truest form
Yeah, she’s going to try and delude the new carrier that things can be fixed even when she saw they can’t. Considering all the deaths for her selfishness and bloodlust at times, she lost her entire family, but she deserves worse.
I can only hope she is forgotten for the sake of the new carrier.
Definitely one of the saddest games I've ever played, but also one of the best. Not sure if I've ever had a game that hit me in the feels as hard as this one did.
Don't play Nier series lol if u dont wanna go through this sort of stuff again.
@@sallee132 they are just robots, nothing sad about metal, plastic, and silicone powered by code
@@sallee132 yeah nier doesnt hit the same since you know they are androids, id say RDR2 hits worse since its humans
Me too, the other was Red Dead Redemption 2.
The ending is very refreshing in a way that most other games don’t give however at the same time I hate it because that means the end of the road for Hugo, whom I loved so much :( good ending though.
For the first time I felt like the game I was playing was so good it didn’t need anymore story or sequel. I don’t think I could play another sequel if Hugo, Amicia, or Lucas wasn’t in it.
A Sad story. Indeed. May Hugo be remembered for all time. Rest in Peace.
i dont think he's dead tho, the boy in the end looks like him
@@shano494 naah thats no hugo but hugo reincarnation of clone
you can hear the hospital breathing
theres no way medieval have these technologies
and thats a female business shoes walking and it takes places in 970 years after the requiem
@@shano494 Dude, let Hugo rest already. His life is nothing but a living hell.
@@soedirmanfighter5319 yah but what about the boy in the final scene? its hugo, they wont let her rest ig so lets wait for plague tale 3
@@shano494 a distant descendant who carried the curse of Macula. Maybe Hugo reincarnated but he can't have a pleasant life again.
Amicia De Rune is now one of my favorite female characters of the modern day. Instead of the typical "Strong Female Character" crap that most writers do to make their protagonist perfect, without flaws and belittle every other character (Usually males) around them.
Amicia is the complete opposite and she feels like a real person, she's loving, caring, fun, and she cares about the people around her, while also at the same time having times of vulnerability. Shes terrified, had doubts about what she can do, makes mistakes and loses herself at times when things get really bloody. She lets other people tell her what her problems are and she does her best to fix them and rectify them.
Amicia feels like a real person and someone we should all strive to imitate. I love her as a character and the voice actress who played her delivered a heart wrenching performance. Love this game and i hope to see Amicia De Rune again:)❤
@Arctic Wolf 0406 Sure... Except she kills hundreds of trained fully armored soldiers and get a Justin Bieber haircut at the end. If that's not a typical strong female character, I don't know what it is.
While I dislike the game I will happily say that Amicia is an amazing character and her actress deserves so much recognition
@@noamias4897 how can you dislike the game?
@@ashgolzine Was disappointed by the story and gameplay. I'm bummed that Hugo died. It's sad, but bittersweet because he is redeemed and free from his curse. Seems he couldn't ask for anything better. Hugo was also the only person who seemed to care for anybody outside of his immediate circle, the only one with a moral compass so of course it's sad that he dies from the curse, but that's the ONLY good part of the ending.
I still dislike the ending, not because the it's tragic but because all we did was fight to save Hugo. Now the entire journey throughout the games and the millions of deaths meant nothing. They should've killed him as an infant and the world would be a much better place. Now and millions of people are dead and not just Hugo. Woopdie-fucking doo what a waste of lives and time.
@@leikeylosh Well its not like Amicia was able to manhandle the soldiers, she had and used multiple tools at her disposal to use against them which often involved her using stealth and engaging them from a distance, its not as if she was able to just beat them in hand-to-hand combat. In reference to her hair, she didnt want it cut off, Arnaud and the Count really did it, most likely she's just growing it back after one year.
The ending of this game made me cry for a solid 45 minutes and i couldn't contain myself at all. This game really hit home on valuing the ones you love. And to see Amicia go through hell and back time and time again to do what she could to keep her brother safe while at the same time losing her mother, father and the friends she made along the way only for her to in the end of it all put Hugo down herself even though she didn't want to...its heartbreaking and it really strikes the heart strings and the reality that you should value those closest to you because you don't know what will happen to them supposedly hours later. Love this game and I will never forget it.
This is the most tragic ending to any game I've played. Mostly because she had to kill hugo herself even after doing everything in her power to save him, and now she has nobody left. The bond they shared was unbreakable, and while I would've liked a happy ending, not every masterpiece needs one. I think this ending was perfect
@@joshhudson7413 I'm bummed that Hugo died. It's sad, but bittersweet because he is redeemed and free from his curse. Seems he couldn't ask for anything better. Hugo was also the only person who seemed to care for anybody outside of his immediate circle, the only one with a moral compass so of course it's sad that he dies from the curse, but that's the ONLY good part of the ending.
I still dislike the ending, not because the it's tragic but because all we did was fight to save Hugo. Now the entire journey throughout the games and the millions of deaths meant nothing. They should've killed him as an infant and the world would be a much better place. Now and millions of people are dead and not just Hugo. Woopdie-fucking doo what a waste of lives and time.
@@noamias4897 i think this is the worst type of endings. "Everything was for nothing" type. It's extremely disappointing and unfair to the player.
It's like trying to leave the ishimura in dead space but die from some explosion instead of actually leaving it.
Like why did i even had this journey? I did completely nothing, should've never even started it. Kratos failed to get to Jotunheim, Arthur didn't save John's family, guardians died and promise consumed the universe and so on. I think requiem would be so much better if they gave us happy ending.
@@sipdermun Exactly. It'd be as if Kratos and Atreus said" fuck it" after killing gods and marking themselves as enemies to Freya and Asgard. So they just went home to and lived like nothing had happened. If everything would be better if the journey never started, the entire journey becomes a big "fuck u" to the player.
In this case it's especially atrocious because we murder over a million people just to say "eh that didn't work, but at least we tried!"
@@noamias4897 we tried, and lost everything on the way, so now we have nothing, not even hair
I feel like i just lost my little brother that i never had
RIP Hugo Bro ❤️
Never though a scambaiter would watch video games. Sorry for the judgement
Whoaa real Carl rock
Woah Karl Rock folllowing a plague tales as well
Karl Rock, love you broo😭😭😭
This ending is right on par with RDR2 ending for me. Both were very emotional for me and left me in tears, to the point where I had to just close the PC and lay down on my bed after the final credits. I must say, it was an awesome and very memorable adventure for me, starting with Innocence. The developers have progressed so much since Innocence and Requiem is definitely a gem that will be remembered as one of the best games ever made. I think Requiem deserves the GOTY title. I can't see any better game this year that would surpass the awesomeness of this one.
Nah sadder than rdr 2 .
@@kuriankeralaIndia no fuck no. Not at all. RDR2 had a point. This doesn’t. And sorry to say, it’s likely GOWR will be way better than this.
i completely agree with you, this game it's just special, as for me, i've only really cried because of a game in the last of us 2, but this ending...made me go to sleep crying thinking about Hugo, it was like i had lost him for real, i'm really sensitive with child's so this just broke me
Never played RDR2 or TLOU, but I did play The Walking Dead, and this is mercy-killing Duck all over again. Duck was the first time I actually had to pause a game because it hit my emotions this hard.
RDR2 leaves you with a lesson and a new perception about life. This game leaves you with a hole in your heart.
Poor Amicia. I know she's a fictional character but dayum... Seeing her be torn apart, body mind and soul for hours upon ours in hopes of completing what is a simple, noble, and relatable, but ultimately futile goal is heartwrenching. and this Requiem drives it home beautifully. Even the cover art, where you see her determined, yet pained and emaciated face, guarding her brother's ghostlike one is a work of art on it's own.
To be honest, I do not know if I will ever be able to go through the first and second parts of this saga again. The ending of the game just killed and devastated me. I probably won't be able to play this game anymore, knowing how it will end.
Same. But when I am going to play it in the future again… then it‘s ending for me at the ship, going home 😭
Same. But when I am going to play it in the future again… then it‘s ending for me at the ship, going home 😭
@@maycomb_blume-clerith Same thing... I dream that Asobo will make an alternative good ending, but I am afraid that this desire will remain in my dreams...
The ending ruined me the first time but I’ve already been playing requiem again and it’s actually a little more enjoyable already knowing what happens. Less anxiety and stress lol. Plus now that I know killing guards doesn’t affect the ending I can go wild.
I won't replay this games again because the ending made this story pointless. For 2 games straight we did everything for Hugo to survive just to kill him anyway. Why would i even do it if it all doesn't matter at all?
Hugo just wanted to be a normal boy 😢
Most people hate ending for not being happy. And to be honest this shows greatness of this game. A Plague Tale series has kept its tragic charm. There were moments when you think that everything would be alright and Amicia with Hugo is going to be together forever. But look to the truth. Makula has no cure. No special treatment. That fancy Order dedicating itself to study the plague failed the world and was going to make the same mistakes again and cause another catastrophe. Embarrassing but we have what we have. There was no other way. You couldn't predict what's going to be next with time bomb in Hugo's blood. All in all, game showed only one hard but mature decision to get things right...
Jesus, I cried like little girl. Why this needed to be so ugly for Hugo's end... Rest in Peace young King
But first one was not that much tragic in terms of story this is god level both environment and story literally goosebumps when Fighting the rat gaints
@@nikhil0021 Idk. Both main heroes have lost their home, dad. Society sees in them only monsters. All their journey isn't one big adventure but survival. And environment in the first game is mostly grim and tragic. That farm, battlefield, catacombs, town in the end... Even in the end when they've saved the world from mad inquisitor they are still monsters for the people. Not heroes. So story maybe is not as tragic as the second game but mood is definitely equal or close. Anyway, this is IMHO
@@ДмитрийКоробков-к1е yes mainly it's about story and not environment
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What you said is very wrong, while the rat-controlling ability is fictional, it is relatable to those who are suffering from different mental disorders. Yes, they are a ticking timebomb and can snap at anytime. Mental illness has no cure, like the Makula, but it doesn't give you the right to kill them just because.
And I wouldn't say the Order has failed, they built a fortress to contain their first carrier, Basilius, and they have succeed. While it was a mess, they did stopped the end of the world from coming, otherwise, none of this game would have ever happened. This corresponds to the dark times when mental illness patients are treated horribly in asylums. Being experimented on like lab rats, shock therapy, surgerical removal to parts of the brain.
What Amicia is trying to do is find another way, and she did - Hugo needs love and see all the goods of the world. It is only when he encounters bad people that he started his rat-fenzy. In fact, that's what SAVED the world, his last remaining goodness guiding Amelica to end him. That corresponds to the present day, we start to understand mental illness more and more. Combining modern medicine and therapy, those mental patients can lead to a normal life.
I'm frankly disappointed at your view, saying this is a hard but mature decision to get things right. You're wrong. Amicia is right, all Hugo needs is love to heal, it's only all the evils and opportunists and even the normal people, like you and I, driven purely by fear and unknown, in the world that stray him from the healing path.
41:00 she took a while looking at the little chair because it reminded her of Hugo 😭 Beatrice used to say they have the house on the mountain and they’d live like a family there after everything had settled down, so she must bought that chair for Hugo before. The chair with the same size for him, only meant for him, now is all in vain 😭😭😭 (and the fact that she put that little chair next to the tree trunk, her favorite place to watch a pretty view ahead, was to imagine Hugo sat next to her)
Sheesh, what an ending. Don't know yet if the idea of a present day setting is a good or bad thing. But nevertheless, a great conclusion to Amicias and Hugos Story arc
If the story's good then it's still good! Even in the modern era, the rat plague like this is still a disaster to humanity!
I would love to see the next Plague Tales could be a story of mother / father and the child! Or maybe the child with rat control power could be the protagonist!
like last of us without zombies
I think a hard core rat invasion during our days would be a hell of a setting. It would start in a modern city, cars, hospitals etc and as the story would go on everything would collapse and the conclusion could be a new middle age.
Bro what happened to lucas?
@@ramasubramanian1132 you should watch the dialogue of Amicia after that. She and her friends (including Lucas) will depart to a new place. She said Lucas is somewhere in the town, doing some things before going. So no worries.
I was so happy that Lucas survived! And they're still fighting the good fight! I can't wait to see/hear about more of their adventures together, wherever they may eventually go when they reunite.
@@donpula6349 she'll probably take Lucas to wherever Amicia is investigating, whenever he finishes studying. Though I'm curious if she'd be personally involved outside of transportation, and funding with her money from her business. She might not be as into going into the deep dark rat filled places as Lucas and Amicia are.
@@cade11071994 interestingly i refused to kill Hugo because to me it didn't fit with Amicia's character so Lucas killed him with a crossbow, which works much better to me, and now Amicia refuses to see him because it reminds her of how he killed Hugo
@@noamias4897 the whole point of this game is Amicia coming to terms with Hugo not only wanting to die, but needing too. So it's very in character for her to put him down when there was literally no other option but to do so. What isn't in character is her letting someone else do it. Also, even in the ending where she's "mad" at him, she somehow sounds MORE mad that he's left. Even in the good ending she doesn't sound happy that he's not there, just understanding that he needs to go study for a time.
The next game will most likely take place in our era judging by the ending.
@@cade11071994 She followed Amicia into the Origin Cave with the Child... I think she has her fair share of adventure.
Just few games in my life managed to wake strong emotions in me like this game. And I will remember it for the rest of my life.
39:50 this scene dude... 26 yrs and I was crying like a baby when I was about to shoot Hugo, took me some time before I was able to shoot... and after that I was still crying, games are stupid 😭
I couldn't shoot, so I let Lucas do it 😭
me at loud in my room playing the :why the F am i crying its just a game
inside my head to myself: Its not just a game im not crying u are crying 😭😔🥴
this was my reaction on that moment
I started bawling when I finally realized what was the only thing that could happen. You know when Hugo told Amicia you know what to do and all that... Couldn't stop crying after that realization. I was clinging on to a dumb hope that maybe something could have been done to save him before Hugo told Amicia that :( but at least he will not suffer anymore!
@@Sweetzluf thousands died because you held on to that hope. You deserve worse.
I finished this last night and burst out crying at the end... A game has never done this to me before
I haven't cried that hard for a game ending in awhile. Beautiful, heartbreaking story.
Tbh tragic ending sometimes is a great way to end a story, i loved this ending and it hit me so hard and i think it fits the tragic tone of the story despite how happy they seemed sometimes the dark and tragic moments is what makes this game so special.
Great game imo.
i felt like there is going to be a 3rd sequel, from the very last clip we see a new born 'carrier' and from tht we know it comes with a 'protector', and it may lead to amicia's trying to lead and help those two getting into the right path and together they'll find a way to end this 'macula' completely. And from my theory, its going to b a reincarnation of Hugo as it the same as Basilius the first carrier. Since both of the carrier and protector passed away in 16th century, but in Amicia's case only the carrier died and a year after tht we see a new born carrier. SO lets just hope tht te protector would still be amicia and the new born carrier is just the reincarnation of Hugo. This is a desperate theory i know, but i hope it would catch the developers eyes to bring Hugo back to live.
and from what we've seen of the gameplay where they saw the body of the previous carrier and protector, you might noticed tht the two bodies are different, where basilius's still intact with all of his original state, (flesh, skin, face, expression) while Aelia the protector only left her armor n wht should a dead ancient body looked like (only skulls/bones). And we can say history repeats the same way for them but the only different is that the current protector which is Amicia live n only the carrier died. In order for the macula gets to live and conquer the sun is for the protector died and sucks the life out of the carriers soul untill it had nothing left to take. That might explain why a body of 16th century still intact in one piece as he just recently died a year or two before hugo was born and the so called "Justinian Plague" caused by basilius. And i believe the macula wanted to brought back that Plague again by being reborn in Hugo's blood but it got stop by amicia the protector who the macula probably did not predict would live at the end. SO in order to not break that history timeline where the protector should've been dead for the macula to create a whole new permanent plague again, im guessing hugo's going to be reincarnated into a newborn baby since the macula failed to take over their timeline where he should've been reborn and make a new similar plague like The Justinian plague. Because if there's two protector standing by the new carrier's side is going to b really hard for the macula to try and take over the world again. SO IM GUESSING THAT PROBABLY THE MACULA HAS ITS WAY TO REVIVE HUGO AND PUTS HIM IN A NEWBORN BABY., BECAUSE IF NOT THEN IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO FACE TWO SKILLED PROTECTOR AND THAT GOES AGAINST HIS RULE WHERE HE NEEDS TO TAKE OVER AMICIA'S TIMELINE TO SECURE HIS POWER
This was a disappointment to me both story and gameplay-wise. I'm bummed that Hugo died. It's sad, but bittersweet because he is redeemed and free from his curse. Seems he couldn't ask for anything better. Hugo was also the only person who seemed to care for anybody outside of his immediate circle, the only one with a moral compass so of course it's sad that he dies from the curse, but that's the ONLY good part of the ending.
I still dislike the ending, not because the it's tragic but because all we did was fight to save Hugo. Now the entire journey throughout the games and the millions of deaths meant nothing. They should've killed him as an infant and the world would be a much better place. Now and millions of people are dead and not just Hugo. Woopdie-fucking doo what a waste of lives and time.
Best ending 👌🏻
"King hugo"
That mission name would be adorable if it wasn't for the context
Damn, I regret sayin in the 1th part of the game "Hugo, you will be handsome when you grown up".
😭😭😭
There are other histories with tragic endings, but this is not just that. Everything in this game was gradually ruinned until there was anything more to lose, and the worst part is they (and us) were constantly renewing their hopes only to have it crushed again. It's a roller coaster where every fall goes further and further down. Also, Amicia surviving and having to live with it forever just makes it harder. Saddest game i've played and surely one of the best.
Hits different when you have little brother irl
Oh man this portion of the game was gut puncher for me, i really can’t help but emphasise with Amicia
You can’t be serious. After all the damage she’s caused, she’s no better than the count or Emile. Especially since it’s all for her delusions and selfishness. She’s a character I wish there was an option for her to die.
@@moonmoon2479 well that is true and it is selfish of her to keep pushing when Hugo said otherwise but remember whatever she did is for her brother, Amicia knows her brother is going to die and she would do anything to keep him alive
@@KN-cl2tu no excuse. How many people have lost their families because of her and Hugo? At least an entire towns worth and that’s just this game. Do you know who you sound like? Martin Walker. Excuses excuses. The Count did it all for his wife. Emile did it all to not be alone. Gee, who does that sound like?
Doesn’t matter why she did what she did. The results are what matters in the end. And Amicia is responsible for the exact thing she hated that was done to her. In the end, Vitalis was right. I’ll miss the Amicia in innocence. But this one is a monster and nothing more.
I don't cry at many games' endings, but God, this one had me crying for about half an hour.
Edit: It's a day later and I still cry thinking about Hugo's death.
It's been 4 days for me, still crying...
@@luddat maybe cuz killing a 5 yr old kid with a slingshot is pretty brutal
@@billybro1403 ......yes? I mean obviously?? What point are you making here?
the ending destroyed me, i really wanted to save hugo.
This story was better than THE LAST OF US part 2... this had me bawling...
That's not really hard
Agree, they handled the the story pretty well in this game😢😢😢😢😢
Anything is better than, TLOU Part 2.
dude this was way better. Why would you use TLOU 2 as a benchmark? that's a very low bar to set
Y’all still can’t get over that 😂
This ending hit me as hard as RDR2. One of the best written games I've ever played. Masterpiece
yes
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Easily
Okay, I never understood the way this game handles "tragedy" maybe I'm heartless, but ever since we found out Hugo is the cause and the macula is what is summoning the rats, my constant thought was "Sacrifice him." While this is horrible and you can say "He is just a child" imagine all the men, women, children, animals etc that Hugo has killed by just being there too long. In the game, he literally destroys ENTIRE CITIES worth of people and we are told to feel bad for him. It suck and is tragic, but at the end of the day the life of one for millions.
Not only that, but if he was allowed to keep living, it only would get worse and worse and worse. The plague doesn't go away until the carrier dies by the look of it, so killing any macula carrier at the start of the symptoms would be the safest thing. Probably going to get down voted to high heaven, but just... think about it. Imagine if a kid came to your town with your family there, would you be sympathetic as you see your mother, father or children being torn apart by rats because of this kid?
I would try and help him initially, but if I saw the absolute devastation he wrought, I would side with the order at that stage.
I hope that people can see the viewpoint I have without thinking me heartless!
This ending absolutely broke me and I never thought a video game could. Sure I've teared up some games but this game had me close to just sobbing.
When you're winding up your sling and the credits roll, I just broke. Realizing you're visiting his grave did the same.
The ending would not have been the same had the studio not followed through on Hugo telling Alicia what she had to do at the end.
Just finished it.......man oh man did I hate that ending. This is one of the few games where I actually wanted a cheesy happily ever after because of how invested I was in Amica and Hugo. This game was a hell of a journey.
I was so naive to believe that amicia and Hugo would get a happy ending...i couldn't believe she actually had to kill him
Thats why first game was better and its ending was great.
My guess for the next Plague Tale:
-Modern times (obviously)
-The Macula will take on a new form, probably inspired by COVID
-You won't be playing Amicia but a distant descendant of the De Rune family
-There could be callbacks to Amicia and Hugo
I bet the third game would be called "A Plague Tale: Descendant"
If this game was a depiction of the BLACK DEATH... then they could actually do RABIES for the modern times...
Oh hell, Covid...
@@assembled1855 Well, so much for a happy ending... After the ending of this game... I think it can be called - "A Plague Tale: Apocalypse" - and in the end the whole human race would be destroyed... Sorry.. this game just triggered my own Major Depressive//Bipolar Disorder..
@@Ins0mn1acsDr3am. If there's anything that remains a constant, it's that we humans are stubborn little shits; We've survived countless nightmares and disasters since our species was born, and the Macula is no different.
12:39 "Hey, you're finally awake."
That Skyrim reference is also mentionable and gave a time for the player to rest after the fight.
This is the most heartbreaking ending to any game I've played. If the actress for Amicia doesn't sweep the awards for best performance I'm starting a riot
I didn't like the ending, or the game in general, but I can recognize that Amicia's actress without a doubt delivered an awesome performance, even better than she did with the original. Unless God of War Ragnarok has a stellar performance (I am hearing Thor's actor is awesome) I really, really hope she gets the award.
@@noamias4897 he’d have to be an exceptional actor. The scene just after Hugo kills the counts wife, where Amecia simply falls to her knees and fights for the courage to keep going on was some of the most powerful acting I’ve seen on any media not just gaming. Phenomenal actress.
@@noamias4897 why didn't you like the game?
@@craigfisher1937 the way that amicias actress expresses herself losing her mind throughout the game and portrays going through trauma, I've never seen it this good.
@@joshhudson7413 This was a disappointment to me both story and gameplay-wise. I'm bummed that Hugo died. It's sad, but bittersweet because he is redeemed and free from his curse. Seems he couldn't ask for anything better. Hugo was also the only person who seemed to care for anybody outside of his immediate circle, the only one with a moral compass so of course it's sad that he dies from the curse, but that's the ONLY good part of the ending.
I still dislike the ending, not because the it's tragic but because all we did was fight to save Hugo. Now the entire journey throughout the games and the millions of deaths meant nothing. They should've killed him as an infant and the world would be a much better place. Now and millions of people are dead and not just Hugo. Woopdie-fucking doo what a waste of lives and time.
After finishing thsi game. the ending was truly tragic. It definitely put some tears in my eyes. It was harsh to see Hugo go like that. But it definitely wrote a epic tale that I will alwasy remember. I definitely recommend anyone to play this game. This story did the characters a well told one. Hugo will be missed. Especially when I saw the very fist carrier the 1st time and how he was chained up. Hugo was pretty much imprisoned the same way.
I still want a dlc or something to fully say goodbye to amicia
Same and Lucas!
@@randomgoblin5987 yeah same I really want a proper goodbye
Kinda fair too, since the next game will be on modern year..
A dlc where Amicia figures out and trail the Macula signs to know its going to be several hundred years later and that she leaves signs and hidden msgs to help modern day Protector.
@@CaputPharao. I doubt she'd be able to figure out the length of time to that point; That requires a hilariously powerful amount of foresight.
Charlotte Mcburney was ROBBED of her performance award
So ends the tale of King Hugo, taken not by any malice of their own heart; but the all consuming fear and greed of a world unprepared to raise one born with such a gift.
Never has a game got me so caught up and having a young daughter and two sons made it even more emotional. I was screaming, hollaring and crying throughout the last several chapters. Amicia reminds me of Joan of Arc. Both young girls from France compelled by otherworldly events and visions that lead them to become warriors despite not knowing anything about combat or war.
at least he’s at peace
Only three games have ever made me cry like a baby. This one, The Walking Dead (telltale season 1) and The Last of Us Part 2. Most games you inevitably save the princess, save the world, etc etc. But games like these show how, just as in life, sometimes the people you love can never be saved no matter how hard you try. RIP Hugo. RIP Dad.
And RIP the thousands you killed to save Hugo even though you couldn’t. Man, those guys at the beginning of Innocence had it right from the start. They should have killed Amicia and Hugo.
@@moonmoon2479 "they should have killed Amicia and Hugo" except in Innocence they wanted Hugo so they could transfer his blood to use his power for evil lmao. thats why they only wanted to kill Amicia the protector. Or maybe in Requiem they should have let the Order have Hugo from the start like Vaudin wanted so the Order could cause the next Basilius 2.0 because they never cared about the "treatment", only experiments for their power too. Yep kill Amicia so those guys have no opposition just like they killed the protector of Basilius because she was againts them. Epic plan yes.
At 38:41, the song playing is called "A Plague Tale Requiem", performed by the Estonian Philarmonic Chamber Choir and the lyrics on that verse goes like this:
"La joie et mon cœur
Tu es tout mon bonheur
Ô soleil
Ô merveille
Ô Lumière
Tu es pareille à ton père"
Literally it translate to:
"Joy and my heart
You are all my happiness
oh sun
oh wonder
oh light
You are like your father"
Go watch "A Plague Tale Requiem: Symphony", if you loved the music in this game, this amazing choir sang some of them live, starting with the main title of the game, A Plague Tale Requiem ❤️
That poor, sweet little boy 😥 It broke me to see Hugo attached to the Nebula and fully given himself to the Macula. The look on his face that was once filled with joy and life that was now filled with suffering and with a soulless expression. When it came time, I had Amicia do it instead of Lucas (since I didn't know he could but it's better that she did it). It's what Hugo wanted. We couldn't just leave him there. He had long accepted his fate before the end was near and he was okay with ending it all before the Macula took him. But Amicia, Lucas, Beatrice, Arnaud, Sophia, and everyone who protected him weren't ready to accept that yet. Neither did we, but deep down we were already fearing the worst. Hugo may not have cared anymore what were to happen to him, but everyone around him did. And we damn sure did too. That was very brave and mature for a young child like Hugo to accept that his death would mean the safety of the world. May you rest in peace, kind little king ❤
tf -_-
Great video mate, This game was something else which also had me crying at the end too. I'm a father to a son who reminded me alot of Hugo. The raw pain stuck with me for over 24 hours as though I actually lost someone I knew. And still a week later I feel the impact. The whole game was building towards a cure for Hugo when in the end it was fruitless, I was hoping this wasn't the case all the way to the bitter end.
They really hit the hammer on the head with the relationship between Hugo and Amicia. The innocence and childlike behavior really made Hugo a living character who I could relate too. His curiosity and love of the world around him really had me emotionally invested in him and to his success at a second chance of life.
With regards to the direction of the next game (if there is a next game) It would be amazing if somehow the next generation of carrier and protector where reincarnations of Hugo and Amicia, and during the game play hints opened them to their past life's (including Basil) where they failed in the past and the generational link that bonds them, and somehow in this life they actually manage to find a cure and have a happy life that they so longed for and deserved. So it wasn't all for nothing but a repeating pattern until the Macula was defeated.
Please DEV's give me an ending to help heal the pain.
😢 well at least Lucas is still alive
Oh, Hugo. He was such a gentle soul. 🥺
But, this curse should stop. Geez. It wont go away.
I love you, I’ve been happy with you. Good bye Amicia 😭 I’m crying
Atreus: so is this what it is to be a video game? Son killing their father, daughter killing their father, sister killing their brother?
NO !.we will be the video games we choose to be .
Crazy how this ending has some parallel to TLOU 1 ending.
Kinda, 50% yes and 50% no. Ellie wasn't the one who was ill, she wasn't spreading it and didn't start it all, plus there was no confirmation that the cure would work or that killing her would magically heal the world, so her death could be in vain. Here the setting is more fantasy-focused and we have confirmation. Also if there's another game I would also add it would be Hellblade, not exactly the same and I don't wanna spoil, but it has some very similar themes too 😉 I wonder if A Plague Tale devs played it.
@@513Anonimka Yea true, I'm more so looking at the idea of both games having the decision to sacrifice their loved ones in the end.
Just finished the game. Im devastated.
What could be cool for a 3rd installment, would be grown up Alicia and Lucas, helping the new bearer of the macula and leaving clues for the future. And seeing the modern day's bearer and protector following the clues of Amicia. But like side by side. 1 chapter amicia and 1 chapter modern day.
Nah, should keep Amicia out of the game entirely.
1/3 europeans died during the plague, didnt exactly have a happy ending.
I... Just finished the game. Wow I'm crying. I lost some people in life and the thought of trying everything to want to save them but in the end having to let them go and be alone. This game. Made me feel so.. Damn.. Sad😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
We are never truly alone.
As a younger brother to my older sister i can say Hugo is kinda like me when i needed my sister the most. Then the way Amicia treated Hugo in the first game is pretty accurate how my big sis and me in a relationship does during our childhood, you know the beginning of big sis jealousy over the younger sibling. But as we both grew up, know each other well and goes through that hardship we both starts to look after one another and cares with each other (even though she's already married).
Then playing this game and finished it, it's really heartbreaking and sends rain in my eyes and i wish i could hug my annoying big sis as well. But i know we both already an adult so hugging her and crying over this game probably going to confuse her lol. But either way, i'm glad this game brings something new to a story about siblings relationship and yes it goes as same with Basilic and Aelia backstorys.
@The Quiver There's some speculation in the game's lore that Basilius is a direct/potential ancestors of the De Rune's family (Amicia actually hint/said that). During the first game, some of the soldiers or a priest said something about the Macula was awaken for many centuries old and the Prima Macula only passes through bloodline which we called it The Carrier.
So i have a theory it's either Robert or Beatrice is one of the descendants of Basilius but no doubt it is confirmed Amicia and Hugo was also have the Macula or we called it Carrier. However, Amicia macula doesn't activated or we could say in dormancy state(you can check out on wiki how many stages the Macula have). Think of it like Amicia's Macula is fully inactive. But somehow Hugo in an unfortunate event at his age activate/awaken it. That's why when you play the first game the bad soldiers tries to find and capture Hugo because they know either Robert or Beatrice is the carrier.
It's highly possible Beatrice is the descendant of Basilius though since she knows about the Order and the Macula unlike Robert.
Edited : Yes it is also a curse or the first corruption. Whatever the origin of it is still unknown. We only knew Basilius is the first carrier but how he got it remain mystery. We just gotta wait the sequel to tell more of the story
well hug her and just said that you love her as family and good big sister.
tf -_-
Amicia was protective of Hugo since the start. A LITTLE jealousy early on, but it dissipated quickly and was replaced by total protectiveness to the extent that she'd give her life for him.
It's soo very very hurt when hugo say "goodbye amicia" that destroy my mental 😭
Damn. When Hugo said "No, you did" and the melody starts playing hits different...
Man I stood there for like 3 minutes in front of Hugo crucified. Man did that ending hit me.
So.....from the final cutscene i guess it's a hint that they will make a new game in the modern world to continue the A Plague Tale series?
or it could just be them saying that the cycle never ended and that there will always be a new carrier
@@infiniumknight9664 that's true but I wouldn't be surprised if they made another game in future I mean just imagine rats in modern world
@@infiniumknight9664. This bullshit again? Not only is that kind of lame, but it's also an unnecessary cliffhanger. Besides, you don't do a post credits scene like this unless you intend to follow up on it.
Maybe it's a Covid reference in the real world. There was another reference where Amicia and Hugo find some materials from China and they say something like "Do you think they have it too? The rats?", "Maybe, maybe not YET." hinting new diseases to come.
@@513Anonimka Probably.Covid basically was a new world "plague" so it could have given them ideas to mix the rats and something similar to Covid
I cried a lot for Hugo and Hugo's Mother 😢😢😢😢😢😢 Best Game Ever ❤❤❤❤❤ Amicia Stay focus you are strong ❤❤
I’d love to see a third game with Amicia and Lucas!
Sorry bro, but they're long dead if the ending is any implication. I just hope whoever we play as in the modern day story in the hypothetical third game is able to fill Amicia's and Hugo's shoes.
@@str8apem88. Probably not the exact same situation, of course.
i bet the next game is set in modern age, the respirator existed in ww1?
@@ugulufu2052 more and likely 2023, 300 years after the end of the plague of Marseilles
@@ugulufu2052. You can moreso listen to the background for the modern clues with the sounds of air ventilation; You might be surprised to hear this, but air conditioning systems are actually a fairly recent bit of technology.
The only time Mah boy Hugo find peace was in death, RIP King Hugo!
I didn't like the way they built that ending. Usually in stories like this, the easier solution (in this case, Hugo's death) is presented at the beginning of the story and the main character (Amicia) tries every possible alternate solution to the problem throughout the story only to fail again and again. After each try, after each failed cure or method, Amicia would know that the only solution left would be Hugo's death and she would slowly prepare herself mentally for that. The game, however, gives the impression that everything is going to be alright until the final 10 minutes where Amicia goes from "I would never hurt my little brother" to "well, if that's the only way". A little bit abrupt which undermined the emotional impact of the scene.
They literally showed the origin carrier and plastered it into your face that hugo is going to die. I don't know where you got the feeling that everything was going to be okay in the last few minutes of the game but it's been pretty obvious that the moment they didn't find any sort of cure or miracle drug in the origin carrier's chambers, that Hugo's fate is inevitable.
@@untrustingstatue That would normally be the case, however, the game makes you believe that Hugo's fate is going to be different from Basilius (or whatever was the original host's name). Even Amicia at some point says something in the lines of: "We are following the original Protector's steps to learn from their mistakes and this time is going to be different". Before the last sequence, the consensus between Amicia and Lucas was: "Hugo can live, as long as Amicia is always by his side and that he can live somewhere without any threat which can trigger his powers". The idea that there was no other solution except Hugo's death is literally presented at the last 10 minutes.
@@leikeylosh Hugo thought Amecia was dead and he gave into Mecula. That was point of no return and his demise was the only choice to save the world he loves.
Amicia has taken such a beating in this game it’s unreal
Considering how many innocent people that died because of her selfishness, she deserves far worse.
i wished Lucas has a happy life with Amicia
There are several points why this ending hits me so bad I can't think about the game without crying:
- Everything Amicia went through was pointless, all the suffering couldn't prevent Hugo from dying.
- Hugo will never experience the normal life he so longed for
- If the mother wouldn't have pushed the siblings towards the order, perhaps this all could have been prevented
- If Amicia had trusted her guts and stopped the guy at the beginning, the macula wouldn't have re-awakened
- If Amicia, perhaps, would have stopped when Hugo told her to instead of pushing him further down the road of Basilius to chase her own dreams, Hugo maybe could have recovered
The tragic of this story doesn't raise from the fact that this was an inevetable fate doomed upon Hugo as the carrier. But Amicia failed to protect him, blinded by the very duty to protect him. It's an irony that makes this ending 1000x worse than it would have been. And poor Hugo, who was innocent all along, is the one who has to pay the toll.
then at the hospital ending in big letters: "Welcome to Resident Evil 0!"
*everyone loses their minds*
37:50 You can see how much Lucas understand Amicia, he know she might not able to kill Hugo so he bring her crossbow instead give it to her, i prefer the ending where Lucas is the one did it.
Thinking about that post credit scene, to see a body of Hugo on Modern Days that still have Macula in it must be that we going to play as De Rune descendants in A Plague Tale 3. I can see that we going one on one with Hugo as Final Boss. I don't know this is just my theory.
Rats 🐀 in the year 2030 ❤️🐀❤️ that would be a great idea 💡❤️💡🐀♥️🐀
Despite that scene seems in "modern days", this game is HUGE RIDDLE - it's like an "art-house- dark fantasy- alternative history setting". It's still a question if there is descendant of Hugo ??? .. There was absolutely not shown the recovery of his body to bury him. As well as.. why the hell did Amicia cut her hair so short in the end ??? I know maybe it's for the sake of player imagination.. As an open ending.. Well at least it did not end like TLOU2... This game is much more deeper and a waaay beyond that comparison...
@@Ins0mn1acsDr3am Short hair so enemies can't grab you like they did in one scene, she probably learned
i think it will happend in Plague tale 3 ...But i hope we can seen Amicia with Long & open Hairs in Plague Tale 3😂
If it'll take place in the modern times (which I think will be the case), I think it would be more relevant if the Macula took on a new form. Something inspired by COVID.
POOR HUGO😭😭😭😭
Everyone who made it to the end had this one thought in mind “there has to be another way!”
Until we realized and had to accept there wasn’t one 😔😔😔😔😔
What an ending. Damn
50:40 The Plague will rise soon.
Im sure no one in china will eat a bat
@@ΓιαννηςΠαπαδόπουλος-ρ8γ7σ. You mean a rat? Besides, what are you even talking about?
@@dragonbornexpress5650 i was referring to the fact that COVID started because someone ate a bat
RIP Shorty.
Ok, now on a more serious note, I think the game would've benefited greatly from having two possible ending that you can work towards with the choices you make throughout the game.
Oh hugo, you shouldn’t have gone through all of this, you just wanted to be a normal kid. Amicia and hugo will be remembered in games history.
Just beat the game. The sadness of this ending is easily on par with RDR2 and Infamous 2. This has to be one of the best games I’ve ever played. Just wish it wasn’t so bittersweet.
This was brutal :X RIP Hugo and condolences to Amesia
I just finished this game again for the third time...I keep finding stuff hidden in every single chapter! I love playing it!!!
Rest in superpower King Hugo. Paradise is all yours to happily and peacefully conquer now.
Lol, paradise? Hell no. How many people has he killed again?
@@moonmoon2479 Wtf is this comment lol he didn't do that intentionally. Not to innocents, anyway; just killed goons when they threatened his sister
I felt it would end this way and I thought I wouldn't cry but when I got to the Phoenix part 28:40 and got a final confirmation I started bawling my eyes out 😢
The setting of this plague taking place in our era it’s absolutely terrifying….so I hope they make another one of this games