'A Plague Tale' does everything right. It looks and sounds great, the controls are perfect, your player character (Amicia) is genuinely heroic, and the story and characters make you care. I'm not sure why there was so little buzz about this game back in 2019. I only played it when it became free on PS+ and didn't even know, going in, that it is an exploration, action, stealth game. I played for free but it is absolutely worthy of a full price purchase. I look forward to the sequel.