A Plague Tale: Requiem upgrades brother Hugo for the sequel

A Plague Tale: Requiem, the sequel to 2019’s A Plague Tale: Innocence, is one of the bigger games launching this fall. GamesBeat got to play a short chunk of the upcoming title, and one difference is immediately apparently: Pint-sized deuteragonist Hugo has gotten a heck of a power upgrade.

The first Plague Tale game followed children Amicia and Hugo as they flee their home and face religious persecution and an apocalyptic horde of plague rats. Amicia does most of the work, as Hugo is around 5-years-old when they go on the run. He would try with all his little heart to help, but Hugo was definitely not a fighter. That was kind of the point.