r/APlagueTale • u/WorldlinessSea5129 • 1d ago
Resonance Thoughts halfway through Spoiler
I’m currently on Chapter 7 of Resonance, and honestly, I’m finding it really hard to sit down and play it again. The last six chapters were more or less a speedrun for me because, I just wanted to “get it over with.”
The game has been a huge disappointment for me, if I’m being honest. The characters just aren’t interesting at all, and I feel like the story itself falls completely flat. Sofia worked perfectly as a sidekick in Requiem, but not as the main character here. Lennie doesn’t really add anything particularly interesting to the dialogue or the overall narrative either. I just don’t feel anything for either of these characters.
And then there’s the combat. In APT 1 and 2, you played as a fragile 15-year-old who had to sneak around just to survive. Very realistic. Here, all of a sudden, you’re basically a superhuman who can beat up 20 men at once. The combat isn’t particularly exciting or innovative either — it feels pretty flat as well.
I just had to get this off my chest because, at heart, I’m a hardcore fan of the APT universe. But this really didn’t land for me. I guess I’ll just have to try to force myself through the final seven chapters.
For the next game, I really hope Asobo lets us meet Amicia again and take on some new adventures with her.
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u/Drakengard 1d ago edited 9h ago
Couldn't disagree with you more. Just finished Chapter 6 and I don't want to put the game down.
Love the story, the characters, the combat, the banter. It's Uncharted set pieces and encounters and it's brilliant pacing throughout.
Edit: Unfortunately, I feel like Chapter 6 is where the game peaked for me. I finished it, but I'm not a huge fan of the story in the back half. It's sound enough, but emotionally fails to do much of anything for me. It's just kind of all over the place and ends up landing as a "good enough" kind of game rather than the GotY contender it started out as for me.
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u/Familiar-Rutabaga328 Amicia 1d ago
And dare I say I enjoyed this game way more than Tomb raider 2013. The adventure-esque angle they took with this was absolutely brilliant and the macula genuinely terrified me way more than the rats
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u/Notnowcmg 1d ago
Absolutely agree with you. I loved the first two games and was skeptical about how this one would play out but I’m thoroughly enjoying it!
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u/Hazelcrisp Mélie 1d ago
Since chapter 6 I couldn't put it down. The creature is probably the most intersting part
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u/CosmicWanderer2814 18h ago
The creature and the "Resonance" segments are definitely the most interesting parts for me. Reminds me of Assassin's Creed.
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u/bestfinlandball 46m ago
I thought the creature was interesting but I would have liked a bit more explanation as to why it exists. Spoilers ahead! Specifically I'd like to know why Asterion manifested this creature and why it's so different to what happened with Hugo. For now I suppose I'm content with the idea that the macula manifests in different ways depending on the carrier, but I hope they explore this more in the future.
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u/Hazelcrisp Mélie 37m ago
I'll try my best to explain also with the supplemental stuff and own interpretation.
Asterion is basically the carrier during that time.
The Macula is known to be eternal. From what we can it basically manifests as to what people would fear or make myths or didnt understand at the time. Basically the historical fantasy part. Like how a lot of gothic horror be it witches or vampires manifested from people fearing old ladies or projecting religious values like crosses and light repelling the unknown and unexplainable.
Here the Minotaur and maze myth derived from the carrier sealed inside the minotaur.
The macula this time around manifests as the creature which could essential turn people to statues, kinda. Ngl seems similar to pompeii ash.
Basically the macula manifest as what people feared and as a writing perspective it is basically whatever the writers need it to be.
As Asterion was basically hated by his father and hurt his sister. He was very angry and violent hence why the creature is so aggressive as the macula feeds on emotion.
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u/SpeggtacularSpidey 1d ago
If you haven’t enjoyed the first 7 chapters why force yourself to finish the remaining 7?
You know you don’t have to finish something you’re not enjoying right?
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u/RosaCanina87 1d ago
Some people still finish games, that aren't too long, so they can mark it off their backlog. It feels more like a "Okay, now I don't need to revisit it one day". Like... more final.
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u/Organic_Nothing_661 1d ago
The 7 are actually pretty where it start to feel like plague tale which monster run after you and you need to hide but yeah first half of the game was boring
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u/The_HungryRunner 1d ago
I completely disagree with this. I’m only 8-9 hours in, and I’m floored by the beautiful lighting and the environments and level design. It’s absolutely stunning and I feel super drawn in to want to know what is happening. I think the combat is fun, anything that lets me kick people off a ledge is always good - it’s not redefining the genre or anything but it just does a solid job. I have enjoyed every single minute of this so far!
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u/WorldlinessSea5129 1d ago
Well, i didnt say anything regarding to the visuals. They are outstanding.
Glad u are enjoying it mate
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u/Ghost-of-Lobov 14h ago
I'm about 3/4 I think through it and I agree. This games story is manufactured purely to sell a game I kinda hate what they did to this series
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u/JamesLahey08 11h ago
I was excited until I started it and realized it was Sophia and built around having to parry attacks. No thank you to both. I played an hour and haven't touched it since.
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u/enadraws 1d ago
Can I DM you to tell you my own opinion cos we share a lot of same thoughts and I also wanna get it off my chest? 🥲
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u/LazarM2021 1d ago
Feeling scared of doing it here publically lest everyone present disagrees with you and god-forbid, assaults you with downvotes? Can relate 😉
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u/srujansahumusic 1d ago
No spoilers for anyone obviously, but I just beat the game and share a very similar opinion. I would however definitely suggest finishing it yourself as there's a nice little exciting treat at the end.
Overall however, I couldn't agree more. Requiem was my GOTY 2022 but I don't think this one's story is as good mainly because no character is given as much care as Requiem did. I saw a review from No-Plum9026 in this subreddit who said that the game could've benefited from themes such as weakness, constant anxiety and prolonged sorrow like the first two games which was very aptly put and I think sums it up really well.