Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy Reviews — Metascore 78, What Critics & Players Say
Last verified: 2026-09-10 · Game version: Launch
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy's critical reception is in: Metascore 78 (Generally Favorable, across 59 critics), user score 8.1 (274 ratings). This page rounds up the critics' highlights and the community's real feedback.
Score Overview
| Dimension | Data |
|---|---|
| Metascore | 78 / 100 (59 critics) |
| Critic split | 76% positive (45) / 24% mixed (14) / 0% negative |
| User score | 8.1 / 10 (274 ratings) |
| Critic range | 60 – 95 |
What Critics Say
Praised:
- Visuals & art: nearly every outlet calls it the series' best-looking game, repeatedly praising the Mediterranean coastline and the underground maze art design
- Puzzle design: the light-reflection puzzles are widely considered the game's biggest highlight — the prism-geometry puzzles plus the ancient "flashlight"-style tool feel fresh
- Setting: the parallel Minoan-era narrative and the myth/story intertextuality draw praise
Criticized:
- Combat depth: several outlets call the combat "shallow" and "mechanical" — the game's weakest link
- Story pacing: a prequel's inherent problem — players already know Sophia survives into Requiem, so making the story feel weighty is hard; some outlets find it flat
Representative quotes (from Metacritic):
"…leans into action and melee combat, departing from the formula of its predecessors… Its greatest strength lies in its spectacular setting." (85 range)
"A sincere effort worth picking up in a slow season, rather than a day-one blind buy." (77 range)
"…trying very hard to replicate Naughty Dog's Uncharted magic… dragged down by uninspired, irritating combat." (70 range)
What the Community Says (Reddit)
First-week Reddit discussion shows the classic "players rate it higher than critics" pattern:
- Optimization is top-tier: "insanely good optimization" is a recurring phrase; OLED players call it the best-looking game of their lives, with ~80 FPS measured on a 120Hz display
- The gameplay shift divides opinion: fans say "went in with zero expectations, one of my favorites of the year" (548-upvote post); detractors say "closer to Tomb Raider than Plague Tale"
- Story debate: the unexplained Sophia-Ariadne connection and the Creature's overuse are the two most-discussed points among players who finished
- Meme: "There is only 1 rat" — players' self-deprecating joke after the series' rat swarms were replaced
An interesting data point: Steam's concurrent peak matched Requiem's, but the community consensus is that many players actually played via Game Pass — sales shouldn't be read from Steam alone.