A Plague Tale: Innocence - Sean Bean takes players into the game's universe with deeply touching poetry
A Plague Tale: Innocence is now available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. In celebration of Asobo Studio’s dark adventure, we’ve collaborated with Sean Bean for the production of a touching and intimate video dedicated to A Plague Tale. The Hollywood star demonstrates his talent with a brilliant reading of one of William Blake’s most beloved poems.
Sean Bean, best known for his work in The Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones, offers a touching reading ofThe Little Boy Lost. This deeply moving poem sublimes the stunning images from the game, and perfectly illustrates Amicia and Hugo’s journey through a war-torn medieval France. Much of William Blake’s material shares A Plague Tale’s themes of childhood innocence and loss, serving as a source of creative inspiration for the team when developing the game.
To learn more about A Plague Tale: Innocence, why not check out our narrative website experience, introducing the characters and world of this beautiful, dangerous story.
A Plague Tale: Innocence is now available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
http://www.focus-home.com/en/news/1966-a-plague-tale:-innocence---sean-bean-takes-players-into-the-games-universe-with-deeply-touching-poetryCheck out Sean Bean reciting a poem in the latest trailer for #APlagueTale.
https://twitter.com/bleedingcool/status/1128988821037748224Sean Bean Narrates Latest Trailer For A Plague Tale: Innocence
This week in trailers that will give you goosebumps, Sean Bean has lent his talents to Focus Home Interactive for a new A Plague Tale: Innocence trailer. Here we see Bean reciting lines from one of William Blake‘s most famous poems, The Little Boy Lost. Which is pretty fitting all things considered within the game’s plot. Enjoy the words being spoken by one of the greats as you can purchase and play the game today.
https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/05/16/sean-bean-narrates-latest-trailer-for-a-plague-tale-innocenceSean Bean Reading William Blake is My Kind of PR Stunt
In the business of promoting video games, money gets spent on some truly daft stuff: everything from pop-up 'experiences' and terrible themed cakes to over-elaborate review kits and influencer junkets. I will never forget opening a longish package from an Eastern European developer desperate to get their 'epic fantasy RPG' reviewed, and a shortsword falling onto my lap. I ended up giving that game 3/10, so on the bright side at least I had a method of defence against angry developers.
Around the launch of any big title there's a bunch of associated nonsense, as the studio and its publisher and press teams try anything and everything to get the game's name in front of you. Ten trailers in the fortnight leading up to release, daily 'news blasts' about some voice actor or hitherto-unrevealed feature, and of course the constant follow-ups asking how we could possibly have not covered this. It takes something special to get through the filter, so A Plague Tale: Innocence — take a bow.
This lot decided, you know what, let's just get Sean Bean to read out a brilliant William Blake poem.
'The Little Boy Lost' is from Songs of Innocence, Blake's self-published 1789 collection, and is followed by 'The Little Boy Found' (though not in this reading). It's about a boy following his father, and if you want to read along to big Sean here are the lines.
The Little Boy Lost
Father, father, where are you going
O do not walk so fast.
Speak father, speak to your little boy
Or else I shall be lost,
The night was dark no father was there
The child was wet with dew.
The mire was deep, & the child did weep
And away the vapour flew.
The final lines are haunting, and lend this an air of menace quite unusual within the Songs of Innocence. The question of what exactly the vapour is hangs there: simply the boy's breath, or the atmosphere, or some other ghostly presence. 'The Little Boy Found', for my money, slightly ruins this effect by bringing in god (as Blake is wont to do, even though his idea of god is pretty wacky).
Anyway: good job Asobo Studio and Focus Interactive. A Plague Tale: Innocence is out now on PC, PS4 and Xbox One, and looks jolly good indeed.
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