Reviewed on: Xbox One
At first For Honor seemed to me to be just a fully online game. It was a game that caught only a little of my attention, except for the fantastic CG shown in its E3 2016 presentation. Mixing several styles of games from the past, it’s a blend of Dynasty Warriors with a pinch of MOBA.
Despite that, it manages to create a bit of its own identity, while still recalling Assassin’s Creed with its gameplay camera, because when you lock onto an enemy hero a certain tactic is required; you don’t just press the slow strong attack or quick weak attack buttons, you need to try to defend against enemy attacks, with a system that indicates where the enemy will strike. So if you just press the attack button, it won’t work and will leave your guard open, leading to defeat, even against weaker enemies. A plus for these 1v1 battles, which demand a bit of study of the opponent and their attack tactics.
In For Honor, at first it may seem like you’re controlling a 1-ton character, due to the feeling of weight of the weapons and armor of the Vikings, Knights and Samurai. But as the hours go by, you adapt to each hero’s battle tactics, and that becomes irrelevant.
But not everything in the game is beautiful: aside from its graphics and an excellent Brazilian Portuguese voice-over, unfortunately the dialogue is too basic and the characters shallow, to the point that you don’t even remember some characters and even want to skip the animations, with the exception of the Viking villainess. The short campaign (6 hrs), with repeated battles against hordes of bots and heroes, ends up becoming tiring.
The story boils down to a horseman of the apocalypse who wants to bring different peoples together and destroy them through war. However, at a great moment in the campaign that makes you pay more attention, something happens, which I won’t reveal to avoid spoilers.
The game has three online modes (Dominion, Brawl and 1v1) and I believe that is even beneficial in a way.
The multiplayer will indeed guarantee you many hours of gameplay. Dominion mode has the biggest population, with some epic matches won in the final minutes; if you and your friends put together a nice team with a good strategy, victory is certain. On that point the game gets it right: despite the few modes, it’s still competent and fierce in its online matches.
FINAL VERDICT:
Story: 4
Audiovisual: 8
Gameplay: 7
Xbox One version
Max Xavier
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