Is "Valiant Hearts: The Great War" Worth Buying? Is it Good? Valiant Hearts Review (PS4/XboxOne)

Is "Valiant Hearts: The Great War" Good? Is it Worth Buying? Valiant Hearts Review (PS4/XB1)

Hey hows it going guys, Kris here and in this video Ill be giving my full review on Valiant

Hearts: The Great War. Its a puzzle, adventure game with 2d visuals developed and published

by Ubisoft. Valiant hearts is available on both the ps4 and xbox ones online stores and

can also be downloaded for pc.

Storline/plot Were taken back to World war one, a time period

which rarely even exists in video games, and valiant hearts, follows the stories of 5 main

characters, 4 humans and a loyal dog, who are all conflicted in the war in some way

or another. They all have their own adventures, which often clash along the way, forming some

strong connections with the characters you get to play as. Emile, is a French farmer

who goes looking for his son-in-law but ends up getting captured by the Germans and becomes

a prisoner. Karl, who is Emiles son-in-law, was told to become a German soldier, leave

his wife, and depart from France to fight on the frontlines. Freddie, an American soldier

fighting in memory of his wife who was killed because of the war, and Ana is the field medic,

out to help fallen soldiers and aid the injured. The Characters stories interlink, and all

of their tales are accompanied by a dog called Walt, who was raised in the German military

and trained to become a dog medic for the German army, he separates from his owner near

the beginning of the game and assists the other characters along with their journeys.

Even though the game is set out in a cartoonish form, the separate tales all highlight the

true horrors of war, it also shows that many different nationalities were affected. Although

there are some light-hearted characteristics, theres deep, underlying messages throughout

the game which are historically accurate, delving into some of the practices and weapons

such as using gas bombs and flamethrowers that would have been used in the first world

war. I enjoyed the emotional aspects of valiant hearts as it made the characters more meaningful

and the way they connected in the whole story was well done, valiant hearts is something

that you dont come across much in games, it has characters you actually care about and

a story that is both compelling and engaging.

Gameplay The actual gameplay is mainly focused around

solving simple puzzles to progress the story, the puzzles themselves arent particularly

hard but do require some thought and the games mechanics to solve, such as throwing a particular

object at something, or finding an item for somebody, who will then give you something

in return to help you carry on. The simplicity of the puzzles you come across keep the game

flowing without ever really leaving you stuck and frustrated, and in a way, this helps with

moving the story along. If you ever do get stuck though, and youre not sure how to get

past a specific area, you can access hints sometimes to help guide you to the next area,

and so you can continue. Theres some, action based parts in the game which involve you

dodging from incoming bomb attacks, machine gun fire and other threats. These sections

help liven the game up and give you some faster paced action, as opposed to the slower puzzle

soving other side. Both elements are used throughout all of the characters storylines