During this year's E3, Ubisoft revealed the next big content update for their action fighting game, For Honor. At the time, the biggest reveal was a new PvP mode (Breach) and a new playable faction, the Chinese. They teased a new PvE mode, but didn't state what that might be. Yesterday, at Gamescom, they finally pulled back the curtain on that mode: 2 player Arcade co-op.
For Honor players (or what remains of them, at least), have long been stifled in their online forays by instability and host migration issues. In spite of these problems, they persisted, and with good reason, as the game's unique melee combat is a joy to behold.
For Honor launched yesterday on Valentine's Day, which only makes sense as it depicts the timeless and tragic love triangle between Samurai, Knights, and Vikings. Its launch was commemorated with a shiny launch trailer and a Day One patch for all players gung-ho to re-enact this classic love story.
For Honor, Ubisoft's hack and slight combat fighter, is inching ever close to a Valentine's day launch. If hacking the limbs off your opponents sounds like a romantic way to spend the day - good luck finding that card in Hallmark. The latest video for the game gives you an overview of the meta game that takes place.
Ubisoft's vikings vs medieval knights vs samurai brawler, For Honor, will be offering up post-release DLC maps and modes for free, according to game director Damien Kieken. That doesn't include, however, new heroes, which may end up costing money to acquire.
Co-Op gaming's been in a weird place lately. On the one hand, you've got the indie scene, in which local co-op dungeon crawler/twin-stick shooter/roguelike/beat-em-up games are coming in at an almost comically fast rate. On the other, you've got AAA developers slowly, but surely, moving away from any form of local co-op. Unfortunately, Ubisoft's For Honor is the latest victim of said movement.
Like a psuedo-historical Candygram, For Honor will be lying at our virtual doorsteps on Valentine's Day of next year. It makes sense, if you think about it. February 14th is widely recognized as a day of love and passion, and For Honor is one hundred percent about passionate warriors lovingly dismembering each other on the battlefield. Plus, as Pat Benatar taught us in the early 80's, love itself is a battlefield.
When it was first revealed and demo'd last year, For Honor sounded like it would be a multiplayer Knights vs Samurai affair with a combat system that had some rochambeau elements. During Ubisoft's press conference, it was revealed you could also play as Vikings and that there's now a campaign mode, which you can play with a friend.
