Valiant Hearts Has a Brave Showing at PAX East 2014

11th April, 1 replies

Ubisoft, Ubisoft Montpellier, Valiant Hearts: The Great War

The era of the WWII shooter dominating the videogame landscape is about a decade behind us now, and even as developers expand into creating games around newer, more modern conflicts, World War I still remains an interesting and relatively fertile setting for games. Enter Valiant Hearts: The Great War by Ubisoft Montpellier, which I got to try out on the PlayStation 4 at PAX East. This 2D sidescroller is imbued with great comic book inspired visual flare that complements the sombre mood of the war-driven story rather well.

My demo started in the snowy battlefields of France in 1914. In a surprising twist, I began by assuming control of a cook in the French army named Emile. The soldiers in the trench-like camp were in low spirits and an officer commanded me to prepare stew for everyone. Exploring my surroundings to the left and right I eventually found a large pot that I could interact with by pressing the X button. I dragged the pot into the kitchen where I positioned it under a system of pipes that filled it with water and sausages, and heated it up by pulling a lever. When I returned outside the camp came under a surprise barrage of enemy bombs, forcing me to quickly seek shelter inside once more...

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