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- This fictitious story takes you back to famous WW1 locations like Reims or Montfaucon, revisiting historical battles on the Western Front, such as the Battle of the Marne or the Battle of the Somme! Valiant Hearts makes the most of the UbiArt Framework and its motto: Bringing Art to Life.
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Valiant Hearts is a side-scrolling, puzzle-based, adventure video game which takes place during World War I. Players assume the role of four characters: Frenchman Emile, his German son-in-law Karl, American soldier Freddie, and Belgian nurse Anna.
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By Daniel Krupa
Updated: Nov 24, 2018 6:54 pm
Posted: Jun 24, 2014 4:00 pm
Video games are obsessed with warfare: ancient, covert, modern, futuristic. But Valiant Hearts is one of only a few to look at the first World War. It’s a studied depiction, but one in which you rarely shoot a gun. It’s a puzzle adventure that’s much more interested in how people are affected by such terrible events than recreating the violence. It occasionally gets too bogged down with historical trivia, but overall it’s a stylish and sincere adventure with a big heart.
The most striking aspect of Valiant Hearts is the splendid art direction. Playing it really feels like watching a wonderful piece of animation, and I was surprised at just how versatile the style is. Of course, it shines at beginning when asked to depict the calm of rural France, but it’s equally effective when tackling much more difficult environments. The trenches and frontlines of the war, in particular, resemble scenes from Hell, with thick smoke weighing down from above and piles of corpses providing cover. Importantly, the cartoon style never conceals the horror of what is taking place.
Similarly, the characters have much more depth than their flat appearance initially suggests. Set along the border of France and Germany, the story tells the interlocking tales of five protagonists all touched by the war. You spend time with each one, and while the storytelling’s strong enough, it’s the animation which brilliantly reveals so much about each one. Barrel-chested Freddie struts into battle with the conviction of a man out for revenge, while Emile has a downtrodden gait that betrays a weariness that can’t be overlooked. While there are snatches of dialogue, a lot is also conveyed through the inarticulate yet strangely intelligible sounds made by these squat figures.
Valiant Hearts focuses on how lives are torn apart, how strangers become saviors, and how madness thrives. It’s a small-scale human perspective of the war, which tries to salvage those little acts of love and heroism from a world overwhelmed by violence. There’s not much of a challenge or a reason to revisit once you’ve finished, but the story alon...
This fictitious story takes you back to famous WW1 locations like Reims or Montfaucon, revisiting historical battles on the Western Front, such as the Battle of the Marne or the Battle of the Somme! Valiant Hearts makes the most of the UbiArt Framework and its motto: Bringing Art to Life.
Mar 11, 2016 · Valiant Hearts: The Great War is a side-scrolling game featuring 5 different stories that revolve around 5 different people during World War I. Each of the stories is incredibly...
Valiant Hearts: The Great War is a 2D side-scrolling adventure/puzzle game developed by Ubisoft Montpellier. The game is developed within the Ubi-Art Framework engine and follows five characters of different nationalities during their time spent on the battlefields of World War I.
The first game, Valiant Hearts: The Great War, is a moving puzzle adventure game exploring the themes of love, sacrifice, and tragedy as it follows four characters who live through the horror of the trenches.
Valiant Hearts : The Great War is the story of 4 crossed destinies and a broken love in a world torn apart. Dive into a 2D animated comic book adventure, mixing exploration, action and puzzles. Lost in the middle of the trenches, play as each of the 4 strangers, relive the War and help a young German soldier find his love.
