For Honor Reviews
For Honor is a game that not only excels in it’s combat, but excels in it’s multiplayer execution. Nothing is more satisfying than challenging friends to a quick 1v1 battle to see who is the superior fighter, only to have your clock cleaned in a public match. While I found the story to be lackluster and more of a set of tutorial stages, there’s enough there to get players engaged with how the game operates. Multiplayer is the real crown jewel of For Honor, and is set to have players wanting more for the weeks and months ahead.
As an arena sword fighter For Honor does an admirable job but it falls short in supporting an epic campaign. Hopefully the eternal war meta game can keep the players satisfied for the long haul. It’s easy to see the novelty wearing off for a lot of players before the end of the first season.
The best thing I can say about the campaign here is it will prepare you for multiplayer, especially if you go through on the higher difficulties.
The campaign offers an interesting enough solo experience that lets people gradually face greater challenges. The multiplayer is extraordinary, when it's working properly. It's just that Ubisoft has once again not anticipated the needs of a game such as this. I feel like peer-to-peer wasn't the right system for such a game, and that it would have been better for everyone if this had been a client-server game.
For Honor offers up one of the most visceral multiplayer experiences in video games. The single player campaign is a nice diversion, but won't satisfy those seeking a full experience. Once you hit multiplayer though, you'll be hooked and finding time for other video games will be the real problem.
For Honor developed from a promising concept to a sloppy execution in the final version. The Story misses some depth and it's still questionable if the game offers some long-term motivation in the Multiplayer-Part.
Review in German | Read full review
For Honor is a great idea dumpered by wrong choices. We love its combat, its visuals and it's a very fun game. But we don't like the chaotic 4 vs. 4 batlles, its F2P nature and the metagame Faction War is too shallow.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
For Honor is an incredibly competitive multiplayer game and one of the best action titles in years.
For Honor is a brilliant new hybrid fighting game that's only issue is connecting to servers.
Judging by how Ubisoft has handled support for past multiplayer games (like Rainbow Six Siege), I’m confident that some of For Honor‘s issues will get rectified down the line. Gameplay can be tweaked, matchmaking enhanced, and better modes can all be added over time. However, as the game stands right now it’s more of a proof of concept than a fully realized idea. There’s a great base to build upon mechanically, but it’s too rough around the edges to shine as bright as it should.
Yes, Ubisoft did it again. Another brand new IP that is good enough to hopefully find a big enough audience. You have to respect the publisher for bringing so many brand new experiences, something that other big publishers fail to do. For Honor redefines the hack and slash genre with a tactical combat system and addictive online play.
Although the campaign falls well shy of the mark, the innovative Art of Battle system makes for a great multiplayer brawler
Against all my better instincts, I have to sit down and Ubisoft's dinner table and eat however many crows they put in front of me. Everything but the beak and feat. For Honor is a damn fine experience, and while it's held back by a few technical issues and an underdeveloped campaign, learning and mastering its every complexity is rewarding enough to balance those out and then some.
For Honor is one of the best multiplayer experiences of the recent years, offering a well-balanced combat system and stunning graphics that reflect the potential of the current generation.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
For Honor is a refreshing new take on combat, and one that everyone should experience.
A great but very demanding multiplayer game, with a unique and deep combat system.
Review in Italian | Read full review
I could have given For Honor a better score if it was only released with the multi-player mode but the single-player falls short of the mark. If you have time and patience to master the game, you may give For Honor a chance.
Review in Turkish | Read full review
Even the most clumsy and gnarled duel will achieve moments of greatness. And when two experienced players operating on the same wave-length begin stringing together slashes, parries and counter-attacks in an unbroken chain, the resulting exchange feels as much like a choreographed ballet as a fight to the death…if ballets ended with severed heads flying into the orchestra.