Ubisoft’s new historical action game aims to be a ‘shooter with swords’, as it mixes medieval battle with very modern multiplayer.
Despite what Fallout would have you believe war does change. Maybe not the motivations behind it, but the methods and tools used to perforate the enemy certainly do. There are, of course, lots of video games where you get to fight with guns in a modern war and plenty where you get to use swords and shields, but each does tend to be a very different kind of game. The idea behind For Honor though is to mix close quarters sword-wielding with modern shooter style game modes.
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