My View on the Game: For Honor

For Honor is a recently released game that came out on February 14th, 2017 and it seems to me revolutionary. Why you may ask well there is a lot of proof that it is, the combat system, combing foreign cultures into one game that actually seem to have a chance against one another.

  For honor takes place on a continent, it is not specific on what planet their on or continent. The main point of the game is the type of factions that are on that continent which are 3. The 3 factions are Samurai, Knights, and the Vikings. I see this as a realistic standoff, as all the factions are built up to what they were in the past, the Knights were armored to the teeth with steel, the Samurai have armor but they are light on their feet and can dodge attacks easily, while the Vikings have minimal Armor and are armed with a weapon or a set of weapons. Why I love this game so much is that is explains why Vikings have a dangerous weapon and have minimal armor as well as explaining in a detailed fashion about the other factions. Without further wait, I will explain the lore of why these three factions are at war with one another.
  When you first start the single player you are told of a womanly figure known as Apollyon and she wants war more than anything else to "Show the true side of people". The Knights are the first to join her ranks and lead an attack on the vikings and the vikings are being pushed to the brink, however she is trying to start war with all the factions, so she starves to clans and they began to turn on each other. This leads to the vikings invading the Samurai, and the newly crowned leader of the vikings, says "This is what made us Vikings"while leading a raid onto the coastal city. The Samurai then have a 2 front war and a prisoner of the emperor was actually his champion and he is released by his fellow allies. He leads the charge against both Vikings and Knights and united the Samurai and pushes back both factions and restores the Samurai. The Samurai reaches Apollyon's Castle and all three factions have rose up against her and desire peace once and for all. The Samurai managed to get to Apollyon and the Orochi (Newly crowned emperor) goes face to face with her. The fight is arduous and difficult, but luckily Orochi defeats Apollyon and this most important part begins. All three factions have beaten Apollyon, but a stare down happens between all the factions, it seemed like peace then soldiers charged at one another and war broke out between the factions once more, Apollyon had truly destroyed the trust between the factions and it seemed like it was going to be a war not for blood, not for gold nor land, but For Honor.