Distilled way down to one-on-one medieval combat, For Honor is both instinctual and smart. It's bloody and entertainingly over-the-top, but much more than a button-masher. It's a game that repays thoughtful practice.

When I was a kid, one of my favorite games on the NES was "Defender of the Crown", a fantastic game about warring factions trying to take over the land after the death of a king. It was almost like a videogame version of Risk but with a Middle Aged theme and other fantastic features such as being...

Overall this is a fun and engaging game to play however; it is important to know that this game is still extremely new and it could change quite a bit in the next few updates. While the game is fun and easy to recommend I also feel it important to state that there are currently a few balancing...

For Honor tells the story of a land shattered by natural disasters, where the scant remaining resources are fought over by three different factions: Knights, Samurai and Vikings.

Positives + Well-executed combat system + Easy to learn; but hard to master + Intriguing cross-platform metagame

Negatives; Single-player feels tacked on; Some cheap tactics too easily available; Currency takes a long time to acquire

Steel waters.

Various modes in multiplayer are excellent; The Faction War is a neat idea; Brutal and strategical combat is refreshing

Single-player is dreadful; Balancing issues in matchmaking

Melee combat games come in many forms, and when blended with mechanics from a wide variety of genres the end results can vary pretty wildly. That's how you end up with Ninja Gaiden, Dark Souls, and even the Batman Arkham trilogy sharing some semblance of, for lack of a better term, design DNA.

It's time to rejoice as FOR HONOR has finally arrived that for the majority of the experience, hits the right place when it comes to a carefully balanced game with plenty of replay value.

For Honor is a fighting game. I had to keep repeating that to myself every time I got frustrated. The third-person camera, the medieval settings and the melee weapons had caught me off guard, thinking this was an action-adventure, or a hack-and-slash somewhat like Ryse .

"Held back by its own ambition, For Honor isn't a masterpiece, but delivers where it counts."

For Honor is a fast-paced, competitive experience mixing skill, strategy, and team play with visceral melee combat.