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Valiant Hearts: Coming Home
iOS (iPhone/iPad)
Released On: Feb 1, 2023
73
7.0
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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55% Positive
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
73
55% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
45% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Experience an emotional story following several brave souls during WWI as you navigate and solve problems while avoiding rendering spots.
It’s the Valiant Hearts storytelling that you’ve been looking for, but without the gameplay to match it.
Arrived like a bolt from the blue, Valiant Hearts: Coming Home can only embellish the Netflix Games portfolio, even if we would have expected something more from the sequel to a rare pearl like The Great War. It's not about creative gaps, because what Old Skull Games did with the supervision of Ubisoft is in all respects a deferential recovery of that stylistic figure, updated and integrated also with the deepening of new themes. It is the excessive debasement of the playful component that sometimes makes it difficult to fully immerse yourself in an otherwise visceral and well-constructed story. In short, this "homecoming" is bittersweet just like the story - or rather, the stories - it wants to tell us: pungent and imperfect.
It’s really a beautiful thing that Valiant Hearts: Coming Home exists today. It’s a blessing because is both the sequel-conclusion to one of the most beloved and didactically valuable games ever produced by Ubisoft, and the opening ram for a different way to publish games. However, this must not blind from evident flaws like low duration, low difficulty and some plot issues, such as the excessive dependence to its prequel.
The second instalment repeats what we’ve seen in the first one and does so successfully. There’s no hint of the original surprise, though. Are you a Netflix subscriber? Then this is a very nice bonus to all the TV shows.
The Hellfighters' story is one worth hearing - even if Valiant Hearts hits a few bum notes in its telling. [Issue#382, p.112]
Overall, Valiant Hearts: Coming Home doesn’t have quite the same devastating impact as The Great War first did. Maybe that’s down to the effects of a sequel. Or maybe it’s due to the smaller, bite-sized format it’s seemingly designed around. But who says emotional narrative games can’t be short-burst experiences? The heart of Valiant Hearts is still here, and I’m glad these characters and this style of historical storytelling live on to fight another day. Just don’t ask me to fetch another potato, or dodge another artillery shell.
User Score
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Based on 14 User Ratings
7.0
71% Positive
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 14 User Ratings
7.0
71% Positive
10 Ratings
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14% Mixed
2 Ratings
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14% Negative
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Summary [A Netflix Exclusive] Set during World War I, Valiant Hearts: Coming Home is a dramatic narrative game that follows four characters in a story about friendship, survival, and sacrifice as they deal with the overwhelming impact of war. The game depicts part of the story of the Harlem Hellfighters, the first African-American infantry unit...
Platforms:
- iOS (iPhone/iPad)
- Nintendo Switch
- Xbox One
- PlayStation 4
- PC
Initial Release Date: Feb 1, 2023
Developer:
- Old Skull Games
Publisher: Netflix
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