For Honor – 78
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For Honor’s brutal melee combat is all about careful strategy and timing. It’s deeply complex, and it’s spawned a new type of PvP multiplayer that certainly piqued the interest of the gaming industry… for a while. Unfortunately, For Honor’s player base has dropped off considerably since its launch. A lackluster campaign, frugal economy, and balancing issues seemed to cause interest and support to quickly dwindle.
That all being said, though, For Honor still deserves plenty of credit for its unique and inventive melee combat that is super entertaining to play. Honing your skills and learning to read enemy patterns is a real blast, and refreshingly, progression feels genuinely tied to your own skill-level rather than leveling mechanics or loot. You feel as though you’re becoming a better warrior with every game. It’s just a shame that various shortcomings meant the promising IP never really got into its stride properly.
