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Valiant Hearts: Coming Home, sequel to the WWI adventure game, escapes mobile and Netflix exclusivity onto PCA decade after The Great War
A decade after The Great War
Image credit:Ubisoft
Image credit:Ubisoft
The sequel to emotional 2014 World War Iadventure gameValiant Hearts: The Great Warhas hit PC, after a year and change locked down to mobile devices and a Netflix subscription - and a decade after its predecessor.
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Valiant Hearts: Coming Homepicks up after the events of the original interweaving narrative between five characters during the First World War, following four new characters (plus returning dog pal Walt) in Harlem Hellfighter James - who inspires a jazz soundtrack based on the Hellfighters’ introduction of jazz to Europe - nurse Anna, German diver Ernst and British pilot George.
Now, it’s come to PC thanks to a port from devs Ubisoft Da Nang, whose work on the PC and Xbox/PlayStation/Switch versions apparently makes them one of the first Vietnamese studios to release a console game.
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Coming Home is available asa standalone releasefor £12.99, or aspart of a two-game bundlewith The Great War in Valiant Hearts: The Collection for £20.99. Both can also be played via the Ubisoft+ Premium subscription programme.
It’s been a decade since the first Valiant Hearts. At the time, Alec (RPS in Peace) found its mixture of absurd moments against the backdrop of the horrors of real-world conflict to be a tad disorientating, but nevertheless felt its emotional punch and narrative heft more than made up for the flaws,writing“there is no world in which I’d let those factors make me miss what Valiant Hearts gets right”.
