We learn about the hard truths of World War I in Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Developer: Ubisoft Montpellier | Publisher: Ubisoft | Release Date: June 24, 2014
Jacob and special guests Travis Colenutt (his 6th appearance) and Katie Lesperance (her 1st appearance) solve tons of puzzles, trek around Europe and talk about the dogs of war.
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Player: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt)
Special Guests: Travis Colenutt (@TravisColenutt) & Katie Lesperance (@lesperak)
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1:30 An introduction to Katie’s gaming preferences2:40 What did we know about Valiant Hearts beforehand?3:45 How did we play Valiant Heart: The Great War + our Switch impressions5:15 How would you describe Valiant Hearts?6:15 Katie shares her love of the The Curse of Monkey Island & LucasArt vs. Sierra adventure games9:25 The opening of the game and the five main characters (Emile, Karl, Anna, Freddie and Walt)11:25 World War 1 and video games12:35 The game’s partnership with Apocalypse: World War I15:15 Our big issue with the game: its “tonal whiplash” (spoilers begin at 16:20)18:50 The unique mechanics for the five main characters19:20 Katie is a nurse and she has an issue with Anna’s compressions20:55 THERE’S A DOG… save the doggo!22:35 Risking Walt’s life in front of a flamethrower24:00 The Dogs of War and we all thought that Walt was going to die27:25 Tons of block puzzles… did we like the puzzles?29:45 Anna’s driving sections30:30 We talk about UbiArt and compare the game to Scribblenauts and Castle Crashers32:40 Were all of the puzzles logical?33:55 Jacob compares the final boss to Metal Gear Solid 435:00 Travis struggled with his aim37:50 The hint system40:45 Jacob’s story book report and the final sequence of the game (The Nivelle Offensive)45:15 How emotional did we get with the ending? Cold dead heart or a weeping, sopping mess?51:15 The music fit the game perfectly52:15 We fight about character and narrator accents (“some PBS narrator”)58:00 Some of the cool “comic book-like” visual elements (Katie’s husband called it “trippy”)59:55 Our final thoughts about Valiant Hearts + Jacob’s recommendation: The Lion’s Song1:04:25 Please let us know if you know about Tintin in our Discord