Valiant Hearts: The Great War

Eurogamer

Christian Donlan

7 / 10

While Valiant Hearts struggles to make sense of itself as a game, in its odd, playful innocence and in its focus on four friends (and a dog) it at least offers a fleeting human perspective on a new kind of war that turned out to be far, far worse in its mechanised violence than anybody was quite expecting.

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IGN

Daniel Krupa

7.7 / 10.0

Valiant Hearts is an adventure more interested in exploring the effects of war, than having you re-enact the violence.

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Game Rant

Anthony Taormina

Valiant Hearts is confident in its direction and thoughtful in its design. As a puzzle-focused, story-driven experience it isn't going to be for everyone, but those who relish the days of LucasArts' point-and-click adventures will certainly find a lot to enjoy here — doubly so if you are a history buff.

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PC Gamer

Philippa Warr

65 / 100

Visually stunning but mechanically lacklustre, Valiant Hearts gets in the way of its own storytelling.

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GamesRadar+

Lucas Sullivan

The subject material is ghastly, but Valiant Hearts has the right mix of emotion and entertainment to make enduring the Great War worthwhile.

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Metro GameCentral

Roger Hargreaves

7 / 10

A heavy-handed but impressively sincere attempt to tackle a subject most other games would never dare, with the end resulting being both affecting and entertaining.

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Game Informer

Joe Juba

7 / 10.0

While the puzzles and story aren't especially rewarding, the overall tone is still interesting and successful

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Polygon

Danielle Riendeau

8 / 10.0

Valiant Hearts is an effective, playable history lesson

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