Valiant Hearts The Great War
Valiant Hearts The Great War is a Xbox 360 action game released in 2014 developed by Ubisoft. It centers on puzzle, maze, or device solving, area and route exploration, and story, case, or mission progress, with controls and information arranged around the Xbox 360 wired or wireless controller's twin sticks, analog triggers, directional pad, and face buttons.
- AI score · out of 10
- 7.9 / 10
About this game
Valiant Hearts The Great War is a Xbox 360 action game centered on puzzle, maze, or device solving, area and route exploration, and story, case, or mission progress. Stages build pressure through routes, enemy patterns, and changing objectives, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Animation, hits, camera behavior, and readable hazards determine whether feedback remains dependable, while HD video, DVD streaming, surround audio, HDD installs, and television-distance interfaces need to keep action, state, and text readable. The genre-specific limitation is that camera behavior, collision rules, input mapping, and repeated ground after failure can raise the entry barrier. Platform conditions also include disc and HDD installation, storage devices, controller batteries, video connections, resolution and frame rate, Kinect space and calibration, and retired online services affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
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Xbox 360AI review
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A moving adventure about wartime cooperation, with particularly strong expression.
Valiant Hearts treats the battlefield as a place to help people and find a way through, rather than primarily count kills. Cooperation between characters and the dog, object use and environmental puzzles connect rescue goals with concrete actions. Comic-style visual cues convey intentions without long dialogue exchanges, while music supports moments of tension and sorrow. Collectible objects add historical accounts and real photographs, giving exploration a reward beyond the fictional plot. The Xbox 360 review also documents a simple button layout that makes entry approachable. Later quick-reaction sequences demand more attention, however, so this is not entirely relaxed puzzle reading. It best suits players interested in character emotion, environmental reasoning and historical context, not those seeking a complex warfare combat system.
Strengths
- Rescue puzzles fit the characters' cooperative purpose.
- Visual storytelling, music and historical material reinforce emotion.
Weaknesses
- Later reaction sequences interrupt the calmer puzzle rhythm.
Who it is for: Adventure players interested in emotional stories, environmental puzzles and wartime history.
Play notes: Later sections require reaction input; this assessment concerns the original Xbox 360 edition, not touch-based reissues or later compilation conveniences.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Historical discoveries enrich progression, while later reaction sequences shift it away from purely relaxed puzzling. | Reviewed | 7.6 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Rescue and environmental problem-solving form a coherent adventure centered on cooperation rather than combat depth. | Reviewed | 7.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Visual storytelling, restrained dialogue and music convey wartime emotion exceptionally well. | Reviewed | 8.9 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension A simple layout and visual guidance make entry approachable, without guaranteeing frictionless execution in every action sequence. | Reviewed | 7.6 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Ubisoft
- Publisher
- Ubisoft
- Release date
- 2014
- Platforms
- Xbox 360
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Adventure · Primary genre
- Tags
- 3D GraphicsWarThird PersonStory-drivenLinear LevelsReplayableExplorationFast-pacedReal-time CombatSolo-friendlyPuzzle SolvingHorror
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Side view
Release editions
- Xbox 360Worldwide2014
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