Valiant Hearts: Coming Home

I was introduced to Valiant Hearts through the original game (which I believe is now off the App Store now-). I was surprised and excited to see that there was a sequel game. Compared to the original game, I found this one’s puzzles to be easier. Nearly all of the puzzles use some sort of object throwing tactic; whereas in the original game, the actions you had to complete to solve a puzzle were more varied. I also was a bit disappointed that there were less chapters than the original game. Because the puzzles in this one are relatively easy, if you become too invested, you might accidentally whip through the game pretty fast. Besides these two facts, I was happy to see another Valiant Hearts game. The artwork, characters, and music is still great.

I loved the game, I loved how the story wasn’t just war oriented but relationship oriented as well. The plot made me absolutely sob. It hit me deep in my heart and the small things like the memories broke me. It’s such a good game and it’s definitely a tear jerker. It helped me realize more in depth how cruel war can be on our soldiers and our colored troops at that, I love the realism of the ending where it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows, cause life dosent always have a happy go lucky ending. Overall 10/10 would recommend if you’re looking for an interactive story based game. 🚩SPOILER ALERT🚩 The moment Freddy died broke me like I got so attached to his character and him and Anna seemed so happy and in love, then he died. The bloody war didn’t kill him but two blokes on the street did? I feel like that was a realistic ending for that time period but it didn’t do his character justice. If they were gonna kill him off I’d have preferred they do so in the war instead of making us think he’d have a happy ending and being like SIKE you thought. But overall I loved the game ❤️

What I mean is, that the original game, the guy who made it wanted a message to take away, the kids and dogs had their eyes visible as they are innocent, but adults had their eyes obscured in some way, as they didn’t want to see what they had done to the world. And not all of the adults have their eyes obscured, and I think that goes against the ideals that the original maker wanted. Also the game has an unfamiliar controls than the original. But I will say, it is more interactive. It is easier, a little too easy. Edit: I have actually finished this game, and I’m still annoyed I can’t finish the original, but what I’m trying to say, is, it still gets the main message across. This game, should not be criticized for graphics, glitches, or anything. It should, be appreciated for the reason it was made. I don’t care if it actually is made for the money, though that is the rudest and worst way to f up the mood of this game, but it is more than that.