I'll add a "SUMMARY" note at the bottom of this review, if you can't be bothered reading my rather in-depth points.

Advantages: Believe it or not, I really enjoy this game (and this is coming from someone who doesn't own nor have any desire to own any Ubisoft games generally speaking, but this is the exception that I will own), great story, can choose between male or female of any 3 warrior types (i.e. Knight, Viking or Samurai) challenging but magnificent combat system (for anyone familiar with the Soul Calibar games on PS2/PS3/PS4, you're going to love the Guard Impacting and Guard Breaking as this game has those particular mechanics in it as well), and while not exactly the greatest edition, the Emblem and Warrior customizations can be pretty fun sometimes too. Additionally, I can even use my newly-acquired Steam Controller to play this game, which is bloody cool!

Having said that though, the game actually falls pretty short for the following reasons (a.k.a The Disadvantages).

• If you're running this game via Steam like myself, and you want another to join you in For Honour, then to invite anyone from your steam friends list to join you (whether for Multiplayer matches or to Co-op the Story Mode), you need to not only have them as friends on steam, but also add them to the third-party app known as "Uplay" which I guess is Ubisoft's version of steam but for games exclusive to Ubisoft. I personally find that really distasteful, in the sense having to find people whom I already have on my steam friends list, to have to re-add them again to Uplay just for the privilege of playing with them. In my view, you should be allowed to invite people from your current steam friends list who also have For Honour installed on their computer and that invited person joins in your lobby or group and continue from there, not jump through more hoops than necessary. Also doesn't help that you MUST have Uplay installed on your computer, in order to launch this game.
  
• Additionally to the above point, the "Import friends on steam" link on Uplay doesn't even adequately work as the moment you try to search for others on your steam friends list who have For Honour, it shows up with nothing.
  
• While the emblem customization seems pretty damn cool (in my view), the warrior customization however, actually isn't merely for cosmetics (although from what I just found out in Multiplayer it's not really a concern when it comes to duel mode, but other modes it is), considering at the bottom of the screen when you select the item or whatever you want to equip your warrior with, has stats underneath it (e.g. item grants you better stamina recovery or more hp etc) which suggests this to be an abusable tactic (once people find out how to grind etc for those over-powered items) that will definitely turn away newcomers to multiplayer games, as those who played this game alot would already have those over-powered items making them near-unbeatable in combat. By comparison though, in Dota 2, you get items to equip your hero with too, so how's that different to For Honour in this regard? The Dota 2 items you buy are for cosmetics only, they don't necessarily give you an unfair edge in combat, For Honour's bought items, unfortunately have the polar opposite effect. Until Ubisoft patches this, to fix that issue (if it already has though I'll modify accordingly), I may avoid pvp multiplayer in this game entirely. Unless sticking to Duel mode (1v1) which is fairer cause the gear stats are off etc. This could also be handled accordingly if creating a "Custom (Multiplayer) Match".
  
• This point contains SPOILERS, so please do not read this bullet point if you don't want to be spoiled! In Story Mode, you'll end up having to fight Archers as well as various melee combatants. So if that's the case, how come you are not allowed to either pick an Archer class or not allowed to equip a ranged alternative weapon? If Ubisoft DID allow this feature, then Story Mode would be incredible, especially for co-op. Basically point i'm trying to make is that Story Mode does not seem "balanced" in that respect.
  
• Matchmaking in PVP modes is actually pretty bad in the sense that it could take ages to find a server to host a player vs player match unless you have people in your friends list who want to battle you in vs which you can set up via Custom Match mode. For anyone wanting to do pvp in the normal sense, will be extremely disappointed with For Honor in its current state.

Therefore having noted the above, would I honestly recommend this game to any of my friends and mates? That's actually a hard question for me to answer to be honest because for example a mechanic I like (e.g. the combat mechanic), others might not enjoy and visa-versa, so accordingly, I'm just going to leave the discretion to whether you want to buy it, to those of you wondering if For Honour's worth getting or not. Simply put, decide for yourself whether you think any of the flaws I mentioned above, matter to you and decide accordingly.

In SUMMARY, I do enjoy this game for the in-depth reasons I gave above (i.e. magnificent combat system, great story, amusing customization and is steam-controller-compatable). However, I do believe this game does have it's flaws for the in-depth reasons I gave above (i.e. Having the required Uplay third-party app to launch the game, including the "Import friends on steam" link on Uplay not working, decent emblem customization but the Warrior customization is non-cosmetic and is abusable for maxing out your Warrior, Story Mode not quite "balanced", Queing for PVP modes currently takes ages.)

Thanks to those of you who took the time to read my review of For Honour, I hope you found it helpful. Cheers

I'll add a "[b]SUMMARY[/b]" note at the bottom of this review, if you can't be bothered reading my rather in-depth points. [b]Advantages:[/b] Believe it or not, I really enjoy this game (and this is coming from someone who doesn't own nor have any desire to own any Ubisoft games generally speaking, but this is the exception that I will own), great story, can choose between male or female of any 3 warrior types (i.e. Knight, Viking or Samurai) challenging but magnificent combat system (for anyone familiar with the Soul Calibar games on PS2/PS3/PS4, you're going to love the Guard Impacting and Guard Breaking as this game has those particular mechanics in it as well), and while not exactly the greatest edition, the Emblem and Warrior customizations can be pretty fun sometimes too. Additionally, I can even use my newly-acquired Steam Controller to play this game, which is bloody cool! Having said that though, the game actually falls pretty short for the following reasons (a.k.a The [b]Disadvantages[/b]). [list] [*]If you're running this game via Steam like myself, and you want another to join you in For Honour, then to invite anyone from your steam friends list to join you (whether for Multiplayer matches or to Co-op the Story Mode), you need to not only have them as friends on steam, but also add them to the third-party app known as "Uplay" which I guess is Ubisoft's version of steam but for games exclusive to Ubisoft. I personally find that really distasteful, in the sense having to find people whom I already have on my steam friends list, to have to re-add them again to Uplay just for the privilege of playing with them. In my view, you should be allowed to invite people from your current steam friends list who also have For Honour installed on their computer and that invited person joins in your lobby or group and continue from there, not jump through more hoops than necessary. Also doesn't help that you MUST have Uplay installed on your computer, in order to launch this game. [*]Additionally to the above point, the "[i]Import friends on steam[/i]" link on Uplay doesn't even adequately work as the moment you try to search for others on your steam friends list who have For Honour, it shows up with nothing. [*]While the emblem customization seems pretty damn cool (in my view), the warrior customization however, actually isn't merely for cosmetics (although from what I just found out in Multiplayer it's not really a concern when it comes to duel mode, but other modes it is), considering at the bottom of the screen when you select the item or whatever you want to equip your warrior with, has stats underneath it (e.g. item grants you better stamina recovery or more hp etc) which suggests this to be an abusable tactic (once people find out how to grind etc for those over-powered items) that will definitely turn away newcomers to multiplayer games, as those who played this game alot would already have those over-powered items making them near-unbeatable in combat. By comparison though, in Dota 2, you get items to equip your hero with too, so how's that different to For Honour in this regard? The Dota 2 items you buy are for cosmetics only, they don't necessarily give you an unfair edge in combat, For Honour's bought items, unfortunately have the polar opposite effect. Until Ubisoft patches this, to fix that issue (if it already has though I'll modify accordingly), I may avoid pvp multiplayer in this game entirely. Unless sticking to Duel mode (1v1) which is fairer cause the gear stats are off etc. This could also be handled accordingly if creating a "Custom (Multiplayer) Match". [*]This point contains SPOILERS, so please do not read this bullet point if you don't want to be spoiled! [spoiler]In Story Mode, you'll end up having to fight Archers as well as various melee combatants. So if that's the case, how come you are not allowed to either pick an Archer class or not allowed to equip a ranged alternative weapon? If Ubisoft DID allow this feature, then Story Mode would be incredible, especially for co-op. Basically point i'm trying to make is that Story Mode does not seem "balanced" in that respect.[/spoiler] [*]Matchmaking in PVP modes is actually pretty bad in the sense that it could take ages to find a server to host a player vs player match unless you have people in your friends list who want to battle you in vs which you can set up via Custom Match mode. For anyone wanting to do pvp in the normal sense, will be extremely disappointed with For Honor in its current state. [/list] Therefore having noted the above, would I honestly recommend this game to any of my friends and mates? That's actually a hard question for me to answer to be honest because for example a mechanic I like (e.g. the combat mechanic), others might not enjoy and visa-versa, so accordingly, I'm just going to leave the discretion to whether you want to buy it, to those of you wondering if For Honour's worth getting or not. Simply put, decide for yourself whether you think any of the flaws I mentioned above, matter to you and decide accordingly. In [u][b]SUMMARY[/b][/u], I do enjoy this game for the in-depth reasons I gave above (i.e. magnificent combat system, great story, amusing customization and is steam-controller-compatable). However, I do believe this game does have it's flaws for the in-depth reasons I gave above (i.e. Having the required Uplay third-party app to launch the game, including the "[i]Import friends on steam[/i]" link on Uplay not working, decent emblem customization but the Warrior customization is non-cosmetic and is abusable for maxing out your Warrior, Story Mode not quite "balanced", Queing for PVP modes currently takes ages.) Thanks to those of you who took the time to read my review of For Honour, I hope you found it helpful. Cheers