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[jcm]

I fully recommend to all gaffers to go and watch BBC documentary "The Great War" from 1964. In-depth 26 episode long look at the entire war, fought pretty much because Germany wanted it badly enough.
Ep1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXhiagFG8KE


BBC's next documentary "World at War" which detailed WW2 is even better.

Is World at War narrated by Laurence Olivier? If so, it's available in the US on DVD on netflix. The Great War doesn't seem to have ever gotten a US release.

 

[Sentenza]

I fully recommend to all gaffers to go and watch BBC documentary "The Great War" from 1964. In-depth 26 episode long look at the entire war, fought pretty much because Germany wanted it badly enough.
Ep1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXhiagFG8KE


BBC's next documentary "World at War" which detailed WW2 is even better.

BBC, making the best documentaries in the world about EVERYTHING.

 

[wouwie]

That's the entire point: to have such a contrast.

I see... It's going to be interesting to see the end result.

Love the music in the trailer. Both the music in Child of Light and this remind me of Yann Tiersen.

The more i think about it, the more excited i become for this. The concept sounds great and i love (2D) puzzle adventure games. Never expected this sort of game to come out of such a big publisher like Ubisoft.

 

[foxuzamaki]

strange they wouldnt put this on wiiU

 

[El Pescado]

strange they wouldnt put this on wiiU

Yeah, why is Child of Light getting a Wii U release, but not this?

 

[peakish]

I like that story concept and it's great that Ubisoft is doing some small but cool projects with this engine. Will keep an eye out for this, hoping it has some good puzzling going on.

 

[DrWong]

Yeah, why is Child of Light getting a Wii U release, but not this?

In before "too mature"...

 

[Jachaos]

So the IGN guys that played this game say platforms aren't confirmed/finalized so I guess they really will wait on seeing how Child of Light does on Wii U first, maybe they feel Rayman Legends sold so much on Wii U because it was pure platformer and was the game advertised on Wii U booths for so long (don't know if it still is)

 

[Roubjon]

Wow, this conceptually and artistically fantastic. Probably one my most looked forward titles at this point. Hopefully the actual game part is good enough where I can enjoy the other two.

 

[Kleegamefan]

So much win

 

[The Flash]

I love WWI history and I like the art style. Color me interested.

 

[Gaz_RB]

This looks great, really unique...

But gameplay? Gimme!

 

[L00P]

Glad they're using their Ubiart engine on games other than Rayman

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

I made another gif of the part where they zoom out of the trenches into the sky, but it came out too big (over 14 MB after stripping down the color pallette even further!) so I gave up on it..

 

[ashecitism]

RPS made a video interview with the producer/audio director Yoan Fanise:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/09/11/video-interview-valiant-hearts-the-great-war/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WolsHB9J5g

not the best quality though

 

[wouwie]

Valiant Hearts exclusive eurogamer interview

 

[Shengar]

Ubisoft Montpellier's Valiant Hearts: The Great War is a 2D puzzle adventure game that set during World War I, but it's not a war game, according to audio director Yoan Fanise. "It's a game about war," he told Polygon. "About humans during war."

The game uses a comic book art style, all hand-drawn by art director Paul Tumelaire, to tell the story of five characters of different nationalities during WWI who are all somehow connected. There's the French prisoner of war who peels potatoes in a German camp. There's the American volunteer. There's the Belgian nurse. There's the English pilot. And there's the German soldier, who is in love with the Frenchman's daughter.

Straight into my veins, please

 

[Dance Inferno]

Was randomly browsing Gamersyde and happened across this trailer. Holy hell! This game looks incredible, sign me up! I'm loving the trend towards these smaller, more stylized interactive experiences. I love games as much as the next guy, but I think this medium has a lot more space for interactive storytelling, and I fully embrace any project that takes us in that direction.

 

[calder]

Just saw an interview for this game on Eurogamer, this looks fantastic. Genre, setting, style, story are all right up my alley.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

Gameplay demo (didn't see this posted)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEMv0ia6cSM

Looks fantastic. Can't wait to play it.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

Gameplay demo (didn't see this posted)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEMv0ia6cSM

Looks fantastic. Can't wait to play it.

Wow, looks really cool!
Seems the juxtaposition between setting and style carries through to the gameplay!

That bridge puzzle is kinda disturbing, in the right way.

 

[wouwie]

Gameplay demo (didn't see this posted)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEMv0ia6cSM

Looks fantastic. Can't wait to play it.

I'm really excited for this game. Looks great and interesting.

 

[MaritalWheat]

Props to Ubi, they're actually doing some non-standard AAA stuff and it looks awesome.