For Honor expands into China with Marching Fire, out now

Ubisoft’s For Honor as soon as appeared like a write-off, however the aggressive sword-o-brawler has by some means pulled itself collectively. Today’s enlargement – Marching Fire – provides a bundle of recent content material to the game, numerous it paid, however some main upgrades free for everybody. All gamers (no matter model owned) will get entry to a citadel siege playmode and a slew of graphical enhancements, however a brand new solo/co-op mode and 4 new Chinese-themed characters stay the area of people that put down money. Below, a launch trailer, that includes stabs, stabs, stabs and the occasional thwack.

Rather than drip-feed gamers a brand new season move price of content material as they do with Rainbow Six Siege, Marching Fire drops all of its content material in a single large lump. Four new lessons cowl the traditional Chinese martial arts archetypes – the Shaolin is a staff-wielding monk, the Tiandi are armoured swordsmen wielding curved blades, the Jiang Jun fights with a guandao (a large-bladed polearm), and the Nuxia is an agile murderer sort with twin hooked swords. Some enjoyable new methods to stab or be stabbed, and people with out the enlargement will nonetheless stumble upon gamers who personal these lessons.

For gamers eager to de-rust or introduce pals, there’s additionally Arcade Mode launched within the enlargement, a brand new solo or co-op (two participant) mode. Players tackle a series of more and more tough small problem missions, with randomly assigned modifiers. Sometimes, you simply must struggle whereas on fireplace – them’s the breaks. For aggressive play, there’s Breach Mode, which is free for everybody. A 4v4 mode of assault and defence. The defending staff use their citadel’s traps to gradual or kill attackers, whereas the invaders must smash by means of gates with a battering ram.

While not the hugest of expansions, I really feel that the value displays that that is the primary time numerous gamers can have paid for For Honor. Ubisoft gave the starter version of the game away throughout E3 – a smart resolution, because the game has remained constantly effectively populated ever since. While it’s potential to (very progressively) unlock further characters within the starter version, it’s much more superb to simply purchase the bottom version of the game or first season move and improve from there.

For Honor: Marching Fire is out now, and prices £26/€30/$30 on Steam, Humble and Ubisoft’s own store. The unique For Honor is required.