Wot I Think: For Honor

There s a scene in the History Channel s Vikings where the protagonist, Ragnar Lothbruk, says he is bloodsick after a hard fought campaign. He s maudlin, weary of everything. It s as if he is coming down from a dark age combat high. Well, that s sort of how For Honor leaves me feeling after a battle. Even if my team won, I m frustrated and irritable at all the small deaths. That attack from behind by three other players. That shonky, crowded melee amid the NPC pawns. Those dozen cuts from a Samurai blade that I could have sworn I was blocking. All of it working together to leave me weary, sighing and bloodsick.

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