History VideoGame / ForHonor

* AnAesop: One that is actually in conflict with the very title of the game: ''There Is No Honor In War.''

*** ''[[ApocalypseCult The Jörmungandr:]]'' ''Heavy,'' ''Debuffer/Mezzer/Meatshield/Regenerator.'' Cultists who worship the great serpent deity of the same name, they cull the Vikings by [[TheSocialDarwinist killing the weak so that the strong remain]] all the while wielding [[DroptheHammer mighty war hammars]] like the [[DoubleTake God]] [[FlatWhat of]] [[IronicName Thunder]], [[VillainRespect Thor]]. The Jörmungandrs make good use of its weighty head to knock enemies around and are stout enough to withstand many assaults.

The game also has a story mode, where the three factions fight not only one another, but also the bloodthirsty [[EvilOverlord warlord]] BigBad [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Apollyon]]. It was released for the UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/{{PS4}}, and PC on February 14, 2017.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures

*** ''[[{{Acrofatic}} The Shugoki:]]'' ''Heavy,'' ''Meatshield Tank/Regenerator.'' Wielding a massive ''[[CarryABigStick kanabō]]'', this enormous warrior functions as a MightyGlacier, but is nonetheless able to keep up with the best, and has [[DamageSpongeBoss more health than any other fighter]]. His weapon and [[DemonHead mask]] gives him the image of an [[{{Oni}} oni]], both threatening and protective.

*** ''[[{{Ronin}} The Aramusha:]]'' ''Hybrid,'' ''Scrapper/Mezzer/Avoidance Tank.'' This disgraced samurai wields a pair of katanas to [[ConfusionFu disorient,]] [[CycleOfHurting discombobulate,]] [[CounterAttack and parry]] his enemies.

** On May 4th, all characters weapons become glowing [[LaserBlade Laser Blades]]. Sounds [[Franchise/StarWars familiar?]] They even have similar sound effects to lightsaber clashing.

* FromBadToWorse: Year 5 in a nutshell. The first season, ''Asunder'', sees the Chimera Alliance going into a full-scale war with the Order of Horkos. Then Season 2, ''Mirage'', rolls in, bringing with it a massive drought that leaves everyoene desperate for water. [[HopeSpot The rains finally come in Season 3]], ''Tempest''... but they don't stop, resulting in Heathmoor flooding. And then the floods flash freeze in Season 4. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Oh and then Astrea summons the Pirates to reinforce the Horkos.]]

*** ''[[MasterSwordsman The Kensei:]]'' ''Vanguard,'' ''[[JustForPun Blademaster.]]/Jack of All Trades'' A master of the ōdachi, the Kensei is the most traditionally [[EverythingsBetterWithSamurai samurai]] of the faction, boasting long range and mobility in any fight.

** Both sides know exactly who is going to win when Ayu marches against Seijuro. While Seijuro holds the Imperial palace he is hopelessly outnumbered by Ayu's forces. Despite this the Orochi is still sent in to open the gates, since the defenders could still cause a fair bit of casualties in a prolonged siege.

** This applies doubly so to area of effect feats like catapult strikes or ranged attacks like the Longbow feat - if an ally is either in the line-of-fire or is in the area when it detonates, they'll take damage as well. Pirate's Trick Shot feat takes this up to eleven in that if it hits a friendly target it'll not only damage the ally, but [[BizarreAndImprobableBallistics ricochet between any other nearby allies including the Pirate that fired it.]]

** This applies doubly so to area of effect feats like catapult strikes or ranged attacks like the Longbow feat - if an ally is either in the line-of-fire or is in the area when it detonates, they'll take damage as well.

* FromBadToWorse: Year 5 in a nutshell. The first season, ''Asunder'', sees the Chimera Alliance going into a full-scale war with the Order of Horkos. Then Season 2, ''Mirage'', rolls in, bringing with it a massive drought that leaves everyoene desperate for water. [[HopeSpot The rains finally come in Season 3]], ''Tempest''... but they don't stop, resulting in Heathmoor flooding. And then the floods flash freeze in Season 4.

** The Jomungundr all but outright shows mythical fantasy elements, as their hammer has glowing mystical runes surrounding it, and the hammer will actually return to their hands if they use their throwing feat. One event relating to them has ''the World Serpent himself'' show up and spit out Mjolnir, and doesn't treat this as just a hallucination...

** The Kyoshin are the first heroes to use straight magic, being able to summon demonic spears from the ground to ensnare enemies with their fourth feat.
** The Wyrmmyre event (spring 2022) outright features dragons as part of some map's scenery and texts talk of a pact between an ancient knight and one of the wyrm, a pact that granted the Lord Rasiel outright powers... but is also stated to be a recollection of an ancient In-universe myth.
** Year 5 (2022) seems set on pushing the story into HighFantasy territory -- The Curse of the Pharaoh event (summer 2022) outright features mystical events themed on the plagues of Egypt with dialouge indicating ''they are really happening'', while the Demon Dagger event (fall 2022) has Youkai starting to make appearances after their [[SealedEvilInACan can]] was accidentally opened.

* GangUpOnTheHuman: Bots invert this with the peculiar quirk of only focusing on human players, no matter how many of said player's fellow bot teammates are also wailing on them to the point they won't even use Revenge even if it would inch them closer to their goal of fighting a human.

* CoolVersusAwesome: The game’s entire premise is three of the most feared warrior cultures of the middle ages going to war with each other.

* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: While not as noticeable on slower characters, the higher-level AI on fast characters such as the Orochi, Valkyrie, and Aramusha have no compunctions about abusing their faster-than-humanly-possible reflexes to feint and attack from multiple directions, making blocking (to say nothing of parrying) all but impossible unless the start up is either blocked or dodged.

* CrosshairAware: The artillery show great big red cirles where they about to strike.

* KillItWithFire: A viable technique in combat is to knock someone into open flames or throw a fire flask at them, which causes major damage.
* MeleeATrois: It’s the Legions vs the Warborn vs the Chosen.

Over the course of the first year after release, six new heroes (two per faction) were released. An update for Year Two, ''Marching Fire'', was released in 2018, containing a Chinese faction known as the Wu Lin, and a new 4v4 Breach mode. 2019 saw the start of Year Three, known as the ''Year of the Harbinger'', was released, bringing four new heroes (one for each faction). In 2020, Year Four started, with the seasons of ''Peace'', ''Tyranny'', and ''Resistance'', and included the new Warmonger hero.

*** ''[[ApocalypseCult The Jörmungandr:]]'' ''Heavy,'' ''Debuffer/Mezzer/Meatshield/Regenerator.'' Cultists who worship the great serpent deity of the same name, they cull the Vikings by [[TheSocialDarwinist killing the weak so that the strong remain]] all the while wielding [[DroptheHammer mighty war hammars]] like the [[DoubleTake God]] [[FlatWhat of]] [[IronicName Thunder]], [[VillainRespect Thor]]. While lacking in any meaningful offense, the Jörmungandrs are able to capitalize on enemy mistakes brutally by draining their stamina and potentially healing with the right perks and can deliver incredibly high damage under the right circumstances.
** '''Samurai'''

* ArtificialBrilliance: Low-level AI heroes are easy to kill. But once you start hitting level three and higher AI opponents, even an experienced player will started being in trouble because of how skilled they are. Bosses will even tackle, push, or throw players right into environmental traps (you know, [[CombatPragmatist how you do to other opponents]] all the time). They even adapt their AI to your fighting style, learning which moves you’re best at countering, and will respond to player pings and messages.

* DeathFromAbove: There’s a catapult strike perk that you can activate if you’re doing particularly well. It functions similar to an air strike in a first person shooter; it rains fiery death on your opponents. The Samurai instead has fire arrows, which deal less damage. Another way to bring death from above is either by sliding down ladders and stepping in someone's face or hopping off a ledge and hit them with a plunging attack anywhere.

* StaminaBurn: Stamina draining is the main feature of the Jormungard class. He has four ways to execute a move that does this, easily knocks down an enemy who had lost all the stamina and does very high damage to whoever is knocked down, be it caused by him or his allies.

* GenderNeutralWriting: The writing surrounding the three main [[PlayerCharacter Player Characters]] of the campaign is deliberately devoid of gender due to those characters having their gender chosen by the player.

* UnexpectedlyRealisticGameplay: The Conqueror is the only class that cannot feint, since there is no way to stop the flail once it's in motion.