
There are some dialogues in the game but most of the times the characters converse in unintelligible words. They are all likable, good people, trying to survive in hard times and helping each other out. Valiant Hearts puts a lot of focus on the characters and indeed the characters in the game are some of the best you’ll come across. Some of the swipe gestures to attack or dig are also hit or miss, sometimes getting triggered when you don’t want to and other times not working when you want them to. Often making the characters tap on a popup makes them move, and sometimes when you’re trying to move them they end up interacting with something. On initial impression they seem fine but as you play further you notice that it is often difficult to move the characters and also tap on the objects. And in case you can’t there is a hint system as well. Still, none of the puzzles are particularly perplexing and with a bit of thinking can be figured out easily.

The puzzles with the dog are the best and the ones that involve the most thinking. The dog can be used to fetch objects or push levers for you. One of the characters has a dog, who can be tasked to do certain tasks that the character can’t do himself. The puzzles usually involve pushing a lever or moving an object. Action doesn’t imply you get into a fistfight or shoot people but occasionally you toss grenades and stealthily attack people by sneaking up from behind them. The gameplay is a mixture of action and puzzle solving, with more of the latter. Objects that can be interacted with have a popup when you get close to them and you can tap on it to interact. You can jump by swiping up, attack by swiping sideways, and throw objects in a very Angry Birds style interface. On iOS, you move by tapping or tapping and holding on the screen to move the character where you want.

Valiant Hearts is a 2D side-scrolling game. The simple gameplay style always made it conducive to touchscreen devices and now it’s finally here, so let’s take a look at it. The game is known for its art style and storytelling. Valiant Hearts takes place during World War I, and you play as four characters and try to get a soldier back to his wife and child. Valiant Hearts: The Great War is a 2D action/puzzle game that originally debuted on the PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and the PC, and has now made its way to iOS.
