Ubisoft introduces a new mode for For Honor. It is called Arcade, can be played in co-op, and aims to provide endless replayability.
During Gamescom 2018, Ubisoft unveiled the Arcade mode for For Honor, which will be released on October 16th alongside the “Marching Fire” update.
The developers released this reveal trailer:
What is the Arcade mode in For Honor?
New PvE mode for solo or co-op players: You can play Arcade alone or in 2-player online co-op. You will face PvE enemies in various scenarios.
The PvE content is supposed to be limitless: According to Ubisoft, Arcade offers “infinite replayability.” This is enabled by over 30 modifiers that change your experience in each match.
Additionally, the number and factions of the enemies you will face vary. The modifiers and enemies are assembled randomly.
What are these modifiers? Each fighter (your characters and the PvE enemies) will be assigned two modifiers. These may cause you to receive damage over time or set your attacks on fire, as seen in this screenshot:
Other modifiers shown in the trailer cause
- attacks to deal less damage
- heavy attacks to knock down the opponent every time
- starting with a shield that regenerates when not hit
- health points to regenerate continuously
- attacks to decrease the opponent’s stamina
- heavy attacks to blind the opponent.
The modifiers thus make the fight either significantly more difficult or easier and are distributed randomly. According to Ubisoft, you need to improvise in every fight and adapt your strategy to the new challenge.
Different quests: In the video, you can see that you can choose multiple quests of varying difficulty, from Common to Legendary. Each quest consists of several chapters. The opponents and scenarios in the chapters are randomly generated. Defeat all enemy heroes in the chapters to complete the quest.
Arcade has a progression system: In Arcade, you can level up your hero and earn exclusive rewards. This allows you to acquire the necessary gear to take on the biggest challenges in Arcade. All equipment pieces you collect in Arcade can also be used in other multiplayer modes.
Arcade will feature weekly challenges with special rewards.
What else is coming in Marching Fire?
The Arcade mode will be available for all “Marching Fire” owners. This is the largest update for For Honor so far, which will be released on October 16, 2018.
The contents of Marching Fire:
- A new faction, Wu Lin, with 4 new heroes
- A new PvP mode: “Storm”
- The Arcade mode
- Graphical improvements
