When comparing Valiant Hearts: The Great War vs MLB The Show 17, the Slant community recommends Valiant Hearts: The Great War for most people. In the question“What are the best PS4 (PlayStation 4) games?” Valiant Hearts: The Great War is ranked 91st while MLB The Show 17 is ranked 179th. The most important reason people chose Valiant Hearts: The Great War is:
Valiant Hearts tells a story about war, but you're not the one spreading death and misery. Your character simply journeys through battlefields, trenches, and various other locations. You meet other characters and solve puzzles along the way. This is quite refreshing because most modern titles about war always have a gun toting player character.
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Pros
Pro A game about war where you don't kill anyone
Valiant Hearts tells a story about war, but you're not the one spreading death and misery. Your character simply journeys through battlefields, trenches, and various other locations. You meet other characters and solve puzzles along the way. This is quite refreshing because most modern titles about war always have a gun toting player character.
Pro Simple but satisfying puzzles
The puzzles in Valiant Hearts aren't exactly the most difficult, but they'll often require a little more thought than you initially believe.
One type of the puzzles you'll have to solve is fixing a pipe system. You just have to turn sections of the pipe system until it all fits together.
Even solving something so simple is very satisfying and leaves you with a feeling of achievement.
Pro Striking artistic style
The style of Valiant Hearts appeals to most aesthetics. It's simple and clean, allowing you to spot even the tiniest details in character designs and backgrounds. You'd occasionally spot interesting things like a flute attached to a soldiers backpack. Or even spot a very detailed Cathedral in the spaces between the rubble.
The colors are very dim and blend quite well, giving you the sombre feeling of war. There are no random mashups of colors or effects like in many recent games.
Pro Retro mode has been added and it's awesome
Any fans of old-school baseball games will absolutely love retro mode. It's an attempt to replicate old 16 bit games like the Ken Griffey Jr. games, and it does it splendidly. The old graphics are also joined by the old-school style music and gameplay. While not the greatest way to play, it's very nostalgic and will appear to a wide array of players.
Pro A slew of new animations that affect the way both you and the AI play
One of the biggest examples is that a runner will now no longer beat out a throw due to the AI taking too long to throw. It judges the speed based on the momentum of the runner and speeds things up accordingly.
Another thing is that players won't move with robot-like precision. They'll miss jump catches, dive when they don't need to, run around a bit, etc., to essentially put the human error into the game's AI.
Cons
Con Short
Valiant Hearts takes about 6 hours to complete and there's not much to do afterwards. While the collectibles give this game some replay value, not many players will be interested in finding them.
Con Historical facts may become annoying
There are historical fact boxes that will pop up during gameplay. They are optional, but can be annoying because they disrupt the flow of the gameplay.