For Honor: KNIGHTS Minion Kill Animation Review

[@GoGoDani]

Poll: kzbin.infoUgypbwLq3AYuu3Dzh7h4AaABCQ Also, I wanted to get this video out before I get consumed by my work life again, but I will try to make sure the next video that is on the new finishers comes out soon after they get released. Also, do you guys like this format with the two types of ratings? Is that something you would like to see in the new unique finishers video? Let me know.

[@russian_knight]

Good luck daddy dani

[@amberfuller16]

I love your content

[@Kobble03]

The rule of cool will always have a special place for me, the animations were awesome and really gave you a feel for the different heroes personalities and fighting styles. Like Warden is very clean and by the book, and they you have Cent literally executing and upper cutting dwarves while Glad is impaling them into the floor or sending them flying over his shoulder. The early years will be missed.

[@NyakahanaOfficial]

I hope they incorporate these animations into reworks in the future.. I'd love to see the mordhau light animation make it into warden's kit.

[@Evocatari]

Well, now that unique executions have come back for the latest season, maybe there's hope of similar things to come. We can hope

[@subscriberswithnovideo-vk7gr]

@@Evocatari they shouldn't be added back

[@Docckylle]

Glad the Impaler :)

[@totallyrealcia]

@@subscriberswithnovideo-vk7gr Wrong

[@PoIy178]

Bro even just looking at centurion's executions, he looks and acts more like a gladiator than gladiator himself

[@GoGoDani]

I was genuinely surprised when they announced Gladiator after Centurion because I was like "so we're just gonna have two Gladiators?" Luckly it worked out well for both characters.

[@PoIy178]

@@GoGoDani the execution where centurion literally decides to kill someone after voting with his thumb, like you're seriously telling me this was meant to be a disciplined veteran soldier that commands an entire centuria?

[@kano1652]

@@PoIy178 Mf was probably the highest ranking gladiator who was made a Centurion

[@slinkyslink5161]

@@PoIy178 he doesnt even use a roman scutum(shield) "centurion" my ass... might as well give a knight a katana

[@theonewhoasked8069]

@@slinkyslink5161 bro I thought you said Roman scrotum😭

[@declicitous1763]

I love how Lawbringer has always been an absolute unit, only highlander and shugoki really sizing up to him and his minion kill animations really presented this

[@Mordredofthemoor]

(Highlander is a short character in game, shorter than, shugoki, lawbringer, cent, hitokiri (m), jorm (m) Valkyrie, warlord, warden, Kensei, Vortiger (m))

[@skitariimoment9596]

@@Mordredofthemoor even so, highlander has that big sword energy.

[@declicitous1763]

@@Mordredofthemoor he’s shorter than cent? Have you played as him EVER or are you on drugs?

[@thatonenobushi7788]

JUDGEMENT NUT......NEVER END!!!!

[@declicitous1763]

@@thatonenobushi7788 WHERES UR MOTIVATION?!

[@bug9657]

What I would really, really like is if Ubisoft allowed an *option* to enable minion kill animations *for applicable heroes* in Custom Games only. It couldn't be used in public matches, and would only be applicable for the original cast and the pre-Marching Fire heroes, but it would at least be a way for all of those awesome animations to still be visible in the game in a way, preserved in a niche way that would still allow players to see them. I feel like they add a sort of flavor to the characters that is lost without them. Sure, the Campaign exists, but that's only a small portion of the existing animations and you don't have a lot of minions in any given time to use them on. So, thank you for showcasing these animations, I adore them miss them a lot. They made me feel so badass.

[@GoGoDani]

I agree with all of this, except why not public matches as well? I mean, if anyone is taking public matches seriously (which they shouldnt because it's not like there is a competitive game mode with ranks), they are fully squaded up with friends and are communicating. They will most definitely have it turned off. If you are playing with randos, they're gonna do what they want. The random guy you squaded with is gonna go mid clear with PK whether that's a bright idea or not, so he might as well look cool doing it.

[@DowaHawkiin]

@@GoGoDani ^this 100% , even the ranked duels are still in 'beta' (whatever that means). So, the only competitive For Honor is either private Lan matches or the Dominion series

[@bug9657]

@@GoGoDani That's a good point. I haven't run into many people who disliked the animations. Some heroes are just better at killing minions than others and I think the animations allowed that sort of distinction better. So it could definitely work in public matches, though I think it should remain an option for that small group of players that prefers them gone.

[@jorgenflorgen8676]

I'm still so sad they're gone

[@GoGoDani]

Why they removed them instead of just leaving them able to be toggled on and off is beyond me.

[@DowaHawkiin]

@@GoGoDani same with the Responsive dialogue system. Leave it to us the players to have a toggle in the options.

[@KenMochii]

They're slow and tedious as hell but damn are they stylish.

[@nathankelly5976]

Yes I want em back

[@thebigenchilada678]

They were good for some character’s like warden unironically. You clear zones faster by rb rting then you would by zoning and waiting for stamina.

[@dj11o9er]

This Was true

[@suly.s8029]

Man I really love the fact that Dani covers a more obscure aspect about For Honor like animations and armour and realism analyses. Yeah I enjoy watching other For Honor creators but watching the same For Honor gameplay videos over and over gets kinda boring. It's cool to see channel really putting in effort into the quality of their videos and just making them enjoyable to watch. Keep going Dani, you're awesome.

[@maxesandaces9248]

I was lucky enough to had a chance to play this game when the animations were still there. Now clearing B lane is more of a chore.

[@taytay1597]

Unfortunate, i always liked clearing mid back then

[@spook407]

Fun fact, the minion kill animations are still there if you play story mode. In fact a lot of the old movesets and features are still in story mode so I’m convinced it’s literally hasn’t updated since launch.

[@taytay1597]

It hasnt updated since launch.. i think they made a few changes very early on, but not much. The campaign is 2 and a half years in the past

[@comradebusman3]

I still miss these, they were easily worth the drawbacks

[@neku-fn8dq]

When i started this game, these were already removed from the game. But damn theyre kinda cool you can see how strong heroes are compared to normal people.

[@NPC-ch3vw]

All of the "master of the longsword" the Warden was supposed to be is left in minion kills animations. Thrusting combat animation waiting room, day since Beta launch.

[@GoGoDani]

BIG facts

[@8names311]

Then they give it to fucking warmonger I'm still salty

[@pain002]

I only now found out that there is a different animation for minion killing when you gb. I played warden so much back then and never found this out

[@somelolicon293]

yep, some animations are also different if the minions are farther from you, like Raider’s animations

[@Jsk8boi]

ive played the game since release and never noticed pk's over and under execution was orginally a minion kill animation

[@GoGoDani]

If you look closely, there are a lot of executions that were taken from minion animations (or possibly vice versa)

[@HandelGothicEnjoyer]

It got lost as the game evolved, but at launch the assassins sucked at minion clearing to discourage using them like a vanguard. They were intended to sneak around on the flanks and, well, assassinate. Or steal unguarded zones. As the game changed, every hero became capable of doing any task.

[@slartymcguarty2954]

Yeah the Assassin's tend to have less effective minion animations, as they were intended to be duelists

[@recondite-raven7606]

Just imagine what Zhanhu's minion animations could've been.

[@billyray6210]

Skewer

[@gatorwarrior7557]

Or black priors and warmongers

[@yugiohboyfriendappreciator7739]

_speEeEn_

[@SwedensWorstYoutubeChannel]

I didn’t even play the game when minion kill animations was a thing, but seeing this video makes me want Ubisoft to add them back. I mean imagine warmonger kill animations, that would probably be pretty badass if you ask me.

[@taytay1597]

Clawing and hacking minions while growling "DIIIIE"

[@MrShellbuster]

To be fair, at least the law bringer animations do show the weight of the polearm, he drags it across the floor when he one handed it and the other one hand swing had him tucking the polearm length under his armpit and holding it near the neck with a uppercut swing. Looked really nice.

[@vicio19995]

i feel like people dont really know it, but every hero change animations depending of the combos they have example, warden LLH is alot diferente that LHH where warden spins like a helicopter

[@AzureRoxe]

I miss these animations, they were the main reason i loved the minion lane.

[@MB-ux9me]

They should bring them back tbh. I understand it would take a long ass time to come up with animations for all the post marching fire heroes but I waiting wouldn’t be an issue for me tbh. It would make clearing mid lane so much more fun in my opinion. Now you just Walk up like sauron in the battle of the last alliance. That is seriously how I feel when I kill minions as BP

[@clappycake2283]

Oh yeah I remember these

[@eatsnowanddie]

Although some of the new executions are a little sub par, I am still glad that we get some unique executions rather than ones that don’t fit heros much.

[@russian_knight]

Damn do I miss these, these animations added so much personality to the heros you played

[@jimmyspace5839]

They're slow and uselees but god damn if they aren't beautiful.

[@dj11o9er]

They aint exactly useless, honestly. They were great clearing tools. Now its a chore.

[@amkn7293]

wouldn't mind if they reused animations as new executions

[@jaxonkurtz4592]

These animations made these characters flesh out and give them personality

[@hanoli7933]

I miss minion killing animations, fuck ubi man

[@Garbageeater9988]

Praise the box!

[@toxicoexotico9727]

I miss the minions death animation it gave so much style but I do understand why they got rid of it

[@thebigenchilada678]

They got rid of it because 1.) money and 2.) the dev team got swapped out. The lead directors got swapped out twice. It went from gritty dark fantasy sword game to colorful less dark sword game to anime.

[@gilgameszh]

dude imagine if tiandi had minion kill animations

[@prodsaucegod7765]

these seem faster than it is now, these are fluid, but in current gameplay you hit them with awkward short combos you have to constantly restart

[@thebigenchilada678]

Some characters were better at clearing lanes with these animations, but marching fire honestly might’ve taken a bite out of the dev’s allowance lmao. They removed the minion lane animations to save money on animations (same reason we haven’t gotten hero specific executions in so long) plus when they announced that dlc they also mentioned how it’d come with new additions to the storyline, which it didn’t.

[@crudnom7090]

Guys pay attention to conq’s bash in the minion kill, it looks a lot closer to kiyoshin’s bash than any other animation in the game. I also saw a while ago, Raider has a kick from the minion kills that matches perfectly with gryphon.

[@stupidlizard4764]

Did somebody mentioned that pk is the same size of body as the regular minion? She definitely not strong person, so she need to put more moves just to kill one little soldier. So yeah, her animations kinda "realistic".

[@verrat3219]

we need a 2 handed spear in this game asap. eventhough the spear was the most common weapon in history, for honor only has the one handed spear which valkyrie uses. closest thing to it is nobushi but shes using a naginata

[@darthplagueis13]

Well... The thing is, that's about the least interesting weapon you could have with a pole shaft. A one-handed spear leaves one free hand for a shield or trying to grab things or a secondary weapon. As for two-handed... Well, there's about 30 different styles of polearm that can be used in the same way as a spear whilst also offering additional utility (glaives, halberds, billhooks, war scythes, bardiches etc...). There's just no reason for a two-handed spear to be used in a game that has more advanced polearms.

[@thebigenchilada678]

@@darthplagueis13 ^ that and what would a heavy attack with the spear look like like as opposed to a light.

[@verrat3219]

@@darthplagueis13 why does it matter if the weapon is interesting or not lmfao, we have lawbringer and he's not interesting at all. Plus that's just ur opinion and just I have my own opinion. The spear has a massive advantage over other polearms and that's it lightweight which means its more agile and swift so u can be more of a threat to ur opponent. Plus it was better in formation use aswell. There's a reason why the spear was the most common weapon.

[@darthplagueis13]

@@verrat3219 The reason why the spear was the most common is because it was cheap, effective and easy to use. For any single specialized purpose, there's another polearm that is gonna do the job better (such as pikes for formation combat and poleaxes for armoured duelling). A glaive or billhook isn't inherently slower or less nimble than a spear, it just does more things better in exchange for requirung more practice to effectively use and more materials to forge. Face it: Whenever armies started standartizing their units gear, the spear started to vanish from the battlefields because there was always something more specialized that would do a better job. It's the jack of all trades and master of none. And that applies to the game, too. There's no niche to fill for another spear because we already have Valk and a wide vatiety of superior polearms.

[@avyntide]

AAAGH IM NEVER GONNA FORGIVE UBI FOR REMOVING THESE IM STILL MAD

[@thekriegattackback4531]

I feel old.

[@GoGoDani]

_felt that_

[@justrelaxationmusic2541]

thx for nostalgia, i reaaly miss that, i hope i will see next same videos by you!))

[@nathankelly5976]

I want the animations back because I want to see what they would make the wu Lin do

[@trufu9678]

Shinobi had the best minion kill animation 🥲 I miss them so much 🥷🏾

[@bug9657]

You probably already know this, and forgive me if you mentioned it in the video but I wanted to make sure just in case- the archive video you linked is only showing about 2/3 of each hero's animations, 1/3 for some. This is because the publisher of that video didn't use heavy attacks whatsoever for some of them (or rarely did), and hardly ever if at all mixed heavies and lights, which creates new animations. There's a channel called Celtic Curse Gaming that released vids on each of the heroes that you can pretty easily find by searching minion animations and he shows a lot more of the animations, but has an overall lower video quality. Several people have made playlists of his videos showing the minion kills, and those playlists will have 18 videos in them. I know this is far after the fact, but I thought it would be important to note.

[@ceratedsign4825]

I believe the devs should repurpose those animations as new moves for heroes. A new move or 2 prehaps to add some more complexity to mix ups, even if its just for style points, smth fresh would be lovely.

[@liaogregor4047]

I still remember Kensai can swap entire group out of existence

[@chinimangaming4033]

my fav minion kill is when raider grabs a minion by the throat and YEETS him across the map

[@witchhunter6755]

This giga Chad playing on realistic difficulty

[@GoGoDani]

Realistic difficulty with the HUD off

[@8names311]

Oh yeah, speaking of minions, why didn't they mix and match armour types from the old game with the new minion types then randomize a pattern on the shield to make them more then clones? Maybe even throw in some event minions and change they're size if they look authentic enough, idk it just seems so rushed almost like a placeholder

[@ImaNecron]

I miss these. Upset they’re gone in campaign too.

[@maxrosefoxanime7225]

Hoestly I missed the old minion kills it suck they was removed I would love them back It what got me into the game I just wish they make it so they be in the game just set it to light button Edit: Like change them up if needed or just re add them instead of removing them completely + it would make people think when trying to clear minions

[@martintemplar3620]

I loved when this game was ruled by the rule of cool, now it's ruled by the rule of dumbass baseless lore, and funni haha :(

[@8names311]

eEEEEUHHhhh grEEn roCKS!!!!!!!

[@bobisuncanny2760]

lore is cool tho

[@8names311]

@@bobisuncanny2760 no it isn't you 12 year old, magic Is for fairytales

[@bobisuncanny2760]

@@8names311 magic is cool tho

[@theArtbringer]

I wish there was an option to toggle the kill animations on/off. I don't care if they leave me vulnerable to enemy attacks I just want to feel cool.

[@wdhtpdominic]

goddamn i forgot how cool these were

[@holdencross322]

Damn I miss these

[@l.r.j.r.6356]

The lost moves have reapear

[@tristanspencer8471]

Oh yea it’s all coming together

[@lucasduck7717]

I miss this

[@mechanicalbull6852]

Personally I love the Shaman animations. It shows her true ravenous savage personality all though be it, it sucked for area clearing

[@UnkindledHonor]

Does no one remember shaman beating minions head in with a fucking rock?i lost my shit when she came out and saw it

[@gilgameszh]

i miss them

[@lordspyro5983]

Why did they even take these out in the first place I loved these!

[@thebigenchilada678]

Money

[@Cookingtitan]

I miss minion kill animations tbh

[@tophholland]

Day 1 For Honor....sometimes I wish you could do private games with vanilla FH

[@awolcorndog1692]

I just thought I’d share an opinion here. They should bring back minion kill animations. Because all the DLC hero’s that never got any would have awesome ones like warmonger and kyoshin. I think they should disable the minion kill animations because they aren’t “optimal” and have a choice to queue into dominion games without minion kill animations. Just a thought.

[@thebigenchilada678]

The main reason they got rid of them was because of money lmao. They can barely afford to add basic attack animations for the new heroes *cough* warmonger and griffon *cough*.

[@awolcorndog1692]

@@thebigenchilada678 I’m not gonna argue there. It just sucks

[@thebigenchilada678]

@@awolcorndog1692 it does. The game it lost all of it’s charm and soul after marching fire tbh, That’s when everything went downhill.

[@awolcorndog1692]

@@thebigenchilada678 Again I’ll have to agree. However, it’s the curse we live with. Spiritually bound to this damn game🤣 promising horizons though.

[@sol4453]

Warlord FOR SURE

[@crowsshadow1866]

The campaign needs to use the updated moveset

[@phil.l.1327]

I had such high hopes for this game a long time ago, but now I'm just like, why. Why and where did Ubisoft go so wrong with this game.

[@Mr_Stitch]

I WANT A GRYPHON REVIEW!

[@edsonmata231]

You should do the wu lin next… oh wait they don’t have any lmao get rekt😂

[@Mochi-q2l]

Make sure not to burn out yourself man. You got a lot on your plate it seems

[@ImaNecron]

I think you’re over exaggerating the cross guard strike. One cannot expect them to individually program for each armor type. Problem is they don’t even strike with the pommel or crossguard. They still just hit with the blade. I appreciate the video, but a lot of the critiques are based on enemy armor type and weapon skin. Both would be ridiculous to individually animate around.

[@dominicgonzales7712]

What I'd give to have these back

[@popeofpain6904]

Marching Fire killed Minion kill animation

[@SaveMoreThanHoneyBees]

how in the heck is PK not a 12/10 style?

[@TayjonTheGreekWarrior_YT]

I have a request a taindi realism video

[@iMost067]

They should migrate pomel\mordhau strike in actual Warden moveset

[@Kiesl_LK]

I don't care they were impractical they were sick af

[@elshebactm6769]

Ta bonito el video🤠👍🏿

[@jaquejaque9893]

for the lawbringer polearm use with one hand bit, kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXixgaJ_o9pgetU this video showcases some plays halberd vs halberd written by joachim meyer, the link specifically brings you to it. i know it's an outlier, but i thought it was still cool to point out

[@MandMREPTILS]

Would we still have these if the wu lin werent added? 🤔

[@GoGoDani]

Honestly? Maybe. But the Wu Lin were inevitable for marketing and money purposes, so in reality no.

[@thebigenchilada678]

Appealing to the chinese markets > keeping your game cool.

[@simpliar3959]

taking these out just felt stupid to me - you could still lock on and use your normal attacks if you really wanted to? this made each hero have a unique role in the midlane, and it added much needed personality to the heroes. even after taking them out, certain heroes like nuxia and orochi suck ass at clearing midlane unless they spend loads of stamina or use feats while shinobi or nobushi can clear over 10 minions in one attack, it doesnt make sense imo they were just lazy and couldnt be bothered animating these attacks for new heroes anymore

[@cl.freitas5633]

Why they remove this?

[@20thcentury_toy]

I don't even play for honor any more lol

[@luzy7959]

man i loved this for honor...the one we got rn i hate it it's dog shit you just can't have fun

[@olchunkofcoal1513]

Honestly when they removed this the game lost a lot of fun and charm.

[@sashageneralov8343]

Lmao... why is campaign in russian??

[@cuppedcup]

sure they looked cool but it made the game very tedious

[@tanyablazevich3878]

😩💦

[@user-zb4jk4zq8t]

Video starts with Russian subtitles. Gross

[@crudnom7090]

Guys pay attention to conq’s bash in the minion kill, it looks a lot closer to kiyoshin’s bash than any other animation in the game. I also saw a while ago, Raider has a kick from the minion kills that matches perfectly with gryphon.

[@taytay1597]

Yes video games re-use animations all the time, all the executions in the game are re-used animations, it saved animation time