Valiant Hearts: The Great War is a title that follows five characters as they live out the perilous dangers befallen them in the devastating World War I. In development by a small team at Ubisoft Montpellier, Valiant Hearts will utilise Ubisoft's UbiArt Framework engine to help bring a more comic-like approach to the game. Consisting of a wide variety of colours, players will find themselves moving through various environments reminiscent of the previous wars of our history.

We've enlisted the help of James "Jickle" O'Connor to see just what Valiant Hearts: The Great War offers from the talented Ubisoft team, and just how touching a simple game like Valiant can be.

There has been a large contingency of people asking for a war game in which you don’t pick up and fire a gun, so it’s great that, when it actually happened, we were given a game with this much charm and emotion packed into it.

Check out the full review of Valiant Hearts: The Great War to read up on James' complete thoughts.

Valiant Hearts: The Great War, Ubisoft's puzzle adventure taking place during World War One, has been slated for a June 25th release on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One and Xbox 360.

This is the story of 5 crossed destinies and a broken love in a world torn apart.

All of them will try to survive the horror of the trenches following their faithful canine companion. In Valiant Hearts, the lives of all these characters are inextricably drawn together over the course of the game. Friendship, love, sacrifice and tragedy befall each one as they help each other to retain their humanity against the horrors of war.

In development by Ubisoft's Montpellier studio, who had previously brought us Rayman Origins and Legends along with ZombiU, the title will also be utilising Ubisoft's proprietary UbiArt Framework engine seen in the recent Rayman and Child of Light titles. It makes for a rather good looking game, which you can get a glimpse of below in the newest trailer, "Comeback."

During the company’s Digital Days event late last night, Ubisoft announced the development of Valiant Hearts: The Great War, a title that follows five characters whose destinies cross during the Great War.

In development by a small team at Ubisoft Montpellier, Valiant Hearts will utilise Ubisoft's UbiArt Framework engine to help bring a more comic-like approach to the game. Consisting of a wide variety of colours, players will find themselves moving through various environments reminiscent of the previous wars of our history.

The story of Valiant Hearts The Great War focuses on the journey of five people as they brave the battles and difficulties of the Great War following their faithful canine companion. The game is set in the Western Front, a crossroads between World War One’s Allied and Central Powers and home to some of the War’s most intense military confrontations. All of the main characters are inextricably drawn together, and friendship, love, sacrifice and tragedy befall each as they help each other to retain their humanity against the horrors of war.

Paul Tumelaire, Creative Director at Ubisoft revealed that the inspiration behind Valiant Hearts was due to the upcoming World War 1 centennial, where the team "felt it was the right time to explore such a unique yet almost forgotten time period in our history."

“The UbiArt Framework engine helps us to use a strong art direction and great character-driven story-telling to both entertain and engage players emotionally.”.

Valiant Hearts: The Great War will be available n the first quarter of 2014 on current- and next-generation platforms as well as PC digital.