the game is launching with a full single player campaign as well. Can be played solo, or two player co-op
http://forhonor.ubisoft.com/game/en-.../campaign.aspx
Devs describe it as
"a full story campaign, a cinematic adventure where you will play as the knights first as the Warden, then you play as the Raider, then you play as the Orochi... You'll play all through three different regions; the knights' homeland, the viking homeland, and the samurai homeland. You'll go on this great adventure... We built the campaign so that if you bought the game just for that, that you would be satisfied even if you never went online and played multiplayer. It's intended to be a full experience."
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/for.../1100-6443983/