How historically accurate is the knight armor of For Honor?

The helmet on the first guy is probably modeled on the so called visored barbute which is in fact a historical fake. The sword seems rather oversized compared to historical examples. read more

Individual pieces of armour are shown in a vaguely real manner, but by and large it is pastiche, and not historically accurate in any way. Going down the list: Giving a most charitable interpretation, the top knight wears some kind of horribly bastardised armour, with large strips of metal pounded into leather, not found in any recognisable style. read more

They all look too awesome to be historically accurate. Knights wore armour that made them look like fatties, few samurai wore masks, and most wielded spears, and vikings looked more like hippie pirates. read more

From the banner up top, I see our Viking pal is wearing leather armor, which is historically inaccurate, they would have been wearing chain or padded cloth (I fully expect to see a bare chested "berserker" class as well, which is actually more accurate than leather). read more