The Order: 1886 takes place in 19th century London where you are part of the group called the Order hence the title, which consists of knights who protect the country from any form of evil, in this case Vampires and the likes without going into much detail. The story plays out in a series of gorgeous cinematic cut scenes a la 'Metal Gear' and to be honest it kept me glued to my chair as I wanted to know what the hell was going on and how the story was going to unfold.
Visually The Order: 1886 looks absolutely stunning, it has that PS4 exclusive sort of look, character models are super detailed, and the photo realistic graphics had me standing still a couple of times, just to admire the scenery or the beautifully crafted environments that you come across in the game.
The Audio is also of a high quality for nearly every aspect of the game. Dialogues are always top notch and thus create believable character interactions, the musical score and sound effects set the mood of the game perfectly.
Gameplay is solid and enjoyable overall, I had fun blasting enemies with some cool imaginative guns but sometimes you start getting excited about the gun fights, it soon ends and you have to wait for quite some time to get to another fight, which again doesn't last long enough. Maybe if it did it would have been a bit repetitive, but I think there is that little something which is missing. Nevertheless, it's got solid gunplay with some destructible environments to enjoy which for me are just enough considering the intriguing cinematic story and the obligatory stealth bits without spoiling much.
Perhaps the only downside is the length of the game, which is roughly 7-8 hours, and half of the time you're watching cut scenes, which personally I don't mind at all, since I like cinematic games, though some chapters could have used some more gameplay. Some of the later chapters are literally just a cinematic cut scene. But, all in all, I had fun playing The Order: 1886, there are some cool ideas, I like the alternate timeline, the Vampire mysteries, and definitely wish and hope that the developers work on a sequel. The Order's story deserves to be continued.
Digital Foundry : Released in February 2015, The Order: 1886 was a stunning PlayStation 4 game at the cutting-edge of rendering technology, with visuals that still hold up today. The game's release pre-dated in-depth Digital Foundry coverage, something we're looking to address with this new video! Ready at Dawn's game never received a sequel and never received a PS4 Pro upgrade, but thanks to developments with exploited, older firmware PS5 consoles, we can now show you the game running locked at 60 frames per second.
And let's not forget,
Ready At Dawn showcased The Order 1886 running on PC at 60fps at SIGGRAPH 2015
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I still stand by my theory that this game just released at the wrong time. Almost every outlet spent a lot of time in their reviews ragging on the game for not being an online experience, everyone was in the Destiny hype train and at the time they wanted EVERY game to follow suit, bashing any game that didn't. If this were released after everyone realized how much that wasn't future, people would've appreciated it more. I loved it, and I'm always disappointed that we'll never get a sequel
People cried this game was too short. No people are crying because games are too long.
Ready At Dawn cut their teeth developing spin-offs for PlayStation Portable and porting games to consoles. When they got a chance to establish their own with The Order: 1886, its poor critical reception ostensibly halted their trajectory. Can one middling game really sully one’s reputation in the eyes of Sony?
Wanted a sequel for this game so much. It was left wide open for one with the ending it had.
Incredible graphics and presentation. Great use of photo mode. A really interesting premise. The actual gunplay felt solid. The game just needed to be longer, and the levels could have been a bit less constrained. More enemy variety as well. At full price it just didn't have the value, at least in my opinion.
I would like to see a sequel or reboot, which I think is more likely. It would need to be a new dev as Ready at Dawn are part of Oculus now
The Order: 1886 has received a new trademark filed by Sony. The trademark application is for a video game, implying that they want to extend it.
I hope they give this game another chance, it had an incredible story and gameplay, It was just unfortunate that the game length was extremely short.
I really want another one, I bought it day one zero regrets. I enjoyed it a lot and has lots of room for a sequel.
HOWEVER
USPTO policy is that a trademark only be updates with visual proof once every ten years after initial filing, and since the game is still for sale on the PlayStation Network it is likely just a paper work error that will be corrected so that they can continue selling the game digitally.
It was a really good game but there was a ton of room for improvement all around. If they had another crack at it, it could be something special.
I really liked the concept, but the game wasn't perfect. It definitely had some flaws. The graphics not being one, they were insane. The coolest guns in the game were only usable for a short period of time. I believe there were like 2 werewolf fights that were basically identical which people pointed out. I'd love for the series to get another shot.
hope there is a sequel, first one was and still is stunning from every aspect, from gameplay, visuals , music, etc, you name it, it literally the whole game is realtime cgi!, imagine what a PS5 can do to it!
Short & shite...gameplay 8.0.Fun factor 7.5. Eye alrighty then.
Been playing this game since Friday and I'm really enjoying it. I live in east London so it's cool to see some familiar areas such as Whitechapel etc. It is a bit repetitive but it's got an interesting sorry so it doesn't get boring. I'd love to see a sequel. The photo mode is great. I often stop the game just to admire it's beauty. It's a solid 7.5 - 8 from me.
Nice review. I loved the game as well. Certainly didn't deserve the hate it received.
This game was a legit start as any other for a first chapter
P.s CAN YOU DIG IT !!!!!!
And yes it had it flaws
Great to see some more user contributions like this. Keep it up, Guns.
I'll be honest though, I disagree completely. It feels like a 'cinematic' game in the most annoying ways possible: a plethora of unskippable cutscenes, forced walking segments, and constant railroading of the player. Whereas The Last of Us keeps those 'filmic' moments on a leash--allowing for more player engagement, The Order just seems to revel in those almost constantly.