The Order: 1886

 PlayStation 4
  • Publisher: SCEA
  • Release Date: Feb 20, 2015
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6.8

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  1. RedRice
    Feb 21, 2015
    10
    It might not be for everyone, but I love how this game has improved on a lot of existing game mechanics (qtes, seamless transition from cutscene to gameplay) and coated it with polished and detailed graphics and solid voice acting.The cover shooting mechanics may be nothing to write home about, but it's still quite fun. I think playtime length was sacrificed for quality, and being a busyIt might not be for everyone, but I love how this game has improved on a lot of existing game mechanics (qtes, seamless transition from cutscene to gameplay) and coated it with polished and detailed graphics and solid voice acting.The cover shooting mechanics may be nothing to write home about, but it's still quite fun. I think playtime length was sacrificed for quality, and being a busy gamerdad, I do prefer such games nowadays. I am quite happy that the developers didn't do another open-world 3rd person action game which leaves you loitering aimlessly after the first hour of gameplay; or an FPS with a sub-par multiplayer mode tacked on. If you think it's not wroth your $60, wait for a price drop or get it used, but you still HAVE to play it.… Expand
  2. acid90
    Feb 21, 2015
    8
    well i bought this by accident as i pre-ordered it way back in AUG 2014 from amazon and forgot about it. i had no plans to buy it due to all the people moaning about it.. all i can say is im glad it turned up on my door step and its no nothing like i was expecting due to all the bad reviews.

    i hated heavy rain. and this is nothing like it. To sum it all up for you its a interactive    well i bought this by accident as i pre-ordered it way back in AUG 2014 from amazon and forgot about it. i had no plans to buy it due to all the people moaning about it.. all i can say is im glad it turned up on my door step and its no nothing like i was expecting due to all the bad reviews.

    i hated heavy rain. and this is nothing like it.

    To sum it all up for you its a interactive movie where you listen to all the plot walk around areas a little and then get to play all the action, all this is seamlessly bound together as for people saying its got a short play through.. then you didnt play it properly and just ran through it all without looking around

    after 6 hours game time (hard setting) has gotten me to Chapter 11 out of 16 and I have enjoy every minute of it from all the gun fights, quick time events and the little exploring you get to do

    *update*
    i have now fully completed the game and found every item took about 10 total hours (its got a lot of items)
    all trophy's completed - enjoyed it all ( boss QTE was hardest but still fun)

    just so you know i found the QTE's didnt spoil the flow as i normally i hate these things but i have actually started enjoying even these events as they fit/suit this type of game which again is a interaction action movie.

    All i can say is dont listen to the people moaning about it and try something different for once.

    This really game is a refreshing change from all the blam blam of all the run of the mill games we have been playing for the last few years . COD's BF's ,MMO's etc just give it a go and you might find a surprise like i have.. dont be scared of something people bring to the table just because people say its boring.

    p.s. for all those haters moaning about guns over powered.. this about it...its a GUN if you shoot someone in the head they are DEAD.. it takes 1 head shot to kill people or 3 to 5 body shots depending on where you shoot them, again that makes a lot of sense for this type of interactive action movie game ( which as everyone points looks AMAZING), we are not playing COD or destiny any more.

    hmm i just deducted 2 points for the ending. as it wasn't really a ending :(    … Expand
  3. KunkMast3rFl3x
    Feb 21, 2015
    8
    So far in my first five hours of play I enjoyed nearly every minute of it. And no I am not finished with the campaign-it is longer than 5 hours. This is a new IP title and as such there are some nit picks to be made. However, these are not so bad as to give The Order a less than average score. Clearly the only artistic choices made by "Ready At Dawn": the more widescreen aspect ratio andSo far in my first five hours of play I enjoyed nearly every minute of it. And no I am not finished with the campaign-it is longer than 5 hours. This is a new IP title and as such there are some nit picks to be made. However, these are not so bad as to give The Order a less than average score. Clearly the only artistic choices made by "Ready At Dawn": the more widescreen aspect ratio and the more cinematic game play; isn't everyone's favorite. But these things are cosmetic and if/when a sequel comes out they can go back and be like, "hey guys this didn't gel with people let's do something else."
    Personally I like what "The Order: 1886" is doing, more so, under the hood. There are no loading screens/times! There are scene transitions and cut-aways for story progression, but no load times. We as gamers keep begging developers to make our experiences more fluid and less stop and go and when a game actually does this we condemn it for using tools like "quick time events" and the like instead of sterile and stationary loading screens between levels, cut scenes and the like. True The Order is more a cinematic experience than other games...it might even give MGS4 a run for its money...but isn't this the natural progression of our medium to being more interactively realistic and involving? Who wants to be jerked in and out of an emotional state of excitement from a pivotal cut scene to a sterile blank expression from a 30 second load screen?
    For a new IP title I think this is Ready at Dawn dipping their toe into the water before jumping of the diving board. Could there be more world exploration? Sure. Should we be able to skip cut scenes? I guess, but other developers have recently had issues with that as well...*cough* bungie...but then the experience of this particular game would suffer because of how everything under the hood works. Does there really need to be a competitive multiplayer? No. Is this game a fun and entertaining distraction from the day in/day out rigor morale that is our lives? Hell yes! I for one can't wait to finish this game and start over again.
    The Order 1886 is a new game, it's its own game. And I for one think it's worth your time. Wait for a sale if you want you be sorry you didn't play it sooner.    … Expand
  4. JeyFK
    Feb 21, 2015
    8
    This is really good game. Is it movie? yes. Is it game? yes? Is it worth a buy? Yes on a disk and then you can sell it. It's really new experience, music, dialogs, atmosphere - amazing. GRAPHICS ARE REALLY CINEMATIC, no words, just try it. It's definitely 8/10
    Why?
    Too shot.
    Some gameplay moments are not so good as you want it to be.
    If u have ps4 it definitely WORTH A BUY.
  5. AxlRocks666
    Feb 21, 2015
    10
    i don't know what all the hate is about, game is great. a little short but doesn't take away from how fun and gorgeous this game really is, can't wait for many sequels to come.
  6. Leathertroll78
    Feb 22, 2015
    8
    The order is let down buy the first few chapters of the game only to redeem itself with beautiful looking and utterly addictive later levels .though overpriced for the length of the game I would recommend that you pick this up in a few weeks in the used game market.
  7. KingOfTheFall
    Feb 23, 2015
    10
    It seriously took me a while but most of the red reviews are written by individuals who haven't played the game plain and simple. I have played through it and received the platinum trophy. Yes it didn't take too long, just a few days of slow enjoyment of everything it had to offer especially the gameplay and trophies. Sweet story, amazing gamplay, and the graphics are of course unmatched.
  8. LucianoMarinho
    Feb 24, 2015
    10
    The details in this game are impressive, fantastic and beautiful. The fact that every characters and objects are fully detailed and different is worth a lot. I prefer having a shorter campaign like this than a long one with copy pasted assets and repetitive events.
  9. imt558
    Feb 22, 2015
    10
    I had a blast with this game. Great graphics and best on console and maybe on all platforms. Great gunplay. F*** the reviews anyway. My playtime was around 13 hours on Hard!
  10. metacritic222
    Feb 22, 2015
    8
    The most underrated game of all time..................................................................................................................
  11. AfterShave
    Feb 21, 2015
    8
    I honestly do not understand these 0-50 reviews, this is in no way an average game. After playing through the albiet short game, here is a brief breakdown of the pros and cons.
    Pros:
    -Amazing graphics -Solid mechanics -Quality voice acting and animations -Interesting atmosphere and story -Playful dialogue -A lot of cool moments -Awesome weapons -Very polished Cons: -Ending was    I honestly do not understand these 0-50 reviews, this is in no way an average game. After playing through the albiet short game, here is a brief breakdown of the pros and cons.
    Pros:
    -Amazing graphics
    -Solid mechanics
    -Quality voice acting and animations
    -Interesting atmosphere and story
    -Playful dialogue
    -A lot of cool moments
    -Awesome weapons
    -Very polished

    Cons:
    -Ending was a little unsatisfying, probably due to the length of the game
    -Some firefights are too short and some are too long, there's an off balance here
    -Black bars are a little annoying
    -Game could use a horde mode to try out the awesome weapons
    -Overload of cosmetic DLCs

    Conclusion: This is at the heart a cinematic game, you will be doing plenty of watching. Some will love this and some won't.    … Expand
  12. Darrick2015
    Feb 22, 2015
    10
    This is why we cannot have nice things.

    Here is an new IP that takes existing stories from legend and history, wraps them up with an interesting spin that looks and plays wonderfully. Yet is getting blasted by criticism from all sides. Yes compared to some games it is short. But then some games have a massive amount of padding to increase their length. I have yet to finish Skyrim's    This is why we cannot have nice things.

    Here is an new IP that takes existing stories from legend and history, wraps them up with an interesting spin that looks and plays wonderfully. Yet is getting blasted by criticism from all sides.

    Yes compared to some games it is short. But then some games have a massive amount of padding to increase their length. I have yet to finish Skyrim's main campaign as I lose interest, there is too much to do and the focus is lost. I recently got Dragon Age Inquisition and although I am enjoying it immensely, I do wonder if I really need to wander or ride about the Hinterlands collecting shiny shards or drawing pictures in the sky.

    Compared to others though the length of The Order is comparable or even longer. It took me longer to finish this story than any of the Call of Duties. An unlike the Call of Duties and their ilk I found myself engaged throughout the entire story.

    Yes, there are QTE's but those do not bother me. People complain about QTE's but what is the alternative? They provide interactivity to what in the past has been just a cutscene and when you think about it really an entire game is really just one long QTE, i.e. you press a number of buttons in sequence to progress. God of War titles use QTEs excessively and those games are always well received why does this game get dragged over the coals for them?

    Additionally I will always prefer a well crafted QTE than "shoot the inexplicable weak point until it dies" mechanic that even now developers fall back on.

    I really enjoyed this game. I found the story interesting and it was provided in an engaging way. Visually this game is stunning. My Father in Law thought I was watching a movie with real life people when he saw me playing it. The characters are well crafted, yes they are based on existing tropes, but they are tropes that work and slot into the setting well. The voice acting is brilliant and the music matches the pace and tone of the scenes perfectly. I liked the weapons, thoroughly enjoyed zapping enemies with the arc gun and found the thermite gun to be a very interesting take on the remote explosive weapon.

    Perhaps if this game had a multplayer option it would have been better received. Perhaps like many recent titles it is a victim of hype.

    If you want a nicely presented story with nearly all the chaff cut from it, if you like short, sharp gunplay sequences that do not out live their welcome and even a nice little stealth section thrown in for good measure, then get this game.

    If you judge the value of a game by the length of time you spend playing on it or if you prefer your action to be non stop with the story taking a back seat to battling enemies then you might want to give this one a miss.It is likely not your cup of tea. But that is OK, there are plenty of games that are.    … Expand
  13. polarbearzs
    Feb 23, 2015
    8
    Ok The order is short . With his 10 hour play time you are treated with the best graphics you have seen on PS4 . The order is set in one of the most intresting settings in video-game history.
    Gameplay wise The order doesn't really stand out it's a linear story driven game with third person shooter action elements. But if you love a good story in a game and look past the weak gameplay    Ok The order is short . With his 10 hour play time you are treated with the best graphics you have seen on PS4 . The order is set in one of the most intresting settings in video-game history.
    Gameplay wise The order doesn't really stand out it's a linear story driven game with third person shooter action elements. But if you love a good story in a game and look past the weak gameplay elements you are going to enjoy your 10 hours in the alternate victorian London. When there is a price drop for this game you should definitly pick this game up .    … Expand
  14. HitmanStryker
    Feb 20, 2015
    7
    The Order: 1886 - Action Third Person Shooter
    Developer: Ready at Dawn, Santa Monica Studios; Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment for PS4
    Rated M for Blood, Gore, Intense Violence, Adult Language, Nudity, Sexual Content, Torture, and Thematic Werewolf Scenes and Elements If there is one thing Ready at Dawn got right is the astonishing graphics of the World of the alternative    The Order: 1886 - Action Third Person Shooter
    Developer: Ready at Dawn, Santa Monica Studios; Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment for PS4
    Rated M for Blood, Gore, Intense Violence, Adult Language, Nudity, Sexual Content, Torture, and Thematic Werewolf Scenes and Elements

    If there is one thing Ready at Dawn got right is the astonishing graphics of the World of the alternative reality of London, in the year of 1886. As I was playing this game my wife asked if I was watching a movie. Unfortunately, what Ready at Dawn got right is also what it got wrong. The Order: 1886 is a movie getting in the way of game-play.

    The gaming moments are marred with unnecessary QTE (Quick Time Events)[which I loathe] and interactive cinematics that could have been better suited with actual instead of watching the playable Sir Galahad without interaction of any-kind. Sure many games use this but at least the NPC talk to you. In this IP there is no communication between NPC you meet as you boringly walk around trying to get to you objective.

    On normal difficulty it took me 10 hours to get through the game and 33% of that was trying to fight my way of QTE's situation of mashing the "X" button to save myself out of hand to hand combat. The firefights were brief and the weaponry, although impressive, were basic there for look as most of the time you cannot use it, or barely use them.

    Simply put this game is trying to find itself and lost its way through the cinematic experience that it is trying to accomplish. Anybody who bought this game should be given credit back or some free DLC to make up for the lack of game-play.

    I do not mind long cinematic scenes but 66% of the game was cinematic scenes and spending about five minutes of watching your character walk by himself without interaction and NPC just standing there without acknowledging you is just too much to endure in a full price game.

    I give this game a seven out of ten and that is because of the amazing graphics, otherwise I would have given it a three.    … Expand
  15. Gamer44
    Feb 20, 2015
    10
    What a fantastic game I absolutely love it and glad I did not take the reviews into consideration and could establish myself that the order 1886 is a great game and one worth playing.
    The game is insane the graphics is the best I have seen to date the gameplay is fantastic and the story is immersive and intense. The cut scenes are long but they are nice to watch and I really don’t mind    What a fantastic game I absolutely love it and glad I did not take the reviews into consideration and could establish myself that the order 1886 is a great game and one worth playing.
    The game is insane the graphics is the best I have seen to date the gameplay is fantastic and the story is immersive and intense. The cut scenes are long but they are nice to watch and I really don’t mind them at all. As for the QTE these are awesome I love games that takes advantage of the QTE this just adds uniqueness to the game.
    The black bars at the top and bottom of the screen is only noticeable at the beginning after that you will simply not mind them being there because you will be drawn into the beautiful recreated London and be lost in fantastic story the game delivers.
    The voice acting is another very impressive factor within the order 1886 and every element of the game fits perfectly like a puzzle to give the player the best possible gaming experience and one they will never forget.
    Ready at Dawn did a brilliant job with the order 1886 and it was worth the wait to experience this brilliant masterpiece. The critics were extremely harsh on this game and most likely attacked it because the game is not as long as they hoped for and the story might not have been quite their taste. The user reviews giving this game anything below 5 don’t know a good game when they see it.
    The Order 1886 is a brilliant game developed by phenomenal studio and I cannot wait to see what ready at dawn gives us as a sequel    … Expand
  16. Huey_Freeman
    Feb 20, 2015
    10
    Gaming journalism is a complete sham. Like most news of today it has lost integrity in an effort to compete with bloggers and social media. Honest reporting has taken a backseat to sensationalized, clickbait, lowest common denominator trash. Payouts, scandals, controversy, political bias, all have turned the world into people living in a bubble or vaccum of their liking. The Order 1886 isGaming journalism is a complete sham. Like most news of today it has lost integrity in an effort to compete with bloggers and social media. Honest reporting has taken a backseat to sensationalized, clickbait, lowest common denominator trash. Payouts, scandals, controversy, political bias, all have turned the world into people living in a bubble or vaccum of their liking. The Order 1886 is a remarkable video game. Not just in the quality of its technical aesthetic (which is the most astonishing thing ever seen in a video game) but in its storytelling and diverse gameplay that does what's right for its story and not what's right to appeal to every gamer under the moon. Single player campaigns are the heart and soul of gaming. Always has been and always will be. Games that tell an immersive story and envelops the player in an incredible gaming experience is still a profitable sphere. And The Order will be successful. I bought it. I loved it (all 11 hours of my first play through) and so will millions of others. The gaming media won't change that. Multiplayer is an added bonus in video games. Every game doesn't have to be everything for everyone. And the outright hatred and bias this game has faced for not being Call of Duty or even Gears of War is despicable. Gears of War dreamed it had a story and universe this sophisticated and well written. Gears of Wars story and characters seem as if written by drunken frat boys who wanted to make an alien invasion game. A quintessential dude bro fiasco with over maschismoed steroid junkies as leads. The Order aspires to be more than that. An I appreciate its classy take on the genre. Sorry if you don't. But not everyone wants their gaming dumbed down.
    And furthermore, I have never been a tin foil hat wearing conspiracy theorist. But GOOD LORD some of these reviews wreak of alterior motive and disingenuous bias. Take this Digital Trend review for example. There is no way in absolute hell you can in good conscience score this game a 1. The quality is just too good. It's an undeniable technical masterpiece regardless if you find its gaming shortcomings egregious or not. I didn't because I really enjoy cinematic experiences. And the gun combat is incredible when it's there. Granted their could be more in the game. It's not perfect by any stretch but a 1?! Yeah right. The fact that the guy at Digital Trends used to be editor at Xbox The Magazine is a glaring red flag. I do believe he and SOME (not all) oft hear reviewers had a clear motive when harshly damning this game. Some people fear this game can rival and surpass Gears of War. Well Iin terms of story, lore, graphics, and characters it eclipse it by lightyears. Gameplay and game modes wise it admittedly hasn't but it has potential to with a sequel. Anyone who loved Uncharted, Heavy Rain, or God of War will love it. No multiplayer in those games, no new game plus, incredible experiences. Which is exactly what the Order is. An incredible gaming experience. A must have if you own a PS4.    … Expand
  17. ICESOUL
    Feb 20, 2015
    8
    This game reminds me of Metal Gear Solid 4 in the structure. The gameplay is classic of a TPS with the addition of QTE instead of the simple movies.Great graphically and bug-free. To me advisable title.
  18. reiomelo
    Feb 21, 2015
    7
    The game is not perfect, but is a good game...................................................................................................................
  19. Flypaper
    Feb 24, 2015
    9
    Before I start bashing the press and you people for following the herd of bad reviews (shame on you - didn't anyone teach you to think for yourselves), I am going to give my honest opinion of the game, which seems to be lacking on this site. Instead this game got shaken down by poor media reviews that soured the user reviews by expecting it to be bad (you know how expecting something to beBefore I start bashing the press and you people for following the herd of bad reviews (shame on you - didn't anyone teach you to think for yourselves), I am going to give my honest opinion of the game, which seems to be lacking on this site. Instead this game got shaken down by poor media reviews that soured the user reviews by expecting it to be bad (you know how expecting something to be bad makes it so if you let it). I give it a Solid 8.5 (beats the pants off COD or the Resistance series - ugh).

    I am in awe of how good this game looks. You have to play just to see that for yourself. The gunplay is very solid (gears good) with different weapons to try out. You can't see over cover. That is true, but can you see over cover in real life when you are ducked behind it. Its one of those gaming tropes we have gotten used to, but it makes no sense to be able to see over cover you are ducking behind and its unfair that you can see the AI and they can't see you (poor ai). The black bars at the top and bottom of my screen, that I was fairly concerned about, might as well not exist because I don't notice them.

    The cutscenes are not jaring at all, which I find them to be most of the time (like they take you out of the action and they look so much better than the gameplay, graphically). Like Uncharted before it, Ready At Dawn makes the gameplay look as good as the cutscenes so you actually have to move the stick to see if you are in control yet. The one negative I have is for the QTEs, which I have no love for. They are not frustrating most of the time, but there is a melee fight that was very frustrating to me because I couldn't see the prompts since they were tiny and off to the side of the action (normally these flash up on top of the action so you can see them and watch the action at the same time). I failed it until I just watched the prompts on the side instead of being engaged in the action. I will say there aren't any multi-button timed QTEs. Just single button/stick presses/moves. I would have prefered Batman-like melee controls instead of QTEs of course, so that is my main problem with the game. Shooting good. Melee combat - needs improvement.

    This next praise is looked upon as a negative by some; The game is highly scripted and linear just like a Gears, Resistance or COD campaign. I like a narrative driven game, heavy on amazingly well voiced dialogue and story with beautifully crafted cutscenes. I lose interest in open world games many times if they lack some reason to move forward (ala Dragon Age Inq.). Should a game get lower reviews because it delivers a great story at the expense of the typical open world that I have become so bored with this gen? I say no. The game moves you slowly sometimes to soak in the enviroments. The devs put so much effort into making this game photorealistic, it deserves your time to soak it in. So if you are a speed runner that goes as fast as you can through every game you play this game isn't for you. If you like to look at everything in a game and let it come to life for you then give the game your money and your time. It totally deserves your hard earned money. I see replaying this game a few times so I don't feel cheated (I knew it would be on the short side, but so was Halo 3 and I never felt cheated just playing the excellently scripted campaign. I expect it will take by 10+ hours to finish since I am moving so slowly through the environments enjoying the amazing world RAD built. I think I've made my point of what kind of gamers will like this game. Support this game if you like this sort of game. It deserves your money and time. I'm hoping for a sequel!    … Expand
  20. LostSandwich
    Mar 3, 2015
    2
    This is a game that proves, graphics are not everything in a video game. Basic mediocre shooting mechanics with so much QTE it sickens me. A poor story with a HORRIBLE ending, 2 boss battles in the game, both being Quick Time Events but what is even more insulting is that the final boss battle is a COMPLETE COPY OF THE FIRST BATTLE. I'm so disappointed in PlayStation gamers for saying thisThis is a game that proves, graphics are not everything in a video game. Basic mediocre shooting mechanics with so much QTE it sickens me. A poor story with a HORRIBLE ending, 2 boss battles in the game, both being Quick Time Events but what is even more insulting is that the final boss battle is a COMPLETE COPY OF THE FIRST BATTLE. I'm so disappointed in PlayStation gamers for saying this demo, and a **** demo at that, is worth $60! Took me 5 hours to beat the single player, yeah the multiplayer is ok but... wait... THERE IS NO MULTIPLAYER! Please, for the sake of your wallet, DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!… Expand
  21. whitescarf
    Mar 7, 2015
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Order | 1886 is the best looking game ever. That's about the only real pro I can find for this game though, sadly. With bland generic gameplay that's hardly present at times, you're taken across this hallway ride of cutscene to cutscene to cutscene to walking segment to cutscene to QTE moment to cutscene to finally a part where you're truly in 'control', and The Order's interesting world ends up becoming flaccid in its presentation. The story has some rather interesting concepts like King Arthur's knights of the round table actually discovering and keeping the Holy Grail and its magical water, along with Lycans roaming amongst citizens, Jack the Ripper killings, and advanced weaponry from Nikola Tesla. However, the story and writing is forced down with cliches in both its characters, progression, and its 'twists'.

    The main character is a piece of cardboard with a thick moustache and an army helmet whose only purpose is to be a gullible, gruff military man that drinks pure absinthe. His companions consist of a French baguette that can't stop following people of the female variety. A woman that's a grey, boring slab that can't handle being butt-hurt and is also a love interest. Because she is a main character at the protagonist side. And a woman. With lady bits. Making her the clear choice that you should want Gritty Moustachio to want that. Characters also include an old man mentor with just two days left until retirement with a fat red target painted on his face. And a generic nationalist basket of fish and chips soaked in tea that remains in the background of the story with half of his dialogue being, "I am the grey slab's brother. She is my sister. Oh brother, what is a brotherly brother to do. I am her brother after all. DID I MENTION THAT WE'RE SIBLINGS."

    And not only that, but the main villain is Indian. That's about as much as I can say about her. She also has a sister. That's about as much as I can say about her too. Oh wait, she is also Indian. Their personalities are being Indian and telling Gruff McMoustache that they're the good guys.

    And The Order's story just has so many cliches, I find it hard to believe someone was paid actual existent money to write it.

    - The 'evil' rebellion turns out to be the good guys.
    - The old mentor dies before the pupil's eyes. (Pun intentional.)
    - Pupil goes out on a personal revenge spat.
    - In a story with Lycans, there's a twist that reveals vampires are in the story as well.
    - Vampires Vs. Werewolves
    - The rich, big corrupt corporation actually turns out to be corrupt.
    - Allies turns out to be corrupt.
    - Main character with good intentions is seen as the bad guy.
    - Character who suffers a fatal blow who we've already seen in a flash-forward in the beginning of the game as alive, turns out to stay alive. (Not so much a cliche, but rather a stupid attempt to make us feel something.)
    - Old evil-looking man who was in -order- of everything turns out to be behind everything.
    - Game ends with a gunshot-cut-to-black.
    - Everything is set-up for a sequel.

    Most complain about the length of cutscenes or the gameplay, but saying that the story is great, when it really isn't. The plot of The Order | 1886 is that a vampire as Jack the Ripper is using wolf-men to make more vampires. It's dumb. It's dumb. It's so dumb.

    But don't worry, gameplay's just as bland as the greyness of this game. Generic third person cover shooting with the only interesting guns limited to certain segments of the game, either with little unreplenishable ammo, or infinite ammo to use for just a few minutes during one segment of a fight. QTE dick punching. The illusion of choice of whether or not you can stab a monster in the face or dick. Sucky monster fight that's recycled to be the final boss fight. Hardly any Lycans that you kill, but wave after wave of expendable human men for you to mow down, ridding London of half its human population. No vampires to fight. Boss fight is isn't even the main villain. Main villain is only in like two cutscenes, both of which are never at the end of the game. Oh God, I've gotten off track. What was I saying? Oh forget it. It's late at night. I feel depressed but angry talking about this mediocre game. I'm going to bed.

    tl;dr - The game is pretty but built like toothpicks with Elmer's glue. Combat is nothing special. Characters are boring. Story twists are cliche. Monster fights are sad rodeos and so few (maybe that's a good thing). And I beat it in just six hours and never want to replay it since it's just a set-up for a sequel. Don't spend more than twenty bucks on this game unless you want to get ripped off. Or just watch the 'movie' on YouTube for free. Have someone's sixty burnt dollars mean something if others can watch the shlock.    … Expand
  22. SwitSwat
    Feb 22, 2015
    6
    I know it's early in the year, but I'm still going to go ahead and give The Order: 1886 the title of most disappointing AAA exclusive of the year. I had this game pre-ordered, thinking it was going to be a whole new level of amazingness in a game. Much to popular opinion though, it was not. As I'm sure everyone who has reviewed this game has said before, the graphics are the most gorgeousI know it's early in the year, but I'm still going to go ahead and give The Order: 1886 the title of most disappointing AAA exclusive of the year. I had this game pre-ordered, thinking it was going to be a whole new level of amazingness in a game. Much to popular opinion though, it was not. As I'm sure everyone who has reviewed this game has said before, the graphics are the most gorgeous I have ever seen on a console, thus far. Besides the visuals, nothing else really stands out about the game. The story is mediocre and the pacing is pretty slow at times. Gunplay isn't as bad as a lot of people claim it is, but the AI is not the best, which makes for a less than challenging experience. There's an option to slow down time during gunfights, which I still don't understand what the point of it is. I guess the developers thought it was badass or something and tried to throw in some matrix crap in there. The battles with the half-breeds are, surprisingly, WORSE THAN SHOOTING HUMANS. Of course, I am talking about the regular encounters, in which you try to shoot at them and then they go hide and 5 seconds later, they show up out of nowhere and ram your ass! Most of the time they don't even try to kill you, they just knock you down and then it's back to trying to shoot the ******* without getting rammed! It's an annoying process, and also, I find it strange that for a game that revolves around the 'Battle between man and the half-breeds' most of your enemies in the game are humans. Huh. Moving on, we have everyone's favorite: QTE's! No, but seriously, these things are the worst. The game is filled with them and they are generic and boring and do nothing to improve the gameplay. And ending on a good note, the game does have some superb voice acting. Kudos to the voice actors. But anyway, it should be said that The Order: 1886 is in no way a terrible game, but it isn't something you are likely to replay. 6/10 (Oh, and those black bars are the devil)… Expand
  23. HarrySound
    Feb 22, 2015
    6
    Good game.
    It was about 9 hours long for me. Looks astonishing. Lacks structure, story and characters but the gameplay building blocks are definitely there.
  24. Makaveli
    Feb 24, 2015
    6
    The Order 1886 is a game where people were not exactly sure what they were going to get. Some people expected a 3rd person shooter like Gears of War but with werewolves . The developer/publisher never really showed too much gameplay footage and when they did, there was very little of it. The game is marketed as a 3rd person shooter and I feel that it is more of an interactive movie than aThe Order 1886 is a game where people were not exactly sure what they were going to get. Some people expected a 3rd person shooter like Gears of War but with werewolves . The developer/publisher never really showed too much gameplay footage and when they did, there was very little of it. The game is marketed as a 3rd person shooter and I feel that it is more of an interactive movie than a shooter.

    The game has 16 chapters and although this sounds like a long game, it really isn't... I played the game on Hard, I finished the game in approximately 7 hours. At first I found the game to be kind of fun but after about an hour I started getting bored. I'm 28 years old, been gaming since I was 2 and I remember the Sega CD having "cinematic games" and I always thought they were god awful. A video game I believe is suppose to have more game play than cutscenes, there are a lot of QTEs too but we should of expected that as almost all footage of the game before release had them in it but I believe if you are going to use QTE in games, you should offer even gameplay.. Shenmue back in 1998 did it correctly, that game you could do basically everthing.

    I know some are upset about the bad review scores but you got to understand that a lot of us gamers do not like playing a video game that has more cut scenes than game play, I even gave Metal Gear Solid 4 flak for that, but the difference between that game and this one was that in MGS4 it still had fun gameplay.
    The Order can be fun but I wouldn't call it anything special.

    Visually it is outstanding, I do not like black bars on the screen, but whatever. The game runs smooth and I was happy to see that this may be the first game this generation (on PS4 anyway) that does not have bugs, but I don't know if that should be a + or not because no game should have the bugs that we have been seeing lately. here is a breakdown of my review..

    Gameplay- 3/10
    Replayability- 3/10
    Story - 6/10
    Graphics - 10/10
    Sound - 8/10    … Expand
  25. WildFire15
    Mar 12, 2015
    3
    The visuals are certainly very nice, as is the design of the world, but it's wasted on a very poor game. It works at a most basic level, but it's massively limited and even seems to resent the fact it has to be played at times, being aggressively linear and full of quick-time events in place of some engagements. Characters are bland and while the story does get interesting, it ends on aThe visuals are certainly very nice, as is the design of the world, but it's wasted on a very poor game. It works at a most basic level, but it's massively limited and even seems to resent the fact it has to be played at times, being aggressively linear and full of quick-time events in place of some engagements. Characters are bland and while the story does get interesting, it ends on a terrible anti-climax after only an afternoon's solid play.
    Besides something to gawp at, there's next to nothing to recommend in The Order: 1886. It's certainly not worth a full £50. If you don't believe me, play Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and then compare it to and ideally rented copy of The Order: 1886.    … Expand
  26. mnguy048
    Feb 21, 2015
    6
    Pro's:
    The game is graphically beautiful and the artwork is amazing. You can see every brick and mortar in a building. The walls, floors, lights, paintings, EVERYTHING is beautiful to look at.
    The Voice Acting is superb, the actors and voices draw you in and make you want to learn more about each character. Con's: The pace of the game is painfully slow. Each chapter starts off    Pro's:
    The game is graphically beautiful and the artwork is amazing. You can see every brick and mortar in a building. The walls, floors, lights, paintings, EVERYTHING is beautiful to look at.

    The Voice Acting is superb, the actors and voices draw you in and make you want to learn more about each character.

    Con's:
    The pace of the game is painfully slow. Each chapter starts off at a crawling speed, followed by looking at objects, then a long drawn out duck and cover shoot out. Rinse and repeat for all chapters.
    The story is really left open with and the ending just leaves you upset with a "is that it?" moment.

    The Gun Play is the most basic duck and cover system. The AI even on hard mode is black and white. They shoot, they duck while reloading, they occasionally blind fire to change it up, and if your far away they slowly duck and cover towards you. While duck and covering the camera slams up to your characters shoulders, and you will be ducking and covering about 90% of the fights, because if not you'll just get mowed down.

    To Sum it up:

    The game flows and feels like a T.V. series, with the fact that your halfway in the season and you don't get to see the end or the beginning. I really hope they make a 2nd one. Because the artwork is amazing, the story has alot of potential. They just need to fix the pacing and the gun play to be a little more fluid and they could have a really solid game. As it is right now I cannot justify this game being $60. At $39.99 I could see it being a seller.    … Expand
  27. Gnilleps
    Feb 21, 2015
    6
    Super cool universe. Steampunk, they got it. Lycan, check. Vampires, Check. Knights of the round, Check. Visuals, Best looking game EVER. Mise en scène, YES
    Look at that cool gun! Now put it down.
    Look at all the cool collectibles. Useless. Well at least the story is... wait, what happened... it just ended. Fine, I'll just run throu... why can't I run... WHAT? Man, it was SOOOOOOOO    Super cool universe. Steampunk, they got it. Lycan, check. Vampires, Check. Knights of the round, Check. Visuals, Best looking game EVER. Mise en scène, YES
    Look at that cool gun! Now put it down.
    Look at all the cool collectibles. Useless.
    Well at least the story is... wait, what happened... it just ended.
    Fine, I'll just run throu... why can't I run... WHAT?
    Man, it was SOOOOOOOO pretty and had some cool elements. I feel like I just played a demo for a concept    … Expand
  28. CaT-LiN_
    Feb 28, 2015
    6
    "The Order: 1886" does exactly what it promies in delivering a cinematic experience.

    The filmic graphics the atmosphere and voice acting are the main pillars of Sony newest PS4 exclusive. The story has an unexpected twist to it which you won't see coming no matter how hard you try. Regardless it just isn't very interesting and like "Destiny" you are thrown into a world with little to no    "The Order: 1886" does exactly what it promies in delivering a cinematic experience.

    The filmic graphics the atmosphere and voice acting are the main pillars of Sony newest PS4 exclusive. The story has an unexpected twist to it which you won't see coming no matter how hard you try. Regardless it just isn't very interesting and like "Destiny" you are thrown into a world with little to no context. The dialogue is as chliché as it can get. Outside of he Marquis Lafayette I didn't find any interesting character in the game either. I almost forgot the cliffhanger and sequel-bait ending like you probably know from Ubisoft games like "Assassin's Creed".

    The "gameplay" is just another average third-person shooter with 2-3 special guns to mix it up which just isn't enough. If you have played a TPS before the gameplay of "The Order: 1886" won't impress you. A couple times throughout the game you will encounter stealth segments with guards mumbling the same lines as in "Metal Gear Solid". Unfortunately these feel totally out of place and are a disgrace to the Metal Gear Saga

    In "The Order: 1886" you are not playing a game at all you're pushing puttons to play an animation. I feel ashamed and guilty because I bought and supported this piece of media. Replay value is zero to none.

    This is not why I fall in love with video games. Please don't buy this you will be dissapointed heavily even going in with no expectations.    … Expand
  29. cserrico798
    Mar 3, 2015
    10
    I really enjoyed this game, I am aware that this is not your run of the mill COD-esque type of game, but I was surpsied at all of the negativity directed at this title. I would compare this title to Heavy Rain/Beyond Two Souls as well as Gears of War in terms of combat. I would like to see evolution in this title with the sequel.
  30. Gamingking007
    May 10, 2015
    10
    I loved it! Entertaining and beautiful! Definitely not a masterpiece on the whole game but great moments and leaves you with an awesome cliffhanger! Thanks ready at dawn keep doing what your doing only do a little better!
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 94 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 94
  2. Mixed: 53 out of 94
  3. Negative: 11 out of 94
  1. Games Master UK
    May 6, 2015
    61
    A limp story, repetitive combat and lack of agency take the shine off a great technical achievement. [May 2015, p.64]
  2. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Apr 22, 2015
    50
    Visually it's everything you could have hoped for, but the compromises required to reach that fidelity, and moments of narcissism as a result of it, are hugely damaging. [Apr 2015, p.81]
  3. Washington Post
    Apr 6, 2015
    40
    Although the storyline invokes weighty subjects like colonialization and socioeconomic inequality, it fails to address these topics in any substantive way. Ditto the game’s dialogue, which contains flourishes of eloquence that founder because, as pleasing as the words are to the ear, the actions they affect have no bite.
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