The Order: 1886

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

Mixed or average reviews- based on 4074 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 2,176 out of 4074
  2. Mixed: 1,024 out of 4074
  3. Negative: 874 out of 4074
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  1. NightWalker693
    Sep 9, 2023
    2
    The game is pretty, yes it is. But it plays and feels like a tech-demo. Nothing more, noting less.
  2. M1sfiT
    Sep 3, 2023
    8
    Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaameeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!to
  3. DaveM12DIM
    Sep 2, 2023
    8
    So glad I ignored the negative reviews on this one. A stunning bit of work. Amazing graphics, the transitions from game-play to cut scenes and back were great. Great story, and equally great character acting. I can see why it could be a divisive game, it was heavily cut scene and qte over game-play, but I went in viewing it as an interactive movie/tv show and was not disappointed.
  4. Thegamesup
    Aug 31, 2023
    6
    العبه عاديه
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  5. meyerpark
    Aug 19, 2023
    0
    Worst game ever made and terrible start menu and main menu screen just plain grey
  6. Empyrea
    Jul 25, 2023
    7
    If you like a steampunk style game with some fantasy in it this must be a good option. The game is short: probably about 7-8 hours and it has very good graphics, and cinematics. Gameplay is good, with different kinds of weapons. Voices in Spanish are good. I feel this game should have last at least 2 more hours to give it a proper ending and get deeper into the story. If the ending hadIf you like a steampunk style game with some fantasy in it this must be a good option. The game is short: probably about 7-8 hours and it has very good graphics, and cinematics. Gameplay is good, with different kinds of weapons. Voices in Spanish are good. I feel this game should have last at least 2 more hours to give it a proper ending and get deeper into the story. If the ending had been less opened I would have give it a 7'5. It deserves a sequel.… Expand
  7. Warrior_of_Doom
    Jul 19, 2023
    5
    The overall score is based on how much fun I personally had with every component of the game
    and the overall experience.
  8. Haannss
    Jul 16, 2023
    3
    Top-notch graphics and nothing else. That is what you should expect from this hiper linear, boring and full of rigid mechanics game. The stealth mechanics are nonsense and the Quick Time Events don't feel natural. If the atory was engaging at least, maybe it could make up for the dull gameplay, but it's not. It's also too short, but you might even be glad of that.
  9. drewcedarwild
    Jul 10, 2023
    9
    What a phenomenal game! Top notch graphics, shooting, weapon variety, writing, story, characters, pacing, and vision! I'm only going to dock it one point for being too short. 3-4 more hours would have made the experience perfect. It's easy to see the Naughty Dog influence in this body of work, and sadly most people will never experience it. Because, you know, critics. We need a sequel!
  10. Gab76
    Jun 26, 2023
    9
    Un jeu exceptionnel, je viens de le faire en 2023(hé oui il était temps)

    Une très grosse narration, avec une histoire que l'on a envie de suivre de bout en bout.

    Un univers intriguant, je ne comprends vraiment pas les mauvaises notes sur ce jeu.

    Son côté jeu-film a dû déplaire a certains visiblement, il faut être assez mature pour le comprendre.
  11. Tintler
    Jun 24, 2023
    5
    Sanırım ilk çıktığında çok linear olduğu için negatif tepkiler toplamıştı. Fakat bazen kısa ve linear oyunları daha çok tercih ediyorum. Bu da onlardan biri. Eğer ucuza aldıysanız ve iki-üç gecelik bir oyun istiyorsanız tam tanımı bu. Grafikleri de dönemine göre iyi.
  12. renatoelyone
    Jun 15, 2023
    6
    the game and technically it's perfect (sound and picture). The problem is using ALL the power of the PS4 exclusively for this, sacrificing the gameplay and the map.

    The game boils down to many cutscenes (which break the action of the game all the time), QTEs (fighting the boss using 100% quick time event is the craziest thing I've ever done in a game), tiny corridors, repetitive    the game and technically it's perfect (sound and picture). The problem is using ALL the power of the PS4 exclusively for this, sacrificing the gameplay and the map.

    The game boils down to many cutscenes (which break the action of the game all the time), QTEs (fighting the boss using 100% quick time event is the craziest thing I've ever done in a game), tiny corridors, repetitive enemies.

    The most annoying thing is to watch the 5min cutscene and, when control passes to you, it's just to walk two steps down a corridor or press "X" to open a door, immediately returning to new cutscenes.

    In addition, the setting is perfect and one of the best I've ever seen. The franchise has everything to be a success (with the second game).    … Expand
  13. MEGarrus
    Jun 6, 2023
    10
    The game needs a sequel. One of very few games to take you into the Victorian era Steampunk London!
  14. CamyVero
    May 15, 2023
    8
    Pese a que es un producto que se veía con cierta asiduidad en los estantes de segunda mano del ‘Game’ a precio de derribo, nunca me decidí a jugarlo debido a las malas críticas que tiene. Que si es corto, que si es una demo técnica, que si blah blah blah, que si vaya truño y bah. Después de que Ryse: Son of Rome, un juego con unas críticas similares, me gustara bastante, me decidí aPese a que es un producto que se veía con cierta asiduidad en los estantes de segunda mano del ‘Game’ a precio de derribo, nunca me decidí a jugarlo debido a las malas críticas que tiene. Que si es corto, que si es una demo técnica, que si blah blah blah, que si vaya truño y bah. Después de que Ryse: Son of Rome, un juego con unas críticas similares, me gustara bastante, me decidí a comprarlo y a jugarlo, y no me ha decepcionado en absoluto.

    The Order es un juego cinemático. Es una película con una historia y un guión a la altura de producciones de Hollywood. A la altura? Que va, muy superior a verdaderos truños que te ponen en el cine al precio que me ha costado este juego. Jugablemente es un shooter en 3ª persona con coberturas, al estilo de ‘Gears of War’ o ‘Uncharted’, combates por oleadas alternando el uso de diversas armas, con disparos principal y secundario, situaciones que se resuelven con QTE’s y una discreta exploración para encontrar coleccionables sin mucho peso en la trama, estas son sus características jugables. En el aspecto técnico es un juego impecable que, efectivamente, muestra el músculo de Ps4 en su ya lejana salida. Con unos gráficos y un nivel de detalle del Londres de la revolución industrial impresionantes para los años que lleva encima.

    En cuanto a la historia es lo mejor del título. La recompensa del título es precisamente seguirla. Una peli para un fin de semana que no os va a decepcionar. Recomendado. El juego dura de 6 a 8 horas. A mi me ha durado 8, jugando tranquilo y parándome a encontrar coleccionables con bastante éxito.    … Expand
  15. psylife
    May 2, 2023
    7
    This is very much a gallery shooter and the near complete lack of player agency keeps the player on a tight leash. You will never get to decide when and in what manner you wish to engage the enemy, rather, you will be forced into doing precisely what the game wants you to do at any given time.

    That said, the guns are varied, creative, and fun to use. The shooting is quite good, and the    This is very much a gallery shooter and the near complete lack of player agency keeps the player on a tight leash. You will never get to decide when and in what manner you wish to engage the enemy, rather, you will be forced into doing precisely what the game wants you to do at any given time.

    That said, the guns are varied, creative, and fun to use. The shooting is quite good, and the game feels good to play ; because ultimately, The Order plays well, and is successful in achieving what it sets out to do. Also, the game does have some fun and novel game mechanics, and it is therefore a shame that it never truly expanded on them, nor leveraged them in any significant way.

    Audio-visuals wise, it has very few equals, and its cinematographic qualities are of the highest order.
    The story is well told, the cut-scenes are directed well, and the acting is top notch. Overall, I found myself immersed and engaged in the story it was telling, which is not something that can be said about most games.

    Furthermore and perhaps more surprisingly - after playing it on hard and taking my time with it - I have found the game to be of reasonable length - say 10h - and I honestly have no complaint in that department. In the light of my experience with the game, the sabotaging campaign this game was victim of at release is truly disgraceful.

    And at this point in the review, I feel I should open a parenthesis and point out the degree to which the gaming press is inconsistent in its treatment of game releases. Suffice to think of the critical reception that shallow and repetitive games such as 'Hellblade' and 'Quantum break' enjoyed to illustrate my point.

    Why is one of the worst torture sessions I have ever had to endure - 'What happened to Edith Finch' - held as a masterpiece then, when all you do is walk around someone's house and interact with a bunch of boring and telegraphed toddler rated mini-games?

    What obscure set of criteria makes or breaks a game in terms of critical reception in this industry ?

    I guess, the logical conclusion is that game ratings and reception are much more effective at revealing something about the critical landscape, than a meaningful measure of a game's merit, and well... this sucks.

    End of the tangent.

    In the end, when it is all said and done, I had a fairly good time with "The order: 1886" and despite the limited scope of its gameplay, I find myself glad I played it. Simply put, if you feel like shooting stuff, and If the world, lore, and overall creative design find grace in your eyes - like they did in mine - go right ahead, you won't regret it.    … Expand
  16. AtomosFabian
    May 2, 2023
    10
    Love this game, The Graphics are beautiful include in PS Plus es very enjoyable
  17. Joe2539
    Jan 3, 2023
    10
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  18. Xedmed
    Jan 2, 2023
    5
    This game is woefully disappointing. It's a great concept plagued by strange design choices and QTEs. The forced walking in segments is tedious, the lack of a collectable counter or proper archive is unbelievable and the fact you can't skip cutscenes is truly criminal when wanting to replay for collectables, but you'd get through the game in about 2 hrs.
  19. Tastycakes
    Dec 30, 2022
    2
    I find it hard to illustrate how good or bad this game is, on one hand it isn't the worst product on the market, yet on the other it's almost an embarrassment to video gaming as a whole. I'll give it credit for being occasionally pretty, the visuals can be quite nice even with the FPS issues. Next I'll give it a point for not being riddled with bugs like some other games can be, so that'sI find it hard to illustrate how good or bad this game is, on one hand it isn't the worst product on the market, yet on the other it's almost an embarrassment to video gaming as a whole. I'll give it credit for being occasionally pretty, the visuals can be quite nice even with the FPS issues. Next I'll give it a point for not being riddled with bugs like some other games can be, so that's a positive.

    Now onto the actual game, it's incredibly short. You are looking at around 2.5-3 hours of play time with the rest being cut scenes, some cut scenes are almost 45 minutes long. Straight. Fighting is basic cover, shoot followed by tons on QTE's. As has been mentioned there are even QTE sequences that are literally copied throughout the game. It's the same exact sequences.

    This game has no replay value, no extra modes, no real anything extra. There are no choices, there is no exploring, it's an on the rails cinematic experience with poor FPS and a bad, poorly thought out story. Rent this game, beat it in a couple hours and you will still feel ripped off. This game is the definition of bad. It's the definition of a video game failure. The only reason I won't score lower is because it technically could have been completely broken and never looked pretty at all.    … Expand
  20. JrDouble
    Dec 25, 2022
    8
    I had a blast playing this game! Great story, superb voice acting, and amazing graphics. Very strong third-person combat. This one is definitely more of a interactive movie with more developed combat than most in the genre. Only two negatives I can say are the use of a few too many quick-time events and the world is beautiful, but is only skin-deep beauty. If they ever make an unlikelyI had a blast playing this game! Great story, superb voice acting, and amazing graphics. Very strong third-person combat. This one is definitely more of a interactive movie with more developed combat than most in the genre. Only two negatives I can say are the use of a few too many quick-time events and the world is beautiful, but is only skin-deep beauty. If they ever make an unlikely sequel, I would 100% buy it.… Expand
  21. goodgriff33
    Dec 24, 2022
    7
    Answer: 75 characters is between 10 words and 19 words with spaces included in the character count. If spaces are not included in the character count, then 75 characters is between 12 words and 25 words.
  22. hileger
    Dec 17, 2022
    6
    срельба неплохо финал запороли с намеком на продолжение ,могли ченить выжать получше к примеру чеб гг не ебнуть главу ордера и развить сюжет в другом ключе
  23. WHITESIXOMAR
    Dec 7, 2022
    8
    It has been 7 years since the Order 1886 was released on the eve of the PS4 Launch. It wasted and unique opportunity as the new generation of games was yet to arrive at the new platform, everyone who got a PS4 was eager to try every PlayStation-exclusive AAA game they could get their hands on. That was a once-in-a-lifetime window that ready at dawn could not capitalize.

    At that time, we    It has been 7 years since the Order 1886 was released on the eve of the PS4 Launch. It wasted and unique opportunity as the new generation of games was yet to arrive at the new platform, everyone who got a PS4 was eager to try every PlayStation-exclusive AAA game they could get their hands on. That was a once-in-a-lifetime window that ready at dawn could not capitalize.

    At that time, we were used to PS4 games running at 30FPS, but we were OK to consider it next gen as long as it was in 1080p. But since the devs could not get the game to run stable at 1080/30FPS they had to come up with this crazy [original] idea about those black bars giving the game that "cinematic feel".

    Those black bars were a red flag for me. I was interested in the game concept, but when negative reviews started to arrive, I realized that the black bars were not the only red flag, the shooting and controls were clunky and bad for the majority of gamers, and the combination of up-close camera with black bars made for some difficult to manage 3rd person encounters in which the only thing you see is your characters back.

    In the following 7 years, I've grown fond of PS exclusives and started to give some forgotten games a shot. Been waiting for a next-gen patch for the order 1886 for 2 years now, and it has become evident that Sony has long buried this mistake and wants nothing to do with it. So, I've tried to install a nonofficial patch from illusion that removes the black bars but lowers resolution to 720p (figured that's a nice tradeoff for me) but only works with a 3rd party app that is not supported on PS5. Finally, there was no way to play the game but its original state :/

    While playing The order 1886 I was really surprised with the overall graphics quality, and the storytelling mechanics implemented are awesome! You can tell they took a page from naughty dog in the way they transitioned the lore from cinematic into gameplay and combat dialogue for a remarkable experience. I remember feeling "this game is NOT for everyone" while watching the long cinematics and taking the guided tour through the gothic city corridors. I really enjoyed the way the game takes its time to build the world around you, the characters, and their own arcs, it's all top-tier work. But many gamers might find that approach boring.

    After completing the game, I gave it a 2nd run and felt positive about the experience. That's why I'm giving it an 8. Despite its shortcomings and mistakes, The order 1886 was a great experience and fun game to play.    … Expand
  24. benjamin666
    Dec 6, 2022
    10
    Very beautiful and exciting game. Amazing technical graphics. Great art design. It is wonderful
  25. nosplashsl
    Nov 24, 2022
    10
    Jogaço. Gameplay incrível, um dos jogos com o melhor gráfico e animação até hoje, história e personagens incríveis. Que venha a sequência.
  26. seelenpfluecker
    Nov 24, 2022
    4
    Stunning graphics, a great story, but the stupiest controls I‘ve ever seen in a game like this. The gameplay is horrible with tons of quick time event. It‘s a mess! This game has the potential for a masterpiece, but someone at the developer must soon have been said: „let‘s destroy it.“
  27. DanielGG91
    Nov 15, 2022
    9
    No coincido con la mayoría porque para mí fue un auténtico juegazo. El apartado artístico y visual me alucinó para ser en una PS4, aunque el juego no sea muy largo la historia me parece entretenida y la jugabilidad está muy bien.
  28. WellEvil
    Oct 14, 2022
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great game with a huge focus on story, characters, and world-building. I don't remember the last time when the story absorbed me so much. Yes, there are a few bugs here are there, but nothing game-breaking. Usually minor visual glitches.… Expand
  29. Gosticouilles
    Oct 10, 2022
    6
    Decent Story, terrible gunplay and the motion blur really ruined it for me.
  30. filip92
    Jul 11, 2022
    8
    Don't tell what others say to you, the graphics aren't the only good stuff here. The theme, the atmosphere, the clashes with the werewolves are very good. Unique game, a little bit underrated.
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63

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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