Interesting article about the changing landscape of video game reviews. The guy's a contributor not forbes staff but ppl in the review thread liked the article. Would recommend reading it as its pretty short and makes some good points.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2015/02/20/the-order-1886-reviews-prove-something-is-changing-in-videogames/
The Order: 1886 is not a disaster, but its not a good game. Its the sort of game that I would have expected to get an 80 on Metacritic two years ago, a 90 four years ago, and a 95 six years ago. Not that Metacritic is the be all end all, but right now The Order: 1886 sits at a 65, with a user score of 5.6. My reason for this is simple: thats the score it deserves. The real reason is a little more complicated.
The first is that the videogame community, reviewers and consumers alike, got sort of burned over the course of the last year.
Most importantly, were out of the honeymoon period with next-gen: neither the PS4 nor the Xbox One has truly had a game that made us say: yep, thats worth it
It got panned not because it was bad, necessarily, but because it wasnt good.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2015/02/20/the-order-1886-reviews-prove-something-is-changing-in-videogames/