Alot of unresolved plot threads....but I think it was deliberately setting itself up for a sequel. That much is inevitable imo...this gmae should sell well after all the hype it has generated.
Also, I know talking about the game length is taboo here....but I checked all the chapters, at least 8 of the 16 chapters are 100% cutscenes with little but mostly no gameplay. Doesnt matter how fast you play the game, this fact does not change.
That said, I still think it is a fantastic game. Im a bit of a sucker for cinematic experiences.
pff, there's that "impressions" thread separately for that too. Tough cookies if you walk into this thread
Shooting stuff was fun and the thermite gun is a favourite. I could see myself playing through it a couple of times.
I liked the MGS3 style final pull of the trigger, but seemed like the game ended on a "to be continued" note and Galahad becoming Batman And yeah, many threads and characters were left hanging.
His Part 6 video (airship level) had one of the cutscenes removed becuase of this. Luckily I was able to watch this cutscene from an earlier leaked video
I watched the walk though and have to say I'm very disappointed. They missed the mark big time here...
I'd say my biggest problem was the story didn't cover the kind of ground I was expecting. World building and character development was sorely missed... I think the gameplay will be fun enough to play around with but those red exploding barrels were archaic as fuck
The cinematic portion of the game that everyone has been fearing was pretty cool though.
The biggest selling point by far is the graphics....I dont think anyone could look at this and not agree it is one beautiful game. It will be some time before another PS4 game will beat it in this regard
The gameplay though is fairly generic....it not doing anything special there that we havent seen before countless times. Some of the weapons look fun (ie the Thermite gun)....but I think this game is going to divide alot of people. Many will not be able to get past the short length and amount of unskippable cutscenes...but others will defend the graphics/atmosphere to the hilt.
I'm surprised the playthrough is still up on YT....usually pre-release games are pulled almost immediately. I remember the shitfiught it was back in '13 trying to watch pre-release GTAV videos lol
Also: '"I know there are numbers out there," he said. "I know why the question comes up. I know numbers have been put out there that are actually not right. It's impossible to finish the game in that time, so we know the numbers are wrong."
....I guess that youtuber made the impossible possible then.
Sounds like RAD spent more years creating the tools and assets for the graphics engine than making the game.
Dunno how i feel about that. I don't have anything against cinematic experiences, but you have to leverage that with appropriate storytelling and enough game in there to make it worthwhile to the player.
Weird how this game still has completely passive cutscenes with no control whatsoever for like 5 minutes straight. Even in a game like Beyond the active vs. passive ratio always hovers around 75/25. RAD could have done a better job here, even with their cinematic vision. Seems rushing affected the ending badly.
So there's a new run on YT with a guy who's picking up all the collectibles he comes across and is checking out every corner of the map. Comparing his total runtime up to the same point in his most recent upload with the guy who skipped all the collectibles and didn't check every corner, he's only ahead by 25 minutes.
So there's a new run on YT with a guy who's picking up all the collectibles he comes across and is checking out every corner of the map. Comparing his total runtime up to the same point in his most recent upload with the guy who skipped all the collectibles and didn't check every corner, he's only ahead by 25 minutes.
So there's a new run on YT with a guy who's picking up all the collectibles he comes across and is checking out every corner of the map. Comparing his total runtime up to the same point in his most recent upload with the guy who skipped all the collectibles and didn't check every corner, he's only ahead by 25 minutes.
No. Its not really branching at all like Heavy Rain for example. The moments where you can even choose between 2 options during a QTE fight I can count on one hand. For the others its succeed or die (and instant retry).
So there's a new run on YT with a guy who's picking up all the collectibles he comes across and is checking out every corner of the map. Comparing his total runtime up to the same point in his most recent upload with the guy who skipped all the collectibles and didn't check every corner, he's only ahead by 25 minutes.
Guess I should ratchet down my hype a bit for this game. I'll still probably play it, but it would have been nice to hear that there was more substance before release.
With a title for a first game like The Order: 1886, I guess that's to be anticipated. It's a story in their much larger universe.
Apparently the universe has a great amount of lore and history. Like, RAD developed it over years ever since they were making PSP games. So perhaps this game feeling like a smaller part of a bigger whole is a symptom of that?
With a title for a first game like The Order: 1886, I guess that's to be anticipated. It's a story in their much larger universe.
Apparently the universe has a great amount of lore and history. Like, RAD developed it over years ever since they were making PSP games. So perhaps this game feeling like a smaller part of a bigger whole is a symptom of that?
Idk... It may be just my opinion, but it's a symptom of bad writing and poor character development when the story comes and goes without building any form of connection to the driving motives and stakes of the plot and the characters that inhabit it. Sort of like popping in the middle of a movie that's already done it's initial exposition and leaving before the tying up of all the plot strands. You're just sort of blank after the credits roll...
they first let you see that Galahad "betrayed" the Order and then have most of the game set before that. I mean what is the biggest problem with prequels? Yes, that you know what happens at the end and it felt like that half the game.
Secondly I was not able to build a real connection to Galahad as I wished. He isn't a bad character but as Rapier said it feels like "Sort of like popping in the middle of a movie". Furthermore I wished there would have been more interaction with Lady Igraine and Lafayette than just in the couple of missions.
Then the end... It's actual quite good imo but there are so many things unanswered/unsolved that it's a little bit frustrating that we have to wait for the sequel.
One thing that I really liked was the gunplay. The guns feel amazing, their sounds are great and the soft-body physics made it really fun to mess around with the enemies (like shooting them in the leg). Easily the best 3rd person gunplay for me yet.
Wow, what an anti-climactic turd. The story had promise but completely fell apart.
Why was the company shipping vampires around? Who were the rebels rebelling against? Will Izzy ever know the truth? Does anyone even know or care that there is a vampire running the company? Galahad's whole fucking struggle ends up being a lost cause. Good job, you killed one werewolf
Completely pathetic that they are going to release this short, half-baked turd for full price.
The weapon variety was pathetic, there were no upgrades, enhancements, unlockables, or anything. The gameplay sections were sparse and repetitive with some of the worst AI I've ever seen. There were two stealth sections with insta-death failstates and the rest of the game is just weird, stilted cutscenes. There were a handful of occasions where you actually fight wolves and that just consists of them running at you, taking a swipe and running away. When fighting the elder wolves, it was a slow QTE, of which there were only TWO in the whole game (one of which served as the final boss).
And after all that struggle, all that tedium, the game doesn't give you anything near a satisfying conclusion. Can't wait The Order: Episode 2. Or I might just wait for the complete season and watch it all on youtube one night.
they first let you see that Galahad "betrayed" the Order and then have most of the game set before that. I mean what is the biggest problem with prequels? Yes, that you know what happens at the end and it felt like that half the game.
Secondly I was not able to build a real connection to Galahad as I wished. He isn't a bad character but as Rapier said it feels like "Sort of like popping in the middle of a movie". Furthermore I wished there would have been more interaction with Lady Igraine and Lafayette than just in the couple of missions.
Then the end... It's actual quite good imo but there are so many things unanswered/unsolved that it's a little bit frustrating that we have to wait for the sequel.
One thing that I really liked was the gunplay. The guns feel amazing, their sounds are great and the soft-body physics made it really fun to mess around with the enemies (like shooting them in the leg). Easily the best 3rd person gunplay for me yet.
Didn't catch this post before, thanks for the impressions. Very happy to see more gunplay praise though. It is after all one of the key components of a third person shooter, so if they've nailed that bit they've done something right.
