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The Order 1886: The gameplay and story [video]
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Man-is-Obsolete
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I love alternate story lines and the story line in this can make it so the dark ages never happened. It is said that the dark ages set society back 400 years, so imagine if that never happened 1886 could be the equivalent of 2286. Not saying they would go that far with it. Obviously the half breeds have made the advancement of society difficult as well, but not going through a dark age could allow for some very cool inventions by 1886. It is a fascinating concept.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
To me I want them to go as wild as possible with the modifications to history. Since the game is decidedly alternate timeline stuff with not even a vague resemblance to the way history really played out, I prefer they go wild and thus give the most distinctive locations and enjoyable variety as possible.
I've never been to London, but I definitely still think from the first The Order video you can tell what it is... and not just because of Big Ben in the distance
I feel the same way. I want them to go over the top with this one. I'll bet they could come up with awesome vehicles and even cooler vehicular weapons. And the assortment of magical creatures should extend beyond were-creatures, ghouls, ghosts and vampires IMO.
Hidden One
Member
I am many excite about this game.
EDIT: GIF not made by me!
Dark Octave
Banned
Dude's head looks low poly. I wouldn't trust him to work on next gen.
Vire
Member
It'd be interesting to see a shooter without crosshairs even, but I doubt that would work in third person.
shinobi602
Member
My god, this game really appeals to me. What an amazing setting. It helps that it also looks fantastic graphically speaking. I am already interested in the plot just from hearing the comments from the devs/director in the video. I can see myself enjoying this a lot if the goes the direction I am imagining it will go.
As a side note though, since everyone is mentioning it, the aspect ratio really doesn't bother me at all. I can see why some people are complaining about it, but honestly, for me at least, its a cosmetic change that doesn't really affect the graphics in a bad way (in fact it probably affect it in a good way, regarding IQ and such - I could be wrong though, so correct me if thats the case), so yeah, the core of the game is going to stay unchanged, and thats what really matters to me in the end.
I can't wait to hear and see more from Ready at Dawn, this and InFamous are the games I am most excited about from Sony.
As a side note though, since everyone is mentioning it, the aspect ratio really doesn't bother me at all. I can see why some people are complaining about it, but honestly, for me at least, its a cosmetic change that doesn't really affect the graphics in a bad way (in fact it probably affect it in a good way, regarding IQ and such - I could be wrong though, so correct me if thats the case), so yeah, the core of the game is going to stay unchanged, and thats what really matters to me in the end.
I can't wait to hear and see more from Ready at Dawn, this and InFamous are the games I am most excited about from Sony.
Yeah, I'll be shocked if it's not there. That's how long it usually is between something being on GI's cover and then being shown to everyone.
I love the art style! Incredible! now lets hope the PS4 can replicate this scene in real time
What's always missing from concept arts to real game is the presence of crowds. I always find that most cities in game always devoid the hustle and bustle of real life. If this game can pack that many individuals then I'll be very impressed.
They could do it, have weapons with large spray radius, healthy jolt of sticky aim and with the smaller vertical screen size, there'd be a greater sense of the center.
But yeah, I just meant no health/ammo type HUD.
Vire
Member
Max Payne's tiny white dot is pretty nondescript when it comes to HUDs.
Wouldn't mind something like that.
shinobi602
Member
I can understand no health on the, that's doable, but no ammo counter? Unless they have the ammo count on the guns or something that's a little difficult.
fastford58
Member
Hard to believe the game will look like this.
Bam Bam Baklava
Member
Probably in cut scenes it will at least.
Yeah. Definitely modelled after New York that bit. The first elevated railway was actually built in London, but it was on a brick 'viaduct'.
Looked like this:
This picture from New York, however, has a lot of similarities to the artwork for 1886:
Of course most of the rapid transit system being built in London at that time was underground.
It's not accurate, but I don't really mind it on an aesthetic level. It does seem give a more industrial look and vibe to the city.
I've just noticed a product placement on that picture. There's Coca-Cola sign.
Count your bullets son. It's not THE most difficult thing in the world. And you actually start to learn better how many bullets you have left. It makes you use them more effectively. Screw ammo counters
Or all the guns will be charge-esque.
I doubt there's an ammo count for normal gunfire, it's never a limitation in games, and having to pick it up seems against their whole 'filmic' approach. The special weapons are all crazy looking, there could be visual cues to say if they're ready to fire or not quite easily.
Who knows, maybe they're not going nearly as far in that direction as I'm imagining. It just seems kind of redundant to be obsessive about recreating camera lens imperfections, just to throw a HUD up on the screen.
SneakyStephan
Banned
I was promised gameplay, OP where is the gameplay.
SolidSnakex
Member
They've said that they're using the exact same assets during gameplay and cutscenes. So there shouldn't be any different. And in this video they even said that the trailer was early and they're aiming to make the final game look better.
Vire
Member
I didn't see the camera lenses at first in the YouTube videos of the original trailer, but if you download the direct feed, it's pretty easy to spot when you are looking for it.
Interesting idea.
Yeah, it's not so much the railway as the fact that it's wooden: the elevated rails in London are the distinctive brick viaducts.
fastford58
Member
That I don't doubt.
I really don't think development team size beyond 80-100 has any bearing on scale or game quality. In fact, it's more likely that 100+ large teams become so inefficient and disorganized that the focus (Game.) gets scaled down.
If you're creative team manager, and you're overseeing a development project with more than 200 people, would you go through all the trouble of going through, or establishing new protocols and orders for implementing more or new assets/content halfway (After the majority has been set in motion.), or later, through development, or just keep polishing and juggling the existing ones?
My point is that in order to stay organized, it becomes considerably more inefficient to do anything to the game. And, since, such large projects are most likely multi million dollar projects, with lots of contracts and rules, the majority of the workers probably don't even have permission to do anything beyond whatever their assigned position, job description or orders may entail, which gets more specific, or narrow as the team size increases,
Well that footage is real-time, so...
Meccanical
Member
It's all in game huh?
That's incredible.
I don't believe a word of it.
That's incredible.
I don't believe a word of it.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
I hope they nail it with his voice actor. I can't wait to see who is named.
Yeah. I think they're going for a more 'steampunk' aesthetic. I'm not sure it is wooden, but rather rusted iron.
They showed Game Informer the trailer and moved around the camera and changed the lighting dynamically and what not
The logo is in that concept art everyone is reposting.
Meccanical
Member
Still don't believe it.
Vire
Member
It looks like the woman is modeled after Anna Popplewell, so I wouldn't be surprised if it's some other Hollywood talent.
Or you know, they could always get Troy Baker... lol
To be fair, so did Bungie with their original E3 trailer in 2006. We still haven't gotten a Halo that looks as good as that.
KimonoNoNo
Member
Personally I would be disappointed if RaD moved the setting too far from this time period, as it's the fantasy historical setting that I'm most intrigued about.
Well he spoke a few lines in the trailer and he did a dead on impression of Sean Bean.
In the video in the OP the tech guy went as far as to claim that the footage we saw was early in game assets and that the final game will look even better. The screens in the magazine are identical as well.
While skepticism to a certain point is a healthy practice, facts do not require belief.
TheSpaceBetween
Member
Looks pretty, but we still haven't seen a second of gameplay. Add that to the fact the studio has made pretty much nothing but ports... It's hard for me to be excited.
I love the art style! Incredible! now lets hope the PS4 can replicate this scene in real time
This is an incredible concept. If they can actually get it looking like this....
Chains of Olympus and Ghost of Sparta are not ports fyi.
Vire
Member
Ports? The God of War PSP games were all original and they were pretty good from what I understand.The development team also has veterans from both ex-Blizzard and Naughty Dog.
So I'm not exactly sweating that this will be a quality game, but I would like to see some gameplay...
TheSpaceBetween
Member
I'm aware. I didn't speak in absolutes.
SolidSnakex
Member
Ghost of Sparta and Chains of Olympus are original GoW games that they made for the PSP and later ported to the PS3. They also made Daxter for the PSP. So Okami on the Wii was the only port they've done that wasn't originally their own creation.
You said they've done mostly ports when they've only done one and their other games have been damn good.
Sickboy007
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Pessino is a personal hero of mine, keep on rocking in the free world.
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Deleted member 22576
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I trust and respect ready at dawn, but this footage looks so good it's almost too good be true. They just need to release one of those voice over demo videos rockstar does and then my cautious optimism will be replaced with the consumeristic ferver they need.