The story in The Order just doesn't do anything with it's premise. There are barely any Lycan encounters in the game. There is barely any dialog with them. The E3 gameplay made it a point that the Lycan was intelligent, could size you up, could outsmart you. Well they did NOTHING with that. I expected the game to go deep into the Lycan world. Speak to them. See their history, there side of the story for thousands of years. NOTHING. Instead, we get the terribly boring rebel storyline, which also barely has any explanation to it. It's all boring and predictable. And it's all wrapped in this lifeless world with barely any NPC's, no interaction with the world. There wasn't even any cool set pieces. It's just not what I expected. I didn't hate it at all, but it just left me feeling empty.
The game has great characters, with outstanding voice work. Maybe that's why I compared it to Eternal Darkness. But it's nothing like it.