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The Order: 1886 |OT| Gears of Yore

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Mr. Giggles

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bananafactory said:
Just had a brief chat with someone who worked on the game. Pretty heartbreaking stuff, regardless of how the game turned out.
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Damn. I imagine its heart wrenching watching people shit on your game from the beginning all the way to the end. add to that the tweets some of these "professional" gaming journalists are throwing around.
 
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bigdaddygamebot

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Lurgan1337 said:
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got this baby today.
Hyped as fuck although I already beat the game like five days ago
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Looks badass in Russian.
 
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IonicSnake

Banned
Just beat the game, took me about 7 hours and I took my time looking around. Played on hard with aim assist off. I can see why the reviewers gave it those scores, you really have to like games that very heavy on cutscenes. I would say the game is a mix of the last of us and heavy rain with a pinch of RE4.

I did enjoy the game and will platinum it but it's not a game for everyone. If I had to give it a score it would be a 7. I was thinking 8 but that ending...

Anyway, as I said I can understand where the reviewers are coming from but I don't think it was that bad.
 
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Doctor_Thomas

Member
I've been playing for a few hours and the worst I can say is that it's "generic". It's not going to set the world on fire with its gameplay, but the atmosphere, story, voice acting, sound and music are all spot on for me.

I don't think it's going to make any GOTY lists, but its achievements should be noted and, now the engine work is done, RAD have a chance to do so much more with the gameplay.

It's an awkward first game in what needs to be a series to make its mark. The worst thing would be to see RAD reduced to doing Vita games.

Also, do we know what The Armoury is?
 
Kssio_Aug

Kssio_Aug

Member
j_rocca42 said:
For those that have beaten the game, how is the replay value? I'm looking into picking this up. And having a reason to give it another play through would help me decide.
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I have not, but based on a lot of readings about this matter, since I do enjoy some replay value in SP focused games, it seems it is non-existent.

Of course, like some people say, you can go back to it if you like and replay as much as you want to experience this again. But elements that raises a game replay value there's pratically none:
-The collectables, if I'm not mistaken, are not trackable, so you don't know wich chapter to go back to collect them.
-There's no unlockable content such as skins, weapons and stuff.
-Weapons has no upgrades during the campaing, so you won't experience them differently in your next playthrough.
-There's no unlockable difficulties.
-There's no trophies based on the difficulty level either.
-Cut-scenes are not skippable.
-No NG+ either.
 
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Net_Wrecker

Member
bananafactory said:
Just had a brief chat with someone who worked on the game. Pretty heartbreaking stuff, regardless of how the game turned out.
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That always sucks to hear.

Hopefully they realize that one amazing demo for The Order 1914 (or whatever) in 2 years, that amazing demo that 1886 never got (perhaps we're seeing why now), the kind of demo that Uncharted 4 had at E3, would erase 90% of the negativity. There's nothing better than a redemption story.
 
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NateDrake

Member
IonicSnake said:
Just beat the game, took me about 7 hours and I took my time looking around. Played on hard with aim assist off. I can see why the reviewers gave it those scores, you really have to like games that very heavy on cutscenes. I would say the game is a mix of the last of us and heavy rain with a pinch of RE4.

I did enjoy the game and will platinum it but it's not a game for everyone. If I had to give it a score it would be a 7. I was thinking 8 but that ending...

Anyway, as I said I can understand where the reviewers are coming from but I don't think it was that bad.
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This is why a 5/10 is a suitable score. If a 5 is considered average, then it fits The Order pretty well.
 
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j_rocca42

Member
Kssio_Aug said:
I have not, but based on a lot of readings about this matter, since I do enjoy some replay value in SP focused games, it seems it is non-existent.

Of course, like some people say, you can go back to it if you like and replay as much as you want to experience this again. But elements that raises a game replay value there's pratically none:
-The collectables, if I'm not mistaken, are not trackable, so you don't know wich chapter to go back to collect them.
-There's no unlockable content such as skins, weapons and stuff.
-Weapons has no upgrades during the campaing, so you won't experience them differently in your next playthrough.
-There's no unlockable difficulties.
-There's no trophies based on the difficulty level either.
-Cut-scenes are not skippable.
-No NG+ either.
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Thanks for the info. That's unfortunate.
 
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FF Seraphim

Member
Lurgan1337 said:
that made me a little bit proud for my country...

at least we got the same Nightmare edition of Bloodbourne as everyone else :)
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Are you serious?! Why the fuck is the US getting shafted so hard on this premium editions of some of these games?!

God dammit SCEA! Get me the Nightmare edition!
 
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Boke1879

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MrS said:
It's unthinkable that somebody could give this a 4/10.
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I know this isn't the place for this but I gotta comment on it.

a 4/10 to me screams unpolished, buggy, gamebreaking and just overall not enjoyable.

I agree with you. I just don't see it
 
MrS

MrS

Banned
curb said:
Especially considering how much of game reviewing these days sit on the 7-10 scale. It seems oddly vindictive to me.
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It definitely does, especially when you consider how much of a kick some of the reviewers are getting from shitting all over it. It's pretty sad, really, and I don't think the game or the devs deserve it.
 
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RoboPlato

I'd be in the dick
Net_Wrecker said:
That always sucks to hear.

Hopefully they realize that one amazing demo for The Order 1914 (or whatever) in 2 years, that amazing demo that 1886 never got (perhaps we're seeing why now), the kind of demo that Uncharted 4 had at E3, would erase 90% of the negativity. There's nothing better than a redemption story.
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The design philosophy for the next game should absolutely be built around creating impressive, more systemic moment to moment gameplay and it should debut with a demo like Uncharted 4 had.
 
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jpd1408

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It's a great game... I just feel like they ended it halfway through... Not a proper ending at all so many plot points to still tie up. Graphics are the best I've seen. Solid gameplay. Good story. Can't wait for the sequel!!
 
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doomquake

Member
it really does look amazing but there a scene
where you shoot rebels with a silenced rifle and it is just so rediculous that you "hiding" in plain sight and then take cover from bullets behind a wooden, exquisitely cut railing (i mean its not solid)..sigh..
 
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benzy

Member
jpd1408 said:
It's a great game... I just feel like they ended it halfway through... Not a proper ending at all so many plot points to still tie up. Graphics are the best I've seen. Solid gameplay. Good story. Can't wait for the sequel!!
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If the ending feels like Halo 2 that's going to be a huge dissappointment for me.
 
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Lurgan1337

Banned
FF Seraphim said:
Are you serious?! Why the fuck is the US getting shafted so hard on this premium editions of some of these games?!

God dammit SCEA! Get me the Nightmare edition!
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yep. Russian publishers are often too late with preorders for collector's editions.
We were collecting preorders for bloodbourne since the October and we opened
Nightmare edition and special edition with stellbook just yesterday. that shit is insane sometimes.
 
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Beaulieu

Member
ricardo_sousa11 said:
I believe we will see a dif. score on "user reviews" on Metacritic. There has been a huge hate on the game from the media for some reason, I go as far to say that if this game was released by Ubisoft and as a Multiplat, it would have scored totally dif. but thats just an opinion.

I will gladly wake up early tomorrow to go pick it up on the store, I know I will have a blast, and then ill trade it for Bloodborne.
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yeah it would have scored in the low 20s probably
 
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curb

Banned
MrS said:
It definitely does, especially when you consider how much of a kick some of the reviewers are getting from shitting all over it. It's pretty sad, really, and I don't think The Order or RAD deserve it.
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It's almost surreal the way this has all come down. Between the scores and the games media people's personal comments, it's like we're on some bizarro day. I know big name and overhyped games get bad reviews all the time but this is something else.

The game is solid, doesn't crash, guns fire when you pull the trigger and everyone has their faces. I dunno. I can speak with more personal authority once I finish it.
 
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MrxDemix

Banned
Boke1879 said:
I know this isn't the place for this but I gotta comment on it.

a 4/10 to me screams unpolished, buggy, gamebreaking and just overall not enjoyable.

I agree with you. I just don't see it
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I can only speak for myself but there was no point during my time playing The Order: 1886 that I had fun. Now, not every game has to be fun, but I just know I regret buying it.
 
Nydus

Nydus

Member
ordered my copy this evening. was on the fence a long time but the aspect of just trading it in shortly afterwards done it for me. :)

btw the reviews are not exactly offputting. i mean i love asuras wrath so...
 
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