Playtime: 7:15 hours
Very cinematic production, little real gameplay, more tech demo than full-fledged video game. "The Order 1886" is pretty as a picture, so pretty in fact that you'd think it was a current title for the Ps5. The characters are some of the most real-looking I've ever seen in a video game. The scenario about a Victorian London in an alternative timeline with werewolves and vampires suits my taste perfectly.
And yet in the end, apart from the technical presentation, I was rather disappointed. The story of "The Order 1886" goes in a direction that I found rather boring and the shootouts are fun, but they wear out quickly. The result is a long tech demo with a lot of potential that was hardly used.
Very cinematic production, little real gameplay, more tech demo than full-fledged video game. "The Order 1886" is pretty as a picture, so pretty in fact that you'd think it was a current title for the Ps5. The characters are some of the most real-looking I've ever seen in a video game. The scenario about a Victorian London in an alternative timeline with werewolves and vampires suits my taste perfectly.
And yet in the end, apart from the technical presentation, I was rather disappointed. The story of "The Order 1886" goes in a direction that I found rather boring and the shootouts are fun, but they wear out quickly. The result is a long tech demo with a lot of potential that was hardly used.
If I have to summarize what I think of this game in a simple sentence, I’d say that I enjoyed the game, but perhaps I would have enjoyed it more if it were a full movie or a TV show. Now, let’s go to the details. In advance, sorry for this much text.
Played this game for the first time in 2024, never played it before. If you were to tell me that this game came out this very year, I would believe you, because visually, the game is amazing. Not only the graphics are very realistic, but also everything looks real. I think that the designing for this game was really good. The scenarios, clothing, guns, accesories, etc look like they actually exist. The mo-cap and voice acting is really good also. The music is very good, specially during some cinematics.
I liked the story. It’s simple and linear, but it’s good. Nothing too original, but I liked the general setting of the story. I think that I would have been nice to know more about the lore during the game. Like how did the Order was founded, when did the rivalry with the half-breeds started, where do the monsters come from, etc. I loved the final scene of the game, but at the same time it felt rushed to end the game there. It leaves a lot to the imagination of how that situation carried on. I know that at this point, it’s almost impossible that we get a sequel, but I’d play it if it where to happen.
When I said this game is very cinematic, I mean that for moments, you kinda forget that you are playing a game. There are parts where you have a seamless transition from cinematic to gameplay and viceversa. But, there are moments when this kind of obsession with realism and trying to look like a movie, is not a good thing. The camera placement feels weird during some gameplay bits. Maybe it’s too close to the character or too displaced to one of the sides, etc. It’s not all the time, but when it happens, I find it annoying.
The gameplay itself is fun, but very repetitive. There is little to no variation. You walk (you’ll be forced to do slow walking a bit too much maybe), you go through some areas where you have to jump or climb, you get to the fighting area, you clean it up, then repeat. Also, there is little variation of enemies. The gunplay was fun. Simple, but fun. I wasn’t blown away by it, but I enjoyed it. You have to use the “cover” system and shoot, and that’s pretty much it. There are no boss battles. The closets things to boss battles are some lycans, which you have to fight using a quick time event. Now, the “stealth” parts were the worst for me. The camera feels weird, and even if you get close to the enemies you have to wait for the quick time event button to load so you can take them down. Also, the stealth isn’t optional. There are a few parts of the game when you have to do it that way whether you want it or not.
And this is too specific, but I can’t believe that there are so many modern games where you can’t change the audio and text languages. I like to play games on their original language, with text and subtitles in spanish (I’m from Argentina). And it is too often that I find that the game has no language option (like this game). Or maybe they only have the option to change the language of the whole game (audio and text). So I ended up changing the language of my PS5 so the game would play in english (both audio and text).
Played this game for the first time in 2024, never played it before. If you were to tell me that this game came out this very year, I would believe you, because visually, the game is amazing. Not only the graphics are very realistic, but also everything looks real. I think that the designing for this game was really good. The scenarios, clothing, guns, accesories, etc look like they actually exist. The mo-cap and voice acting is really good also. The music is very good, specially during some cinematics.
I liked the story. It’s simple and linear, but it’s good. Nothing too original, but I liked the general setting of the story. I think that I would have been nice to know more about the lore during the game. Like how did the Order was founded, when did the rivalry with the half-breeds started, where do the monsters come from, etc. I loved the final scene of the game, but at the same time it felt rushed to end the game there. It leaves a lot to the imagination of how that situation carried on. I know that at this point, it’s almost impossible that we get a sequel, but I’d play it if it where to happen.
When I said this game is very cinematic, I mean that for moments, you kinda forget that you are playing a game. There are parts where you have a seamless transition from cinematic to gameplay and viceversa. But, there are moments when this kind of obsession with realism and trying to look like a movie, is not a good thing. The camera placement feels weird during some gameplay bits. Maybe it’s too close to the character or too displaced to one of the sides, etc. It’s not all the time, but when it happens, I find it annoying.
The gameplay itself is fun, but very repetitive. There is little to no variation. You walk (you’ll be forced to do slow walking a bit too much maybe), you go through some areas where you have to jump or climb, you get to the fighting area, you clean it up, then repeat. Also, there is little variation of enemies. The gunplay was fun. Simple, but fun. I wasn’t blown away by it, but I enjoyed it. You have to use the “cover” system and shoot, and that’s pretty much it. There are no boss battles. The closets things to boss battles are some lycans, which you have to fight using a quick time event. Now, the “stealth” parts were the worst for me. The camera feels weird, and even if you get close to the enemies you have to wait for the quick time event button to load so you can take them down. Also, the stealth isn’t optional. There are a few parts of the game when you have to do it that way whether you want it or not.
And this is too specific, but I can’t believe that there are so many modern games where you can’t change the audio and text languages. I like to play games on their original language, with text and subtitles in spanish (I’m from Argentina). And it is too often that I find that the game has no language option (like this game). Or maybe they only have the option to change the language of the whole game (audio and text). So I ended up changing the language of my PS5 so the game would play in english (both audio and text).
Short, under developed game. A sequel could have been great. Graphics were mind blowing back in the day.
Slight, and undercooked, but I've had worse afternoons than the one I spent playing this.