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The Order 1886: 5 Reasons Why This Game's Story is Too Predictable (with GIFs)

The Order 1886 is a greatly anticipated action-adventure game coming out this February. But the most of the anticipation might be in vain. Recent information contained in the freshly released story trailer reveals that more than obvious, The Order 1886’s narrative is way too dull and predictable. Here are five reasons why this game won’t be able to amaze anyone.

DarkOcelet3796d ago (Edited 3796d ago )

Another article saying its dull, do these people have anything else to do other than just hating on a game that hasn't been released yet.

Seriously WTF! Why didnt these articles were here when Destiny or Watch Dogs wasnt released yet? Those two games had some really $#/// stories. Bottom line, you don't know sh#t about the story.

DigitalRaptor3796d ago (Edited 3796d ago )

The author doesn't appear to know anything on the subject which they are writing.

They make ridiculously sensationalist statements like "Here are five reasons why this game won’t be able to amaze anyone" (I mean, are you serious?), and the rest of it is ill-informed, badly written and each point is concluded with no supporting evidence but rather tenuous theories based on limited information.

vishmarx3796d ago

im not even sure of the point he is conveying
seem like a bunch of random assumptions put together that lead to absolutely nothing

SmielmaN3796d ago

Down voting the article to get it removed. Boom

jznrpg3796d ago

Bleh hit disagree on accident.

LonDonE3796d ago

EXACTLY!! WOOOOOW!
This article writer is CLUELESS.

I see the Microsoft shills are out in full force, it amazes me how bad some of these obvious xbox fan boys will do to sabotage and spread misinformation about Playstation games.

Seriously since the PS3 this has been going on, these dam fake ass wannabe journalists writing article after article on how playstation exclusives are bad THIS HAS GOT TO STOP!!!

Its crazy how much salt i see everyday on the internet from various big and small websites and youtube channels who are just so frustrated that their console/platform of choice is getting its ass handed to it in near enough EVERY WAY!

Fanboy's can rage and vote me down all they want, and anyone who says i am just a conspiracy nut is just too naive or too stupid or both to see the facts.

I have never seen this level of blatant abuse, seriously these shills are non stop constantly down playing the success of the PS4 and constantly dissing and picking apart every little flaw of the playstation games while the games on the xbox are held to a different yard stick.

Its disgusting and proves how badly this industry is corrupt, i assure you ms pays allot of these guys/websites advertising revenue they have been proven many times before to use dirty tactics to achieve their goals.

How many more articles will we read bashing all the PS4 exclusives while the xbox ones are praised to high heaven???

Lightning Mr Bubbles3795d ago (Edited 3795d ago )

I wasn't really feeling this game, until I saw this trailer, now it's on my radar big time. I'm sensing a bit of a Gears of War meets Bioshock vibe to it.

Looks like the developers really believed in this world and story that they created and they put a lot of work into it. I think it could end up being better than people are saying.

This article is pretty pathetic though, it doesn't predict anything specific about the story, just talks about everything in a broad sense, I mean with this logic you can pretty much say the same thing about every story or movie that will ever be created from now on.

Silly gameAr3795d ago

But, of course it got approved and like most garbage on N4G gets approved now in days.

bouzebbal3795d ago

After gameplay now they attack the story lol
well to all the salty haters, ALL mario games say hi. Mario Galaxy 2 the highest rated video game ever says hi as well.

YoungKingDoran3795d ago

I know that I for one am OVER this fan boy bullshit. We are all gaming brothers & sisters who share a hobby, so why do we have to fight and be dicks to one another?
Well we don't.

We can have favourite companies, and speak up for our rights to enjoy the medium - but exclusives are exclusive for a reason.

The way I see it there are 4 options:
1. Be jealous of the game you can't play (& not in a dickish way), or;
2. Buy the other console, or;
3. Get out of the hobby for the betterment of the community.

4. And most of all, if a game is not your cup of tea, don't fucking drink it and call it shit.

jb2273795d ago

This was my favorite little nugget of "wisdom" from the article:

"Unfortunately, it’s hardly a story nowadays if drama and conflict are not present."

Apparently the author doesn't know what a "story" even is. Yeah, it's not much of a stretch to assume that The Order's story has a conflict in it, but then again, it's not a stretch to say every story ever written has some form of "conflict". I'm surprised anyone would disagree w/ what you said, say whatever you will about the "generic gameplay" or "on rails shooting", but this dude doesn't even know what constitutes a story, no real way to disagree w/ that.

HammadTheBeast3795d ago

It didn't even make a point... just random comments on gifs... Gifs which I'll bet were pulled straight from someone else s comments yesterday.

badz1493795d ago

another hate article towards 1886. I'm not surprised but having a couple of dose of this every single day is surely tiring!

I haven't seen any other game getting this kind of treatment before. seriously, why?

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joab7773796d ago

Does he know the story? I doubt it. At least wait until it's released for an article like this.

Letthewookiewin3796d ago

The moron hasn't played the game from beginning too end. His purpose is void.

CocoWolfie3796d ago

hey man we dont need anymore games from 1886 with half breeds, c'mon!

UKmilitia3796d ago

might aswell stop making games,tv programes and films then because there all way to predictable.

what a complete muppet the writer is!
just because something may be predictable doenst mean its not gonna be an amazing story.

what a waste of time,should be banned from linking news this guy

BLow3796d ago

Well, I'm just going to go by my own instincts and get the game. I really like the setting and I really like werewolves. So it's a win for me. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but hopefully more games start getting this kind of treatment.

One thing for sure is that the reviews on release day are going to make this place really interesting. The boys are going to be ready on both sides. I can see that this game is going to get hammered in some reviews though. It's just in the air. You can tell by all these articles. I predict it's going to be somewhat like Ryse with people bashing it and others loving it. I don't care because I will be playing the game as other are on here fighting over review scores. Can't wait!!!

Mega243796d ago

The Clicks bro, the clicks.

its_JEFF3796d ago

the really interesting thing is that it is now a "Greatly anticipated" game...

DarkOcelet3796d ago

It was one of my most anticipated games the moment that teaser came, because i immensely enjoyed Daxter, God Of War Chains of Olympus and Ghost of Sparta and i knew they had the potential to be something really big. Which is why i hope this game succeed so much.

its_JEFF3795d ago

@DarkOcelet I'm in the same boat as you are. I thought the concept was very cool. I couldn't figure out why people bashed it so much, I mean if you don't like the setting/art style that is totally understandable. It was being judged as a full game months and months before it even released. We hadn't even see that much footage of it yet, but it was automatically dismissed. I don't know if it's because it's RAD. They're not well known, they don't have a long pedigree yet.

I just find it funny that it's now considered, by some media, "greatly anticipated" seems like a way for them to set it up for a good bashing when it releases if it isn't great.

-Foxtrot3796d ago

Destiny was such a let down but because it was "Bungie" journalist wouldn't dare speak of the game in a negative way

The best thing I've seen about Destiny's story is that fan theory which suggests the traveller is the darkness and the guardians are nothing more then it's puppets being used to protect it from people who are trying to destroy it.

DarkOcelet3796d ago

That is actually a better idea than the whole effin story of the game. I really thought this would become the next epic sci fi RPG. it was such a letdown.

-Foxtrot3796d ago

I know right

I thought they might use the idea or that was their plan. Even when you play the game the enemies sometimes yell (once they've spotted you)

"It's the Darkness"

Theories like that and the Mass Effect 3 one shows how communities can come up with better stories then the people being paid to.

OB1Biker3796d ago

Agreed its ridiculous. I can certainly see some 'cliches' in the story but just like in any game. Heard the same stuff about TLOU.

Mr-Dude3795d ago

Yeah, this is really original " journalism....

Muzikguy3795d ago

There seems to be an abundance of this kind of "journalism" lately. I'm glad my bullsh!t filter is working

kenshiro1003795d ago

Gooood grief, this has to be the most hated game I have ever seen in history.

LET THE GAME COME OUT BEFORE YOU JUDGE!

My God...

mayberry3795d ago

Killzone 2 was hated greatly before relese, now its regarded as a "top ten of all time" FPS. Let the game speak for itself. I feel it will also shine!

memots3795d ago

I wrote this way way back about the order.

"its the next DriveClub .. Trolling could be even worst than DC, This game is not even out the trolling is already insane. #4.4
83d ago by memots"

tlougotg3795d ago

Driveclub has been hated on too an insane amount, Star Hawk (which i loved but got slammed for no sp, yet titan fall got a free pass), Playstation All Stars (which many enjoyed). Point is Sony for some reason and its games have been really thrashed and scrutinized which is ironic being they have recently put out arguably some of the best game of all time with the most awards in gaming history ala Uncharted 2, Tlou and few other lauded games.

jholden32493795d ago

With all due respect, the only responses I seem to read concerning allegations of The Order being mediocre are ones like yours which use the logic "but game X and Y were boring too and journalists didn't say anything, so why are they exposing The Order?"

That kind of logic basically admits "ya, this game sucks, BUT, other sucky games were given a pass so this one should too".

Shouldn't matter what articles were written about Watch Dogs or Destiny. That's irrelevant. Even if it's a double standard, better to expose the truth hypocritically than to lie to the readership in the interest of "equal ignorance".

livedeht3795d ago

@ jholden, I agree we don't need equal ignorance, however how do u judge a games story without playing it? The F-U-D surrounding this game is insane, I for one have enjoyed most of R@D's games (hated daxter though lol) and this one looks FANTASTIC !

rainslacker3795d ago (Edited 3795d ago )

I guess after yesterday's trailer where most of the previous complaints were blown out of the water, they had to find something new.

I personally don't know how people can say the story is predictable when all they know is less than you would read on the inside jacket of a book cover.

I'm sure there will be cliche's in the story, almost all stories have that nowadays, but to say the story is predictable now is extremely premature.

A good story can be predictable and cliche'd and unoriginal, so long as it has interesting characters and is presented well. When it comes down to it, people connect to characters and their personalities and struggles, not the set pieces in which it plays out.

@jholden

That's not the point they're trying to make. The point they're trying to make is that the Order is being held up to more scrutiny than other games. Ryse got some hate for it's use of QTE, but no one said jack squat about the story, which looked more predictable and cliche'd than the Order, and a lot more was shown of it.

People are implying that the Order is being held up to this scrutiny because it's a PS4 exclusive, whereas other games get a free pass that exhibit similar traits that people are complaining about.

No one is saying that the order is going to be mediocre, just saying there is no real consistency from one game to the next in criticisms.

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SaveFerris3796d ago

Well, I'm amazed at the game. I can't wait to play it. Pre-ordered my copy weeks ago with both sets of DLC.

snookiegamer3796d ago

Another let's bash The Order 1886 Article ...

Can't these Grinch Breeders wait until the Game releases/reviews before taking cheap shots at it?

...and using GIFS to ram the Agenda home! smh ;/

Rimeskeem3796d ago

I'm pretty sure the game has already amazed people with its graphics and setting.

Neonridr3796d ago

so graphics are everything now? If the game plays like $hit then no amount of good graphics are going to save it.

A pretty game can still be a bad game.

That being said, I will reserve my judgement on this game until I actually play it.

wsoutlaw873796d ago

No one is saying graphics are everything. A lot of people are just annoyed with this idea that the gameplay is automatically $hit. Now someone who hasn't even played it is writing about how the story will be boring. it has just gotten way to carried away. I think, what we have learned from this, and the games of last year is that these "previewers" have absolutely no clue about the game and just say what others are saying. People said destiny would be huge and endless after previewing a small demo. There is so much bs weitten just for the sake of writing and hits, that it's impossible to really learn anything from these stupid articles

Snookies123796d ago

It looks like it plays pretty damn well after seeing the newest trailer... So, if it looks amazing graphically, and the gameplay appears to be spot-on, what's the issue?

OB1Biker3796d ago (Edited 3796d ago )

Overreacting to someone just stating simple facts that we already know of as we don't know yet enough how the game plays though we can be optimistic really

Silly gameAr3795d ago

A comment like yours is as played out as these articles are.

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THC CELL3796d ago

Websites trolling as always.

IGiveHugs2NakedWomen3796d ago

Now will people start to believe me? Has anyone ever seen vgamerz.com post a PS4 related article on this site? Once the PC/Nintendo/Xbox fanboys take a really long look at that new The Order trailer, they'll have no choice but to write even more negative articles. Just watch over the next 2 days.

gangsta_red3796d ago

Sure they have:
http://n4g.com/news/1216684...

How come you and others think there's some kind of conspiracy and only the PC/Nintendo/Xbox fanboys are writing articles about how bad your Sony game might be?

http://n4g.com/news/1458213...

They also wrote a negative Titanfall article, does this mean they have a sony fanboy on the pay roll too?

http://n4g.com/news/1492283...

Here's another negative article about The Evil Within...which camp wrote this?

MysticStrummer3796d ago

I wouldn't call it a conspiracy but there are definitely people and sites that will downplay games simply based on the platform. I've never seen such a campaign of negativity before, but as time goes on more and more people have their own sites/blogs so I'm sure before too long we'll have a new exclusive negativity champion.

rainslacker3795d ago

What I see is that the articles that try to downplay this stuff generate a lot more heat, and get a lot more of the trollish comments from haters within them using the articles to say, "See, I told you so".

The haters don't go into the positive previews as much, thus generate less heat, thus get seen less, which gives the impression that there is nothing but hate for this game.

Overall impressions have been good for the game. There were some valid criticisms in all the "hate" articles here and there, but they got drowned out by the ones that just went to far to try and make it seem like the game was mediocre.

All I know is, for me, this has become my most looked forward to release for the whole year since yesterday's trailer. My cautious optimism was replaced with pure excitement because the Order looks like it's exactly the kind of game I like, and no negative article can take that away from me

gangsta_red3795d ago

I see a few articles that are hating this game or cautious, just like any other big title that is releasing with a high amount of hype. Why are people acting like this is something new and only reserved for Sony games?

Also, why are people replying to me and not questioning IGivehugs...do people really believe its the PC/Nintendo/Xbox fanboys writing these articles?

I can only assume with the 31 agrees and my own 43 disagrees that people do think this way...which is very scary.

I think most of the people here are making a bigger deal about the negative articles thus creating this whole "media hates Sony games" and blowing it very far out of proportion. An example is the comment I am replying too.

I just pointed out that this site Vgamers has submitted articles to N4G before and was even critical of TitanFall and as you can see in those comments there was no where near the amount of the "media is biased" or "conspiracy theories" if any at all, now compare that to everyone losing their minds on this page.

rainslacker3795d ago

I responded to you because your comment I felt was worth responding to, and IGive's was a bit to conspiratol for my taste.

I don't believe there is some sort of massive campaign to downplay Sony, just that they do seem to get a lot of hate. Some of the excess is in the minds of people who see these articles and assume they're the only thing out there, some of it is on the part of the media, or more often than not bloggers, who like to downplay this stuff.

I couldn't say if this is because of hit mongering or fanboysim, and either way it doesn't really matter. I don't see quite the negativity surrounding other big titles when they're multi-plat or for Xbox, but I know it does exist to some degree.

I think that the number of negative articles for the order were a bit much even with the positive stuff out there. I don't think it was a media hate campaign though, just a bunch of bad writers who want to feel like they're important.

I don't think the media hates Sony. I do think that negative Sony articles drive hits though, and probably any negative article really. The media can easily take advantage of that, which is sad IMO.

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The Order: 1886 Sequel Would Have Featured Larger-Scale Battles & Multiplayer

A sequel to Sony and Ready At Dawn's action-adventure game, The Order: 1886, would have featured larger-scale battles as well as multiplayer.

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pwnmaster300017d ago

I missed it when games use to have a multiplayer to them.
Hope Sony revives the game at one point

KyRo16d ago

Killzone, Resistance, Uncharted, TLOU, Motorstorm. Great times. Its a shame how far they've fallen this generation

Muigi16d ago

Oh they still do…its just the whole game now 😂.

-Foxtrot17d ago

Why add multiplayer when the single player (despite enjoying it for what it was) had flaws?

You'd work out the issues with how you craft the single player then once you’ve perfected it do multiplayer after.

RaidenBlack16d ago

https://www.videogameschron...
"Two sequels were planned for the franchise, The Order 1891 and The Order 1899. While the third game was never in development, Weerasuriya says he had planned where the story of the franchise was planned to go, if he had been able to develop the full trilogy."
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Alas, we'll also might never get the PC version of 1886, which is currently residing in some dev's hard drive, nearly ready for a release if required.

Charal16d ago

It’s a shame we didn’t gave its chance to this franchise.
Game world was very interesting, and gameplay could have evolved to a major hit with sequels.
Not even speaking about graphics that were way ahead of their time.

Reaper22_16d ago (Edited 16d ago )

If "we" is sony, i agree. I liked the game but it was metacritic that contributed to it's death. It's a shame.

AshleeEmerson16d ago

No, we are "us," the gamers who rated it so low on Metacritic, hurting... Killing its sales. I agree it is a shame. I loved this game.

Charal16d ago

No it is not, it is us has a community which crucified this game, which is happening much too often.

CrimsonWing6916d ago (Edited 16d ago )

I think MP being co-op would’ve been awesome. Essentially, I always viewed this as Sony’s take on the Gears series.

However, it really failed to measure up to what I expected. I definitely saw the potential but there were some things that really bogged it down for me like the forced slow walking segments (which I know was to hide loading), the repetitive warehouse werewolf fights, not enough variety in enemies, oddly we fought more humans than Darkstalkers, and the stealth sections were infuriating.

One thing there’s no denying though, this damn game was a looker. Such a shame at the wasted potential.

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The Order: 1886, a Ten Year Reunion

WTMG's Leo Faria: "After finally playing the now decade-old The Order: 1886, what do I think about it? Is it really worthy of all the hate it has received over the past decade? Or is it some kind of hidden gem? I honestly think it falls somewhere in the middle. I loved the setting, the story is initially fine, the combat isn’t half-bad, and the potential for some awesome world building was there. It was all bogged down by too much ambition against a tight deadline, as well as poor marketing. As a result, it’s short, full of plotholes, infested with QTEs, and not exactly memorable as a whole. As a game you can grab for less than ten bucks today, I absolutely think it’s worth checking out. It’s one hell of a wasted potential, but for such a discount, I had some fun with it, and I’m sure you will too."

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SimpleSlave113d ago (Edited 113d ago )

Great setting, great graphics, even decent gun play, but what a trash of a game. The fuck were these people thinking? We could've had something like an Alan Wake 2 meets Mass Effect 2 style game. With investigations, creepy locations to uncover and explore, people to talk to and even recruit, clues to uncover and connect, monsters to slay, side quests to get lost in, and a more expansive lore to go with it.

Instead we got a shitty AAAAAAAAA Third Person Pew Pew snoozfest. Awesome.

_SilverHawk_113d ago

The order 1886 was one of the best games I played on ps4. Within a top 5 best ps4 games I'd put the last of us 2, the order 1886, days gone, horizon zero dawn and God of war.

SimpleSlave113d ago

"The order 1886 was one of the best games I played on ps4. Within a top 5 best ps4 games..."

Jesus H. Christ, bud. You just sound like a Sony apologist. What the fuck? Anyways. Good luck with that or whatever.

coolbeans113d ago

God. The "what could've been" you're describing would've been way better than just being the most empty cinematic shooter slop of that generation.

SimpleSlave113d ago

Right? I mean, I can understand people enjoying this thing ironically. Knowing that it sucks but still enjoying it for what it is. I get that. That's fine. We all have our guilty pleasure no doubt. But to come here and actually pretend that this is a top 5 PS4 game? Wow!

To pretend that this barely there game is anything more than an "empty cinematic shooter slop of that generation," as you said, is beyond ridiculous. But I guess Self-Awareness is some expensive ass DLC still.

Espangerish113d ago

I really enjoyed this game and also think it was one of the best PS4 games. It’s weird to me that this makes you so angry. I’m not a Sony fan at all by the way, very much pc player.

SimpleSlave112d ago

"and also think it was one of the best PS4 games"
"I’m not a Sony fan at all by the way, very much pc player."

Yeah, OK. You want to lie to yourself? You do you, bud. But like I said to the other Sony apologist, "good luck with that or whatever."

-Foxtrot112d ago

Jesus, it had some flaws but you're acting like it was unplayable.

It built a foundation, a rocky one but a sequel is where they could have refined things.

Personally my only issue is I feel like the "Gears of War" like over the shoulder gameplay, especially getting into cover and the like didn't really fit the game as much. In Gears you understand that kind of gameplay because they are wearing super heavy amour and guns but in the Order these guys are super human, they should feel more of a breeze to control, easily jumping over things and being allowed to climb whatever similar to Uncharted.

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Inverno113d ago

Im back again to simp for The Order, if ya like games well grounded in their reality with consistency in everything it does then I recommend it if ya haven't played it. Play it thru emulation or on your PS it don't matter just play it.

1nsomniac113d ago (Edited 113d ago )

A great game run down by the media for it's price vs length - Which was understandable, but it shouldn't of been the be all and end all.

At the right price this was a great game & deserved a sequel!

thorstein113d ago

Exactly. What a weird metric that suddenly was important and then, within a few months, no longer mattered.

andy85113d ago

I enjoyed this. I think the complaints were the length if I remember. Nothing wrong with a short good game, at least to physical copy owners 😅

Rebel_Scum113d ago

Put the thing on PS plus already!

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The Order: 1886 Dev Pitched a Sequel to Sony, But Was Denied

Co-founder thinks bad reviews were to blame.
Ready at Dawn co-founder has revealed the now-shuttered studio pitched a sequel to PS4 exclusive The Order: 1886 to Sony, but was denied the chance to make it.

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_SilverHawk_123d ago

I can't believe sony turned down a sequel to the order 1886 which ended basically on a cliffhanger. The game is amazing and I would love a ps5 pro enhanced version just like I'd like a driveclub ps5 pro enhanced version.

DodoDojo122d ago

About 2 million sales and not the greatest of reviews, I can believe it.

Tbh there's a lot of dormant Sony exclusives that are more deserving of a sequel.

ravens52122d ago

Have you played it? Just curious.

ABizzel1122d ago (Edited 122d ago )

2 million probably wasn’t enough to make a strong profit on, and the mid reviews didn’t help, even though it was a solid game just short, and could have expanded way more on the creature mythos.

Days Gone: +7 million / mid reviews (no sequel)
Infamous SS: 6 million / mid reviews (no sequel)
Killzone SF: +2 million (4 mo.) / mid reviews (no sequel)
Driveclub: +2 million (2015 / leaks say 5m) / mid reviews (no sequel)

Basically it looks like for the PS4 generation budgets were getting out of control and Sony made the decision

sales + reviews - budget = sequel or no sequel

goken122d ago

Whatever the number, can’t be worst than concord

SimpleDad122d ago

Glad that Alloy Lego is doing great.

Toecutter00122d ago

Two million in sales for a new IP is pretty impressive. The world-building was in a class on its own. Any moron could see this IP had mad potential and the fact that Sony balked on it makes one question their competence and leadership.

Cacabunga122d ago

Nothing to do with sales. It’s all about the broken vision that Sony is having lately.
Days Gone sold great but they still don’t want a sequel to it.
Sony wants Easy money and they saw it in gaas and lazy games like lego horizon and countless remasters..

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pwnmaster3000122d ago (Edited 122d ago )

Idky you can’t believe it.
This game was shitted on by everyone besides some PS fans.

Don’t blame Sony on this one. Blame everyone who wanted to see this burn. Sony does a lot of stupid shit with their IP and waste a lot of them like bloodborne and days gone, but don’t be surprised with this one.

Outside_ofthe_Box122d ago

Exactly. I came to post exactly this. The game was torn apart upon release. It's not shocking that a sequel was denied.

S2Killinit122d ago

Not “upon” release. There was a whole campaign “prior” to release.

In my opinion they should have made it a bit less linear and it would have been great. I did enjoy it. But the reception it got makes sense that Sony wouldnt want to risk a sequel if it was going to open up a can of worms with people who wanted the first one to fail.

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Christopher122d ago

I played the game. I 100% believe Sony turned down a sequel.

blackblades122d ago

Well pretty obvious when it was left on a cliffhanger. Many sequels get turned from companies as someone else said above blame the SOB's that always whining.

Sabbath1313122d ago

i 100% agree with you, both of those games were amazing

Bathyj122d ago

What's so hard to believe? Don't you remember this game was crucified by the media.. it was DOA. It's a shame because it was a really fresh new IP it was gorgeous and a play really well . it had some issues but it wasn't the only game with qte repeated bosses and a playtime under 10 hours.

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mkis007122d ago (Edited 122d ago )

It was panned because of the graphics hype. Kind of similar to Ryse and hellblade 2...although the story was pretty interesting in all 3.

As a matter of fact I think Indy's success is partially due to the fact the graphics were not hyped up pre launch.

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-Foxtrot123d ago

It’s strange though Sony would be so proud about their work and overall quality but wouldn’t give them an extra year to, give them that quality.

Anyway he talks about if it was in the 70s they’d have had their sequel but Days Gone is at 71 on Metacritic and we don’t have a sequel.

Both games should have one, I think they deserve a second chance at refining and building onto that foundation already laid out.

neutralgamer1992123d ago (Edited 123d ago )

Definitely days gone 2 should happen. Who knows maybe now Sony will let them make it since bend had to cancel its live service game. Days gone 2 for PS6 sounds amazing

As far as order 1886 sequel it would be have been interesting. I think if this game was a RPG with 15 hour story it would have done so much better. Don't get me wrong game is great but you can tell the potential is there if they were allowed to make some drastic changes

Sadly this new Sony is not the PlayStation they are suits and spreadsheet guys. Playstation has lost its touch with gamers. I miss Shawn jack Andrew house etc

At the launch of PS4 Playstation was at its full strength with gamers running the company but not anymore. No we have a guy who loves horizon above every thing else and is willing to fund projects based on that IP

Redemption-64123d ago

So an IP that actually sell? Sony moved away from the type of games you saw during the launch of the PS4 because many gamer didn't support them. I hear people crying more about say Japan Studio closing than actually supporting their games when they were open. Wasn't it shawn layden who said many of these games fail and you hope a few like horizon to make up for the failed games. Maybe if gamers actually supported these games there would be more of them. Shocking right?

Redemption-64122d ago

There is no sequel for Days Gone because it didn't sell. The director himself said "If you love a game, buy it at f****** full price. I can't tell you how many times I've seen gamers say 'yeah, I got that on sale, I got it through PS Plus, whatever'.”

Majority of the sales from days gone came from when it was heavily discounted, and I have seen many gamers say they will not pay full price or the game isn't worth full price, but they will buy it when it's discounted. Yet they get triggered when the studio decides to move away from a game they refused to support at full price

jwillj2k4122d ago (Edited 122d ago )

What this is showing is that the majority of people don’t like the price. It doesn’t mean they don’t like the game. Two different dimensions.

Example: The company Take Two took advantage by selling NBA 2K at $20, completely undercutting NBA live to become the most popular basketball game. High priced games isn’t the only way they can make money.

-Foxtrot122d ago

Well. If we are going to go off that director apparently Days Gone hit 8 million sales around the same time frame that Ghost of Tsushima later did.

https://x.com/JakeRocket/st...

One was considered a failure, the other a massive success so I don't think it just boils down to sales.

Redemption-64122d ago

@Foxtrot

Hey, maybe you clearly know more than the director/writer. If memory serves me right, Days Gone went on sale faster than Ghost. Also, please know budget is a major factor. There is a huge difference between Ghost with a budget of $60M selling 8M, vs Days Gone, with a budget of $250M selling 8M after major price cut. One can be considered a success, because it had a much lower budget.

Don't Complain If a Game Doesn’t Get a Sequel” If You Didn’t Buy It “At F-cking Full Price, clearly shows the game didn't make the money it needed to make within the time frame it needed

Redemption-64122d ago

@jwillj2k4

What is shows is majority of gamers didn't think Days Gone was worth the $60 price tag and clearly Sony agrees with them. You can like a game, but if you don't think it is worth the price tag, why do you complain when the company decides to not invest in a game you don't think is worth what they are charging? They should release the game, lose money, cut the price and then you will support it?

jwillj2k4120d ago

Reading is fundamental. I said start with a reduced price not cut the price after you’ve already released it. It was an example to show how there are other ways they couldn’t make money. The idea is that number of buyers is much greater at $20 than $60. I didn’t think I had the point that out to you.

Redemption-64120d ago (Edited 120d ago )

@jwillj2k4

The number of buyers being greater at $20 than $60 does not equate to more money. You literally have to sell 2-3 times more to makeup the difference. Starting with a reduced price for an AAA that costs say $250M is pure stupidity and again would have to sell 2-4 times more depending on the reduced price break even. Or include micro transactions. They can make it into a free live service game with mtx. Yeah, you are right, maybe they should follow the route 2K NBA took

Clearly many don't think the game is worth $60. Who knows maybe the remaster can give it hope. But it would be funny if they get a sequel and people refuse to buy it at full price. Highly doubt those who think the game isn't worth 60, will be lining up for 70.

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S2Killinit122d ago

Days Gone deserved so much better than 71. I’ve noticed that some PlayStation games get attacked and it feels generated. Like money is behind the hate campaign.

-Foxtrot122d ago

Days Gone was that one game which wasn't really attacked by gamers but by journalists.

As soon as it was revealed they really didn't like it for some reason, it was made out to be because it came across as a generic looking open world game or another generic "zombie" game but at the time we had plenty of open world games and a fair few "zombie/infected" games that these journalists didn't bad an eyelid towards.

When the game released broken before the Day One patch it just gave these journalists a massive excuse to slaughter the game in their reviews.

On one hand, a game shouldn't have released in that broken state or at least they shouldn't have given journalists a copy without the Day One patch HOWEVER these are the same journalists who usually gloss over that kind of stuff with so many other games, take Star Wars Outlaws for example, the game was a buggy, broken mess at launch with plenty of issues, bad AI, some clear performance issues and a lot of quality of life improvements needed but it still did a lot better than Days Gone at launch.

Personally I think they knew they could get away with it more because Sony Bend weren’t that high up and respectable, they knew calling their game out as much as they did wouldn't hit them with any major consequences unlike if they hypothetically were like this towards NaughtyDog, Sony Santa Monica or Insomniac.

RaidenBlack123d ago

Yea and there was/is a PC version of 1886 too in 2016 ... but now maybe collecting dust in some dev's hardrive.

Relientk77123d ago

That's lame. It's not perfect, definitely a flawed game, but deserves a sequel. You already have the first game as a starting point just need to improve upon it. This could have been a much better sequel like the jump from Assassin's Creed to Assassin's Creed 2. The IP has potential.

S2Killinit122d ago

But Assassins Creed sold a lot.

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