The order was definitely unfairly treated by the "press". As for the rest of the list I remember most of them being reviewed quite accurately retrospectively speaking.
I like The Order. It was too short but i enjoyed it. There was some loose ends in the story I think. It was awhile ago when I played it. I suspect something went wrong with the budget perhaps?
I hated Deus EX though. god all mighty I was playing it and playing it and was just thinking "its just the beginning, you will like it once you get into it...." I gave up as I was about 3 hours in. Just not my cut of tea I guess. (I not saying the game is trash. So calm the cluck down fanboys before you lot start weighing in.)
@s2killinit "It was longer than the original gears of war I believe." The average completion time of gears of war was 9 hours vs 7 for the order. This is according to how long to beat. The other difference is that gears of war has other things to do such as online multiplayer. The order has nothing else to do.
Having said that I would like a bigger sequel as I enjoyed the game.
The graphics in The Order is still some of the best I’ve seen. I got it for 8$ and recall just thinking to myself “WOW”. The gameplay wasn’t bad but it was short. I really do hope that studio gets to expand on their ideas.
Unfortunately the media woefully misrepresented it as a Gears clone, when in fact, it was closer to a cinematic adventure.
The nonsensical Gears comparison, the length to price controversy, and the overblown QTE criticism ultimately sealed The Order's fate and sunk the review scores.
If people went in blind, with no preconceptions and no knowledge of price, the reception would've been dramatically different.
Wipe away all the bullshit surrounding the game and it's a high brow, high quality production that entertains.
Who cares if it's fairly cinematic, or if it has QTEs? It's not Gears of War, not a Tell Tale game, it's The Order 1886 and it isn't confined to any specific archetype.
The visuals set a new benchmark back in 2015.
The voice acting was superb and the sound design was excellent.
The story was very good and characters like Galahad and Tesla were excellent.
The combat was solid for a game of its ilk. The coverbased shooting worked as advertised, and I enjoyed moments where cinematics and gameplay were entwined. Such as the White Chapel encounter.
Weapons were creative and fun, sometimes featuring an exciting secondary fire. There should've been more weapons, but the weapons on display were truly awesome. The arch cannon, the air blast rifle, and the thermite minigun stand out.
In what world is The Order high brow? The enemies were clones of each other, the stealth sections are so simple someone blind, deaf and dumb could finish them, the boss encounters all worked the same and were incredibly anti climactic.
Oh Lord Hastings is a vampire!? Wow, I'm shocked that wasn't obvious from the first time he was on screen. If this is what constitutes high brow in the video game story space, then we deserve all the ridicule we get.
The acting, the world, the lore, the setting, the score/audio, the art, and presentation are what made it high brow. When I said high brow I wasn't referring to the gameplay. If I was trying to pump the gameplay I'd say "high quality" as it is a more apt term, but I wasn't.
The Order was a classy, tasteful production, hence why I called it high brow. Do u understand?
The Order was never meant to be Gears of War, it is its own entity, and it's allowed to have whatever style of gameplay it wants.
Did u kill Life is Strange or Heavy Rain for having QTEs and limited gameplay? The Order isn't exactly like those games, but it shares cinematic similarities. It had more gameplay than those games and less gameplay than Gears, but a stronger narrative than Gears.
IDGAF what u think, but the White Chapel encounter/boss fight/experience was phenomenal. U break it down to a QTE, but the entire experience was a gorgeous blend of cinematics, gameplay, and quick-time. Call it what u want, the result was incredible. I do agree that the final boss was an anticlimactic fight with repeated mechanics.
The Order didn't master or revolutionize gameplay, but the combat was adequate, and the overall production was a sweet mix of cinematics, combat, and quick time blended together with intriguing lore, a fabulous setting, and a wonderfully acted narrative. I loved it.
"The acting, the world, the lore, the setting, the score/audio, the art, and presentation are what made it high brow."
How much longer are people going to spout this bullshit narrative? The story and lore is incredibly shallow, some of the worst level/enemy design this generation from a major publisher, and incredibly bland gameplay. Tell me hows the Lycans and Vampires are unique or worth any attention in The Order 1886. Even the politics of the game was boring as fuck, and made little use of historical/mythical figures in the narrative.
The game was judged fairly. It has good actors reading a bland and uninspiring script, and shallow gameplay masked by good animations and graphics. This game can only be praised in the manner you're doing if you've never played a TPS or read a half-decent book. If you find quick-time events to be an experience that is "phenomenal", then I question how similar can't be achieved by a cutscene; at this point you've backed yourself into a corner as you have to admit cutscenes can accomplish similar to quick-time events now.
"The Order was a classy, tasteful production, hence why I called it high brow. Do u understand?"
You sound like an American who places some sort of authority in an English accent. How about you defend your claims about the script and world building?
I've played the order, quantum break, mad max and my daughter really likes little nightmares. All of which have their flaws but otherwise very enjoyable games that get a lot of flak.
I'd add in recore as an honorable mention as that one is also an enjoyable game with some flaws. But then again... no game is truly "perfect" (some are better than others though)
Ryse + DaysGone those two games were underrated They have one of the best visual, graphics, story telling and great gameplay despite some issues that can be fixed
Yeah man, Ryse wasn’t as bad as reviewers were making it out to be I even tried it with Kinect, and was surprised how well it worked. Also Quantum break was another good title. The mechanics weren’t my favorite, but the story, and over all experience was great.
I loved it while it lasted. It played like RE4 but better controls. It was far too short though and plotholes were left unresolved. The game just abruptly ends as if they ran out of money. Similar to what happened with Bakshi's LOTR animated film.
I feel SSO was kind of Insomniac's version of Bulletstorm. Not much substance, just entertaining gameplay that felt like it sat around longer than needed and greatly needed more to hold the attention of most gamers.
No it was a huge disappointment and wasn't even close to as good as the old ones. I'm pretty sure even Totalbiscuit was disappointed by it before he died and he was a huge Deus Ex fan.
The order was definitely unfairly treated by the "press". As for the rest of the list I remember most of them being reviewed quite accurately retrospectively speaking.
Great list of games. A lot of my favourites from this gen.
Alien Isolation, Mad Max, Dishonored 2, The Order, The evil within 1 and 2 are all awesome. Little nightmares was also great (the ending).
I would add Sunset Overdrive.
Valkyria Chronicles 4
Deus Ex Mankind Divided is such a brilliant game that is under appreciated.