We can't blame Ready at Dawn for starting to feel a little aggrieved at the frosty reception that The Order: 1886 has received, but in an interview with Italian YouTube channel Game's Princess – as translated by Worlds Factory – studio co-founder Andrea Pessino reckons that some of that may be due to the company's inability to communicate its vision.
"It seems like everyone is trying to find... Not a problem, but rather dishonesty – it seems like we're trying to hide something," the beefy boss said. "I thought that we had been very clear since the very beginning about what we were trying to do."
The executive added that everyone has different expectations, and the PlayStation 4 exclusive's not going to live up to all of them. "It's rather unique and specific," he beamed. "I think that some people will have a great and fantastic reaction to the game; others will hate it deeply."
However, the affable executive concluded that the company's definitely learned lessons moving forwards. "I just hope that in the future that we'll manage to be more clear in the way that we present what we're doing, so that everyone can make up their mind, and, at the same time, have a little faith that what we're saying is true."
[source youtube.com, via worldsfactory.net]
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I think this is a general assumption, right?
Each new info from Ready at Dawn seems to deplete my expectations, they just seem to say all the wrong things.
Man, I can't remember the last time a game had garnered so much pre-release controversy.
What really gets me is that people are acting shocked and outraged about the game's perceived shortcomings - when anyone with half a brain could tell that The Order was going to be 'Steampunk Gears of War' the moment that the first gameplay video was unleashed.
Whether that is good or bad is entirely subjective.
I had no idea that Tesla was in the game (a la da Vinci in AC2) until yesterday when I considered preordering it and watched the vids on PSN. So it's an alternate reality divergent from ours at an earlier point than 1886, yet real people from our werewolf-less 1800s exist in it, yet they make "unrealistic" [as in divergent] anti-werewolf weaponry for you.
game web sites and Youtube wanna-be's Ive seen nothing on TV or radio you get this hype thing all wrong. Game shows like E3 and PAX thats just what they are for to show games 98% of its journalist not the makers of the game.
That said I'm ready my copy will be delivered to my house Friday.
My girlfriend pre-ordered this for me.
I was going to wait but not anymore apparently.
There are always love/hate groups for every game that's released. Until I play through myself, I'll keep an open mind about how good or not it is. I know it won't be anything necessarily new, but if it does what's it's intended to very well (tell a cinematic story with enjoyable gameplay mechanics) then I'll be happy.
The Order review got a 9.5 out of 10 on Gamepur
http://www.gamepur.com/review/18052-order-1886-review-ps4s-first-true-exclusive-killer-app-truly-amazing-story.html
Frankly, Ready at Dawn did bring some of this on the game with some of its decision making. I won't form an opinion until I play it, but I'm not expecting much more than a great looking game that 'had potential.' I don't think it'll be bad but it looks like greatness is going to continue to wait. I'd love to be wrong though, will find out Friday.
@charlesnarles dude, it's a video game...
Judgement day has arrived.
Unfortunately, there are many gamers in the industry that are essentially boring and want all games to be the same. They are entitled to that opinion, but they don't deserve new things.
I was skeptic about this game since its launch, but the last week and all the press and discussions made me really hyped for this game after al.
Why? Because all the criticism now comes from people who just want a totally differrnt game then the game Ready at Dawn have mad. Thatis partly due to the false expectations RaD raised of course.
But what it also means is that there is nothing wrong with the game. It is cinematic, story focused, a great steampunk look and GoW style gameplay. And RaD will probably deliver in that department completely, going by impressions.
It's not the game many may have hoped for but RaD had a vision and went for it. The product looks great, finished and immersive... So, probably worth the hype after all.
Wow, just reading the review here smashed my hope to pieces, though.
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi wdym? I'm paraphrasing the advertisements I've seen cause the article says they haven't done a good job explaining what it's about.
@charlesnarles the adverts have been crap yes
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