Store Preview: The Order: 1886, Dead or Alive 5: Last Round, Q*Bert Rebooted

I'm not getting anything this week, I'm saving for Dragon Ball XenoVerse

Trivial pursuit for me!
Hands of fate loosk interesting too, but I am not sure yet.

Can u say if u have got your review copy of order 1886 yet please? I'm very interested to see if they confident in their game, or are holding even review copies back a la dying light. Cheers

Getting DOA: Last Round (I've been a fan since DOA 2 and 3 on the Dreamcast and Xbox), as well as The Order: 1886.

Pre ordered DOA, was only twenty quid.

Looking forword to The Order 1886 and Q*Bert.

Just the order collectors edition for me.

@rykkchii
I've been to 2 preview events and played the slightly bigger preview that was sent to me. The reviewcode will come late, and the embargo ends late too. This is totally out of fashion with how Sony usually handles their first party games and the 3 "slices" of the game I played so far where drop dead gorgeous, but boring as ef.
That's not to say there aren't lots of people who are still gonna enjoy it, but seeing how hesitant Sony is to show off their big triple A title and from what I've played I've got this feeling this won't be the game that we all want and need. Looks like another miss for one of Sony's 1st parties and I think it's fair to say they're off to a mediocre start of this generation at best.
If I were you I'd wait for some reviews and not just look at the score, but read it. I do think there are people who like games like this, but for now I'm afraid it'll be a ten hour tech demo.... But boy do I hope I'm wrong, cause the visuals alone almost make it worth a purchase...almost

Really intrigued to see just how much of a kicking The Order gets (reviews and sales-wise) or if it is somehow going to pull a rabbit out the hat at the eleventh hour and fifty-ninth minute.

@rastamadeus

I think it'll sell, reviews are another story.

Anyway, looking forward to DoA 5 Last Round on Tuesday. I rented the 360 version back when it came out but didn't get to play as much as I wanted. What I did play seemed like typical DoA, which isn't a bad thing.

Out of all the 3D fighters, I've always enjoyed DOA and Soul Caliber the most......Tekken just has uninteresting character designs and I always found Virtua Fighter to be a bit on the vanilla / dull side.

People love to focus on the boob physics, but underneath it all,.......the series has always been an enjoyable and flashy fighter.

@sub12

I prefer Tekken over other 3D fighters but I never understood the hate DoA gets. Fun factor is underrated, especially these days. Other fighters may be more technical and polished, DoA is just a blast to pick up and play and something has to be said for that.

I have a horrible feeling that The Order 1886 is going to be a massive letdown. I know Im not the only person thinking this as its been getting alot of negative press and comments ever since people got to try the short demo's at gaming events. My friends who have played it say that it looks absolutely great in the graphics department, but we all knew that, but they all agree that the feel of the game leaves a sour taste as it feels very underwhelming. They said the cover system feels floaty and the weapons lack the punch we expect from games these days.

I really hope The Order 1886 surprises us all and becomes a massive hit as the PS4 needs its first party to start delivering again. The only first party games I've really enjoyed so far was iNFAMOUS SS and The Last of Us but the latter game was a remaster so it doesn't really count. Kilkzone Shadow Fall looked great with ok gameplay but it wasn't as good as I hoped it would be. Knack was a massive letdown too. Bloodbourne is sure to please and so is Uncharted 4.

The trouble with games today is they get so hyped-up through the media and gaming sites that it becomes almost impossible to live up to. The stupid console war that people keep on stoaking doesn't help matters either. Destiny is a great example of hype ruining a game. It was a really good game (and still is) but people's expectations were too high.

I really hope that No Man's Sky doesn't suffer the same fate because of the hype train. People need to start managing there expectations, myself included lol.

Honoka, here I come!

Avoiding the order like the plague, might pick DOA but bloodborne is around the corner.

@WARDIE Hype doesn't ruin good games, its there to sell mediocre games via pre orders.

@Gamer83 I'm not sure it will sell at all to be honest. Went to the cinema last week and the order came on and a bunch of gamer-looking students were in front of me. Advert for the game came on and the lot of them were going on about how crap it looks. Went in to Game later on to pre-order DOA5LR (as they said they weren't getting many in) and asked how The Order is doing pre-order-wise there. They said no-one had shown any interest in it, despite boxes being behind the counter. Think even casual gamers can see it's all just a big show. It's a shame really as I remember watching the original reveal on here via an E3 stream/text chat and it looked incredible... until the monsters came out and it then quickly became a parody of the whole genre. I have a £40 voucher left at Game so may try it as it'll be 'free' as canny judge til I've tried it but can't escape my thinking that it looks bloody awful - but a promising game buried beneath it.

I've been told by friends who work at several different Gamestops that they've got a lot of pre-orders. But to be fair we're talking a small sample size in upstate New York. The PS4 is extremely popular in the area where I live and people have to be starving for any exclusive that seems it could be halfway decent (I'd say if you can only get one save the money for Bloodborne but whatever) so it makes sense that it would track high. If I have to guess, people will buy it simply for the graphics but I could be wrong, we'll have to see. I'm getting it as well as DoA 5, I have a feeling though I'll enjoy the latter much more based on what I played back in 2012.