Prepare to twiddle your immaculately groomed moustache in anticipation, because The Order: 1886 developer Ready at Dawn is, er, readying a “new third-person action console title”. There’s bad news for fans of Galahad and crew, however, because the God of War: Ghost of Sparta creator explicitly states that the project will be based on a “brand new original IP”.
The studio’s actually got its fingers in a fair few of Mrs Lovett's finest pies, as it continues to expand the award-winning virtual reality Echo universe in collaboration with Oculus, and also prepares DeFormers for its Chinese launch. You’ll be forgiven for forgetting that the latter arrived on the PlayStation 4 a while back with less fanfare than a Romelu Lukaku assist.
We’d be surprised if Ready at Dawn is collaborating with Sony on this new console title, but the studio does have a long history with the platform holder, so it’s certainly not impossible. Either way, we’d expect the project to be targeting the PS4 in some way or other, so hopefully the developer pulls back the curtain on the release in the near future.
[source readyatdawn.com, via playstationlifestyle.net]
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I’m bummed they don’t seem to want to do an Order sequel. Had they been upfront about the short play time and had it been a bargain priced title, I think public reception would have been quite positive.
@glassmusic I think it's probably Sony who doesn't want an Order sequel.
@glassmusic You might be right. Problem was there wasn't really any replay value either but a lower price point at launch probably would have helped a lot in reducing the negativity.
This reminds me of RobinGaming’s vid on The Order 1886 that he posted recently
I hope they'll make spiritual successor to the order 1886 (in the same world) with all the lesson learned from it like longer playtime (10-12 hours), a coop multiplay, better pacing, better ai, no instant-fail stealth, etc.
I actually like the Order 1886, I played through it during a movie drought and when I really didn't feel like actually playing any games that require a lot of skill or attention. Yes I'm aware of the issues people had with it but I bought it as if I was buying a movie and I got my money's worth of entertainment out of it.
I'm surprised The Order 1866 hasn't been a free monthly game at this point
I hope it's The Order 1887. A new IP with mustachioed men in Victorian England. All similarities are purely coincidental.
It’s clear Ready at Dawn can make high quality games, they just need to learn from their past. I agree that The Order was very good but just unfortunately not quite what people were expecting and had a bad first impression in the gaming community and just never recovered. I played it years after release and paid like $10 for it and quite enjoyed my 8 hours with the game. Good ideas, great world building and decent story, reasonably good gameplay, and a lot of polish on the product (good acting, graphically impressive, etc)
Come on, go handle bar moustache one more time!
That’s great keep on trying something new until you find the right mix!
@get2sammyb Agree I think they had too high of expectations.
Bought the order day one and I liked it. Not every game needs to be open world and 50 hours plus.
Don't care what they make next with that engine. It's beautiful. Worth the price of entry just to gawp at the visuals
I mean, if the order 1887 came out and improved on basically every aspect of the first, I'd play it. It had a good setting and that one good weapon (thermite rifle), and part of a story to boot. They just spent way too many resources on making the game stylish and pretty. And they couldn't really accomplish that, even, without lots of filters and lots of fog (even indoors!). The werewolf fights were terrible, and the fact they reused an early fight for the final boss was inexcusable.
But even after all that, I'd play a sequel.
I hope whatever they're working on now turns out much better and more complete.
The order had repetitive gameplay (werewolf fights?) but I overall thought it was a good (not great) game. I was really hoping for a sequel with lessons learned.
It would be cool a sequel for The Order, but there are so many games coming from Sony and also many possibilities instead, like a new Syphon Filter and new ips.
I was really hoping for a sequel, there was enough lore and character depth to build on from the first game.
Yeah the price was quite steep for a 10-hr or so game, ... but then again, nobody complained about the price-to-playtime ratio when it came to games like Inside or Little Nightmares.
I find it odd when people suddenly complain about issues that exist in other games they enjoyed, but did not notice for some reason.
Given the way The Order ended, I feel that we’re owed a sequel.
A lot of great points in this comment section, but the most important of them all is that Sony said they want to focus more on first-party titles and look!! The Order 1886 is due a sequel or a shared universe entry. I'm demanding it.
The Order Sequel would be great, left open for one at least. Probably not gona see it though!
@Bonbonetti
I don't think the issue most people have with The Order is the lenght in and of itself. As you say, there's plenty of good, if short, games, and nobody says anything.
The Order was short, yes, but not in the "takes a few hours to complete" way that people may or may not approve, depending on tastes.
Personally, I don't really care about the lenght of a game if it's good, but The Order is short in the "unfinished game" way.
It's missing the whole third act, so to speak. You get the introduction, some character development, a few surprises and you fight the top henchman/right hand of the bad guy... and that's it. The end.
Just when the story started going, when it gets really interesting... it's over. When I played it I wasn't pissed at how long it took me to finish it, I was pissed that I did not finish it at all. It took me a while to realize it was over too, I couldn't believe the credits were playing already and for a moment I thought it was just some weird choice on the part of developers to have the credits play in the middle of the story, and that the game would resume afterwards... but nope. The Order is only half a game, with half a story. A pity, because up to that point I quite liked it.
If it had took the same amount of time to complete it, but with a whole story in it, I fell people wouldn't have been so pissed as they were. Mind you, maybe I'm completely wrong and I'm the only one that thinks like that, while everyone else is just angry at how short it was, regardless of how complete it was... wouldn't surprise me
Shoot those barrels 🙄
I bougjt the order for maybe 10euro but didmt even finish it. The gameplay just felt extremely basic to me amd the story didnt interest me enough.
I really enjoyed The Order. That said I got it dirt cheap on a flash sale so that helps.
I'm among the three people on earth who actually LOVED every second of the Order. The design, the graphics, the story, the acting, everything in this game pleased me to the highest point. Sure, the gameplay in itself wasn't very strong, but I was totally okay with the focus on the narrative that they tried.
I loved The Order 1886. I still do.
@DanM Yeah, I think you described it well. Not so much the absolute length being too short, rather it felt short due to the abrupt end.
"The missive: 2086"
"In the future vampires do bad things and you gotta shoot them to redeath, also mild steampunk themes involved"
@DanM Thanks for giving a different perspective on it. One of the reasons I think the game had such a good set-up for a sequel, or at least an expansion, was because of how the game ended. I also agree that this is a different argument than the price-to-playtime one.
The Order: Do You Want Fries With That £18.87
I bought The Order the other day as it's on sale. I have to say, normally when everyone piles on a game and says how bad it is, I end up enjoying it a lot more then the supposed average gamer did.
That said, in this one off case I think the general consensus is spot on. Loads of walking sim sections, with no running allowed, and an embarrassing focus on QTEs. Plus, I get the feeling that I'm right at the end even though the story has only just got interesting. The story was boring so far, prior to this recent twist, though I do like the character interactions. Still, they could stand to be more developed given they have the runtime of about 3 films to work with.
@hadlee73 what Ubisoft would have done is add lots of dlc and/or MTX. I'm glad Sony's franchises usually aren't abusive with that kind of stuff. Of course, there are exceptions, like Driveclub locking half the game behind a season pass. But usually, a first party game is pretty fair.
I am one of the few here who didnt like the Order but maybe they can do something better next time.
Bought The Order full price at launch and absolutely loved it; but then I knew exactly what I'd be getting.
Admittedly no replay value, and I sold it when I'd finished for very slightly less than I'd paid. But even if I hadn't, it still would have been worth it. I did keep the save file though, and now that it's ridiculously cheap on disc, I might even pick it up again... they added the Photo Mode after I got rid of my copy.
I've played through The Order: 1886 twice, once near enough to launch and a second time when they added Photo Mode, which I subsequently abused the heck out of.
Despite being a short example of exactly my kinda game, it's still exactly my kinda game. Whilst I sincerely doubt that they're gonna make The Order: 1887, I trust the developers and am therefore allowing myself a teeny bit of excitement.
The Order had so much damn potential. The art direction and theme was so goddamn amazing. Sony really needs to find another developer or get ready at dawn to continue with it. Stick to gameplay, less QTE and u will have a serious winner.
1886 has a great screenshot editor. The Tesla gun that was pretty cool lookin’. And the zeppelin was neat. Oh, and there was a sackboy in the game, so that made the $9 USD I paid for the game totally worth it. 😀
Shame I was really hyped to see some new clothing textures
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