The Order: 1886 Review - All Out Of Steam
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This pretty much is exactly what I expected from the game. Many years in the future I'll pick it up to see the graphics and the world building, but not until the price drops through the floor. It'll be my Folklore or Heavenly Sword (but probably not as good)
Hmm. Nope, still not getting this game.
Anyway, may I ask why exactly third person cover based shooting is a bad thing? It's something that people in the Escapist like to poke fun at. I don't know why, because when I play a game without cover mechanics, or something that compensates for the lack of a cover system, I get annoyed.
Anyway, may I ask why exactly third person cover based shooting is a bad thing? It's something that people in the Escapist like to poke fun at. I don't know why, because when I play a game without cover mechanics, or something that compensates for the lack of a cover system, I get annoyed.
holyshaman said:
But what other gameplay style could a third person shooter possibly have?Gyron said:
I'll probably get this once it's in the 30-$40 range. I can appreciate the effort they put into making the game look good and I can see myself having fun with it; however I just can't justify spending $60 on a short game that doesn't seem to have a lot of replay value.
As I mentioned in the review, it's not so much that it's bad off hand, but it's indicative of The Order's paint by number approach to gameplay. I think of something like Uncharted, it's coupled with many of the same gameplay elements, but it uses this simple framework to create these big set pieces that make it interesting beyond its individual peices. The lockpicking/hacking minigames present in The Order are perhaps the best counter-examples of this. Their presence serves no gameplay function, they just delay you 10-20 seconds every couple of minutes.Bob_McMillan said:
Vanquish, where the main character has a rocket suit that makes him fly across the battlefield in an instant and encourages run and gun tactics as though to infuse a bit of stylish action method like in Devil May Cry or Bayonetta. Heck, there's a reason the funnest character class to use in Mass Effect 3 is the Vanguard since instead of hiding behind cover you're zipping across the battlefield like a caffeinated rocket of death.Bob_McMillan said:
In all honesty the best TPS' this gen have been ones that use cover-based shooting as a framework and then tear the concept to shreds in order to advance. Fact of the matter is that the concept is overdone and in need of either a major innovation or needs to be put to bed for awhile. Also doesn't help that games that center themselves around combat are getting pretty dull lately.
Anyway, sounds to me that this is another one to add to the pile. Like Titanfall, Watch_Dogs, Assassin's Creed Unity, Destiny, etc that came before it, 1886 is just another glorified tech demo made to pad out the fact that there still isn't a definitive reason to get a new-gen console. Seriously, if this is all that devs can do for the new generation than it's clear they have no clue to actually design anything are just wasting money and time on BS. Not exactly a great couple years for the current gen.
This review is in dire need of some more hyphens and semi-colons. And at least one more plural 's'. Just hire a proof reader, yeah? I'm not doing anything.
Anyways, I abandoned console gaming at the turn of the newest generation, and this review has reinforced the sensation within me that I jumped, tucked and rolled from a speeding train just before it went smashing through a buffer stop and careening into a chasm.
Anyways, I abandoned console gaming at the turn of the newest generation, and this review has reinforced the sensation within me that I jumped, tucked and rolled from a speeding train just before it went smashing through a buffer stop and careening into a chasm.
Well, would you look at that, it's pretty much what I've been saying about the game for over a year now. While so many people were getting their undies in a knot over the frame rate with associated developer lies and, more recently, about the length of the game it turns out neither of those things really matter in the end. The Order fails because it's a stock standard third person shooter that leans too heavily on being "cinematic." Called it.
