In today's cross-platform world, most video games are released not only on a computer, but also on consoles - Xbox and PS. However, it is also worth noting that there are exclusives - the so-called projects that are developed exclusively for one of the platforms, and for others are not issued at all. Order: 1886 is an exclusive game and is designed for the PS console. She was very much expected, and at the beginning of 2015 she appeared. Could this long-awaited project meet the expectations of gamers? What did he give them, and what deprived them? "Order: 1886" is in any case an impressive project, however, unfortunately, it did not become something outstanding, being just average, with a lot of flaws.
release date
When it came to the game "Order: 1886", many gamers immediately began to wonder about when this project would come out. The fact is that the developers postponed the date several times. And because of this, expectations increased more and more, and in the end there was a very painful fall from heaven to earth.
So, as a result, the project went on sale all over the world at the same time (on the same day) - February 20, 2015. However, as it became known a little later, the developers began to create this project back in 2010, so five years were spent to release the “Order: 1886”. Quite an impressive length of time, which could be enough to make a gorgeous game. But something went wrong, and the result was a passing project, which is unlikely to be remembered for many years, except for how bitterly the expectations were broken.
System requirements
Many gamers, having heard about this game, start looking for system requirements for it to determine whether they can run it on their computer. However, they will face serious disappointment - as mentioned earlier, this game is exclusive. The only platform on which the Order: 1886 project was released is PS4. Please note that the previous generation platform, PS3, is also not supported. Most likely, the developers decided that it was completely outdated, so there is no point in wasting time and finances on releasing the game on it. In addition, the technologies used to create this project are the most advanced, so it is quite possible that the game did not reach the old generation of consoles just because it simply would not have pulled such a large-scale project.
Given the fact that the possibility of customizing the console does not exist (other than the size of its hard drive), the system requirements for this game are extremely simple. All you need to play Order: 1886 is PS4. By purchasing this console, you can play this project under any conditions. Only for computers can you write what processor is needed, how much RAM, video, and so on. With consoles, everything is much simpler - you only need to directly have the console itself and the gamepad.
Single mode
For many gamers, a huge surprise was the fact that in the game "Order: 1886" the passage is available only in single player mode. The fact is that almost all the videos that were shown before the release of the game showed a group of main characters, of which there were four. It's no secret that almost all the leading cooperative shooters are designed specifically for four, so gamers around the world were eagerly awaiting the opportunity to play as a group.
However, the release saddened them - there is an exclusively single-player mode, and the developers on numerous questions in which gamers tried to find out where the cooperative mode was, answered with surprise that it was never planned for this game. In general, this is another point because of which the project failed, being far from what was expected of him. Perhaps if there were a passage for 2-4 players in the game "Order: 1886", then reviews about it would be higher, but nothing of the kind is observed there.
Plot
So, what can the game "Order: 1886" in the story plan have to offer the gamer? The story moves the player in 1886 to London, where in an alternative reality there is a war between people and half-breeds mutants. Your main character is one of the Order, which throughout history has protected people from mutants. Now, taking into account technological progress, people began to win this war, but they had another problem - the stratification of society. The lower classes were dissatisfied with their situation, a civil war is being prepared, which you also have to prevent, while destroying the mutants. In general, the plot is tied up very interestingly, but the result is a typical “zilch” - it breaks off very quickly, leaving a lot of understatement and allowing the player to enjoy the gameplay and the development of history in just a few hours.
Exclusivity
The game was greatly influenced by its exclusivity. This usually assumes that developers are putting all their strength into working on one platform. Thus, they abandon two large markets in order to create a true masterpiece for the one. Perhaps if this project had not been inflated to incredible heights, it would have been much better accepted by gamers - it would have appeared among ordinary high-quality games for one-time passing. But if the game is exclusive to one of the platforms, then everyone expects appropriate content from it. In this case, the game did not fulfill its requirements, so it completely failed. If it came out on all consoles, the result would be much better, but just as an exclusive game for PS, the game is not competitive. "Order: 1886" on the PC and on the Xbox - it would be interesting, but the developers have already missed their chance.
Game pros
Naturally, it cannot be said that the project is simply terrible - it is very good, it has its own advantages, one of which is the graphic component. At the moment, this game can be called if not the most beautiful and detailed in history, then certainly one of the most colorful. The picture here is simply mesmerizing - in fact, this is a kind of special genre, feature films. You just watch an incredibly interesting and beautiful film, periodically taking part in it.
If you close your eyes to everything else, then you can enjoy a good image for a quality story without any problems. Therefore, it cannot be said that this is a bad game. The problem is that there are much more shortcomings than advantages, which spoils the project "Order: 1886". An overview of all the minor flaws will take a very long time, so it’s better to just look at the largest and most impressive of them.
Cons game
The main disadvantage of the project is its duration. Simply put, the game is too short - you do not have time to start playing it, as you need to finish. The plot suffers greatly from this - in general, it is good, the plot is simply magnificent. But as a result, due to the short duration, everything crumbles in one heap, and so that the collapse does not come out, the developers simplify the storyline, spoiling it in the bud. And given such a short duration, many gamers also consider themselves deceived - they paid as much for the game as for other top projects, but in others you can spend tens and hundreds of hours, and here - less than ten.
Do not recall the indirect shortcomings of the game, such as exclusivity with low quality, high expectations, the lack of multi-user and cooperative modes, and so on - all this reduced the potential masterpiece to the average average.