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Sony Turned Down The Order: 1886 Sequel Due to Critical Reception, Dev Says - IGN (www.ign.com)

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[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 3 points 1 month ago (7 children)

I don't know that it needs more than one prescribed way to play, it just needs to be "good". I know that's a vague term though. But a short, cinematic well executed game sounds pretty appealing to me to be honest. But maybe I've just been playing too many lengthy CRPGs lately. I find myself longing for something short and sweet.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (6 children)

By modern standards, Halo 1-3 are short games, but there's a lot of freedom and reason to improvise in any given combat encounter, and the reputation of The Order was that it didn't offer anything like that.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 4 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Even games that are purely quick-time events like Until Dawn seem popular enough, and there's not much open-endedness or freedom in that gameplay design, you just execute the prompts. I haven't played The Order 1866 myself, but I'd wager the problem was that it wasn't fun to play, not that it was short and prescriptive in its gameplay.

[–] GunValkyrie@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

It was not fun to play. The mechanics were sluggish and stilted. The story was good enough and at the time it was a gorgeous game.

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