The Order 1886 Review Thread - Meta: 66

[JWeinCom]

binary solo said:

JWeinCom said:

binary solo said:

JWeinCom said:
There was never anything that looked vaguely good about this game beyond its visuals, and its setting if you're into Victorian stuff. Pretty much everything that looked wrong with it in the first place (bland looking shooting, limited interactivity) actually were wrong with it. Interesting though to see how firmly people hold to an opinion once it's formed.

But that doesn't seem to be a significant criticism. The complaint is that there's not enough of it and firefights are over before you really feel like you've been in one. But that what gunplay there is is good, albeit not groundbreaking. There is praise for how the guns sound and feel and satisfaction on how they work.

The reviews I've read were at best lukewarm about the gun.  Bland seems to be a fair description based on what I'm reading. 

I take it you're reading the 5 and below reviews mostly? The game seems to be lacking in many areas that any reviewer scoring it 6.5 and above (which is a considerable majority of reviews) has very little to praise to give other than sound, visuals +/- story and gunplay. It's got to be a poor reviewer who gives a game >5 purely on the basis of visuals, story  and sound and reserves their main critique for actual gameplay.

I've read a few, a mix of positive and negative.  More of the negative (under 7) because frankly, more of them are negative.  For better or woser, most reviewers will give a 5 to a game for looking good and being generally not broken.