I thought we could do something a little different this week to our usual game-based countdowns, and have a look at some games that would be perfect as films. Of course, there haven’t been that many good video game movie adaptations out there. There’s a couple of decent ones, for…
Read MoreThe Order: 1886 is at its best when it’s not trying to be a game. The development team wanted to deliver a highly cinematic, narrative-driven experience, and in literal terms it achieved this. The Order: 1886 is, indeed, a narrative-driven experience. So before we get on to the game side…
Read MoreThere’s been a whole new controversy around The Order: 1886 to wade through. Before the game has even been released some YouTuber uploaded the entire game playthrough (let’s put how completely unethical that is to a side for a moment), and because that playthrough takes around five hours, people have…
Read MorePreview by Jedediah H. When The Order: 1886 was announced around the same time the news of the PS4 broke, I was neither impressed nor disappointed. My reaction to the first teaser, despite the title being developed by Ready at Dawn, was a monotonous shrug followed by a response equivalent…
Read MoreImpressions by Sam M. The Order: 1886 is a different game. Rather than presenting itself in full screen, developer Ready at Dawn has chosen for a cinematic resolution, resulting in two horizontal black bars appearing at the top and bottom of the screen. This aesthetic decision is complemented by the…
Read MoreWatch Dogs busts Ubisoft’s sales records in this week’s edition of the Wrap, alongside stories about The Order: 1886 getting all ‘filmic’, the debut of Battlefield Hardline, and the Wii U making some waves in Japan.Watch Dogs busts records, is Ubisoft’s biggest launch everIf you were thinking that Watch Dogs…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. One of the best things about a new console generation is that publishers tend to create new IP and be a little more experimental at this time. The Order: 1886, an upcoming PlayStation 4 title to be published by Sony, is an example of that trend…
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