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It’s Okay To Be Upset About The Order: 1886’s Length, But…

It’s Okay To Be Upset About The Order: 1886’s Length, But…

Video games are expensive. Let’s think about what you could get for the $60 (plus tax) you spend on a console release. You could get six meals. Depending on your car, you could fill up the gas tank once or twice. Entertainment wise, you could see six movies. And if you spent that whole $60 on indie game bundles, you could probably have 100 new PC games in your Steam library. The fact is, spending $60 is a huge investment, and sometimes people don’t think about that when it comes to games.

Especially if it’s a game like The Order: 1886 . Yes, this is a Ready at Dawn game, and the company has proved it knows what it’s doing with games. True, a lot of people have been excited about The Order: 1886 . I’m one of them. I’ve played it at two events now, and both times I was very impressed. However, a lot of controversy has come up as of late, as YouTube account PlayMeThrough went through what is apparently the entire game and beat it in five and a half hours. It’s caused many to debate whether such a short game is worth the $60 buy-in, with some saying its length is atrocious and others saying it’s about quality, not quantity.

While I do agree that size doesn’t matter (tee hee), in this case I have to come in on the side of people concerned about the entertainment value of The Order: 1886 . I love games of varying lengths (again, tee hee), but there’s a certain expectation when it comes to a $60 game. While I appreciate Ready at Dawn not adding in tedious filler in the hopes of padding out the game to bring it up to a more respectable size, and understand that some stories don’t need hours upon hours to be told, I also believe there should be certain standards when it comes to the games we’re about to spend around 1/16th of our rent money on.

However, I also have another belief. We shouldn’t judge a product before it’s released and a number of views are available on it. PlayMeThrough’s The Order: 1886 playthrough happened because the player got the game ahead of its February 20, 2015 release date. This is one person’s experience and playthrough. While it seems accurate, it feels a bit early to immediately judge the game. Sure, some other people who have gotten it early claim it only takes about 10 hours to Platinum. It could be true, and I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if it wasn’t.

It’s Okay To Be Upset About The Order: 1886’s Length, But…

Still, I’d feel a lot more comfortable if people waited to jump on the criticism bandwagon until Friday. There may be problems and issues with The Order: 1886 . It could very well be too short. However, I’d like to see more firsthand accounts from people I know will be picking up the game before I make a decision, and I think it’d be smart if other people did the same. You never know the circumstances, and I’d rather see this experiment repeat itself one or two more times before coming to a conclusion.

After all, it’s not like we lose anything by waiting. It only means we wait until after The Order: 1886 comes out to determine if it is worth our time and money. If enough people we trust echo the sentiments we’ve been hearing the past few days, then we do the smart thing and either rent it or wait for a sale. Personally, I’ve discovered my local library is getting both this and Kirby and the Rainbow Curse , so I’ll rent both first, then decide.

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