Cheapest place to get the order 1886?

TheOwl12

I'd like to get it release date, but most places have them for 74.99. A bit too much for me, anyone know a good place to get it? Physical preferably

Sephiroth_dude

TheOwl12 wrote: »

I'd like to get it release date, but most places have them for 74.99. A bit too much for me, anyone know a good place to get it? Physical preferably

You could try argos or smyths, I know you said you'd prefer physical but on the us store you'd pay about 50 for it .

Macker1

€74.99 must be for the special edition. Can't imagine the standard version being that much.

cloud493

You can get it for 58 including shipping from xtravision's UK website.

eddhorse

Its €45 on www.videogamesplus.ca

You will obviously have shipping on top of that.

Mr Blobby

eddhorse wrote: »

Its €45 on www.videogamesplus.ca

You will obviously have shipping on top of that.

Is it better to go with Parcel Motel or regular with these guys?

Sephiroth_dude

Mr Blobby wrote: »

Is it better to go with Parcel Motel or regular with these guys?

Go regular you wont have it for 2 wks anyway.

Riesen_Meal

Think I'll hold back on this one until I see review's, looks kind of Gears Of War (yes I know its only because its third person!) and that's no bad thing but I'll wait it out...

macpac26

Seen a few streams of this popping up on the Playstation Live app. Its looks right up my street. Seems the digital version at €59.99 is the cheapest so far so ill likely pre-order it there.

.ak

I'm hearing gameplay for this is less than 5 hours..?

johnny_ultimate

Digital pre-ordering seems crazy to me, enough quality question marks still surround this game that I'd wait til more reactions out there. The whole thing about digital is there are no shortages, so if it does indeed receive a favourable response there'll be no problem procuring a copy (especially since most pre-order bonuses are worthless crap).

And those five hour rumours seem to have been conclusively debunked, even by those rushing through the game. Not that there's anything wrong with a concise, tightly-paced campaign anyway

Retr0gamer

Have they really been debunked though, the director in eurogamer wasn't exactly saying it wasn't about 5 hours long. Again I've no problem with this game being 5 hours long if it's 5 hours or goodness but preview reports seem to suggest otherwise. It's definitely a wait for reviews game, pre-ordering is just silly considering it's never going to sell out.

.ak

5 hours is far too short for a game. You'd finish it in one go.

Sephiroth_dude

So is there an embargo on reviews?

cloud493

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

So is there an embargo on reviews?

Thursday I believe.

To note; is there even a dedicated thread for this game?

johnny_ultimate

Dedicated thread here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=89064973

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Have they really been debunked though, the director in eurogamer wasn't exactly saying it wasn't about 5 hours long. Again I've no problem with this game being 5 hours long if it's 5 hours or goodness but preview reports seem to suggest otherwise. It's definitely a wait for reviews game, pre-ordering is just silly considering it's never going to sell out.

Well the general consensus is whoever started this whole discussion posted up a video where he rushed through the game. I don't think that sort of playthrough should be judged as the right or normal way to play any game.

Forbes, anyway, conclusively stated the game will take more than five hours for anybody playing through it a more regular pace: http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2015/02/16/the-order-1886-will-take-you-more-than-five-hours/

.ak wrote: »

5 hours is far too short for a game. You'd finish it in one go.

Nonsense, game length is not a fixed thing, and should be based on the demands of that particular title. I can name tens of games that overstayed their welcome significantly, and struggle to think of many that understayed it. The emergence of independent titles and downloadable expansions like Left Behind have also happily proven some games only need an hour or two (which I'd consider one go as opposed to five hours :pac:).

Obviously there is 'ripping the piss' when asking us to pay full retail price for a title that you'll see the end of within an hour or two, but really I'd rather developers aim at making the best game they can than worry about retail cost (which, after all, will quickly fluctuate, unlike the length of the game itself). 4-10 hours is very often something of a 'sweet spot' for heavily narrative focused retail games without getting bogged down with repetition and filler, and I for one am often disappointed the negative responses developers get when they make 'short' games - because brevity and focus are traits hundreds of otherwise great games could have used more of.

cloud493

I'l be happy enough with a 60 price tag from argos. Get a good 8 hours of play on my first run through, can't argue with that.

johnny_ultimate

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Dedicated thread here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=89064973



Well the general consensus is whoever started this whole discussion posted up a video where he rushed through the game. I don't think that sort of playthrough should be judged as the right or normal way to play any game.

Forbes, anyway, conclusively stated the game will take more than five hours for anybody playing through it a more regular pace: http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2015/02/16/the-order-1886-will-take-you-more-than-five-hours/



Nonsense, game length is not a fixed thing, and should be based on the demands of that particular title. I can name tens of games that overstayed their welcome significantly, and struggle to think of many that understayed it. The emergence of independent titles and downloadable expansions like Left Behind have also happily proven some games only need an hour or two (which I'd consider one go as opposed to five hours :pac:).

Obviously there is 'ripping the piss' when asking us to pay full retail price for a title that you'll see the end of within an hour or two, but really I'd rather developers aim at making the best game they can than worry about retail cost (which, after all, will quickly fluctuate, unlike the length of the game itself). 4-10 hours is very often something of a 'sweet spot' for heavily narrative focused retail games without getting bogged down with repetition and filler, and I for one am often disappointed the negative responses developers get when they make 'short' games - because brevity and focus are traits hundreds of otherwise great games could have used more of.

Totally agree with your second point.

To add to what your saying; I'm absolutely sick of needless game padding. Every now and then I want to play a linear, story driven shooter that hopefully has quality over quantity. Not everyone wants or has time to play 30+ hours of repetitive ****e where 15 of those hours involves collecting dogtags.

Apparently every game now has to cater for the majority.

Also I'm glad there is no tacked on multiplayer. It usually lets dev's focus fully on a single player experience. Look at Wolfenstien: The Order as a prime example of this.

Sephiroth_dude

They use too anyway , probably still do,I'll just pick it up smiths or Argos because it was costing the same to get from amazon anyway.

Taltos

My copy from Canada posted a few days ago - looking forwards to it now. Need to get a move on and finish Mordor though.

Captain Chaos

Mr.S wrote: »

Reviews are pretty average across the Internet as the embargo is lifted

Don't know about you but I think that was the general feeling from the gameplay pre-views months ago. At that stage the game is basically finished and is not going to change much if at all. The last few months was all polishing and tweaking.

It's another victim of the marketing hype machine.:(
Maybe if games were not hyped for no reason they may be received better as no one has any expectations.

Retr0gamer

I doubt it's the hype's fault. It just seems like a very uninspired game from reading reviews.

That's kind of the worst sin you a developer can commit. Make a game not good enough to be brilliant yet not bad enough or interesting enough to even standout. You end up with a yawnfest. This one will probably be forgotten in 2 years like so many other mediocre games in the early years of a consoles life cycle.

Captain Chaos

If anything the game is a graphical show case for the PS4 and after that it's a poor mans Gear game. Also what is with QTEs being a feature, they are just last gen and don't really work, they are more annoying than anything.

No buy for me in the end, doesn't negate how I fell above but it clearly looks like the quality just isn't there. It's a shame really. A rent or quick buy about 6 months from now at best.

Mr.S

Mr.S wrote: »

From a quick play, the quality is certainly there, it's just the lack of actual game play thats frustrating

I determine quality as inventive & memorable game-play regardless of game length.
In that respect it most certainly is not quality.

Captain Chaos

I think he means production values more than quality. The game looks good, sounds good, no major flaws or glitches.

Problem being, its lacking in letting you actually play and enjoy the thing.

derm0j073

It looks like a rental or bargain bucket job to me , had high enough hopes for this one when it was first revealed (I enjoy a bit of steam punk) , pity.

Grahamer666

€78.99 in Argos. Jog on!!

LandonRicketts

I got mine from the xtra-vision UK website last month. There was an offer for 10% off a preorder so i got it for around €50. If its as short as the reviews say i'll probably have it traded back to cex so i'll probably only take a hit as much as I would have renting it from xtra i'd say!

Sean Quagmire

I'll just leave this here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV-u5tvQC34

eddhorse

Watching Lirik playing it on Twitch, over an hour in, beautiful game. Not as bad as everyone says but not at the level of the Last of Us. Does some nice new things (wont spoil) and some of the guns are really good (Tesla made).

Edit : Chapter 11/16
The rain is the best ive ever seen. The fire, flares and sunsets are amazing and the whole game is very cinematic.
I like it, the story is a bit meh.

Edit Edit : he finished it in 5.5 hours on medium. Wasnt rushing through it and died a few times in each of the tougher areas.

Grahamer666

Rented it and finished it earlier and also got the Platinum. I enjoyed it and its definitely not as bad as its being made out to be. Worth renting in my opinion.

heebusjeebus

They have a lot of the ground work done so I hope they continue to develop a more games using this IP.
The graphics engine is incredible and the shooting is solid. The lore and back-story they show us is definitely something I'd like to see more of in future.

It's a shame the game was so short. They need to hire a good level designer and get rid of the QTE's and the next game will be a sure fire hit.