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The Order: 1886 is a steampunk inspired game set in a Victorian-esque London - only this is a London with a difference. With Zeppelins patrolling the skies, and a civil war raging on the ground, as both a rebellion, and an uprising of lycans (strange, werewolf type creatures) threatens to destabilise the city, it's up to the noble Knights of the Order to keep the citizens safe, and get to the bottom of the mystery, in this third person shooter adventure.
Of course, these are no ordinary knights. Stepping into the steampunk boots of Sir Galahad, you'll spend less time riding around on horses, and more time taking the fight to the rebels in the streets of London, whether you're fighting your way through the underground, making your way through an eerie abandoned hospital, or delving through some of the murkier parts of London - like the Whitechapel brothel.
As a cover based shooter, much of your time in The Order 1886 will be spent ducking into cover behind walls, benches and partitions, before popping up to fire off a few shots at any enemies unlucky enough to show their face. Clear the area of enemies, and you can move on deeper into whatever building or area you're exploring, and piece together a few more pieces of the storyline.
In terms of suitability, though, the Order 1886 is a very complex game, and is obviously aimed at more experienced players. With little in the way of tutorials, and a very, very small font used for any textual instructions or subtitles, those playing on a small TV, or players who are deaf will be at a disadvantage, as the text is hard to read at best, yet is often important to understanding the story (especially as some characters speak together in French), or what you have to do.
The game also relies heavily on reaction based "quick time events", where you're given only a few seconds to press the button that pops up on screen - or, in several sections, have to move a circle over another circle and then press the button that shows, all in the space of a few seconds. Needless to say, it can be tricky to get right unless you know your way around a controller, and have some pretty fast reactions.
The game also features several stealth sections which are equally unforgiving. Asking you to sneak into a certain room, or through a certain building, being spotted by a guard, even for so much as a single second will see you instantly killed, and send you back to your last checkpoint. With several enemy types being all but indestructible unless you have the right, powerful weapons, and with it being all too easy to have someone sneak up behind you and top you, this is one best left to older, more experienced players.
The Order: 1886 is a mature game that features strong bloody violence and equally strong language from the start. Sentences are regularly punctuated with f**k or s**t, alongside some more original insults (like gobs**te). The game also features extreme graphic violence, and seems to take pleasure in showing you close up shots of knives being plunged into necks, necks being snapped, and, in one scene, one of the game's lycan (werewolf) baddies actually tearing your throat out - after sinking its teeth into your character's throat, it pulls back, with what we can only assume is your gullet in its mouth.
The Order: 1886 is also one of the few games to feature full frontal male nudity, with penises on display on several occasions - once in a brothel, where several women also have their breasts on show, and on at least one other occasion as one of the game's lycan enemies transforms back into its human form.
Needless to say, with strong violence, strong language, and graphic nudity, this isn't a game for young children.
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Format Reviewed: Playstation 4
