ok.. good to know. Sorry for saying wrong stuff then based on an early copy.
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Ready at Dawn responds to "concern" over The Order: 1886 campaign length
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ok.. good to know. Sorry for saying wrong stuff then based on an early copy.
Fair enough, I just hope if they game is actually as short 5-7 hours (or whatever the hell people keep saying) RAD doesn't try to sell any DLC down the line.
I was thinking the same thing the other day, I hope RAD is allowed to move on to another game after this, they are a clearly talented bunch.
Neuromancer
Member
You can pause cutscenes now? Based RAD.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Well according to the spoiler thread impressions
this game's does demand more time because it apparently ends on a sequel bating cliffhanger and leaves a ton of plot thread unsolved.
Really!? I sold Max Payne 3 quickly for this very reason.
fvng
Member
Ugh that's too bad
Yeah, it's gonna kill the replay value for me
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
That's part of the reason i'm not so found of the length, get the feeling many will be disappointed once they realize this.
Infamous SS was short, but at least that game's canon ending wrapped the story up until of sequel bating.
Lord of Castamere
Member
I don't like when games do that. There is never a time where it doesn't
feel arrogant
Fbh
Member
Not to mention that Infamous SS at least has some decent replay value in the form of the morale system. You can play through it twice and at least get a few different missions and powers plus some new dialog and a new ending
Still going on this? GAF, I love you, but this much handwringing over a simple bang-for-buck issue that will naturally resolves itself within weeks, as it always does, is really allowing yourself to be too easily led by the nose for the sake of brand allegiance.
FunkyPajamas
Member
If cutscenes are real-time, then surely the game can be patched to allow for at least pausing, right? Skipping might be more of an issue if there's loading done behind the scenes.
PrimaNocta
Member
As stated in the 1st post of this page, you can pause cut scenes.
Kocolino67
Member
King Gilga
Member
What really? Can others confirm this is true? Cuz the game is going straight on my shit list if it is.
Spacecowboy77
Member
Holy shit that's hilarious
lol that somehow made me want the game more.
If people are willing to spend so much time to prove their hatred for a product, it's got to be worth something.
*upgrades pre-order to Blackwater Edition
John Caboose
Member
oh my god that is hilarious
Barack Lesnar
Banned
Lmao, if he would've name dropped nib95 after he mentioned gaf I would've legit passed out, like on the ground in tears.
Btw, anyone know what time the embargo is up tomorrow? Midnight (meaning 13-16 hours from now depending on if it's EST or PST) or sometime in the morning?
Shadow_FFVI
Member
At least during a second playthrough.
It's very irritating having to watch a lenghty cutscene of a game you already beat.
Primethius
Banned
8 AM EST.
Please put this in the OP of the revived review thread.
fake edit: THE HUMAN EYE CAN ONLY SEE FIVE HOURS
Barack Lesnar
Banned
Thanks. My bacon & eggs will be ready.
Nice.
it's funny cause its true
Kacho
Member
Holy crap I can't stop laughing. Whole lot of truth to that which makes it even better.
Well... it's true. Friend got his copy this morning and he already traded it back in. Finished at 6 1/2 hours on hard with almost everything to collect so I guess I will rent it this weekend for the pretty graphics.
Amentallica
Unconfirmed Member
What? If they intend on making a series, why answer all the questions now? This is what makes it a shit game all of a sudden? Some of you people, man...
FunkyPajamas
Member
Sorry, I missed that since I'm on 100 posts per page and didn't read that specific one.
[edit] ok, apparently older build. Crisis averted.
Cuñaaaaao... lol, it works even if you speak Spanish
This game might get the record for returns.
Is this game a joke?
And if the gameplay to cutscene is 6:4 then 3.9 hrs of gameplay with QTE? FUCK
Some people will finish it in 5 hr on normal also which will make it worst?
$60?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Barack Lesnar
Banned
I don't get cliffhanger criticism, either. I love cliffhangers in TV shows and movies. The only justifiable knock I could see for a cliffhanger is if the sequel to that movie or game took several years to make. If RAD can knock out a sequel in <2 years, I see nothing wrong with a cliffhanger. Didn't hurt LotR or Hunger Games.
nobodyshero
Banned
Wait for a sale if you don't think the game is worth full price. It's a stupid argument anyway, unless you're going to also say that 100+ hour RPGs should cost more than $60
is this true? im hanging on the Razor edge of the fence to straight up switching my pre-order. is there a way you can provide proof of these claims?
EightBitNate
Member
It's pretty easy to tell who has and who hasn't watch the walkthrough at this point. I can understand not wanting to get spoiled, but the guy in the video isn't rushing at all.
The guy you're responding to has the game.
EightBitNate
Member
I'm aware. I don't see how that disputes what I said.
Nah I don't think so. Just saying the guy definitely isnt rushing to finish it.
Interfectum
Member
That doesn't matter. Nate watched the Youtube video, he's actually more informed than people who have the game.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
I have not seen the ending myself on the off change that I'll actual buy this day 1. But I have glanced over some spoilers and that's the general impression in the spoiler thread. Full playthrough is on dailymotion
It took me twenty+ hours to finish the last of us because of the fact that I kept stopping to take screenshots of literally every interior of the game during my first run through. That shouldn't account into actual playtime because it's not a twenty hour game, it's on average twelve hour game. "Soak in the atmosphere" is gonna become a meme at this point. As Yahtzee would put it: There shouldn't be a faffing about quota that needs to be met.
How much of that 3.5 hrs was gameplay?
The spoiler-tagged part isn't necessary to make a game into a series. Tons of other games prove that.
nobodyshero
Banned
Tons more do it though. I don't always see it as a bad thing. Darksiders ended with a bad ass teaser
Ricky Ricardo
Member
Taking your sweet time =/= Normal gameplay simulation
Around 3hrs
-tetsuo-
Unlimited Capacity
This game typifies the current AAA landscape to me. That doesn't mean it's bad -- that's a different topic -- but rather that this is the natural end point of this sort of game development.
If you want more story, you'll need less gameplay and less choice; if you want more special effects, you'll need a more contained, corridor-ish experience, as well as a shorter game, unless you're one of the few well established studios (e.g. Rockstar) for whom the budget is essentially unlimited.
Again, to emphasize: this doesn't mean the game is bad. I'm just saying this game shows what sacrifices need to be made to achieve this particular style of game design.
If you want more story, you'll need less gameplay and less choice; if you want more special effects, you'll need a more contained, corridor-ish experience, as well as a shorter game, unless you're one of the few well established studios (e.g. Rockstar) for whom the budget is essentially unlimited.
Again, to emphasize: this doesn't mean the game is bad. I'm just saying this game shows what sacrifices need to be made to achieve this particular style of game design.