So where does The Order rank on the Sony apologist ladder? Above Lair but below Heavenly Sword? Or is it more Haze tier?
it's pretty astonishing how many fanboy picket lines of conflict the order as crashed through:
you can never have too many cut-scenes
QTEs are a valuable mechanic
game length is irrelevant to value
it's fine to undermine gameplay in order to give a cinematic impression
no amount of linearity or limitation of agency is too much
it doesn't matter what percentage of time you're actually playing the game
having a third of the screen blacked out is okay
full youtube play-throughs give no indication of a game's length or story
trinkets and collectables are valuable content that are fundamental to the experience
it's an albatross made of rock bottom standards that everyone propping the game up will have to drag with them through the console wars of the future. that's without getting into the godawful cliched patchwork schlock of a story which i'm sure they'll be explaining away when it comes out.
