Although it seems strange now, at the start of the year plenty of gaming fans were waiting for The Order 1886 with baited-breath. With a unique array of weapons, the promise of a supernatural steampunk world and the most breathtaking graphics that next-gen consoles had seen so far, Sony and Ready at Dawn's third person shooter had everything going for it. But then a week or so before release, the hype suddenly took a turn for the worse. With a leaked runthrough of the game in its entirety making its way onto Youtube, clocking in at just over five hours, gamers began to worry that Sony's exclusive wouldn't have enough content to justify its hefty $60 price tag. It wasn't just the length of the game that got people worried though, the Youtube videos showed that most of the action was against humans rather than the terrifyingly-realised Lycans that had been teased in most of the promotional material. Suddenly it seemed like The Order was wasting all of the promise that made it look like such a tantalising experience in the first place. Although some fans still clung onto hope that the title would be better than the rumours suggested, a week later it released and we got to see for ourselves just how much of an average, meanderingly empty mess the final product truly was.
Josh has over 11 years of experience as a published writer, having worked nine of those years as a full-time content producer at WhatCulture. In that period he has created hundreds of articles, videos and podcast episodes for multiple WhatCulture channels, specialising in gaming, horror and film & TV. He now primarily works as a senior content producer and presenter on WhatCulture Gaming where he co-hosts the WhatCulture Gaming Podcast, a top 3 UK most listened to gaming podcast that he co-created in 2018. Over the years he has reviewed several high-profile gaming releases, covered industry events with on-site reporting, opined on breaking news, and even kicked off his interviewing career by chatting to childhood hero, Tommy Wiseau.
