20 Biggest Games Of 2015: What Do We Already Know?

20. The Order: 1886

Release Date: February 20. What It's About: The Order is a PS4 exclusive set in an alternate history Victorian-era London, in which an order of knights protect the world from a gang of half-breed monsters. In the middle of the war, your quest is to rid the world of the beasts once and for all. The Buzz: Developer Ready at Dawn has worked on a number of acclaimed games in the past (the PSP God of War games and cult platformer Okami), while co-developer SCE Santa Monica Studio have delivered the main God of War series and have a fine history of collaborating with other studios on successful projects. The footage shown off so far promises a visually stunning game that seamlessly blends cut-scenes and gameplay, even though earlier play-tests last year did report technical issues. Will the gameplay itself measure up to the visuals? Will It Be Any Good?: Early play-throughs over the last week reported play-times as short as 5 hours, with roughly 2 hours of that time being comprised of cut-scenes. General consensus on the gameplay is that it's decent enough if rather linear, and if you want the game to be more than a rental, play it on higher difficulties. The review embargo broke just today, and reviews are decidedly mixed, so proceed at your own peril.