One of the games I’m most eager for on the PlayStation 4 is The Order: 1886 from the talented folks at Ready at Dawn and produced by Sony Santa Monica. They’ve proven themselves to be a capable studio, with their handheld God of War games and Daxter on the PSP. We saw a tiny bit of The Order at the PlayStation 4 reveal in February last year, but very little since then. Here are some new screens.
They come courtesy of Sony Santa Monica’s newly redone site via eagle-eyed neoGAF users. That doesn’t really tell us very much at all. What I do know about the Order is that it’s running on Ready at Dawn’s own RAD Engine, which is a technically rather impressive thing. I got to see a demo of the engine running last year, and it promises a wealth of physics-based effects that we’re not used to seeing in games at the moment.
It uses digital materials to build its scenery instead of plain textured polygons, which attempts to give everything a “real world” feel, with the physical properties you’d expect of them. It also incorporates soft body physics instead of the rigid stuff we’re used to. It’s really all rather impressive stuff, and it gets me incredibly excited for the sort of stuff we can expect from this and other impending games in this new generation. You can read more about the engine here.
As for the game itself, we don’t know much. It’ll be a game that blends history, fantasy, sci-fi and mythology, with kick-ass guns that throw out bolts of lightning. It’s all set in revolutionary, alternate history London, which makes a nice change from all the games set in a post-apocalyptic New York. We don;t know when it’s out, but it needs to hurry up.
Last Updated: January 29, 2014
Pieter Kruger
January 29, 2014 at 08:39
Only PS4 title that got my attention up until now! Will definitely be very pretty, just hope gameplay is not a complete over the shoulder shooter let down!
Spathi
January 29, 2014 at 08:52
This and Deep Down looks amazing!
Admiral Chief in Vegas
January 29, 2014 at 09:03
I wonder why you got downvotes for that? I don’t see anything wrong with your comment
RinceThis2014
January 29, 2014 at 09:07
People seem to think that because @pieterkruger:disqus is happy he has an Xbox One that he deserves the wrath of the Sonyfanboys. Really rather damn silly. Thought people who frequent LG were a bit more mature than that.
SheHulkNigri
January 29, 2014 at 09:17
You can accuse us of many things. Maturity? Not so much!
ALKi1234
January 29, 2014 at 09:19
Don’t hate the players….hate the game. It’s called a console WAR for a reason and i love it!
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 29, 2014 at 09:42
*sniff sniff* well matured maybe. 😉
RinceThis2014
January 29, 2014 at 09:53
Well I know you are Stilton when it come to matured 😉
Weanerdog
January 29, 2014 at 11:48
Did a mugger steal your disqus login as well or is the concussion still a problem? #Toosoon #seerealmature
Pieter Kruger
January 29, 2014 at 09:11
The ponies see my comment as unacceptable negativity because it’s a PS game and I’m not outright saying it will be the best game ever….LOL!
SheHulkNigri
January 29, 2014 at 09:14
Much like Gears of War 3 was???? LoL!!!!
Rock789
January 29, 2014 at 08:57
Definitely intrigued by this title… Can’t wait to find out more (the reveal trailer still blows my mind!).
RinceThis2014
January 29, 2014 at 09:00
Don’t you need to get a PS4 first? Of DAMN YOU!
Rock789
January 29, 2014 at 09:05
**smug smile**
🙂
RinceThis2014
January 29, 2014 at 08:59
So with this new digital scenery, can you level a block? Or is it just the skins that you can blow up etc? Looks very interesting, watched the trailer and looks like a cross between Xcom, Dishonoured, Gears and Fallout. Most interesting indeed.
Macethy
January 29, 2014 at 09:00
So basically you better have a PhysX card for this or else.
RinceThis2014
January 29, 2014 at 09:01
Erm, it’s on the PS4?
Spathi
January 29, 2014 at 09:18
Luckily PS4 has support for Physx!
Hammersteyn
January 29, 2014 at 09:02
Like the XBOX One this has no release date.
Martin du preez
January 29, 2014 at 09:05
Damn..that looks good!
Mossel
January 29, 2014 at 09:07
I think I’m more excited for the RAD engine than the actual game. Programming finite elements is no easy feat on a computer.
RinceThis2014
January 29, 2014 at 09:21
Very excited to see if it does what they claim. Also interested to see if they don’t skimp on the story in favour of the ‘look’.
Mossel
January 29, 2014 at 10:27
Yup the game looks awesome, alas, I’ll never know. #filthyexclusives
ALKi1234
January 29, 2014 at 09:40
Next-Gen is going to be AWESOME!!!
El Capitan del Blade
January 29, 2014 at 10:03
A gun that shoots lightning eh, Does it shoot shurikens too? if not, I don’t care…
Spathi
January 29, 2014 at 10:11
It shoot lightning shurikens!
El Capitan del Blade
January 29, 2014 at 10:13
If that’s the case, they owe People can Fly some money…..