In a move that surprises no one, the ESRB has rated The Order: 1886 M for Mature. I assumed this would be the case thanks to all the blood and gore, plus the strong language. However, I wasn’t expecting nudity or sexual content to play a role.
According to the ESRB rating,
This is a third-person shooter in which players assume the role of a soldier in the Victorian era London. As players progress through the storyline to unfold a mystery, they use pistols, rifles, grenades, and fantastical weapons (e.g., electric arc gun) to kill human enemies and Lycan (i.e., werewolf creatures). Players can also employ stealth attacks (e.g., slitting throats) to dispatch enemies. Firefights are accompanied by realistic gunfire, explosions, and splashes of red blood. Some explosives cause dismemberment; mutilated bodies, with exposed viscera, are also depicted. Cutscenes also depict intense acts of violence: a character stabbed repeatedly in the chest and throat; a character shot in the head at close range; a man chained to a tub and repeatedly dunked and punched by guards. During the course of the game, players can visit a brothel that depicts prostitutes with exposed breasts. One brothel sequence depicts a topless woman gyrating on top of a man—the sex act is partially obscured. There is also a fleeting depiction of male genitalia in the game. The words “f**k” and “sh*t” can be heard in the dialogue.
Okay, so topless women might be expected, but it’s rare that games (or films or any media) dare to show fleeting images of male genitalia. Well done Ready At Dawn – it’s nice to see some equal opportunity nudity in the game instead of all those perfectly placed sheets and other items to cover up the anatomy.
Fleeting genitalia isn’t the only thing revealed about The Order. An interview with Creative Director Ru Weerasuriya dropped some choice morsels of information. Here’s a select few of them, verbatim from the source. Don’t blame us for the typos.
- There’s no difference between high resolution and low resolution assets. Everything is as detailed as possible all the time.
- Ready at Dawn wanted to revolutionize the physics for cloth and everything moving in the wind for the current generation.
- The Airship Agamemnon actually belongs to the United India Company.
- Sceneries are very expansive, and couldn’t be done on previous genration hardware.
- A lot of study and research was made on airships and on how they were built in order to create the Agamemnon.
- There are “plenty” different stealth finishing moves, and the ones you actually use depends on how well you approach the enemy.
- All enemies can be killed with a single melee attack from stealth.
- Ready at Dawn wanted the world to feel as real as possible.
- The TS-27 Inverter/rectifier by Tesla allows you to access certain areas and force certain doors.
- While many of the weapons are fictional, their components are based on extensive research on what existed at the time.
- The shotgun can dismember people. They can lose legs, arms and heads.
- When using the blacksight, you need to make sure you have enough ammo for your handgun, because you can’t use it with other weapons.
- The year 1886 is very important in the wider storyline of the IP. The story spans hundreds of years before, but in 1886 something happens that is very relevant, and that’s what The Order: 1886 is about.
- There are “half a dozen to a dozen handguns,” rifles, automatic handguns, the combo gun, the arc rifle, the thermite rifle and more. There are so many weapons that Weerasuriya actually never counted them.
- Melee weapons are more limited, there’s the blade and hand too hand combat (fists and such).
- The knights are not physically enhanced. They’re very agile and very good at what they do because they have been doing it for hundreds of years. They’re not superhuman besides the fact that they live longer.
- There are collectibles in the game, certain things you can pick up that will give you a “better idea of the world and a little insight into what is happening.” You can also actually pick up newspapers and read whole articles.
- There are no player-driven vehicles in the game.
I’m loving all this news. My excitement for the game is officially re-kindled – it looked so great at first, it was hard to recover from my disappointment with that awful E3/rAge demo. But the idea of various stealth finishers depending on how well you approach your target? That’s just genius.
Of course, a true fan will need the appropriate PS4 theme. You can actually unlock one for free over here – though it seems to be restricted to those in North America. I’m just keeping that tab open forever because I love the cello music.
Last Updated: February 3, 2015
Admiral Chief
February 3, 2015 at 14:06
I take it Zoe was “volunteered” to write and or look at this
Ghost In The Rift
February 3, 2015 at 14:06
BALLS!!!!
I have yet to scream BALLS in a game..0_o
Admiral Chief
February 3, 2015 at 14:08
Just accompany Geoff on an expedition, there will be plenty of balls
Ghost In The Rift
February 3, 2015 at 14:25
LOL dude….
Hammersteyn
February 3, 2015 at 14:25
True story, he wanted to teabag Matty on their trip to Germany last year.
Ghost In The Rift
February 3, 2015 at 14:27
0_o teabagging the helpless is a dark path to go….
Tosh MA
February 3, 2015 at 14:28
I think the real problem is how to remove the smell of cabbage afterwards.
Hammersteyn
February 3, 2015 at 14:29
Agreed, poor Geoof
Tosh MA
February 3, 2015 at 14:29
I see you pulled a Geoff and added an extra o. 😛
Hammersteyn
February 3, 2015 at 14:29
gah!
Hammersteyn
February 3, 2015 at 14:30
At least it’s a grammar mistake and not mathematical error. He’s supposed to be good with math.
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Ghost In The Rift
February 3, 2015 at 14:31
Sies fok man gah!!!
RinceThis
February 3, 2015 at 14:34
Heave!
Hammersteyn
February 3, 2015 at 14:25
In your face (Ghosts face not yours )
HvR
February 3, 2015 at 14:35
Probably the worst thing you can do in that situation is open your mouth to scream balls
Valshen
February 3, 2015 at 14:09
Time to upload the dick pics!
Tosh MA
February 3, 2015 at 14:12
http://www.thefrisky.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/03/Ygritte-cock.gif
HvR
February 3, 2015 at 14:38
See boys this is what happens when you succumb to the red bush of evil.
Tosh MA
February 3, 2015 at 14:12
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Admiral Chief
February 3, 2015 at 14:13
RAAAWWWR
Raptor Rants A Lot:Original #7
February 3, 2015 at 14:13
lol
Rock789
February 3, 2015 at 14:18
What… Have… You… Done?! o_O
Admiral Chief
February 3, 2015 at 14:19
http://cdn1.bigcommerce.com/server4300/3ogf3fs/products/959/images/1276/db__10348.1409587745.380.500.jpg?c=2
HvR
February 3, 2015 at 14:21
http://media.giphy.com/media/9AJ7I8qFpv1NC/giphy.gif
Blood Emperor Trevor
February 3, 2015 at 14:15
Finally!
RinceThis
February 3, 2015 at 14:36
Sweet mother Mary 0_O
Raptor Rants A Lot:Original #7
February 3, 2015 at 14:15
http://content6.flixster.com/question/65/90/58/6590584_std.jpg
Hammersteyn
February 3, 2015 at 14:16
Nuts, didn’t think they’d have the balls to show nudity. Cocky of them really.
Tosh MA
February 3, 2015 at 14:24
Don’t be a boob, nudity is the tits, man.
Admiral Chief
February 3, 2015 at 14:19
http://cdn1.bigcommerce.com/server4300/3ogf3fs/products/959/images/1276/db__10348.1409587745.380.500.jpg?c=2 times two
Hammersteyn
February 3, 2015 at 14:26
DICKBUTT!
Tosh MA
February 3, 2015 at 14:26
Why did the dickbutt cross the road?
Hammersteyn
February 3, 2015 at 14:27
Cause it was stuck in a Cock? (Chicken)
Tosh MA
February 3, 2015 at 14:27
All I know is that it wasn’t in a straight line.
Hammersteyn
February 3, 2015 at 14:29
Lol
Ghost In The Rift
February 3, 2015 at 14:30
To get to the Asshole on the other side?!?!
HvR
February 3, 2015 at 14:21
Rated M for M-M-M-M-MONSTER DICK!!!!!
AnimeAfrica
February 3, 2015 at 14:24
The words “f**k” and “sh*t” can be heard in the dialogue. <———— so the F**K is heard in the brothel and the sh*t is what he picked up from the girls in brothel?
RinceThis
February 3, 2015 at 14:33
‘equal opportunity’ ha. Zoe just happy for more sausage in games!
Pieter Kruger
February 3, 2015 at 14:37
” I swear, Cinematic view makes it look smaller…!!!”
Her Highness the Hipster
February 3, 2015 at 14:45
and he can only handle 30 frames per second, if ya know what i mean…
L337J1MB0B
February 3, 2015 at 14:54
I see the sexism is rife at Lazygamer HQ, with Zoe being expected to cover all stories relating to dongs.
Darren Peach
February 3, 2015 at 14:54
Adds new meaning to interactive quick time events. Tap it harder, Now pull my analogue stick down…Now up.
konfab aka derp
February 3, 2015 at 15:32
“ariships”
Sweet, virtual reality, crime-solving, ships.
:3
DA JOKA
February 6, 2015 at 22:05
Good to see that the developers have taken account for details in … *Cough* … Everything that has to be seen within the order. NEXT GEN DICKS HERE WE COME!