According to Weerasuriya, a 10-page pitch was written for follow-ups to The Order: 1886. Among the new features for the sequels would have been large-scaled battles and multiplayer. Two sequels were part of the pitch: The Order 1891, and The Order 1899. The story for what would have become a trilogy was already mapped out by Weerasuriya. There were even plans to take the franchise further into the future, with a script also being ready for a story in the series taking place some time in the 20th century.

However, as we know, sequels to The Order: 1886 would never be made. Back in February, Ready at Dawn studio co-founder Andrea Pessino had spoken about how proposals for sequels were ultimately rejected by Sony owing to the middling critical reception for the game. Despite the rejection, however, Pessino noted that the studio ended up avoiding a bullet, since working on a sequel would have meant “signing our life away” for Ready at Dawn.

“It would have been an incredible sequel, I can tell you that for a fact,” said Pessino. “We pitched the sequel to Sony regardless of [the critical reception] and, in a way, it’s better that they passed because if we thought we were going to be screwed before, man, with the sequel, we would have signed our life away.”

According to Pessino, Ready at Dawn already went through quite a bit of trouble during the development of The Order: 1886, including missing out on payments due to missed milestones, which was owed to having to work on different aspects of the game than was originally planned. This largely came about because the shooter was being developed as one of the landmark releases for the PS4 in terms of visual fidelity. Pessino also notes that a sequel would have likely had a smaller budget.

“We were going to do it just because we wanted to deliver it to the players but we would have been…,” said Pessino. “Terrible budget, budget would be small, we would have been completely at the mercy of any decisions and things because we had no leverage whatsoever.”

“We were not in a position to negotiate a reasonable contract; they could have done whatever. But we would’ve taken it because we wanted a chance to redeem the franchise. All of the groundwork was really, really good, I can tell you that for a fact. There was so much there that just needed to be built on.”

The Order: 1886 is available on PS4, and can be played on the PS5 through the use of backwards compatibility. For more details, check out our review from back then.

So if fans absolutely adore such kinds of games, how is it then that a game that represents the pinnacle of cinematic flair infused with linear gameplay is remembered as one of Sony’s biggest flops of the last generation? We are, of course, talking about developer Ready at Dawn’s 2015 release The Order 1886.

With a Metacritic score of just 63 and underwhelming sales figures, it’s no surprise that The Order 1886 didn’t exactly resonate with fans when it was first released in 2015. But was it a game that was ahead of its time? Was it actually deserving of the criticism that players bestowed upon it back then? And most importantly, how does it hold up against the pool of current AAA releases and trends? With this feature, we try to find out exactly that as we revisit The Order 1886 more than 10 years later.

Undoubtedly, The Order 1886’s biggest drawing factor is the visuals. The technical wizards over at Ready at Dawn have brought their A-game to the field, and the results remain astonishing. The Order 1886 looked better than almost any game on the market upon its release, and it surprisingly holds up to this date. It offers a unique mix of technical tapestry intertwined with great art direction, resulting in a crisp image with a lot of personality.

The Order 1886 can really seat you in its world, all thanks to a thick layer of atmosphere that can confidently stand toe to toe against the best games of this generation. Thick volumetric smoke trailing from chimneys, impressive clouds, large draw distances, and highly detailed textures all come together to create a very convincing look of Victorian London that you can gawk at for hours upon hours on end. In a similar vein, The Order 1886 also impresses with its character designs.

Every character model has been created with painstaking attention to detail, right from the dense skin meshes to physically based materials for rendering and realistic animations to go along with it. Nailing that element of the presentation was also quite important because The Order 1886 has a lot of slow sections where you have to just leisurely stroll across cobbled streets and alleyways or sit through minutes of conversations in cutscenes.

On the gameplay side, The Order 1886 presents a rather simple suite of mechanics. In between exploration and exposition, you have to fight groups of enemies using your long-range weapons. Each firefight is a rapid exchange of hiding behind pieces of cover, shooting in short windows, and then waltzing back to cover to heal up your wounds. It works on a functional level, but there isn’t much depth to these mechanics which becomes a major point of frustration as you progress further and further into the story.

The Order 1886 doesn’t pull many tricks out of its sleeve to make the combat interesting, which is sad because there is definitely some potential that could have been squeezed out of this set of mechanics through elements like varied enemy designs. You can see such glimpses of hope during one-off fights with aggressive monsters that force you to play differently, but such cases are too far spread out to really make any difference in the grand scheme of things.

Apart from getting new weapons, The Order 1886 doesn’t feature any character progression systems where you could use skill points to unlock any new abilities. The monotonous loop of dancing between cutscenes, exploration, and firefights can start to grow old quickly, making it all a rather underwhelming experience as you crawl through to the end credits.

And what makes this whole ordeal more baffling is the fact that The Order 1886 takes only six to eight hours to roll the credits. Again, we are not going to have a long argument about the game length and the economics of the experience – but just the feeling of being exhausted by the mechanics in such a short-lived game is not something that’s positive in my book.

But the silver lining to it all is that the story is worth seeing through to the end credits. In addition to just looking great, the characters are also well-written which makes them interesting to notice as new conspiracies and plotlines start to come into the picture. The narrative pacing is on point, but the aforementioned monotony of gameplay does mar those strengths down by a significant margin.

In all of totality, The Order 1886 presents a rather curious case. It definitely had a lot of potential to be something different yet worthwhile, but most of that potential was turned to waste by account of the developer leaning too much into the cinematic aspect of the presentation; perhaps to its own fault.

You see, The Order 1886 was released at a time when open-world games and multiplayer-centric titles were all the rage, and the market wasn’t really generous to such smaller-scale experiences that only lasted for a handful of hours in exchange for a full retail price. But jump to the current gaming landscape, the recent revival of the AA market and subscription services like Game Pass or PS Plus have allowed developers to create such smaller-scale experiences to better degrees of success.

We have seen plenty of games with similar runtimes and simple mechanics garner mainstream success in the market lately, and Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice comes to mind as an example. We have even seen games that have entire mechanics built around monotonous tasks such as Death Stranding, which also has plenty of awards to its name. So why does The Order 1886 fail when other titles that have similar traits tend to succeed?

A big reason why that is the case is the developer’s insistence on adapting flaws from a different medium of entertainment, and not taking full advantage of what video games have to offer. The Order 1886 tries so hard to create a cinematic experience, right from capping its frame rate to 30fps to adapting a different aspect ratio to crafting linear ghost train rides and much more. But what makes video games so special and different from other forms of entertainment is the interactivity it has to offer.

Player agency is thrown out the window, and the only semblance of freedom you have in The Order 1866 is to choose which enemy to down first, and what weapon to use for the deed. Environments aren’t reactive, level design is extremely linear, the mechanics don’t have much depth – and all of that leaves player interactions feeling half-baked as a result. As it stands, The Order 1886 remains a cautionary tale for developers to not blindly fall into tropes and imitate others to a point where you take their flaws as strengths.

Of course, Ready at Dawn can’t be completely held at fault either. As per a recent interview with MinnMax, the developer had to deliver the game within strict deadlines which resulted in cut corners and unfulfilled ambitions. The same interview also revealed plans about a more ambitious sequel that was pitched to Sony, which makes sense considering the many loose narrative threads left by the original – but it was allegedly passed on due to the commercial failure of the first game.

“It would have been an incredible sequel, I can tell you that for a fact,” studio co-founder and developer Andrea Pessino. “We pitched the sequel to Sony regardless of [the critical reception] and, in a way, it’s better that they passed because if we thought we were going to be screwed before, man, with the sequel, we would have signed our life away.”

According to Pessino, dealing with Sony’s exorbitant demands and strict deadlines would have made lives difficult for anyone on the project but they wanted to do it regardless. It’s an interesting prospect, though not one that will come to fruition anytime soon.

“We were not in a position to negotiate a reasonable contract; they could have done whatever. But we would’ve taken it because we wanted a chance to redeem the franchise. All of the groundwork was really, really good, I can tell you that for a fact. There was so much there that just needed to be built on,” he said.

To conclude however, The Order 1886 is a game that has a few strengths but they end up being outnumbered by the design flaws – making it an experience that doesn’t have much to show for it except the pretty visuals. Even considering how smaller-scale games have come to be successful in the modern AA market, The Order 1886 doesn’t really stack up against contemporaries making it an ultimately disappointing experience. It’s definitely worth a shot just to see the concepts and ambitions of the developer, but don’t expect to be blown away by the whole ordeal. In terms of rating, I would like to rate it a 6/10 in 2025; a fairly enjoyable but a flawed game.

Note: The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of, and should not be attributed to, GamingBolt as an organization.

In an interview with MinnMax, Pessino spoke about how the studio had pitched a sequel to The Order: 1886, describing it as “an incredible sequel”. However, Sony passed on it, referring to the move as Ready at Dawn potentially having “signed our life away” with the sequel.

“It would have been an incredible sequel, I can tell you that for a fact,” said Pessino. “We pitched the sequel to Sony regardless of [the critical reception] and, in a way, it’s better that they passed because if we thought we were going to be screwed before, man, with the sequel, we would have signed our life away.”

Pessino also revealed details about Ready at Dawn’s relationship with Sony; since The Order: 1886 was set to be a big landmark title in terms of visual fidelity for the PS4, Sony had insisted on milestones to be met. These milestones were missed, however, when the studio had to work on other aspects of the title, leading to missing out on payments. As such, working on a sequel would have led the studio into a worse position than they already were.

“We were going to do it just because we wanted to deliver it to the players but we would have been…,” said Pessino. “Terrible budget, budget would be small, we would have been completely at the mercy of any decisions and things because we had no leverage whatsoever.”

“We were not in a position to negotiate a reasonable contract; they could have done whatever. But we would’ve taken it because we wanted a chance to redeem the franchise. All of the groundwork was really, really good, I can tell you that for a fact. There was so much there that just needed to be built on.”

The Order: 1886 was originally released in 2015. While its short length and limited interactivity played an important part in its middling critical reception, the game still had an interesting story that ended on a cliffhanger. Creative director Ru Weerasuriya had also mentioned the potential for a sequel to the game all the way back in 2016.

Curiously, the turn of this last decade saw rumours popping up about a potential PS5-exclusive sequel to The Order: 1886. However, with five years having passed since then, little more has come up about the game.

After its work on The Order: 1886, Ready at Dawn worked with Meta to release a slate of VR titles. After the success of VR game Lone Echo, the studio was acquired by Meta, and released Lone Echo 2. Ultimately, however, the studio was shut down last year.

For more details about The Order: 1886, check out our review from back when it first came out. We gave it a score of 7 out of 10, praising its impressive visuals but also criticising its over-reliance of quick-time events and the abrupt end to its story.

Android Central first reported on the studio’s closure, with a spokesperson from Meta confirming it to Gematsu. Design director Robert Duncan has since posted on LinkedIn, affirming that the studio is shutting down. “I’ve been at Ready at Dawn for over ten years, and I am incredibly sad to see this wonderful team I’ve grown to love be broken apart this way.”

Duncan is focused on finding positions for his coworkers. Per Android Central, former staff are reportedly encouraged to apply for positions in Oculus Studios. Meta has yet to officially announce the closure or provide a reason for the same. Ready at Dawn joins the likes of Tango Gameworks, Arkane Austin, and SIE’s London Studio, alongside thousands of other layoffs across the industry. Stay tuned for further updates in the meantime.

#8. GOD OF WAR: BETRAYAL

God of War: Betrayal was a mobile game before mobile games as we know them today even existed. It was a 2D sidescrolling Java title and extremely limited in its scope as such, and honestly, you’d be forgiven for not even being aware of its existence. It exists though, and it’s part of the series’ canon- and you know what? It ain’t half bad. If you go in expecting a decent, enjoyable mobile game that successfully captures at least a fraction of what God of War is about, this delivers it. Expect anything more though, and you’ll be sorely disappointed.

#7. GOD OF WAR: ASCENSION

God of War: Ascension almost killed the franchise. It wasn’t a bad enough game to warrant that kind of a reaction by any means, but even so, that reaction was easy to understand and even empathize with. That’s because even though it was a perfectly fine God of War game that did what God of War games had always done, it was little more than that. Yes, it had some decent boss fights, yes, it had typically gory combat, and yes, it looked great for it’s time- but it was nothing we hadn’t seen five times before it. It was just more God of War, and it did nothing to advance or shake up the series’ formula – which was wearing thin by that time – in any way. It felt wholly unnecessary, and more than anything else, highlighted the series’ desperate need for a reinvention- which, of course, it ended up getting… but we’ll get to that later.

#6. GOD OF WAR: CHAINS OF OLYMPUS

God of War: Chains of Olympus had some tough expectations to live up to, seeing as it had the unenviable task of delivering a quintessential God of War experience on a decidedly less powerful handheld device that didn’t even have all the buttons and inputs that consoles did. But developer Ready at Dawn, who stewarded the game in Santa Monica Studio’s stead, did an excellent job. Chains of Olympus was everything one could want from a God of War game- only in truncated form. Maybe the game’s short length and relative lack of boss fights can be held against it, but it was still a brutal, adrenaline-fueled romp that delivered excellent action, looked great, and told a solid story that focus on Kratos’ personal arc in a way that no other game in the series has.

#5. GOD OF WAR (2005)

The one that started it all. Viewed from a different lens, the original God of War may very well have a shot at being the #1 game here, or at least being somewhere in the top 3. Its legacy can never be diminished, and at the time, it was an absolutely revolutionary experience. Of course, if we’re going purely by merit, we do have to knock some points- God of War is still fun to play today, but parts of the game have not aged very well and can feel a little rough around the edges, while there’s also no denying that it has been thoroughly outmatched by its many successors in almost every possible way. Even so, given what it is, and especially what it was when it first came out, no one will ever be able to deny that this is one of the all-time greats in the history of PlayStation.

#4. GOD OF WAR: GHOST OF SPARTA

Ready at Dawn was up to the task of delivering a solid handheld God of War game with Chains of Olympus, and naturally, the studio ended up exceeding it with its follow-up. 2010’s God of War: Ghost of Sparta remains an excellent game. It tells a captivating story that, once again, explores a corner of Kratos’ personal life that no other series instalment has cared to look at, and on top of that, its excellent, brutal combat, and its impressive visual fidelity, it also makes up for Chains of Olympus’ few shortcomings with a healthy roster of exhilarating boss fights. Again, length is a bit of a issue here, but given how incredible the game is from start to finish, that issue is, ultimately, rather easy to overlook.

#3. GOD OF WAR 2

This game right here is partly why the original God of War isn’t placed higher in this list- because God of War 2 is pretty much the perfect sequel. Put aside the fact that it’s got a story that falls apart the moment you look at the logic of its time travel shenanigans for more than a second- because from beginning to end, God of War 2 is just a monster of a game. From combat to visuals, from boss fights to the fiery rage this series has always been known for, this game took everything that was good about its predecessor and dialed it all up to eleven. Very rarely have video game sequels managed to up the ante as successfully and as drastically as God of War 2 did. If Ragnarok can accomplish even half of what it did back in 2007 in terms of expanding on its predecessor’s excellent foundations, it’ll be an absolute masterpiece.

#2. GOD OF WAR 3

God of War 3 is, simply put, the purest, ultimate distillation of what this series used to be before it was radically reinvented in 2018 (again, we’ll get to that in a bit). Buckets of gore, gleefully excessive violence, angst and rage, a truly unparalleled sense of scale, and, of course, incredible boss fights and set pieces. Since its inception, God of War has been about those things, and every single one of those elements was in prime form in God of War 3. It was a thrill ride unlike any other, an absolute rollercoaster that never failed to make you feel like a murderous badass. One after another, God of War 3 delivered unforgettable moments that we fondly remember to this day, from the Poseidon boss fight to the legendary Cronos encounter and so much more. There are many who’ll probably argue that God of War 2 deserves to be higher on this list than God of War 3, but as far as we’re concerned, God of War 3 is the zenith of the series’ formula.

Or, well, its old formula, at the very least. Speaking of which…

#1. GOD OF WAR (2018)

The most obvious #1 pick of all time, right? But it’s obvious for a reason. People have been waxing lyrical about God of War (2018) since the day it came out, ourselves included, so there’s nothing we can say that hasn’t been said before countless times already. But no amount of praise feels like it’s enough for this game. In so many ways, God of War (2018) is so diametrically opposed to what its predecessors was, from its more thoughtful and mature story and storytelling to its slowed, deliberate pacing to its over-the-shoulder perspective to its cavalcade of gameplay changes. And yet, in spite of all that, it still very much feels like a God of War game, like an extension and natural evolution of the franchise. Striking that sort of balance should be impossible, and yet God of War (2018) does it so convincingly and so confidently, you almost end up taking it for granted.

The world sure is changing at quite a quick pace it seems nowadays. Microsoft just recently announced they had sold their Mixer streaming app to Facebook, consolidating two of the major streaming services. But it’s not the only Facebook gaming related news today, as it seems a new developer has joined that umbrella- Ready At Dawn.

Ready At Dawn is probably most well known for developing the PSP God of War games, Chains of Olympus and Ghost of Sparta, as well as The Order: 1886, a game that came out close to the launch of the PS4 as an exclusive to that system. While that name never got a sequel, the company has continued making games, largely for VR, such as Lone Echo, Echo Arena, Echo Combat, and the currently in development Lone Echo II. The announcement was made via Oculus’ website here.

Since Facebook’s gaming side is focused heavily on their VR Oculus headsets, the move makes a good deal of sense. We’ll keep you updated as more information about their upcoming projects comes out.

Despite the complaints about the game’s length and self-congratulatory nature that have been trotted out ad nauseam by countless reviewers and commentators, The Order: 1886 still had a lot going for it. Outstanding presentation, interesting characters, and world that truly felt unique amid the sea of semi-gritty near-future first person shooters that were saturating the market at the time. While those other action games were busy outdoing each other with triple jumping, wall-running, and other nonsense, The Order: 1886 went its own way with its alternate version of nineteenth century steampunk London. This huge world and all this lore being left in just one game seems, despite its faults, unjust. So perhaps The Order: 1886 does deserve a real sequel on the PS5 it never got on the PS4 , yet was so obviously poised to have.

Spoilers ahead: The Order: 1886 ends on quite the cliff-hanger. While the first half or so of the story does an excellent job building the world, and maybe even goes a bit too far with showing itself off, the second half of the story certainly goes out of its way to lay some major groundwork for a sequel or two. As Galahad and his fellow knights work to use the advantages of the industrial revolution to thwart the ever present threats to societal order, he slowly discovers that something is amiss, and this battle of good and evil might not be so simple after all.

Through meeting with some unexpected characters and following a series of clues, Sir Galahad ends up deeper in the weeds than he anticipated. He ultimately discovered an elaborate conspiracy among the upper ranks to traffic the half-breed monsters plaguing London overseas but is stopped from doing anything about it, and placed under arrest. He ultimately escapes, but finds himself at odds with those he fought alongside for so long, and now must forge his own path to what he believes is right. But we don’t get to see what comes of that. That’s where the game ends. So at least in terms of the story, a sequel is clearly needed here. Games aren’t generally ended like this, especially in this day and age, without sequels in mind. So for that alone, Ready At Dawn certainly deserves another whack at it.

Another reason that The Order deserves a sequel is its sheer selling power. At this point, for better or for worse, the name of The Order: 1886 is still a well-known one. Granted that’s not because everybody was in love with it, and some of its popularity is due to some of the controversy surrounding its length. Even still, The Order: 1886 is known, and that generally translates into some organic marketing through word of mouth and other means for potential gamers who spend their hard-earned money on games regularly to potentially do so on this franchise. With that being established, it doesn’t require a very long stretch of the imagination to imagine a sequel to The Order: 1886 selling well. It’s important to remember that gaming is still a business, and money makes business work. So If Sony and Ready At Dawn are interested in this, and they surely are, putting up a real sequel to The Order: 1886 for old and new fans to pick up could be a very lucrative endeavour for all parties involved.

On top of gamers generally seeming open to the game, the game itself lending itself well to the idea of a sequel, and the financials of the whole operation seemingly looking to be favorable to the idea of a sequel, it’s also fairly obvious that gaming in general just needs it. With many legacy franchises like Call of Duty and Battlefield starting to really show their age in terms of fatigue from fans, and the demand for fresh, interesting franchises being at an all-time high, there does seem to be a fairly large spot for something as unique as The Order to still exist. The same spot that existed back when it was released in 2015, still exists today because the same demand for unique properties exists. This demand for more of The Order is somewhat exemplified by articles popping up mentioning the possible return of the franchise as a multi-platform game in the near future.

The new buzz around the potential sequel is largely centered around a supposed leak from a NeoGAF user who, several years ago, did get some details about the PlayStation 4 correct before they were publicly confirmed. This leak is a detailed description of a segment from a game that sounds an awful lot like it could be coming from a game in The Order: 1886’s universe. If those indications are true, and the leaker’s characterization of the game’s physics and lighting engine being on “another level” are accurate, fans of The Order: 1886 and its potential future should have a lot to be excited about. This has led to some speculation that The Order’s sequel could very well lose its exclusivity with PlayStation though. Perhaps to boost initial sales, or perhaps because having more platforms involved was a way to secure the necessary funds to get it done, but regardless of why or where the game launches, again, fans of the franchise have plenty of reason to be excited if these rumors are evenly remotely true.

Sometimes, every once in a blue moon, a new franchise comes along and starts off a little rough. The world of gaming is certainly no stranger to that as the last many years of great gaming franchises started out with initial releases that were perhaps a little rough around the edges. Historically this hasn’t been a huge deal through. Games like Respawn’s Titanfall for example, certainly didn’t live up to everyone’s expectations with its initial game. It was widely criticized for being shallow, buggy, and lacking a worthwhile single player campaign.

But when given the chance to rise out of those situations and really give it their all, developers can learn lessons from that first entry and really pull out something interesting like Titanfall 2. And despite Titanfall’s 2 handful of shortcomings, pretty much all fans of that genre and that type of game are glad that Respawn Entertainment was given that second chance by EA to make it happen and see what else could come from that property. Whether you were a fan of the first one or not, surely it’s hard to honestly deny that The Order: 1886 could very well follow that exact same trajectory. Keep in mind, Ready At Dawn is the developer that made the excellent PSP God of War games, which pushed that platform to its absolute limit in several different ways. God of War wasn’t their own IP though- The Order is. So if Electronic Arts can find the will and the resources to give Respawn a second chance to see their original idea through, surely Sony have it in them to give another shot to Ready At Dawn.

With next-gen right around the corner, there’s been plenty of speculation and leaks about games that are in the pipeline at various studios for the upcoming newer consoles. One of many such games seems to be a sequel to PS4’s 2015 title The Order: 1886, which might be in development at Ready At Dawn.

This is as per a post on NeoGAF by known insider BlackOsiris (who has accurately leaked some things in the past, such as details for the PS4 Pro in 2016, months before it released), who described a reveal trailer for the game showing an armed man with a shoulder-mounted light device coming up against a yellow-eyed, many armed creature in a dimly lit interior environment. The monster traps the man in a room, and says “I have found you.” The trailer then ends with a title screen.

Though the post doesn’t explicitly mention the game, BlackOsiris says that the design of the main character is impossible to confuse with anyone else, and that this is a game they have teased many times in the past. Since then, many in the thread have gone on to put two and two together that the game in question here is a sequel to The Order: 1886.

What’s also interesting is that when asked if this game is for the PS5 or the Xbox Series X, BlackOsiris simply responded “Yes,” implying that it’ll be a multiplatform release- I’m not sure how that would work for a sequel to The Order: 1886 though. We do know that Ready At Dawn are working on a new AAA game, while the first game also seems to have continued selling well over the years in spite of its mixed critical reception- whether or not a sequel is possible remains to be seen.

Take all this with a grain of salt for now, since there’s no way to confirm the accuracy of this “leak”. 

Ready At Dawn’s The Order: 1886 may not have been the stunning experience we’d all hoped it would be, but by and large, it was still a solid enough title. It showed a lot of promise, its narrative and cinematic aspects were top notch, and there are many who, to this day, are still hoping for a sequel that can make good on the first game’s potential.

Recently, when Jordan Mychal Lemos – who was a writer on The Order: 1886 and is currently working on Ghost of Tsushima at Sucker Punch – implied that a sequel is in development, the first game’s fanbase grew wild with excitement. However, Lemos has since then taken to Twitter to douse water on those flames, saying that he has no actual knowledge of a sequel being in development, and his comments were merely based on speculation that he’d read about the same a year ago, which he misremembered as being an announcement. So there you go- as things stand right now, it doesn’t look like there’s going to be a sequel to The Order: 1886.

Lemos’ current project, Ghost of Tsushima, meanwhile, is in proper development, and though it currently doesn’t have a concrete release date, rumours suggest the game will be out in the first half of 2020.

Before this gets any more out of hand, I know nothing about a sequel. These are the types of articles I read last year and I remembered reading 11 months later as there was one coming. Sorry to disappoint. pic.twitter.com/tVPKGzavOJ

— Jordan Mychal Lemos (@jordanarywriter) July 28, 2019

BioWare – Anthem

Say what you will about Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age: Inquisition and even Mass Effect Andromeda – on some level, all of those games had something going for them. Not so in the case of Anthem, which released in a horrible state and probably has the worst post-launch support of any games-as-a-service title yet. It’s not the terrible loot drops, boring combat, lack of customization, barren end-game or plentiful glitches that gets us – it’s that BioWare, famous for some of the best RPGs ever made, couldn’t even string together a decent story to tell.