The Gist Of It: Quick Look: The Order: 1886
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A story-heavy steampunk cover-based third-person shooter with lashings of quick time events.
The Quick Look: Running time: 41:04, Starring Jeff Gerstmann and Dan Ryckert.
As Jeff explains, this game is a single player story that you play and then you're done with. As such, all this Quick Look shows is different parts of the story. Jeff starts on a level from Chapter IV before moving onto a later level in Chapter V to avoid showing one of the game's two boss fights, which he described as two very similar quick time events.
There is a lot of discussion about the cinematic letterboxing and pace of the game as Jeff takes walk-and-talk-style strolls through the game world between short firefights and quick time events. A zeppelin shows up, which gives Dan the notion that he wants to be on one at some point, setting it as a life goal. Jeff confirms that he's never been on one as they don't exist anymore. Later, there's a sniper section where the player has to examine people's shoulders by waiting for them to be facing the right way. This turns into another firefight which is made easier by the fact that the sniper rifle is a one-hit kill no matter where you shoot your target.
Jeff expresses his disappointment at the length and pacing of the game, describing the story as potentially interesting up until the anticlimactic ending. He warns that unless you're an idle billionaire, the game is not worth the full price and instead recommends renting or waiting for a dramatic price drop.
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