The Order: 1886

Intense overall intensity
Highest flag: Language — strong
AdventureHistoricalShooter

What's in it

Nudity full
High

A brief scene shows partial nudity of a female character in an intimate setting.

Sexual content strong
High

One story sequence shows two characters engaged in sexual activity.

Language strong
High

Dialogue includes strong profanity such as 'fuck'.

Violence realistic
Moderate

Cover-based gunfire, crossbows, grenades and melee takedowns against human rebels and werewolf-like creatures, with blood shown on hits; no dismemberment.

Substances depicted
Moderate

Characters drink alcohol and smoke cigars in the Victorian-era social settings.

Dark themes intense
Moderate

The story centres on a centuries-long war, betrayal within the Order, and a public execution of a knight.

Horror & psychological spooky
Low

Werewolf-like half-breed monsters and dark underground settings create brief menace, though fear is not the focus.

Crime & lawlessness crime depicted
Low

An armed anti-government insurgency and its stronghold feature in the plot, fought by the player rather than committed.

Who can reach your kid

What it is

The Order: 1886 is a linear, story-driven third-person cover shooter set in an alternate-history 1886 London of steampunk technology. The player controls a Knight of a centuries-old Order who fights human rebels and werewolf-like half-breeds using period firearms, crossbows, grenades and melee takedowns, interspersed with button-prompt action sequences. Combat is realistic with blood on hits but no gore or dismemberment. The game contains strong profanity, alcohol and cigar use in its Victorian settings, an intimate scene with partial nudity and implied sexual activity, and dark subject matter including war, betrayal and an execution.

How it's framed

The game frames its knights as protectors defending civilians against monstrous half-breeds and violent insurgents, positioning their lethal force as duty; it also complicates this by depicting corruption and betrayal within the Order itself, so the heroes' cause is presented as morally uncertain rather than clean.

Details

Developer
Ready at Dawn
Publisher
Sony Computer Entertainment
Released
2015
Metacritic 63critic score (third-party) · out of 100

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