The Order: 1886 Was Actually the Beginning of a Trilogy
The Order: 1886, which was released exclusively for PlayStation 4 in 2015, was met with great expectations at the time of its release, but no sequel was released. The game’s creative director, Ru Weerasuriya, announced in a new statement that The Order: 1886 was actually designed as the first step of a three-game series. Even the names of the canceled sequels were determined in advance.
A Plan Consisting of Three Games Was Prepared for The Order Series
In an interview with French journalist Julien Chieze, Weerasuriya announced that they planned to develop two more sequels, The Order: 1891 and The Order: 1899, after the original game. It was stated that the second game, which was planned to be developed after the first game, would include larger battlefields and large conflicts with dozens of enemies. In addition, the multiplayer mode, which was canceled in the first game, was considered to be implemented in the second game.
Although the first steps were taken for the second game, the project was shelved while it was still in the early development phase. The reasons were budget constraints and changes in team priorities. Even the story of the third game was planned in advance. However, the mixed reviews of the first game and its failure to achieve the expected sales success led to the series not continuing. Thus, The Order: 1886 remained only a trailer of the planned universe.
Ready at Dawn studio continued traditional game development for a short time after these cancellations. A multiplayer game called “Deformers” was released in 2017. Then, they switched to VR-focused productions and developed four different games for the Oculus Rift. They were acquired by Oculus Studios in 2020 and focused entirely on virtual reality projects.
However, stability could not be achieved in this new period either. Only a game called Lone Echo II was released after the acquisition. In 2023, a third of the company left the job with large-scale layoffs. Ready at Dawn was officially closed the following year, in 2024. This journey, which started with The Order universe and continued with VR games, has quietly ended.
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