The Order: 1886 made its debut in 2015, two years after the PlayStation 4’s 2013 launch in North America and Europe, and was originally one of the system’s more controversial game. The alternate history title was criticized by some for its length, as people thought it was too short an experience for $60, and suffered from somewhat lackluster sales. Still, Ready at Dawn still had big plans for The Order: 1886, as evidenced from its CEO Ru Weerasuriya’s thoughts in a recent interview.
The Order: 1886 was developed with other installments in mind. Ready at Dawn even ended the game on a cliffhanger and teased future entries in the would-be franchise. However, we may not ever end up with a proper sequel to The Order, as Ready at Dawn has already worked on other unrelated projects. But Weerasuriya, who worked as a creative director for The Order: 1886, seemed to have a ‘never say never’ outlook. When asked about the future of the series, Weerasuriya said,
It?s hard for me to answer that one [laughs]. I will tell you the same answer I would?ve given in the past before The Order came out, that [the] IP was built with a lot of work behind it. Even before the release of the game, we put a lot of work on the foundations of why each of these characters are who they are, where they came from, what is behind the story. Not 1886, but what?s behind the story. We asked, ?Where did it start" Where is it going"? There is a lot of [story] th...