The full playthrough of the upcoming single player action-adventure video game "The Order: 1886" was leaked online by YouTube account owner PlayMeThrough, but gamers were disappointed after finding out that the length of the game is just a little over five hours.
Those who caught the complete playthrough video before it was removed from the video sharing website complained that the length of the game is very short. Others mentioned that the cutscenes are almost as long as the entire gameplay. This turned off the possible players of the PlayStation 4-exclusive game, especially since it is priced at $60.
However, the CEO of Ready at Dawn Ru Weerasuriya offered a response to the players' concerns about the game's entire length in an interview with Eurogamer. According to the game director, it is hard to believe that anyone can finish the game in just five hours and forty minutes.
"I know why the question comes up. I know numbers have been put out there that are actually not right. It's impossible to finish the game in that time, so we know the numbers are wrong," Weerasuriya said.
Still, the game director's statements did not actually confirm or deny if "The Order: 1886" will really have a short gameplay time. He simply stated that they cannot please everyone.
"At the end of the day, we're not going to comment on it. We can't stop people from writing the things they do. And we're not going to jump at every single mistake that is made out there. Every time somebody has the wrong impression of something we made, or somebody writes the wrong thing about what we did, it would be a full-time job to be like, oh no, that's not right. We make games. We do what we do for the players. And, ultimately, that's where I want to leave it," the game director stated.
Still, gamers are not convinced that the high price tag is justifiable if the entire gameplay can be explored in just five hours. Many of them believe that the $60 fee is too expensive for a game that can only be completed in a limited time.
"The Order: 1886" will be officially released on Friday, Feb. 20.
