If the idea of fast paced combat and a deep story-line excites you, you may be interested in 11 games like The Order 1886.

11. Days Gone

Days Gone (2019)

Fight off masses of zombies after a virus grips civilisation.

Escape and fight the ‘freakers’ as you journey across the land to find loved ones and even a shred of hope.

Fight other humans and the rapidly evolving freakers, whilst using your motorcycle to travel.

• Fast-Paced and action packed combat, where you’ll fight to the death with infected.
• An immersive storyline and lovable characters.
• A huge world to explore and new items, characters, and enemies to discover.

Fight To Survive: Take on waves of undead in an attempt to survive.

Outnumbered: Fight harder as the game increases in difficulty and you find yourself surrounded

10. Bloodborne

Bloodborne all trailers / movie 

Try to find the source of the plague destroying humanity in Bloodborne.

Travel through a Victorian-era world, and fight enemies, bosses, whilst using new items and weaponry as you progress.

Interact with NPC’s and follow an addicting storyline as you travel through the progressively more difficult game.

• Critically acclaimed for its difficulty and mastery level.
• Personalise your hunter and choose an origin.
• Hone your own distinctive fighting style, and customise your look and weaponry.

Skills: Upgrade your weapons and abilities to make easy work of foes.

Bosses: Take on bigger and badder enemies as you progress.

9. The Evil Within

The Evil Within Launch Trailer

Delve into a horrific new world, where you’ll find yourself pulled through distorted thoughts and meeting nightmarish new creatures.

Scavenge for survival supplies and weaponry. Battle and stealth your way through the storyline and try to survive.

• Battle with new creatures and fight insanity.
• Avoid traps, bombs, and exploding enemies.
• Disarm bombs through puzzle mini games.

Sinister: Take on grotesque creatures and fend off mutations.

Tactics: Take aim and don’t miss any opportunity to kill; for it could mean your death.

8. A Plague Tale: Innocence

A Plague Tale: Innocence / Launch Trailer

In a world filled with plague, lead a young boy through hordes of rats and enemies but sneaking, fighting, and persuading them.

In this largely puzzle based game, every move is detrimental to staying alive, and one foot out of place could lead to the death of either yourself or Hugo.

• Protect your younger brother, and make sure he doesn’t panic and draw attention from guards.
• Use your slingshot to distract guards, and fire to scare the rats away to get to new areas and story-lines.
• Use Hugo to squeeze through small spaces and control rats.

Guide: Create distractions to lead Hugo through waves of enemies, rats, and guards.

Infestation: Avoid being swarmed by rats or face almost certain death.

7. Vampyr

Vampyr Story Trailer

Take the role of a doctor infected with vampirism, who has to come to terms with his new life and learn to control his strong new urges.

Choose to engage in battles or use stealth to avoid combat. Hunt to survive and keep your strength up whilst you explore new areas.

• Make game changing choices and see your own ending unfold.
• Explore London based scenery and almost historically accurate buildings and streets.
• Unlock new vampire abilities by drawing blood from humans.

Sickness: Come to terms with your new ailment, and learn to control it.

High Intensity: Puzzle your way through to avoid guards and combat altogether; however it isn’t always so simple.

6. Gears 5 

Gears 5 / E3 2018 Trailer

Discover the roots of the Locust and your family in a new shooter game. 

Complete story lines and get new and more powerful weaponry as you progress.

Uncover more about your own past and how it is linked to the strange things happening to you, whilst discovering new enemies and NPC’s, too.

• Follow an astonishing news campaign as you delve deeper into the story.
• Partake in lethal, fast paced combat.
• Form links between yourself, your past, and the enemy.

In The Ring: Take enemies on in one on one combat.

Teamwork: Join allies to fend off groups of horde.

In the city of Oakmont, find yourself investigating an abandoned town, whilst being haunted by hallucinations. Journey to find the cause of the flooding and your own ghastly visions whilst meeting new NPC’s and items. Track clues and meet refugees  and normal townsfolk on your quest.

• Find new clues and leads as you explore the ruins of civilisation.
• Fight your nightmares and try to withstand horrific visions and hallucinations.
• Use your visions to get to the bottom of the flooding, death, and destruction.

Deserted: Find the cause of the relentless flooding.

Seeing Things: Control your sanity as visions become stronger.

4. Dead Space 2

Dead Space 2 - Launch Trailer

 

Three years after Dead Space One, re-enter the mesmerising world of dead space and fight sprawl. Hack machines, create distractions and take enemies down to stay alive, all whilst making sure you don’t run out of oxygen. Fight monsters that control and mutate human bodies and learn how to take each mutation down.

• Enter zero gravity areas and use your thrusters to manoeuvre around new environments. 
• Choose from one of 5 difficulties and learn how to take each type of mutant down, from slicing its arms off to shooting it in the head.
• Play in Outbreak mode, where you can play with friends in a 4 man team.

Visuals: The both beautiful and horrific game is easy to become absorbed in.

Fast Paced: Fight off horrific enemies in fast paced combat, where tactics are key.

3. Resident Evil 7

Resident Evil Launch Trailer - E3 2016

Follow a thrilling storyline to find your wife in a barren wasteland.

Traverse a cannibal infested plantation and solve puzzles to progress.

In the first 1st person resident evil game, combat is even more immersive, and enemies are more lifelike and threatening than ever.

• Use both persuasion and brute force to get your way to try and find your loved one.
• The most horrific, adventurous, and skill based Resident evil yet.
• Make difficult and game-changing choices.

A New Crowd: Keep searching for your wife through puzzles and unlikely NPC’s.

Nightmare Fuel: Flee from nightmares and try to keep your cool and stay alive.

2. Resident Evil 2: Remastered  

Resident Evil 2 Remake Trailer E3 2018

In this remastered version of an already critically acclaimed game, try to escape ‘Racoon City’ to survive a mutant zombie outbreak.

Fight to find your friends and get to the bottom of the outbreak, following a personal story and meeting new NPC’s along the way.

• Engage in close counters and fast paced combat.
• Try to cure your NPC friends, and get to the bottom of the plague.
• Puzzle your way out of locked rooms, zombie infested buildings, and traps.

Survivor: Think carefully about every step you take to stay alive.

Close Encounters: Kill citizens you once knew as they hound you.

1. The Last of Us: Remastered 

The Last of Us: Remastered / Launch trailer

Become a smuggler tasked with escorting with young girl, Ellie, through a post-apocalyptic U.S.A. 

Use handmade weapons and stealth your way past hostile humans and enemies.

Play with up to 8 players and creep through towns, sewers and abandoned buildings.

• Use improvised weaponry, from guns to baseball bats.
• Stealth past, distract, or simply kill weak enough enemies to stay sage.
• Follow the storyline to find the source of the mutant plague.

Stealth: Avoid encounters, or increase your chance of coming out on top by sneaking around enemies and NPC’s.

Multiplayer: Fight with friends in fast paced combat.

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