The Order: 1886 - Prologue

Prologue: Once a Knight

After the initial opening cut scene you’ll be tossed into a prison cell. You can’t move yet, however, after a moment or so time will have passed and you’ll be pulled from the cell and once more chained to a stone trough and forced underwater.

Around this time you’ll be introduced to the quicktime events which take place during many of the cut scenes in The Order: 1886. Press the desired buttons when it tells you to break free of your chains and attack the enemy behind you.

At this point another enemy will come for you, and you’ll need to press the indicated button at the right time to stab him in the neck. Once he’s down it’s time to finish off the other guy and spam the X button once Galahad grabs and pushes him against the trough.

Once you’re finished drowning the poor sap you’ll need to grab the key conveniently placed on the floor next to the other dead guard. To do this hold down the Triangle key until Galahad grabs it and frees himself from the chains.

Once you’re free it’s time to actually gain control of your character for the first time. Go ahead, look around the cell, and then move forward towards the door. You’ll be losing and regaining control quite a bit in this next section, but simply go with the flow and you shouldn’t have a hard time reaching the next area.

Tip: Press L3 to make Galahad move faster and scurry.

Once you reach the room with the gun on the table, interact with it to pick it up, and then use the Left-Thumbstick to look it over and check for bullets. There aren’t any of course, but let’s take this gun with us anyway.

Head back out the room the way you came and hit the Triangle key next to the locked grate to hit the lock. Hit it a second time to knock it off, then use the Left stick and the X button to climb into the small tunnel. Move forward until you reach the wooden platform, and follow the onscreen instructions to learn how to move from cover to cover.

Now it’s just a matter of moving through the area until you’re pulled into another cut scene, this time Galahad will raise the unloaded pistol as an enemy. This moment will also teach you how to aim your gun using the L2 trigger. While aiming your gun move forward until you reach the soldier, and force him into the elevator.

Once you reach the level above the soldier will be shot by his friends and the elevator will continue up as you are forced to fight with the wounded man.

Tip: A lot of fights in this game will take place during cut scenes, where you’ll need to complete quicktime events in order to achieve your objective.

Follow the on-screen instructions, moving your cursor until the buttons show up that you need to hit. Once you’ve finished your fight with the wounded soldier Galahad will move to a door, and you’ll need to bust it open. Sadly, you’re surrounded by soldiers and you’ll need to hold Triangle when indicated to surrender and bring this mission to a close with a shocking leap of faith.