It released in a difficult time. Ps4 was selling very well but the exclusive line up was still lackluster. The Order 1886 release into that time and went up against sky high expectations and a toxic console war environment.
It wasn't a very good game, but the world was very cool, the lore was good, the art was amazing, the visuals are still among the best we've seen and even the shooting mechanics were pretty good.
Story was nothing special, though, the game was frustratingly linear, level design was uninspired and the pacing just seemed all over the place. And the boss fights were really bad.
I still had a good time playing through the game. I guess I would have been pissed had I paid 60$ for it, but I paid 5$, so thats okay.
I mean, look at that, thats not as bad as people made it out to be.