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Sunset Overdrive
The city’s overrun with mutants. Problem? Not for you. Sunset Overdrive is an open-world playground of post-apocalyptic possibilities. Vault, grind & wall-run while using a deadly & unconventional arsenal. With hyper-agility, unique weapons, & customizable abilities, it rewrites the rules of shooters while delivering an irreverent adventure.
Details
- Released
- October 28, 2014
- Developer
- Insomniac Games
- Genres
- Shooter · Action · Platform · Adventure · Open world
- Publisher
- Microsoft Studios
How it plays
Time to beat · 3 player times (IGDB)
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Sunset Overdrive Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
“Sunset Overdrive is the uncontested Xbox One system-seller in Microsoft’s fall 2014 lineup.”
Want to know how to make a truly great game? Provide players with a liberating and energetic method of traversal, create an eye-popping urban environment that serves as a massive playground, and do everything you can to promote uninhibited fun within that space. That’s the essence of Sunset Overdrive, and it’s why we think this is arguably the best new IP so far this console generation.
The end of the world has never been so exiting.What can I say about my time with Sunset Overdrive that doesn't include the world
There’s a restless energy to Sunset Overdrive that is hard not to adore. The brightly colored, and easy to navigate, city of Sunset is saturated with entreating distractions. It might not be the most challenging game, but its racy writing and satire filled dialogue easily overshadowed this issue. Simply put, Sunset Overdrive is a beautifully bright and entertaining game.
Sunset Overdrive is one of the rare games that feels complete in an age where most games feel like a combination of elements from all over the place. Everything in Sunset Overdrive works, from the gameplay, to the art design, the humor, and the combat, and each feeds off the other to create a title that not only feels great, but cohesive as well. Fans of open world games that emphasize freedom of movement, customization, and style won’t find much better on the current consoles.
Sunset Overdrive is a fun and fast paced third person shooter. If you want to play a game that doesn't require too much and has a good sense of humor then you should enjoy this game.
Colorful, sardonic, and all-around fun, Sunset Overdrive cranks up the insanity meter to 11 on the Xbox One.
Sunset Overdrive has some excellent ideas, but its triumphs are sadly suffocated beneath ultra-repetitive mission design and unsatisfying enemy encounters.
There is a signature style that can be found in a singular work by a game developer, a style that is carried over across many projects and lives on in many forms. Insomniac Games has been focused on a single style for some time, yes this style has vanished in one or two of their lesser games, but in the big ones the brilliance and wackiness shines. Insomniac Games is best known for their mostly family friendly Playstation exclusive Ratchet and Clank which cements the studios general style, and then in the inverse we now have Sunset Overdrive an exclusive for the Xbox One that features just abo...
Sunset Overdrive as a whole is a fun experience but ultimately feels like it’s lacking a certain something. It’s direction feels a bit lost and I’m not quite sure who the game is for. The game feels quite easy for the majority and dying has almost no consequence. Story missions are by far the worst part of the game. When they have you killing enemies, they are extremely satisfying but when you’re delivering things from one side of the map to the other, the game feels like nothing but a chore.