Sunset Overdrive
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Full game is available for free for a 24hr period for Xbox Live subscribers from tomorrow morning....
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2014/11/21/sunset-overd...
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2014/11/21/sunset-overd...
I've been playing over the past week, and it is fantastic. You really get that sense that the developers had a blast making the game and love their product. It is meticulously crafted, and bloody good fun.
It gets off to a bit of a soft start, but once you get the super jump ability and start earning some amps/overdrives and getting new weapons it really hits it's stride. The graphics and the colours are just incredible, it's so good to look at. I'm really enjoying it.
It gets off to a bit of a soft start, but once you get the super jump ability and start earning some amps/overdrives and getting new weapons it really hits it's stride. The graphics and the colours are just incredible, it's so good to look at. I'm really enjoying it.
Arun_D said:
Been playing it for a few hours today on the free play offer I posted. A fun idea, with plenty of interesting weapons (classic Insomniac) and comical dialogue at times. Whether I'll buy it on the discounted offer available from tomorrow, though, I'm really not sure.
I played this for a few hours on the free offer thing, not really my sort of thing (as I suspected). For free it passed an hour or so, but I was back on forza during the day while SO was still available to me.Good gesture from MS but I prefer more "serious" games..
I can confirm the game does get better and better as it goes on, which is often unusual in a game that is so heavily focused on tight gameplay, often these sorts of games tail off as you play. The mechanics are incredibly polished, but the game really only opens up as you play, probably after you complete the set of quests for Sam and do the finish building the glider-copter thing. Only then, do you really start getting access to Overcharge (currency) and better amps. And that's where a lot of the game is, collecting things from around the map, playing challenge missions (great fun) and going on huge killing sprees.
At first, I thought the traversal moves were slick and well executed but it was difficult to string them together sometimes. Once you unlock the super bounce, the water slide and the air dash, the world really does become your oyster and putting together huge combos becomes possible. Soon, you're able to easily cross the map without touching the ground, which is a really amazing way of seeing things. As you power up your weapons and amps, you stop being so wimpy in combat and start to turn the tide (though the game introduces tiered levels of new enemies to keep the balance right). Nothing feels better than shredding a few OD with the firework gun, before luring some poppers through a few acid fountains, finishing off with the coup de grace of the Flaming Compensator shotgun. As I mentioned, some of the starting weapons are pretty s
t (the vinyl rifle is pretty useless until it's nearly maxed out) but are quickly replaced and levelled up to be worthy. And making sure you've got the right amps on the right weapons helps (like, don't stick an amp that can spawn an explosive teddy grenade on your rocket launcher, put it on a deployable weapon like the Acid Fountain and watch it clear the streets).
The soundtrack is often irritating, but I don't like punk music. However, the game's style and character is great. It's been a while since I've seen a game world so stunningly and cohesively realised. It's got so many layers, so much detail, and so many cool architectural features, unlike say GTAV where a lot of the map felt generic and 'plonked down' to fill space. The female voice actor for the main character is great too, she's got a good script and some great delivery. Much of the game surrounds using your traversal skills to grab collectibles, and I'll probably end up getting most of them. Here, it's fun to collect items and they're not placed so as to be difficult or irritating, just challenging, which is nice. I never bothered getting all the orbs in Crackdown!
Overall, one of the most remarkable games I've seen in ages and an absolute treat for the eyes.
At first, I thought the traversal moves were slick and well executed but it was difficult to string them together sometimes. Once you unlock the super bounce, the water slide and the air dash, the world really does become your oyster and putting together huge combos becomes possible. Soon, you're able to easily cross the map without touching the ground, which is a really amazing way of seeing things. As you power up your weapons and amps, you stop being so wimpy in combat and start to turn the tide (though the game introduces tiered levels of new enemies to keep the balance right). Nothing feels better than shredding a few OD with the firework gun, before luring some poppers through a few acid fountains, finishing off with the coup de grace of the Flaming Compensator shotgun. As I mentioned, some of the starting weapons are pretty s
t (the vinyl rifle is pretty useless until it's nearly maxed out) but are quickly replaced and levelled up to be worthy. And making sure you've got the right amps on the right weapons helps (like, don't stick an amp that can spawn an explosive teddy grenade on your rocket launcher, put it on a deployable weapon like the Acid Fountain and watch it clear the streets). The soundtrack is often irritating, but I don't like punk music. However, the game's style and character is great. It's been a while since I've seen a game world so stunningly and cohesively realised. It's got so many layers, so much detail, and so many cool architectural features, unlike say GTAV where a lot of the map felt generic and 'plonked down' to fill space. The female voice actor for the main character is great too, she's got a good script and some great delivery. Much of the game surrounds using your traversal skills to grab collectibles, and I'll probably end up getting most of them. Here, it's fun to collect items and they're not placed so as to be difficult or irritating, just challenging, which is nice. I never bothered getting all the orbs in Crackdown!
Overall, one of the most remarkable games I've seen in ages and an absolute treat for the eyes.
I bought it in the end, Cliff!
Had a really good session later on Saturday and made some decent progress. Really missed it come the next day when the free offer had ended. I just felt compelled to carry on, which is always a good sign that I should probably purchase!
Looking forward to really unlocking the game's potential, now.
Had a really good session later on Saturday and made some decent progress. Really missed it come the next day when the free offer had ended. I just felt compelled to carry on, which is always a good sign that I should probably purchase!
Looking forward to really unlocking the game's potential, now.
The more time I spens with this, the better it gets. It's fking huge, there is so much to so. It's fking massive, and stuffed with content. I'm perhaps 3/4 of the way through the story (just finished the rollercoaster boss with the Fargarthians).
Some of the higher level guns are awesome, I love shredding OD with the Shorty Shott, I've amped it to drop an explosive teddy as a critical hit, which is a great crowd dispersal tool.
The mechanics are perfect too, beautifully mapped cityscape and great controls make gameplay a joy. Every aspect of the game is so finely crafted, it shows as a real labour of love from the developers, who must have had fun making it (it shows).
king huge, there is so much to so. It's fking massive, and stuffed with content. I'm perhaps 3/4 of the way through the story (just finished the rollercoaster boss with the Fargarthians). Some of the higher level guns are awesome, I love shredding OD with the Shorty Shott, I've amped it to drop an explosive teddy as a critical hit, which is a great crowd dispersal tool.
The mechanics are perfect too, beautifully mapped cityscape and great controls make gameplay a joy. Every aspect of the game is so finely crafted, it shows as a real labour of love from the developers, who must have had fun making it (it shows).
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