Sunset Overdrive - Chaos and Carnage in Cartoony Colors

Raijin Quickfoot

Sunset Overdrive is slated to hit the Xbox One on Oct. 28 which is like...7 days from now.

It looks pretty damn awesome and fun and woo. I know I've got it preordered.

From the Wiki

"Sunset Overdrive is a open world, third-person shooter video game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Microsoft Studios exclusively for the Xbox One. Set in the fictional open world metropolis Sunset City in 2027, players control a fully customizable FizzCo employee who fights the OD'd, humans transformed into monsters after consuming an energy drink. Players wall-run and use zip-lines and grind rails to swiftly navigate Sunset City, and have a large weapon arsenal to use in action."

It's going to be fun as hell and the multiplayer looks to be a good time as well.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/09/18/how-multiplayer-works-in-sunset-overdrive

I'll keep a player list here if people want on it just like @ me in a post or PM me. If you @ me don't forget to put quotes around my name because there is a space in it.

So who is getting this shit next week?

PLAYER LIST

RAIJINQ
LASBROOK
NICOPERNICUS
VivixennexiviV

Raijin Quickfoot

So I guess I'm playing this game solo....

Sterica

I don't have an Xbox.

Speed Racer

i have an xbone!

buuuuuuut i don't have gold

Raijin Quickfoot

You guys are all the worst!

UnbreakableVow

I keep forgetting this game's existence

I might eventually check it out, dependent on reviews, but my gaming budget for this whole year is pretty much spent

Also my Xbox One is currently in the closet due to space concerns and the fact that I haven't played anything on it since June. I don't want to sell it, because it was a gift from my girlfriend, but even she was like "you should probably sell this thing" once she got a feel of the controller and experienced the UI for herself (she's a 360 player and hadn't tried a One prior to buying mine)

Anyways, open-world shooter seems like the logical progression for Insomniac, though if I'm being honest I miss the heyday of Spyro on the PS1. This looks a lot better than Fuse

Lasbrook

I have it coming via Amazon, for whatever reason I thought it came out yesterday and not next Tuesday. The game looks fun and goofy but I still dunno about that traversal speed. I kinda got it because of the day one edition mostly otherwise I might have waited. Capitalism at work everybody.

I'm Lasbrook on Xbox btw.

Blake T

Why does she dislike the controller?

It seems pretty ace to me!

But what do I know I own neither of the next gen consoles.

This game looks fly though.

Moriveth

This is one of the reasons I'm tending toward an Xbox One over a PS4!

Also Forza Horizon 2.

Sterica

I kinda dig the style, but at the same time I feel like the game is just trying a bit too hard.

UnbreakableVow

Blake T wrote: »

Why does she dislike the controller?

It seems pretty ace to me!

But what do I know I own neither of the next gen consoles.

This game looks fly though.

Same reason I do!

It just doesn't feel right in the hand, a little bit smaller than the 360 pad, the bumpers are somehow even more garbage than the 360's were, there's not enough resistance in the triggers, the D-pad is more functional but makes an annoying clicky noise whenever you press each direction

It'd be really great if they could patch something in to let you use a wired 360 pad, that would be aces, but as it stands I can't stand playing on the thing

It's pretty hard to go back to anything else after the DualShock 4, but even the Wii U Game Pad is more comfortable to use

#pipe

at least

put a god damn trailer

or a screenshot or something in the op Raijin, jesus

Raijin Quickfoot

I was on my phone!

It's hard!

Raijin Quickfoot

And now I'm going to bed!

Dragkonias

Yeah. I'm pretty hyped for this game.

Its been giving me Jet Set Radio vibes.

Except the soundtrack will probably be nowhere as awesome.

Mr. G

I watched a preview of this from VideoGamer and like the first thing the dudes said was "I thought it was going to be like inFamous, which you may know as "the dullest video game series ever made", and it's like that but somehow even duller" and that's when I turned the video off

Johnny Chopsocky

I'm very very curious about the unofficial Tank Girl videogame known as Sunset Overdrive.

I'm waiting to hear some actual gameplay impressions, though.

Raijin Quickfoot

Why is InFamous dull?

I mean, they aren't the best games ever made but I found fun in all of them.

Blake T

I played the first one a bit as the free game from the hacking scandal.

The city was just really dark, there was a lot of angst and it was just so by the numbers.

Raijin Quickfoot

Oh yeah, it's a bland game but it's still pretty fun.

Dragkonias

Mr. G wrote: »

I watched a preview of this from VideoGamer and like the first thing the dudes said was "I thought it was going to be like inFamous, which you may know as "the dullest video game series ever made", and it's like that but somehow even duller" and that's when I turned the video off

Ugh. That actually turns me off a bit.

I can't say I cared for Infamous either and thought it was kind of dull. One of the main reasons being that I thought most of the characters were boring/uninteresting/annoying. Hell, Cole was such a non-person that I never understood why they didn't just let you customize your character.

But you can customize your character in this one...and gameplay-wise I did rather enjoy Infamous even if I thought they could have mixed it up more.

So, I guess it depends on what they found dull exactly.

Aistan

Even the trailers everyone was so excited about I never saw anything appealing in. Like, it sounded clever and the art style was fun, but the stuff actually being done seemed simple and boring.

I thought it was coming out for PC as well for some reason? I'm not sure why, since now I can't find any mention of that at all anywhere.

Mr. G

So all the previews of this were lukewarm at best

Now reviews are out

Eurogamer - 8/10 "Beneath the glorious tech, and once the writing relaxes a little, Sunset Overdrive's wonderfully lurid and heartfelt"

Game Informer - 9.25/10 "It’s a colorful return to form for Insomniac games, and a hell of an exclusive for Xbox One"

IGN - 9/10 "Never has getting from point A to point B in an open-world game provided so much enjoyment"

Joystiq - 5/5 "To see fireworks, flames, acid, bullets and more all fly across the colorful cityscape, decimating enemies too numerous to count, all without so much as a hiccup in framerate, is the definition of spectacle"

Polygon - 9/10 "But the best thing about Sunset Overdrive is how it's unabashedly enthusiastic about what it is, in just about every way. That enthusiasm, and the freedom behind it, is contagious"

Raijin Quickfoot

Awesome! Now I'm really glad I've got this preordered and paid for.

TOMORROW

nicopernicus

I was waiting on reviews for this one. Look like I'll be picking the game up tomorrow since they are so glowing. Yay!

Raijin Quickfoot

I'll add you to the list!

pooka

so is this an actual exclusive, or one of the marketing-speak iterations of "exclusive"? i've got a 360, PS4 and decent PC rig, and we've no plans for getting an XBone, but "unofficial Tank Girl videogame" might do something for my sir.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmRR6MnS6dc&feature=youtu.be&t=2m42s

i can see Infamous, but i played a lot more of Saints Row 3, which matches well, tonally. i haven't played 4, but it seems to be more similar to Sunset Overdrive. plus Dead Rising. even the "Digital Trip" bits of WatchDoge. these are positive comparisons! anyway.

Dragkonias

Its an exclusive exclusive, sadly.

Speed Racer

there's a small chance it could come to PC sometime down the road

but it wouldn't be for a good while and there's no guarantee they'd do it

Raijin Quickfoot

I think it's going to be an Xbox One exclusive for a very long time.

Just get an Xbox One. Problem solved!

I realize not everyone wants or has the capability of getting an Xbox One.

Speed Racer

dead rising was also published by MS and that came out on steam

who knows, really

PaperLuigi44

This has been one of those games that's been temping me to get a One, since I was set on that over PS4. But I'm gonna need to make a checklist beforehand because I've run out of shelving/HDMI ports/power sockets in my current set-up.

AtomicTofu

I'll be excited to maybe play this in a year when I get an Xbox One for Halo 5 (depending on THOSE reviews).

Raijin Quickfoot

I own this game but I'm doing homework so I haven't had a chance to play it yet. Instead my son is playing Forza Horizon.

nicopernicus

I'm headed out to pick it up in a couple of hours. Can't wait!

Dragkonias

My copy is out for delivery.

Sadly, I have to start getting ready for work in 3 hours so even if it gets here before then I won't have much time to play.

Raijin Quickfoot

Played for 5 minutes basically and I'm definitely seeing how this can be a great game. Its going to take some adjustment to get used to the controls.

Artreus

Really hope this ends up hitting the PC because heck if I'm getting an xbox anytime soon

rhylith

With the price drop I may pick up an xbone for this soon.

Raijin Quickfoot

Look at that player

Dragkonias

I just got the game and yeah...pretty fun.

And I don't think I've even unlocked the crazy shit yet.