[Sunset Overdrive] Free on GWG starting April 15! Mohawks for everyone!

Preacher

I can't wait to do some chaos squad, might have to try that tonight after Arrow.

Gaming-Freak

So yeah, last night's first venture into the game was really fun. I did the first set of available challenges and gold medal'd all of them. Even got highest score in several amongst my friends. The game itself is hilariously fun and I doubt the formula will change much, nor do I want it to change.

Local H Jay

Just got 75 million score on Chaos Squad. We had 316% chaos and in the end I racked up 800 kills. Just 10 million shy of getting all 5 dice rolls at the end of the match.

Man of the Waves

Moving around in this game is so much fun, I actually like doing the traversal challenges (I even have a couple top 10 times). I've never enjoyed the waypoint or race challenges in a sandbox game before.

I especially like how none of the traversal skills have any in world explanation for their existence. Your character just has the ability to slide on power lines, wall run indefinitely and jump 50 feet in the air, all without wearing shoes.

That the game just gives you these abilities without even attempting any justification adds a lot to the over-the-top craziness of the game.

Big Classy

Guys. I was *this* close to buying an Xbox One just now. Finished work. Got the guy who worked the MVG department to go in the back and get a console and copy of Sunset Overdrive and then I held it. I HAD IT IN MY HANDS DAMMIT! Then common sense prevailed and I told myself there are other more important things to take care of first.

One day, though.

Prohass

I love my One but if you cant absolutely easily afford it dont get it. Ive learnt the hard way that a sure fire way to ruin a big purchase is with guilt over how you probably shouldnt have bought it

FuriousJodo

Yeah, I don't know that either next gen console is worth feeling guilty about purchasing yet.

Ken O

Early game spoilers.

I was doing the mission to check on the kid's parents where you have to work your way to the top of the building to check the panic room. Once you reach about half way up a giant portal will appear below you if you fall and drop you back at the midpoint. It took me by complete surprise and I loved it.

I also loved the dog mission once you got the cat cannon. When I saw I had to lead the dog home with it I was really dreading the mission. The I encountered the first group of OD and watched the dog tear them to pieces. I didn't want to go back to Sasquatch's.

Skull2185

Ken O wrote: »

Early game spoilers.

I was doing the mission to check on the kid's parents where you have to work your way to the top of the building to check the panic room. Once you reach about half way up a giant portal will appear below you if you fall and drop you back at the midpoint. It took me by complete surprise and I loved it.

I also loved the dog mission once you got the cat cannon. When I saw I had to lead the dog home with it I was really dreading the mission. The I encountered the first group of OD and watched the dog tear them to pieces. I didn't want to go back to Sasquatch's.

I would willingly give up all my weapons if I could just keep that one from that mission...



Also, there's really no penalty for dying huh? I mean, you lose some SunnyD cans or something I guess? Not that is bothers me. I love being able to just have mindless fun. It's like a new Saint's Row game!

Big Classy

Prohass wrote: »

I love my One but if you cant absolutely easily afford it dont get it. Ive learnt the hard way that a sure fire way to ruin a big purchase is with guilt over how you probably shouldnt have bought it

Oh for reals, I held off because of that. I already have a PS4 thanks to the magnificent Ante on these very forums. An Xbox One isn't needed but this game, it's just hitting all the right buttons.

Ken O

Everyone keeps making the Sunny D /Overcharge reference. Makes be want to buy some Sunny D. I wonder if they make small enough bottles of it to fit in my Overdrive can cooler.

Dirty

Ken O wrote: »

I wonder if they make small enough bottles of it to fit in my Overdrive can cooler.

I've just been putting store-brand orange cream soda in mine.


I'm glad this game is proving to a lot of people what I've been saying for a while now. That Insomniac still has it. Sure, R&C All 4 One was a bit of a misstep (but still fun for a co-op romp), and Fuse wasn't great (but still decent in spite of being focus-grouped to hell). However, I thought R&C Full Frontal Assault was a great spin on both R&C and tower defense (another element that carried over to Sunset), and R&C Into the Nexus was fantastic.

Preacher

Did a chaos squad with Jay last night, it must have been in one of the later areas because holy shit the night defense was insane and we stood zero chance, but still I leveled my ice gun like three times shooting it a couple times. Also my magnum is almost level 5, I just need to unlock this godly boomerang gun everyone is raving about.

Darkewolfe

I did a chaos squad last night, but in round one 4 people quit. Then one of the remaining 3 afk'd. At the end it was me and the mostly afk/not trying guy before the server kicked me out.

It was frustrating.

Dragkonias

So...I just fought a group of focus test robots while dubstep blasted in the background.

Yeah.

Preacher

Odd. I do have to say I'll probably stick to the first couple areas for chaos squad after we got annihilated in that later area. I'd rather get more than just the free spin.

Also man sausage party, come on bros you can have a female apocalatar with some serious junk in that trunk!

tastydonuts

Preacher wrote: »

Odd. I do have to say I'll probably stick to the first couple areas for chaos squad after we got annihilated in that later area. I'd rather get more than just the free spin.

Also man sausage party, come on bros you can have a female apocalatar with some serious junk in that trunk!

HEY, the awesompocalypse is a judgement-free zone.

Preacher

I ain't judging! I do have to say for me the sarcasm comes better from a black chick avatar with a weave. You know the type of character that would normally be instantly killed in any horror movie...

Man of the Waves

Dragon Gun is where it's at.


It's also at the Shocker.

Skull2185

There's a gun called "The Dude".

It fires bowling balls. Tutorial guy tells you to abide.

G.O.T.Y

Preacher

I do love how absolutely fucking crazy shit gets. Its like you are just firing in general at points because holy shit literally everything is attacking.

Wraith260

well this is installing now and i guess i'll be jumping into the awesompocalypse at midnight. damn you all for having so much fun that i just couldn't resist it anymore!!

Preacher

Welcome, welcome to flavor country! Do story missions! Ignore challenges and shit at least until you unlock badges!

Skull2185

Yeah. At least get super bounce. I guess there's an air dash too? I should probably get that.

Preacher

Yeah from the giant bomb quick look air dash comes around when you hook up with the boyscouts. Wait that sounds bad.

Dragkonias

I really should do some challenges.

Like they're all over the map but I'm always like. "But what else can I unlock in story mode."

tastydonuts

Yeah, air dash is pretty neat. It's a total game changer for traversals!

azith28

Is the game fairly long?

dporowski

Can you free-roam post-story as with SR4, for instance? I absolutely loved that game, and if this is anything like those, well, it's promising at the least.

Gaming-Freak

Holy shit these Buck National challenges are insanely hard to gold. I basically had to play like a machine last night in order to Gold the first episode challenge. Episode 2 seems just as hard, but idk if I'm willing to do it before I get more ideal weapons; or should I say, weapons I find even more fun. So far I've gold-medal'd every challenge, some are harder than others (point challenges ugh), and some are just steep in the learning curve department (I took 8 tries figuring out the proper way to do 'The Dude' weapon challenge), and some are laughably easy (Traversal Challenges, or property smashing challenges)

Dragkonias

Gaming-Freak wrote: »

Holy shit these Buck National challenges are insanely hard to gold. I basically had to play like a machine last night in order to Gold the first episode challenge. Episode 2 seems just as hard, but idk if I'm willing to do it before I get more ideal weapons; or should I say, weapons I find even more fun. So far I've gold-medal'd every challenge, some are harder than others (point challenges ugh), and some are just steep in the learning curve department (I took 8 tries figuring out the proper way to do 'The Dude' weapon challenge), and some are laughably easy (Traversal Challenges, or property smashing challenges)

Funny how crazy some of the weapons are.

I was looking through some of the new weapons I gained last night and I actually said.

"Laser Cannon? Eh...boring."

Preacher

Gaming-Freak wrote: »

Holy shit these Buck National challenges are insanely hard to gold. I basically had to play like a machine last night in order to Gold the first episode challenge. Episode 2 seems just as hard, but idk if I'm willing to do it before I get more ideal weapons; or should I say, weapons I find even more fun. So far I've gold-medal'd every challenge, some are harder than others (point challenges ugh), and some are just steep in the learning curve department (I took 8 tries figuring out the proper way to do 'The Dude' weapon challenge), and some are laughably easy (Traversal Challenges, or property smashing challenges)

For the first one my friend informed me I was an idiot and "bounce kills" are kills you get while bouncing, so Bounce and shoot OD, bam you bounce kill, you don't have to slam kill them.

Dirty

azith28 wrote: »

Is the game fairly long?

I imagine you could blow through the campaign in 10-15 hours. But with the online mode, side missions, and just how fun it is to grind around the city shooting shit, I can see the game holding the player's attention for a lot longer.

Darkewolfe

Dirty wrote: »

azith28 wrote: »

Is the game fairly long?

I imagine you could blow through the campaign in 10-15 hours. But with the online mode, side missions, and just how fun it is to grind around the city shooting shit, I can see the game holding the player's attention for a lot longer.

The person who could do the story missions straight, without deviating into some side activity of some sort, is A. laser focused and B. probably sort of a boring person.

Dirty

I've been trying to focus on the campaign as I'm playing this on a borrowed XBox, but it's so easy to just get pulled into random chaos in single player.

Preacher

Dirty wrote: »

I've been trying to focus on the campaign as I'm playing this on a borrowed XBox, but it's so easy to just get pulled into random chaos in single player.

Yeah seriously. Much like how your combo meter takes a bit to warm up, you start out with a couple od just being dicks, and then all of a sudden you have a fucking war and its glorious.

Gaming-Freak

The only negative I see to this game is tying weapon/amp store unlocks to the main campaign. Like with all the side stuff you can do, weapon unlocks for Two Hat Jack should be focused on THAT, not the story missions.

dporowski

Gaming-Freak wrote: »

The only negative I see to this game is tying weapon/amp store unlocks to the main campaign. Like with all the side stuff you can do, weapon unlocks for Two Hat Jack should be focused on THAT, not the story missions.

Well, if you can wander around freely once you finish the "story", eh. Figure everyone will do the story, some people would bitch about "having" to do side missions.

Preacher

Gaming-Freak wrote: »

The only negative I see to this game is tying weapon/amp store unlocks to the main campaign. Like with all the side stuff you can do, weapon unlocks for Two Hat Jack should be focused on THAT, not the story missions.

I want to say it was a conscious choice to have people play the story instead of the usual "get everything I can before even attempting story mission 2" god knows thats my usual and this game is forcing me to break the habit and its kind of refreshing.

Preacher

I do like the soundtrack in the game though, I only wish I could swap some of the songs from WET into the track lists.

Something like this.

http://youtu.be/B2u8hHGt9os