Sunset Overdrive Xbox One Review

In high school I was a dork, the sad one who desperately wanted to be among the cool and popular kids. All throughout Sunset Overdrive's campaign, which took me just over 18 hours with some collectibles and side missions in tow. If you found the visuals and gameplay of Crackdown on the Xbox 360 then you'll appreciate what Sunset Overdrive has to offer as it liberally takes cues from the former.

You can extend your playtime with the usual open-world collectibles strewn all over the city. Sunset Overdrive's character creator is wonderfully inclusive; you can switch from male to female on the fly, and both sexes have the same wardrobe and hair options.

Then again, Sunset is also an open-world game, so there are bound to be compromises. The chance to bring new Amps into single-player, some of which can only be unlocked in Chaos Squad, is a draw however, but on the whole the mode gets pretty old fairly quickly.

Sunset Overdrive is a joy to play, A Action Oriented Third Person Movement Shooter with witty dialogue and fluid movement, unlike other gamesSunset Overdrive is a joy to play, A Action Oriented Third Person Movement Shooter with witty dialogue and fluid movement, unlike other games that came out around the same time (2014) Sunset has gotten better with age, with the gameplay and art design still holding up.

While I enjoyed Sunset's single-player experience, online play, titled "Chaos Squad," really surprised me. If you've ever played a game like Need for Speed: Most Wanted you'll have some idea of what to expect. Weapon amps are effective from the moment of application but character amps require your Style bar to increase before they become activated.

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