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Sunset Overdrive Review Thread

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bananafactory

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Son of Sam said:
So does this pretty much seal it? Xbox one has the best games this gen so far?
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Depends on your platform choices. If you play everything on PC when it's available then Xbox probably has the edge in exclusives thus far with FH2 SO and MCC.

But PS4 has a lot of games that aren't on XBO at all, it's where I played games like FFXIV.
 
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clutch.as.it.gets.

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So far i like MS exclusive line up much better than Sonys. Knack, Killzone SF and Driveclub are just meh for me, while Second Son is ok (but not as good as the old ones) and the TLoU Remaster was good/great.

Sony really has to start to deliver some good software. I have no hope for the Order (cutscene and quicktime fest) so im banking on Bloodborne. That game has to deliver.

I´m still a PS4 only gamer, but it gets harder and harder to not notice the lack of good exclusive software compared to what MS has.
 
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Killer

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jesu said:
Possible if they got a 3rd party to publish/fund it.
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I don't know about the contract, But i think MS has the right to publish the game/sequels first. They made a HUGE marketing push for this game. It doesn't make sense to go to other publisher after all that investment.
 
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GoxRx

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randomwab said:
Anyone know about this? If you preorder on another region but switch to the US tomorrow, can you just download it then?
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I think that even if you switch your region to the US you won't be able to unlock this early because you bought the game on another store.
 
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The Flash

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Nibel said:
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quick and dirty

Edit: replaced with touched up version
 
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Miles Quaritch

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Killer said:
I didn't play the DLC for that game :/.
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Ah man, you missed out. BtS was incredible.

Montresor said:
Irrational didn't deliver SHIT. From March to July there was nothing other than an uninteresting horde mode. Burial At Sea ended up incredible but there was near zero value for season pass owners up until Nov xxth, 2013. What they did is create two fantastic story DLCs but they proved nothing regarding season pass value propositions.
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Oh definitely, but they did deliver in terms of content. I wasn't too happy about the long delays with no communication either, but purely from a content standpoint, it's easily the best season pass content I've experienced.
 
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TheWorthyEdge

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As a proud but slightly disappointed (exclusives and such) PS4 owner, I would most definitely go out and say that, yes, Microsoft does have the better of the exclusives at the moment! I mean, wow.
 
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MatrixMan.EXE

Member
clutch.as.it.gets. said:
So far i like MS exclusive line up much better than Sonys. Knack, Killzone SF and Driveclub are just meh for me, while Second Son is ok (but not as good as the old ones) and the TLoU Remaster was good/great.

Sony really has to start to deliver some good software. I have no hope for the Order (cutscene and quicktime fest) so im banking on Bloodborne. That game has to deliver.

I´m still a PS4 only game, but it gets harder and harder to not notice the lack of good exclusive software compared to what MS has.
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Yeah Sony has had a pretty whack year in terms of exclusives. Guilty Gear Xrd, LBP3, Bloodbourne, Tomorrow Children, RIME and The Order 1886 all look fantastic though. They'll be bringing the heat, especially seeing as Microsoft won't really have much until fall next year.

But I digress, they have done well this year. Good time to own an Xbox One I'd say!
 
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Hockeymac18

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therealminime said:
Did a little 30 second webm showing a little bit of how much fun the traversal is.

http://a.pomf.se/wwypmf.webm
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This is awesome. This should be posted as a gif in the main post of the OT.

OrbitalMatrix said:
Yeah Sony has had a pretty whack year in terms of exclusives. Guilty Gear Xrd, LBP3, Bloodbourne, Tomorrow Children, RIME and The Order 1886 all look fantastic though. They'll be bringing the heat, especially seeing as Microsoft won't really have much until fall next year.

But I digress, they have done well this year. Good time to own an Xbox One I'd say!
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2015 will be a great year to own both consoles. I'm glad they're both differentiating their lineups pretty well.
 
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1.21Gigawatts

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I surprised that so many people here expected lower scores.
The game always looked fun(some people said its too slow, including me, Insomniac showed the boost mechanics next to clear that up), the previews were generally pretty good.
I guess GAF focussed to much on one particular preview.

But its interesting to see how this game gets celebrated for its scores(82 on MC) right now, and a few months ago Infamous: Second Son was basically declared a critical flop by some(80 on MC, so basically the same)


Its interesting how expectations influence perception.
 
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Sydle

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ChosenPredator

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I already have the white xbox bundled with this game anyways but seriously i did not expect it to score this flipping high,CONGRATS insomniac , damn good one.
 
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Dragonborn

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1.21Gigawatts said:
I surprised that so many people here expected lower scores.
The game always looked fun(some people said its too slow, including me, Insomniac showed the boost mechanics next to clear that up), the previews were generally pretty good.
I guess GAF focussed to much on one particular preview.

But its interesting to see how this game gets celebrated for its scores(82 on MC) right now, and a few months ago Infamous: Second Son was basically declared a critical flop by some(80 on MC, so basically the same)


Its interesting how expectations influence perception.
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I think it's mostly because people are now adjusting to the new system, where games seem to be scoring overall lower than they did last gen. I personally like it better this way.

Paco said:
They're still missing their own third-person action/adventure and platformer. Maybe Scalebound will satisfy the former and hopefully the rumors about Banjo are true.



I would love to have it.

You can vote on it: http://xbox.uservoice.com/forums/25...astered-of-lost-odyssey-and-blue-dragon-in-10
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Upvoted.
 
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VinFTW

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Team Vernia said:
The cheapness of that gif fits the tone of the game. LOL
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lmao, best gif.

Dragonborn said:
I think it's mostly because people are now adjusting to the new system, where games seem to be scoring overall lower than they did last gen. I personally like it better this way.
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Same. As long as none of us join those fanboy warz where 90+ = good and below 90 = trash, then this system is way better.

Masterpiece games (90+) stand out even more and fantastic games like SO still get good scores (deservedly so).
 
SEGAvangelist

SEGAvangelist

Member
1.21Gigawatts said:
I surprised that so many people here expected lower scores.
The game always looked fun(some people said its too slow, including me, Insomniac showed the boost mechanics next to clear that up), the previews were generally pretty good.
I guess GAF focussed to much on one particular preview.

But its interesting to see how this game gets celebrated for its scores(82 on MC) right now, and a few months ago Infamous: Second Son was basically declared a critical flop by some(80 on MC, so basically the same)


Its interesting how expectations influence perception.
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People are expecting lower review scores than last gen. That 80 for Infamous Second Son seems higher than it did at launch.
 
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jesu

Member
Killer said:
I don't know about the contract, But i think MS has the right to publish the game/sequels first. They made a HUGE marketing push for this game. It doesn't make sense to go to other publisher after all that investment.
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Yeah I don't think the sequel being on a Playstation is very likely myself.
 
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Patroclos

Banned
Dragonborn said:
Excellent. And XBL servers are pretty solid, correct? So the game should download pretty quick is it's less than 30 GB... well at least, no more than an hour from opening it to playing it... hopefully.
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Lol. I wish. I'm sure their servers are great. I'm at 30% after 1 hour. For me that is fucking awful. PS4 downloads are like lightning. I have heard that it is a problem with the original DRM system. I can tell you that there has been no improvement on this front since Titanfall for me.
 
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