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[Darranged]

I tag-teamed with one of my colleagues on the review for this game. We were of the same mind essentially, and dug it overall.

http://www.lazygamer.net/review/sunset-overdrive-review-awesompocaylpse-now/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4fy_ewchxg

 

[SEGAvangelist]

25 hours without challenges. Lengthy adventure for sure. Wow!

 

[xxracerxx]

Is this suddenly the best new IP of 2014 ...?

I would never have guessed that; we'll see.

Shadow of Mordor.

 

[NateDrake]

Seriously folks - I LOVED this game. Yes, you'll feel like it could do more, in terms of creativity of the quests or craziness of its story. But it's just so, so much fun, and once you really get the hang of the traversal, oh my lord is it satisfying. Jet Set Radio levels of satisfaction.

What if you don't like JSR?

Lots of reviews seem to mention simplistic missions, lack of variety, and questionable humor. 25hrs seems like a long game with these types of cons mentioned.

 

[big_z]

why were there so many people shitting on this game before launch? you couldn't go into a sunset thread without a sea of posts saying how boring or crap the game apparently is.

Anyone surprised that Arthur Gies gave an Xbox One exclusive a favorable score needs to have their head examined.

uh no, listen to the last rebelfm, he was pretty unsure on the game from his time with it at that point.

 

[Yagharek]

Whether the game is good or not is something that's less concerning to me than whether it tries to do something new.

Probably because of that it's the kind of game I give the benefit of the doubt to, I love it when games try something new even if they aren't perfect at it.

Might be the game that sells me an xbox, which admittedly was never on the cards til now.

 

[Jaxx]

Well that seals it, I'm definitely buying an Xbox One in November. Welcome back, Insomniac.

 

[Gaz_RB]

as i pointed out in the other thread, there is a conflict of interest on the Gamertime.co.uk: 9.4 review.






i'm interested in playing the game regardless of how many 9s or 6s though.

Having an ad on their website for the game is not a conflict of interest.

 

[Lloyd Christmas]

Perfect

 

[Nintendojitsu]

FYI, he gave Forza Horizon 2 a seven out of ten.

Decent score but not "GREAT".

7's are bad now?

EDIT: I know you didn't write bad but I feel 7's get a bad rep nowadays. My apologies in advance.

 

[mollipen]

You understand the massive implications you are making here?

Game looks so hyped. Glad to see it's getting great reviews.

I absolutely understand. Once I unlocked a few moves I needed to truly give myself the freedom to move around the world, the long runs I could do zipping and gliding through the city just blew me away. After a while, I just got into this zen mode of flying around that I'd absolutely liken to JSR.

What if you don't like JSR?

I think there's more beyond the grinding stuff here than there was in JSR, but if you don't like that kind of thing, you'll be missing out on one of the big hooks of Sunset Overdrive.

 

[RespectThySole]

Anyone surprised that Arthur Gies gave an Xbox One exclusive a favorable score needs to have their head examined.

His Forza Horizon 2 review is the second lowest on Metacritic...

 

[BONDO]

Gametrailers usually falls in line with my opinions...despite its review score..the actual video review might have swayed me into a purchase.

 

[Usobuko]

People can never make up there mind as to if Polygon is bias or not.

Ambiguous is the key, neither here or there. Maybe leanings towards sometimes.

It gets a lot more clicks this way.

 

[Dabanton]

Fuse was actually pretty solid, gameplay wise.

I enjoyed it, but after the palette change the knifes were out on it unfortunately.

 

[tuna_love]

What if you don't like JSR?

Lots of reviews seem to mention simplistic missions, lack of variety, and questionable humor. 25hrs seems like a long game with these types of cons mentioned.

we get it.

 

[MormaPope]

Fuse was actually pretty solid, gameplay wise.

Only played the demo, nothing really drew me in.

 

[Quentyn]

BioGamerGirl - 9.7

 

[SRTtoZ]

as i pointed out in the other thread, there is a conflict of interest on the Gamertime.co.uk: 9.4 review.






i'm interested in playing the game regardless of how many 9s or 6s though.

Yep noticed that when I tried to find their site on google. I've never heard of them to be honest, might be a fan site.

 

[EdibleExplosives]

Great first reviews!

 

[OddSockZA]

[posted already]
Doesn't seem like my sort of thing, but I hate fun.

 

[Guerrilla]

jstevenson be like

But seriously THIS IS AWESOME!!

 

[plasmawave]

Metacritic is so glitchy it's unbelievable.

 

[Jaxx]

Anyone surprised that Arthur Gies gave an Xbox One exclusive a favorable score needs to have their head examined.

Yes, what truly gave it away was when he gave Forza Horizon 2 a low review. All that bias, right?

 

[~~Hasan~~]

Polygon: 9 ???

damn. wow

 

[Twin Tails]

BioGamerGirl - 9.7

HOLY SHIT PURCHASE JUSTIFIED

 

[MHWilliams]

What if you don't like JSR?

Lots of reviews seem to mention simplistic missions, lack of variety, and questionable humor. 25hrs seems like a long game with these types of cons mentioned.

Like I said, I finished in 15. You could probably do it in less. If you didn't like JSR, it might be an uphill battle for you.

Shadow of Mordor is probably a more robust game, but I had more fun with Sunset Overdrive.

 

[Coolbgdog12]

Yeah these scores aren't looking too good. I was expecting more 6/5's and 11/10's....

Spoiler

Gamefly better hurry up and deliver this on time!!

 

[marianitten]

BioGamerGirl - 9.7

/thread.

We don't need more reviews

 

[MR BLACKMAGIK]

Ah yes, that problematic speed...,

My friend said he thought it fit the game. Due to the almost necessity of having to stay on the move, you really don't want to be flying down railings while you're trying to shoot enemies simultaneously.

 

[bigboss370]

I asked you in that thread, but do you have any proof that the ad department and the editorial department comingle or one exerts influence on the other? Taking an ad does not mean they influence the review.

its kind of silly to ask for proof on something like that. i don't really have access to their internal conversations or editors. i don't even know if the site has separate departments or how many people run it. the conflict of interest is staring you in the face though.

 

[Colonel Nasty]

BioGamerGirl - 9.7

Sold

 

[Ape]

Hope to see all the same posters from the Videogamer preview in here! They seemed so worried about this game.

 

[KoopaTheCasual]

BioGamerGirl - 9.7

Finally.

 

[arhra]

Anyone surprised that Arthur Gies gave an Xbox One exclusive a favorable score needs to have their head examined.

Tell that to Playground/Turn10.

 

[Hindle]

This will sell great, it has everything going for it.

 

[Rembrandt]

I really hope this inspires MS to go after more new IPs this gen.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

Can't believe people find sloth-like, GLACIAL gameplay appealing.

 

[RyudBoy]

Nice to see it scoring well. Still don't think it's for me, but maybe I'll rent it from GameFly someday.

 

[cheezcake]

BioGamerGirl - 9.7

The only review that matters

Seriously though my wallet after the next few months

 

[ASIS]

BioGamerGirl - 9.7

YES!

 

[RespectThySole]

BioGamerGirl - 9.7

Awesome!

 

[Kalm]

Anyone surprised that Arthur Gies gave an Xbox One exclusive a favorable score needs to have their head examined.

Why are you so zeroed in on Gies' review?

It's not like it's ridiculously higher than the current average...

 

[Bsigg12]

Hope to see all the same posters from the Videogamer preview in here! They seemed so worried about this game.

Ha, right....

So is this scoring highest for a new exclusive IP? Not that we've had very many yet.

 

[Usobuko]

This will sell great, it has everything going for it.

It won't.

Spoiler

But I hope it does.

 

[User 479360]

Another good one!

We Got This Covered - 4.5/5

 

[Alx]

Nice to see the good reception, and confirmation that the game is good old school fun. Not gonna say I knew it, but I had a good feeling about it from the beginning.

 

[Izuna]

The fuck? Lol. Got this pre-order but don't see why it could be special.

I sm a little less worried now.

 

[Devilgunman]

Scores look amazing.

 

[Putty]

This will sell great, it has everything going for it.

Many XB1 games have yet sales didn't happen.