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A odd hit for something so off
Sunset Overdrive is definitely one of the most odd kinda games I've played, but it was fun for what I got. Full of a tone of 4th wall breaks and easy but dumb humor Sunset Overdrive dose have some fun weapons, occasionally funny dialog, and smooth parkour system (if you can get past the jank of unlocking it). Sunset offers a nice lil experience from Insomniac witch explains the love for uniquely stupid but fun weapons that range from a vinyl record launcher to a literal propane launcher, or a cell phone gun that shoots decoys (there are plenty more but it be better to just play the game your self). My only gripe is that the grind for the currency to acquire new weapons can be not only a pain, but a extreme drag on pace since the three enemy types have different weaknesses.
Sunset Overdrives OST isn't much to talk about with most of the actual background music being super copyright ether skater, or rebel music (I mean it's Microsoft so they could afford it). It really dose feel like it's just the same song again and again while exploring the world and it makes hearing something new a bit far apart, but i can't say any of them were that memorable except the song that plays during the Buck National Challenges (the banjo goes really hard at one point making it super worth having to attempt the Insomniac high score achievements).
The game doesn't really have a online presence besides high scores during the challenges that are found across the map, but there is a supposed multi player tower defense mode and the player character makes a jab about it when talking about names witch is most likely discontinued as most obscure multi player stuff. The tower defense thing can also be done in single player and is also used as a narrative push about three times. The roughest part of Sunset Overdrive is going to have to be the grind... the absolute WORST part of the game. Every game needs a small grind witch I get, but the prices of some of the late game weapons is so unbelievably high that I manged just to beat the game with one of the pricey expansion weapons. If you think just buying the weapons is bad you also have to level them up so they can perform a bit better and I know what your thinking Insomniac made a few of the Ratchet and Clank games so the grind won't be THAT BAD right? WRONG! The grind to max out gear and certain perks is a absolute nightmare from grinding 2 different types of currency to get weapons and cosmetics respectively one being almost mandatory to have any kind of fun. The only fun thing about the grind is the Banjo and Kazooie inspired world collectibles. I say this because it gives you a good reason to keep exploring the world and to keep your eyes peeled.
So you might be asking why do I recommend this even though I made most of this sound bad or mid at best. It's just fun, easy said. Most of the problems stop being problems, the stupidest 4th wall heavy, meta/ game rule joke relying story script, and the grind to focus on smooth movement, silly weapons, and just turning your brain off and remembering 2014 was a goofy ass year for some people. It's a good game to play if your feeling REALLY bored or just want something different from the modern day slop most triple A companies give us now.
I hope you enjoyed reading and buy this game
P.S. We lost the sequel for this game to the recent spider man games :(