Sunset Overdrive: Exploding teddy bears, dragon fights and more in a tangerine blast With every passing moment of Sunset Overdrive you can almost feel developer Insomniac Games' collective relief at it being let off the leash. It's the antithesis to the rather dowdy, oppressive affair that was Resistance. Sunset Overdrive Gang of three The evidence is there in every tangerine-coloured explosion, over-the- …
Reviews started piling in today and apart from a couple of sites, everyone is giving it a big thumbs up, if I did not have such a back log of X360 titles to get through I would of been having the white Xbox One delivered this week, but I reckon I have at least another year of 360 gaming to get through. some of the PS3/Sony boys do seem to be a little bitter at the lack of a PS4 version, but MS took the decision to back the game when no one else would touch it, this is firmly an Xbox One exclusive and if sales are a reflection of the reviews, then the inevitable sequel as well. As for the game time, I had heard 20+ hours, not sure if that included all the side missions as well. The premise of people overdosing on an energy drink always makes me think of the Sunny 'D' scare from a few year ago about kids turning orange.
That being said, Insomniacs next game is Ratchet & Clank for the PS4, no idea of a relase date yet though, sorry MJl.
I guess it depends on how you play, when I completed Modern Warfare 3, I think I ran through the campaign in 6 hours, but then I went back and played it on veteran and picked up all the collectibles etc, and then the MP as well. Gears of War 3 though kept me playing for about 18 months, but that was just because I got caught up in chasing achievements. I would imagine the 20 hours is for all side missions and all collectibles. When I finally get a copy I wont be rushing through it, the map seems quite vertical and has a lot of potential for exploring.
I guess any game can be stretched out depending on your playing style.
"Twenty hours of gameplay? Is that normal for a console game?"
It's normal for all platforms today, including PC (as all PC games are ported console games). Usually they pad it by adding multiplayer.
Also normal for all platforms today is that the game largely plays itself, is heavily scripted, and that you have no freedom to decide what to do or where to go -- i.e., that it's effectively a slightly interactive movie.
Nonsense. The games I've bought recently - Civ5, Skyrim, Elite:Dangerous (on Beta), Hearts of Iron 3 - 20 hours won't even get you started. I got 250 hours out of Tropico 4 and 2,500 hours out of Skyrim (with mods).
Certainly it's true for PC games which have been ported from console.
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