Sunset Overdrive Reviews

Sunset Overdrive is ranked in the 91st percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
9 / 10
Oct 27, 2014

Want to know how to make a truly great game? Provide players with a liberating and energetic method of traversal, create an eye-popping urban environment that serves as a massive playground, and do everything you can to promote uninhibited fun within that space. That's the essence of Sunset Overdrive, and it's why we think this is arguably the best new IP so far this console generation.

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8.5 / 10.0
Oct 27, 2014

Sunset Overdrive is a lot of things, but most importantly, it's a ton of fun no matter how you choose to play.

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90 / 100
Oct 27, 2014

Whether you are defending a trash barge, grinding a dragon spine, or flinging bowling balls at exploding enemies, Sunset Overdrive is pure insanity – just how I like it. Come for the crazy, stay for the fourth-wall-breaking fun.

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8 / 10.0
Oct 27, 2014

Sunset Overdrive is like chugging a litre of Sunny-D and then puking it out all over everything. But, you know, in a good way

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Oct 27, 2014

Despite these creative flourishes, Sunset Overdrive never quite surpasses the chaotic physics of Just Cause, the coherent style of Blood Dragon or the assured sense of place of GTAV – nor does it manage to draw its story and systems toward a coherent, impactful point.

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90 / 100
Oct 27, 2014

Sunset Overdrive is a game that attacks so many senses, in a good way, that you may just find yourself not wanting to stop playing.  From the visual art style, the amount of things to do on your own, to the multiplayer experience that carries over your progress into your single player story, this game just seems to get a lot of things right.

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NZGamer
Top Critic
9 / 10.0
Oct 27, 2014

Sunset Overdrive is a must for fans of fun, witty 4th-wall breaking, fast-paced, open world, third person, action genres. I couldn't recommend it more.

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7 / 10.0
Oct 27, 2014

Sunset Overdrive is solid if underwhelming romp in parts which admirably sets out to poke fun at itself, along with the genre, and inject some joy into proceedings. At times it does, too often it doesn't and it ultimately comes off as a mix of Jak and Daxter along with Tony Hawk minus a lot of the tight gameplay that made those successful. It's really not a system seller, making the Sunset console an oddity but it is a solid open world franchise template which will hopefully improve if we see a sequel in time. Decent but not quite as much fun as it should be.

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Oct 27, 2014

Microsoft Studios tapped on one of the best developers in the business for this Xbox One exclusive, and Sunset Overdrive is a triumphant next-gen coming out party for Insomniac.

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Paul Tassi
Top Critic
9 / 10.0
Oct 27, 2014

[I]t's been a long time since I've had a game feel relatively off-putting at the start, and then slowly reel me in until I couldn't help but love it by the end. I went to the party, got hammered, made out with a lampshade and went home, full of warm, fuzzy memories. It was an absolutely ridiculous experience that I would heartily recommend to anyone.

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80 / 100
Oct 27, 2014

Sunset Overdrive delivers a fun, energetic mix of action and platforming, despite some narrative weaknesses and an overabundance of perks.

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Oct 27, 2014

It might not be the year's most ground-breaking or innovative action game, but Sunset Overdrive is one of the most entertaining. Its mix of grinding and gunplay works beautifully, and the amps and the ridiculous weaponry ensure that slaughtering hordes of slavering mutants never gets old. It's a little too scrappy and repetitive to be a classic, but who cares? Grab your biggest gun and let the good times roll.

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Buy
Oct 27, 2014

Sunset Overdrive is a game that Xbox One owners absolutely must have and that Insomniac fans can be proud of. It's pure fun.

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Oct 28, 2014

Sunset Overdrive tries too hard to make you love it

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3.8 / 5.0
Oct 28, 2014

Sunset Overdrive wants to be liked and it wants to be different. Badly. The fact that it manages to pull this off in spite of more than a few annoyances is an achievement in itself. At the end of the day, it is a hell of a lot of fun to navigate the city and blast enemies, the customization is enjoyable to mess around with and even some of the attempts at humour land (The re-spawn animations in particular). The shortcomings are there however, and it prevents Sunset Overdrive from being the game it so desperately wants to be seen as.

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Oct 28, 2014

Insomniac's zany, colourful blaster is a sugary, cathartic hit best enjoyed in small doses.

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Unscored
Oct 28, 2014

The voice acting is superb as well, the comedic timing is spot on and the writing really doesn't put a foot wrong.

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AusGamers
Jickle
Top Critic
8.8 / 10.0
Oct 29, 2014

Don't make the same mistake the general public made with Vanquish and Jet Set Radio Future before it - give Sunset Overdrive a look now, before it becomes the centerpiece of numerous retrospectives down the line.

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Digitally Downloaded
Nick H.
Top Critic
Oct 29, 2014

Sunset Overdrive is just what the Xbox One needed - a distinctive exclusive to set the thing apart from the PlayStation 4. Titanfall was adequate and the Forza games are great for racing fans, but Sunset Overdrive is a glorious breath of fresh air.

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Oct 29, 2014

Appealingly chaotic. It's the first phrase that comes to mind when describing Insomniac Studios' Sunset Overdrive.

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