Sunset Overdrive | Xbox One

About the Game

Sunset Overdrive is an open world action game set in the Sunset City metropolis in 2027. players are an employee of the FizzCo corporation. At a big release party for the launch of their new energy drink Overcharge Delirium XT, the beverage turns everyone into a mutated monster. After creating a custom character players are thrown immediately into the action.

Gameplay & Core Systems

The character can run up walls or do wall runs, glide over water, and perform high jumps. Next to rails and lines hanging in the air a lot of surfaces can be used to grind to move at a fast speed. This is combined with shooting enemies. This acrobatic form of movement is a necessity as the groups of enemies are often overwhelmingly large. While on the ground it is possible to dodge roll, jump and strafe.

Standout Features

• Overcharge Delirium XT: At a big release party for the launch of their new energy drink Overcharge Delirium XT, the beverage turns everyone into a mutated monster.
• Technically the game can be played as a run-and-gun shooter, but the game encourages you in various ways to be on the move constantly.
• The character can run up walls or do wall runs, glide over water, and perform high jumps.
• Next to rails and lines hanging in the air a lot of surfaces can be used to grind to move at a fast speed.
• The game provides melee and ranged weapons, such as a crowbar, light saber and a rifle, but also sprinklers that launch acid, a grenade launcher that shoots teddy bears strapped to dynamite, freeze bombs, a gun that launches bowling balls and more.
• Most of these can be bought in Two Hat Jack's shop.
• Weapons also level up by using them, introducing new options.
• Performing stylish movement combined with shooting enemies keeps a combo meter going that fills up up to four parts of style, influencing the weapons.

Modes & Ways to Play

Chaos Squad is the game's online cooperative multiplayer mode for up to eight players. Anything earned during a multiplayer sessions can be used in single-player afterwards.

Player support includes Internet and Co-Op.