Sunset Overdrive
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.
