Insomniac Games have released a new 4 minute long video for their first next gen title, Sunset Overdrive. The trailer guides us through the game’s various features such as the high velocity traversal and the Amps system. Announced with a CGI teaser at E3 2013, Sunset Overdrive will be published by Microsoft and is the first Insomniac title that won’t be coming to a Sony console. Following months of silence we at last have gameplay footage to analyse and it looks really really good. This Xbox One exclusive is an open world third person shooter that oozes charm and creativity. As Insomniac themselves admit, it’s a game which plays to their strengths with colourful characters, a crazy assortment of weapons and lots of humour. Taking place in the year 2027, the world as fallen into chaos after an evil corporation called FizzCo caused a mutant outbreak with a new energy drink (how exactly that’s supposed to work I don’t know but it’s best just to go along with it).
A major focus of the game is character customisation, which is where the Amps system comes in. Amps are the games version of power ups. They can be mixed and matched to suit your own fighting style and can be activated either through traversal or combat. For example, the Air Dash grants your character more manoeuvrability whilst Twist of Fate give all your weapons the chance to cause a mini nuclear explosion. From summoning tornadoes with melee weapons to shooting out fireballs every time you grind on rails; there’s plenty of fun to be had with over 50 different Amps to choose from.
We’ve only seen a small slice of what Sunset Overdrive has to offer and already it’s looking like a very important game for Microsoft. Insomniac has promised that we’ll be seeing a lot more of the game in the run up to its launch in the second half of this year.
Via Polygon