I didn't really meant the difficulty but more for the style and for the game to look good.
Spider-man free roam can look good even when you barely do anything, because it's really scripted, I was disappointed that you didn't have more "manual" control over it like in the older games. It really looks fantastic, I won't deny that, but it's not really "fun" for me as I feel like I can't really do anything special.
Sunset overdrive on the other hand totally depends on the player to look good and fun, because yes, you are right, the game isn't difficult and you can win by just doing the bare minimum, like in spider-man, but if you do so, the game is actually very basic and you're really not enjoying the full potential. When I first looked at videos of Sunset Overdrive, I never expected the game to be so fun, because it looked slow and not that fun in videos, but when I finally played it myself, I realized all you could do and it's much more fun when you're moving around quickly, playing it like a fast paced game and really having fun with the gameplay. I really love arcade fast paced games, and in Sunset I really found something back that I rarely see in any games these days.
There are a lot of games like this, where you don't "need" to use all of its potential to beat it, but when you do, it's a lot more fun.
I didn't find Spider-Man hard at all, even on the maximum difficulty, but Sunset isn't harder at all either, I won't disagree with you on that. I just had a lot more fun on Sunset Overdrive because of the amazing traversal gameplay, the great level design of the city and its super colorful atmosphere, it was a real joy to just move around and do scoring on all the challenges and such.
I really think the game looks amazing as far as I'm concerned, I love the look and the colors, and it's so rare to see this type of art style on a AAA game, it's usually only in multiplayer games for some reason.
