igRossMcIntosh
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There are a bunch of custom vanity loadout slots you can save your outfits in.
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Sunset Overdrive |OT| It's Always Sunny in the Apocalypse
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There are a bunch of custom vanity loadout slots you can save your outfits in.
Lucent
Member
Man they really nailed traversal. There's always a way to keep going and you hardly have to think about it much. It just becomes second nature. I feel awesome when I'm getting around.
And I'm guessing the game is auto-saving all the time and I can just back out to the home screen and press "start" and quit the game that way?
And I'm guessing the game is auto-saving all the time and I can just back out to the home screen and press "start" and quit the game that way?
intheinbetween
Member
hey guys, a friend of mine is playing the game and he is complaining about the controls, how are they?
Messofanego
Banned
If he's playing the game, then what's the issue? He's complaining about the controls, so maybe they just don't feel right to him.
DistortionOfReality
Member
I want an xbox for this.
Would look better at 4k downscale and 120fps, damn you Mattrick why did you not make a console a $2000 machine! Also damn you developers for not having at least a 10 man super team who focus solely on graphic optimization, also damn you for making a game this early on a hardware cycle at sub resolution.
Sorry, I just hate people complaining about numbers and especially using such low terms as "crappy" when it comes to visuals as not one of the next-gen games that has been sub 1080p has looked crappy...
If you expect it to be: " press -A- move forward you character does all the work Assasins Creed style " is not like that... Traversing does require skill and getting use to the controls, so as for example you don't just snap to rails automatically you need to time out X press once you are close to a rail or a wall. Took me like 30 mins to get the traversal part down, once you do that the game is amazing.
I like it better this way, it is more engaging for me to move around in this game, contrary to most modern 3rd person action games.
intheinbetween
Member
Lucent
Member
Um how long did he give it a try for? I picked up the controls in the first half hour and I feel like I've mastered them already lol. They're not that hard. practically everything that has to do with traversal is the X button. And I'm glad they did this instead of making it all sticky/automatic so you're not always doing something you don't want to. It's really easy once you get it down. All the traversal stuff makes sense as you play it.
It also feels like they placed everything strategically but not so much that you can only get around a certain way. But I like the water areas where they have boats sorta spaced out and you can glide on the water just long enough to get to a boat, jump off that boat and hit the water gliding again to get to another boat and repeat til you get to land or something. It's all so cohesive and I really love it.
Feels easy to learn and some skill to master as far as going higher or getting better. But overall it's super easy and I love it.
We just released a whole bunch of videos, this time showing some of the stuff that happens after the first 2 hours of the game. Some mild spoilers I guess, but nothing major 
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_our_videos_of_sunset_overdrive-15986_en.html
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_our_videos_of_sunset_overdrive-15986_en.html
webkatt
Member
You can save outfits but you cant save the "character" per se.
There are 4 body types, 2 male and 2 female.
Each body type has 18 faces. The game doesn't have any sliders like saints row to make a "unique character", can't change proportions skin tone, etc.
Recreating a character is pretty easy due to this.
And I can't stress this this enough, make a character and play the game. Don't focus on the customization like I did.
I spend almost an hour getting the "right" character, only to start the game over to recreate my character to see different options.
About 20-30 mins in the game you are allowed to recreate your character as you see fit. (Change everything, gender face, etc)
The game lets you customize/rebuild your character at any time provided you're at a clothing vendor/your home base.
There is no gender specific clothing.
There are different skin tones, but they are tied to the face type.
TheSlySoul
Member
I am going to pick this up tonight. Those with cable Internet how long is the download? Just curious!
ah ok cool then.
LoveCake
Member
Thank you.
Can you not just create a character when starting the game for the very first time & then when given the option to re-create your character to decline or just not change anything & carry on playing?
When you save the game & then return the next day to play & re-load your save will it load up the unchanged character as i have described above?
It seems strange otherwise because if you can create a unique character then if it keeps changing you will not be able to form a bond or affinity with the character.
You can always chose for yourself to roll with the initially created character for the whole game. But what's the fun if the game has tons of unlockable clothes
LoveCake
Member
You can always chose for yourself to roll with the initially created character for the whole game. But what's the fun if the game has tons of unlockable clothes
You can just change the clothes on the character though!
I want to have a purple haired warrior woman in a skimpy outfit, sort of like Bayonetta !
Ugh.... I want to play the game but that last paragraph is just foreshadowing the future of that console with its limitations. I want to play but don't want to feel like "ugh why did I spend $300 + on this system again" I understand what you're saying, it's too much fun to pass up, and yeah it could have been better, I'll just have to wait until after November 2nd, wait for the holiday deal
Dude, WTF?
Are you playing what i am playing?
I frankly think it looks GORGEOUS, and it's really one of those games where you keep feeling the generational leap.
? You can change everything... at anytime. But you will get more options down the line.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nggTC3FzeA
Shhhh, magic hardware crystal ball experts ! Learn to trust them !
mocolostrocolos
Member
I'm really disappointed with the gameplay. It doesn't feel as fluid as it should be.
Some area designs don't fit with the control this game has, as the construction site. Spent like five minutes just to get on tops of the crane because I kept failing to jump and land on upper levels of the grinding area.
Some area designs don't fit with the control this game has, as the construction site. Spent like five minutes just to get on tops of the crane because I kept failing to jump and land on upper levels of the grinding area.
Euro here, I bought the game from US Marketplace, last time I 've done this I was able to play before my titanfall digital copy.
Except this time I click on install and the game is downloaded a second time from the store :'(
Now to wait for 12 hours with my crappy connection to see If I get a message to wait for the Euro release date.
I hope I can play it tonight :'( Worst case scenario I will have donwload the game two times and have to wait the euro release date.
Except this time I click on install and the game is downloaded a second time from the store :'(
Now to wait for 12 hours with my crappy connection to see If I get a message to wait for the Euro release date.
I hope I can play it tonight :'( Worst case scenario I will have donwload the game two times and have to wait the euro release date.
Steverulez
Member
Based US store. Overdrive all over my Xbox
justsomeguy
Member
Did you experience anything other than a rock solid 30 fps? Because that's what I got in the first 45 minutes of the game.
justsomeguy
Member
Were you pressing X to "snap" onto the grinding area? Seems quite a generous hitbox.
mocolostrocolos
Member
Yes, but still didn't fall in the grinding area. When it comes to horizontal movement I have no issues, but when I have to go up... Sometimes is frustrating.
Twin Tails
Member
really like the traversal, seems so smooth moving around.
OMGggggg they have King Buzzo's hair <3
...and they even call it Buzzo
holy shit!
how did i miss this?! wow.
best game ever confirmed.
Opus Angelorum
Member
The Pros are directly against the Cons.
And the assumption this would be 1080/60 elsewhere is nonsense.
el oh el
Miles Quaritch
Member
Derail successful.
Seemed pretty obvious that's what the post was going for.
Seemed pretty obvious that's what the post was going for.
Just a few impressions before I pass out. Like every one else, there's that 30 mins. of feeling awkward with the controls then slowly getting it, and then finally flowing from rail to rail to bounce. Played about 5 hours and don't think I got too far at all into the main story, get way to distracted by getting gold in time trails, collecting fizzys and cameras and such and side missions. Really need to get to the point in the main mission where you get air dash to complete my traversal flowing. Also liking the story and getting laughs from the humor. Played one chaos squad game with some people who were not so hot. I was first in all the missions and I think we only passed one or two. We did however survive the night stand but that's probably because our chaos lvl was only 33. Lol. Was crazy fun though and hectic, and got a nice reward at the end.
As you can tell I'm having a blast and sad I must sleep.
As you can tell I'm having a blast and sad I must sleep.
cant derail a game that has rails this big man
its just a good laugh with the morning coffee
dem feelings...
Don't know if it applies in that specific area, but the best thing I've gotten down is do the grind where you're hanging under it, then hit X and A in succession to get a really high jump off the rail.
I definitely want an amp for an air dash, and would like to see what other traversal ones they have like higher bounce jumps.
You get both
Love that gamersyde vid.
http://www.gamersyde.com/hqstream_sunset_overdrive_challenges-33365_en.html
http://www.gamersyde.com/hqstream_sunset_overdrive_challenges-33365_en.html
SuicidalSteve
Member
Is there a list on what you can wear and create on your character creation?
Oh I agree about the art. But a lot of the textures are pretty rough up close. These can be pretty distracting during cutscenes. Early on a clock on the necklace of a character and a car/helicopter are some clear examples.
I was pretty bummed when the PC port Ad was a giant mistake. I had dreams of playing this game in 60 FPS on my 280X. Oh well, chalk this up as a HUGE reason to get an Xbox One.