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Sunset Overdrive 2 could be forever lost in development hell, despite the first game receiving critical acclaim, have we lost any chance of a sequel?
With Insomniac now officially being tied down by Sony and given that they will be making games for PlayStation exclusively for the foreseeable future, it’s interesting to think about what would be the best way to utilize them in this role. Of course, another Ratchet and Clank and/or Spider-Man game is generally a given. Games for those franchises will always sell well.
However, there are a lot of other potentially fun areas to direct Insomniac’s talent in the coming years that could pay back dividends in terms of success for the studio and having fun, varied experiences for players long-term. One potential direction that many have opined on is for Insomniac to return to the Sunset Overdrive IP.
Hell yeah they should. I'm already picturing it running at 60fps with all the particle effects like what R&C has going for it.
Whats it about anyway?
I mean the game in particular. Story wise? And multiplayer?
Anarchy. Colorful, colorful anarchy.
Really though, it was a highly stylized 3rd person shooter that implemented a lot of parkour and versatility, revolving around pseudo monster apocalypse.
I highly recommend watching some gameplay. You'll quickly figure out if it's your thing or not.
It is a SP game that comprises a mix of inFamous, Dead Rising and Tony Hawk Pro Skater.
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Yeah they have 2 teams. Thats how they are able to release Miles Morales and R&C 7 months apart.
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They actually have more than 2 teams. They have a dedicated ratchet and clank team that works on the IP. It seems they have a dedicated spiderman team now so their 3rd team is on work at something. Rumor/leaked documents has it we will get an announcement for sunset overdrive remastered soon and a sequel or expansion is also in development
Basically a new drink turned people into monsters. I don't remember much about the MP. It's not really a story focused game. The traversal, shoot em up chaos and its hilarious adult humor is the highlight of the game.
First quarter of the game is very boring. But if you stick with it it picks up and gets good. The jokes and humor alone make you like the game. No other game made me LOL like SO did. Solid game, it's not gonna have you begging for sequel but if one is on the table you'll definitely say yes to it.
I didn't like it. It's a cartoony game with a Tony Hawk Rebel type feel mixed in with the new DOOM. All I remember was a bunch of monsters chase you and staying in one place more than a second is death. So there is a lot of grinding rails, flying, and other acrobatics while shooting signature Insomniac guns.
@bouzebbal, insomniac has two studios. One in California and the other in Colorado(?). As for how many teams each studio has I don’t know
I'm thinking quick remaster first, as many PlayStation owners have never played it, then full blown sequel.
They could just do what they did with Spider Man including the PS5 version with Miles Morales Ultimate Edition.
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I stand corrected.
PS4 part one bundled with Ps5 sequel.
But that would take longer.
I have a feeling Resistance will make a return. but before there is a new entry, I'd love a remaster of the portable games into console versions. I get they are spinoffs but they still deserve the console treatment like the God of War portable games received. Maybe even a nice compilation of the 3 mainline (ala uncharted collection) as well.
They need to make a Sunset Overdrive special edition (or bring the first one in some form) to Playstation first. THEN make part 2. For the sake of completion
SSOD1 remaster should be free with the SSOD2. Like how Spider-man is with Miles Morales in the ultimate edition. That would take care of bringing people up to speed real quick.
Why not? Honestly it was one of the only titles i really wanted to play from the XB1 exclusive library.
As a primarily PS gamer I bought an xbox1 just to play it(it was actually the Sunset Overdrive edition xb1) and I don't regret it. Easily my favourite game on xb1.
As much as I liked Sunset Overdrive I’d much rather have a new Resistance game. We have enough 3rd person games IMO. The more variety the better.
This. Any game from Insomniac is a welcome game, but not if it in any way affects a timely Resistance 4!
I really only enjoyed 3, but I really enjoyed 3. I wouldn't be against another release. Insomniac seem to only get better with age.
I agree with you there. And Sunset Overdrive is one of my favorite games. We need another Resistance.
I would love seeing that. The first was highly original, but didn't see the traction it deserved. The later PC release helped a bit, but it wasn't exactly like MS was going to finance a sequel at that point.
Insomniac Games' zany open-world action game Sunset Overdrive was released in 2014, but there's been no sequel news since.
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No sequel since, as good as the first game was, it sold very poorly unfortunately.
Would be funny to see SSO2 exclusive to the PS5 though.
Would be funny to see SSO2 sell like hot cakes on PS5.
You've gotta know your audience - ms clearly doesn't.
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They first need to focus on Spiderman 2.
Then use team b or c remasters sunset overdrive 1 for ps5. Then maybe depending on how the remake does let it die or make part two. But i rather their team B focus on a new IP or much better remaking Resistance fall of man with new ideas more modern better characters narration gameplay and better everything. That ip does deserve a remake in every way the idea was really good.
yes resistance needs a sequel. Loved that series and would,also love a remastered trilogy in 4k on ps5.
Considering that the Sunset Overdrive IP is now owned by Sony, it's possible that the gaming giant makes a sequel, but the question is: should it?
The game has no following on PS and honestly it's a mediocre game at best. If anything they should release a port on PS+ and see how the engagement is first.
@NiteX I played it when they brought it to PC. It's ok. Not something I'd play again.
I wouldn't hate it, but I think they'd do better with Spiderman 2, a new Ratchet, and maybe a new Resistance first. By the time those hit, they'll probably be 10+ years past SO's original release.
Maybe then it'll be a good idea, but then I'd prefer ANOTHER Spiderman and Ratchet game after that myself...
spiderman is a given but before they were tapped to work on the first, they were wanting to find a pub for SSOD2. so I would think that is just on the back burner.
I would LOVE it, but I can see where fans of games like R&C and Resistance would clamor for another entry but you have to look at the context. There have been 13 R&C games (mainline & spin offs) and maybe not all were made by IG but they are all based on characters created by IG. Resistance has 5 games under it's belt as well (mainline & spin offs). IG wanted to make SSOD because it was a break from the series they have been working on for so long. They had lots of fun making it as well and you can see there are several influences from other games that went into this one.
It deserves more respect than people give it. The game is fun AF and I really hope Sony sees that.
Yeah. I bought it launch day on Steam for $30 and it's something fresh. I hope Sony make a sequel but also release the 1st one too for cheap or packed-in. Would be awesome
I could think of other games I'd rather Insomniac make, or maybe a new IP. SSoD is not a bad game, just nothing really special. I think this notion that a game has to get a sequel is flawed. If Insomniac wants to make it, and Sony lets them, then fair enough, go for it. If not, then no biggie.
I feel like Saints Row would be the game to look forward to.
it has pretty much the same content plus being able to drive vehicles.
agree. you can pick them both up on steam with spare change and complete them both on spare time.
whichever way you play them. by the time you finish Sunset you'll be thinking saints row. you'll find the only thing setting them apart are the visuals. Saints Row though offers more outfits, three times the amount of body slider options, plus vehicles and customization.
It’d be a shame if this now PlayStation IP never actually arrived on a PlayStation platform
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@Cmv38 SSO is mediocre at best. I rather have IG work on a new Resistance or Ratchet and Clank.
I personally would prefer to see a new Resistance more. I never got the hype for Sunset Overdrive. It is a good game, but I'd take more Resistance and Spider-Man if given the choice instead.
Sunset Overdrive did something original, and looked original (and spectacular)
The Resistance games were mostly met with a mediocre reception and was just another shooter in an already oversaturated genre ...
Exactly what was so original in Sunset Overdrive?
Even if it "looked" original to you, i would say that it looked and played very similar to many of Insomniacs games, along with games by other developers. The game to me had a Ratchet and Clank feel to it, but the game play from what I've seen borrows from R&C with the bouncing on platforms and collection of items from fallen enemies. The zany weapons from Resistance, the wall running from Prince of Persia, they seem to run in the exact same way with one hand grazing the walls. The cable grinding from Infamous when on top, when on the bottom of the cable it copied from Bioshock Infinite as Booker would use a hook, same as in SO.
"The Resistane games were mostly met with a mediocre reception and was just another shooter in an already oversaturated genre..." Yet the Resistance series did get three games and not just one like Sunset. Microsoft did not even feel the game was good enough to warrant a sequel. That was a good decision on their part as some of the XBox fanboys celebrated getting a dev from Sony calling it a win. Then when it came time to actually buy the game, the sales were terrible. As much as people applauded and cheered to get an exclusive Insomniac game on their console of choice, they did not put their money where their mouths were, only paying in lip service.
Personally I don't really care if there is a sequel or not to the game, it is not needed. If anything just give the first away on PS Plus and if enough people download it and actually play it to completion and the community genuinely ask for a sequel, then fvck it and make it for them.
Resistance already ended on a great note narratively. It’d just be cruel and further depressing to say everything the characters sacrificed for in R3 meant nothing and the Chimera actually didn’t die out
I think there is ways to make it so a sequel makes sense. If you remember Earth is now in a different galaxy, so that makes it very easy to bring the Cholera back, or a new villain.
I personally would have the game set years later, I can't remember if the series ended in the 50s or not, but let's say it did and have the game come out in 2022, but also take place in 2022. Having it take place years later allows mankind to have become very technology advanced, plus makes it so people forget what happened in the past.
For example you could have a parent talking to their children about the Chimera, but the kids not believing it really happened, even adults that were alive during the battle for Earth, might start not believing what really happened.
I hate to use an example of real life, but people today can't understand the horrors of WW2, they know about it, but they just can't picture it.
So making the sequel take place decades later allows for the world to have completely changed and would even be past the part were survivors still think the war could start back up.
So very interesting dynamics could take place if the game takes place 70 years later.
Resistance was really nice! Would love to see more from that universe. Sunset overdrive never gave me anything else than another game collecting dust in my shelf.
Obviously...if a game dosen't reach Halo or Gears of War sales like first time round then it's out of there. It's Microsofts way.
Development hell? It hasn't even started development yet, more like development limbo for the moment, but I'm sure they can find a publisher to pick it up if they really want to. The Last Guardian and Final Final Fantasy XV are prime examples of development hell, but this isn't.
Well honestly if Insomniac can't even fund and publish the sequel to an IP they own, why'd they make such a big deal about owning it in the first place to stop it from being Sony's IP?
If I was Microsoft I would snatch this exclusive up again in no time.. Because they literally have none especially with the new x coming out very soon
While P3 always says its about the fans and he listens, MS's track record of not funding games that don't sell well is well known by now.
You'd have thought they'd do a fan service like Sony do by bringing games over that may well not sell millions. But please the owners that have spent on the systems.