Insomniac's bright and colourful open-world shooter is 10 years old today, having released on October 28th, 2014 in the US. We can't quite believe it's been that long already, with the Californian studio since being acquired by Sony - and making multiple Spider-Man games for the PlayStation owner in recent years.
Still, we did get a taste of what it was like to have an Insomniac exclusive on Xbox - and what a taste it was. Sunset Overdrive isn't perfect, but it knows exactly what it wants to be, and we'd love to see more of this sort of title on the platform. Mechanically it was sound (like most games are from this team), the premise was completely bonkers, the aesthetic was on-point and the graphics were gorgeous for the time - yeah, Sunset Overdrive was a confident-ass video game that didn't shy away from the fact.
These days, the only real complaint we have is that Sunset Overdrive has never taken advantage of the more powerful Xbox hardware that's arrived in recent years. We're still looking at a title that only targeted base Xbox One here, and despite rumblings of it potentially emerging again with a re-release of some sort, we've not seen anything land since its PC port back in 2018. It's a good job the Xbox version still looks great to this day!
Anyway, we feel like we're wading through new releases right now so we might not get back to this one anytime soon, but one day, a full replay of this Insomniac classic is absolutely on the cards here at Pure Xbox HQ. Happy 10th birthday, Sunset Overdrive!
