Versus: Infamous Second Son vs Sunset Overdrive vs Saints Row 4

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Asa from Gameondaily pits 3 titles against each other:

Infamous: Second Son
Sunset Overdrive
Saints Row 4

[The-Marb]

Not played Infamous but have the other two, Sunset OD isnt a perfect game but it is one of the best of last year.

[Gazondaily]

I need to give SSOD a go. I tried it when it was free for a weekend. The traversal mechanics were much deeper than I thought they would be. Infamous:SS, well my review on the site has my thoughts on it. Saints Row 4 I didn't have time for but my mates tell me its good fun. I still miss the old Saints Row before it went so over the top. First one was amazing.

[Volkama]

It layers more traversal mechanics on through the campaign. It's a bit weird bouncing off cars and trees, but fun to chain all the moves together indefinitely.

[Mega24]

Saints Row 4 is pretty funny, in a classic Duke Nukem way. Game is pure comedy, nothing makes me laugh like a punch to the d*ck in Saints Row.

[Kingdomcome247]

@Volkama- The air dash really tied everything together, and the water dive from the Mooil rig dlc was great too. It's the most entertaining traversal system ever imo.

[mikeslemonade]

Infamous SS > Sunset > Saints Row 4

Infamous SS is the complete game in a shorter time period. Sunset is more of a tech demo and you are doing the same stuff from start to finish in that game. Saints Row 4 is the worst by default because it's not a current gen game.

[Kingdomcome247]

I don't follow your logic, Mike. I agree that Saint's Row is the lesser of the three games, but because it's last gen? I guess SSOD and ISS are better than GTA V then? I also completely disagree with your tech demo assessment of SSOD as your arsenal continually expands, and along with that the evolving interplay between the weapons. The traversal system keeps things fresh as well. I enjoyed ISS a great deal, but it would receive the tech demo label way before SSOD imo.

[OB1Biker]

Infamous SS is a great game underrated by haters, one of the best games last year IMO. No game can please everyone and it's the same thing for the other two. Also First Light is a great addition. The only thing that I feel is a let down is the story telling but even the content that some people find too short is good because you got to finish story and missions twice with different powers (or power that work differently whether your good or bad)
It's just a matter of preference or playstyle if some don't like it but nobody can deny it s a true quality New Gen game. Also fluid and fun gameplay, gorgeous graphics and great soundtracks make it a joy to play

[StrayaKNT]

I played infamous and I found the city to be quite average and boring, the story was also lacking.

But when I played sunset last year I loved it and it was probably my goty behind Fh2. Sunset is a easy and clear winner imo it is just so much fun and playing online was a blast.

[vega275]

I found infamous to be very repetitive. Doing the samething over and over to show the map or get new powers. The end boss fight was rather boring also.

[OB1Biker]

It depends the way you play. I know some guys used only 1 power to clear everything and then did the story and got more powers. If you do story first and upgrade all the powers you get a very different approach whether you go smoke, Neon, video or concrete and very different ways to have fun clear areas

[Transporter47]

I played both. Both of the cities were fun to play. Sunset OD was smaller though. The city you're talking about is the city of Seattle a real city. You can actually visit Seattle than you will know how accurate Infamous SS was. Both fun games without a doubt. One use flamboyant color scheme as the other used more realistic color scheme. You can't call one average and boring just because of the art style one used.

[vega275]

I don't know if your referring to my comment. I never said it was boring cause of the art style. I said it was boring cause it was very repetitive through out the whole game.

Destroy a jamming station and you unlock each portion of the map. Destroy a box to unlock more of a curtain power. After clearing the map or controlling a majority of the map. You paint the billboard to summon the cops to clear the map. This was for the whole game. Very repetitive

Edit: sorry I just read the comment above mines. Thought you was talking to me. My apology

[Senor_Spidey]

Saints row 4 hands down IMO

[gangsta_red]

They all had their own style and uniqueness...

Sunset was bright, colorful and a blast to run around in.

Saint was big and super over the top with more of emphasis on silliness.

Infamous is the Dark Knight Rises of the group even if the main character is all sarcastic it still took it's self way too serious. Didn't play much of it but I heard it wasn't as good as 1 or 2.

It's too bad WiiU doesn't have their own open world game to compare to their competition. Maybe Xenoblade?

[remixx116]

No I personally don't think it was as good as 1 or 2 but still decent, what hurt me was the powers, while more diverse, lacked the depth of the first 2 games.

It also had a very basic morality system of option A. Good guy decision or option B. Bad guy decision now pick the one that currently goes with your super hero/villian. Just far to black and white.

The enemy types were just a bunch of pmcs, you either fought guys with guns or guys with guns who had rock powers, definitely a fall back from the diversity of the enemies in the first 2 games.

Cole was a way better super hero personality wise than delsin, even the supporting cast like zeek and the 2 chicks from the second game were way more entertaining.

Hell even the standalone dlc of infamous 2 (infamous festival of blood),was amazing. Being a super hero lightning vampire was facking genius. While infamous first light was okay in comparison to festival of blood.

And lastly it lacked that huge comic book inspired over the top hero origin story the first 2 had. The super powered villains, the convuluted story, the apocalyptic level threat was all amazing.

I guess I was just a little disappointed because I was expecting something on the level of the first 2 games with the power of the ps4, all I feel like I got was grand theft hipster. Lol still a fun game tho.

Damn having said all that now I want an infamous collection pd4 remaster.

[zsquaresoff]

I like Infamous 2nd son for the story and gameplay.

Although a bit short it was still fun playing it twice, once as a good delsin and then as evil delsin.

The story dlc fast light was also good. Hope the next game is a longer in game length.

Saints row 4 needs to be more like Saints row 2. Focused and less outlandish.

I know its a Saints game but some of the stuff in the game was unnecessary and boring.

Didn't play SSOD.

[WeAreLegion]

Three very fun and very good games. If you get the chance, play all three.

[captainexplosion]

Sunset Overdrive was my favorite game of 2014 and Saints Row 4 Re-Elected is my favorite game so far this year. Infamous SS was solid but not nearly as fun or as big as the other two. I always found all the comparisons of Sunset Overdrive and Infamous silly. Sunset is MUCH closer to Saints Row 4.

[Volkama]

They have their differences, but they're all the Children of Crackdown' :)

Prototype used to come to family get-togethers too, but he's been ignoring calls for a few years now.

[DougLord]

I think all 3 are very close in terms of Fun Factor. SR4 was the 1st and last game I finished in YEARS (on PC). It was a lot of fun. SSOD is probably more fun and exciting, but their is no plot or character development/connection. I didn't play ISS, but I have played Infamous on PS3. I'm thinking it's the least fun, but the best plot and action mechanics.

[Speak_da_Truth]

I:SS traversal is fantastic especially with neon and video powers IDK how SSOD won that but hey opinions I guess

[Mrveryodd]

Wtf

[etownone]

Played second Son..
I thought the story was pretty good and the graphics too... I little repetitive bit I liked upgrading my powers.

Gotta give sunset Overdrive a try.

[crazed_shadow27]

Only played I:SS and SSO.

I was a big fan of the first two infamous games. I:SS was a gorgeous game and I felt that the story started off strong, but the downfall was the repetitiveness. Fetch quests and other missions just felt like rinse and repeat. The powers while cool at first, became rather boring later cause they ended up being just re-skinned versions of the previous (minus the dash ability). Then I felt that the story got progressively boring. The city was beautiful. The choices also did not matter that much so I did not play another play through.

SSO I just got recently with the purchase of an X1. While not as graphically impressive as I:SS, the art style is what holds it up. Also the performance with the amount of enemies is also amazing. While the story is minimalistic it was a hell of a ride and made me laugh and I loved how it broke the fourth wall as well as introduced cool respawn mechanisms. Weapons were fun and varied, traversal was excellent too. The game had it's fair share of fetch quests and go kill these enemies over here and there, but how the mission was introduced and executed made it fun. The DLC was also fun and had a good story. I just wish this game had a camera mode. Would be pretty epic.

The movement animations in both games were spectacular and fluid. Overall, liked I:SS and loved SSO.

[secretcode]

Three good, different games.

[KiwiViper85]

Don't be THAT guy, these games are almost identical.

[secretcode]

In that they are open world and third person, sure, but the more you dig into all three you'll realize that the similarities end there.

[Chaos-Dad]

Sunset -> Little Kiddys.
InFAMOUS -> Teen / Adult.

[StrayaKNT]

A litle kid wouldnt know to traverse in sunset it actually needs skill where infamous traversal is much easier and more suitable for little kids.

[guyman]

Although i agree SSO is not for kids, to come back and say infamous traversal is more suitable for kids is the most fanboyish rebuttal i have ever seen. Ridiculous.

[Volkama]

Sunset Overdrive is not even suitable for children, let alone designed for them...

Colours aren't childish

[Gazondaily]

"Colours aren't childish"

Well said

[Skankinruby]

Infamous second son was great, just as good as the first two. Haven't played sunset but from what i hear its the same but with silly ratchet and clank type kid stuff thrown in, not for me.

[MasterCornholio]

How about we eliminate Saints Row 4 from the list?

Infamous and SSO are too good to be compared to it.

That's just my opinion.

[StarLord_Who]

YAY more competition bullcrap.

Just be happy with the thing you have!!! Stop slowly pulling the life from gaming as something enjoyable.

[Picnic]

When you watch videos of Sunset Overdrive it just looks like being on one giant bouncy castle, the same 5 minutes of fun repeated over and over again in slightly different ways.
No matter how polished and refreshing the visual style is, I'm a little surprised it got quite such good reviews. Is it the Insomniac guns that have swayed people as it doesn't quite look as laid back cool as Jet Set Radio Future to me? Instead it looks too sugar rushed to be enjoyable for long periods of time and far too combat focused for a world that should beg to sometimes be slowly appreciated. And for such a wacky world, the movement seems to be all about simple grinding and bouncing. Are there no elaborate contraptions like loop the loops? Can we have an episode where there's no combat, no mutants, and just wacky exploration and maybe a simple 'escape from the police' scenario?

[The-Marb]

Seem to be a lot of people assuming colourful and bright means childish.

Perhaps people have forgotten that not all adult games used to be grey and brown colour pallets with no jokes.

Sunset Overdrive is certainly not for children and whilst its irreverent sense of humour didn't always work with me, its anarchic selection of weapons were fun and interesting.