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Sunset Overdrive: Dawn of the Rise of the Fallen Machines

Featuring an all new story and area to explore, “Dawn of the Rise of the Fallen Machines” is a tech-tonic addition to the Sunset Overdrive universe with brand new weapons, trap, amps, enemies and outfits…

80 1 April 2015 ESRB M

Sunset Overdrive: Dawn of the Rise of the Fallen Machines is an adventure developed by Insomniac Games, released 1 April 2015 on Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Sunset Overdrive: Dawn of the Rise of the Fallen Machines is

Sunset Overdrive: Dawn of the Rise of the Fallen Machines is an adventure game developed by Insomniac Games and released in 2015. It was published by Microsoft Studios. It is available on Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB M age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Featuring an all new story and area to explore, “Dawn of the Rise of the Fallen Machines” is a tech-tonic addition to the Sunset Overdrive universe with brand new weapons, trap, amps, enemies and outfits, including the giant Energy Ball as the latest new traversal mechanic. So, jack in and face-off against the avaricious Fizzco. One. Last. Time. Well, maybe. It depends on sales and market research, etc. You know the drill.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Sunset Overdrive: Dawn of the Rise of the Fallen Machines holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 11 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Sunset Overdrive: Dawn of the Rise of the Fallen Machines launched on 1 April 2015, within three weeks of Bloodborne, Ori and the Blind Forest, Mortal Kombat X and Yakuza 0. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the Xbox One's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Bloodborne, Ori and the Blind Forest, Mortal Kombat X, Yakuza 0.

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When did Sunset Overdrive: Dawn of the Rise of the Fallen Machines come out?
Sunset Overdrive: Dawn of the Rise of the Fallen Machines was released on 1 April 2015 for Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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