8. Sunset Overdrive
The new IP from Insomniac Games, the minds behind Spyro, Ratchet and Clank and Resistance, seems to melding their entire back catalogue into one game to create something genuinely interesting. If I said that the game was an open world game full of running and gunning through a mutant infested city, there is undoubtedly a picture in your mind of what that is. Well, it is totally wrong. Sunset Overdrive is seemingly taking a tired and old set up and turning it askew by infusing it with a bubble gum pop culture aesthetic. Instead of making a mutant world 'dark and gritty' like we so often see, we are being given a world that is drenched in internet memes, cartoony sensibilities and a unique vibrancy. While so many triple A games are about bogging a player down with heavy weapons, a slower run speed and 'realism', Sunset Overdrive is set to be all about pace, agility and insane acrobatics. It is a new IP that is clearly has its sights on 'fun'. That is exciting. Sometimes, with a slew of dirt and grit, it is easy to forget that games can sometimes be about fun too. Insomniac are a ridiculously talented and creative team and I can't wait to jump into their world when it is finally released.