Is Sunset Overdrive`s Subversive Façade Merely Skin Deep?

I can't quite make my mind up...

On the one hand I see a sorely needed injection of fun and frivolity. It stands defiantly at odds to the grim grain of Call of Honour: Gears of Battlefield Counter Rainbow. Then again, I see not merely the subtly faded footprints of recognizable gaming mechanics, but their wholesale theft. Franchise defining gameplay has been wrenched from their original IPs and firmly welded onto the tecni-colour homunculus that is Insomniacrsquo;s Sunset Overdrive.To mix things up, letrsbegin with a little optimism, shall we?If I were to refer to Sunset Overdrive as dynamic, I'd be doing it a disservice. It is a title dedicated to the twin pillars of agility...and goop. More on the latter in a minute, but as this recent gameplay from RTX 2014 shows, keeping things on ground level, circle-strafing and herding, is the lamest way to comport yourself in Insomniac's long awaited return to madcap form.