This is the first time Mondo has done a video game print. What attracted you to Sunset Overdrive?
Justin Ishmael, Mondo CEO: We’d noticed the game from trailers and early announcements and the art really caught our eye. Eventually Microsoft showed us assets and other behind-the-scenes materials and it all looked so nuts and seemed really cool… so we decided to give it a shot! We knew Matt Taylor was the perfect guy for the project and he definitely delivered.

I played for two hours and was not bored for one single second. I cannot say if this extremeness of fun is sustainable for longer periods, but as a mission-by-mission fantasy world, the early game is varied and pleasing.

I found myself gallivanting around town, firing off silly Saints Row-style guns at chasing monstrosities and I found myself holed up in tight areas, defending a glowing Important Thing against enemy capture. There is always the potential for such things to grow tiring after a while, and it is to be hoped that later missions continue to offer variety and diversion.

Having just played some of the ponderously scripted Destiny, I'm pleased to report that characters, dialog and narrative are all gloriously inane and funny. I created a protagonist who I wanted to be, and spent a happy time interacting with foolish characters who I was delighted to meet.

polygon is a pretty new site (few years or so) but they are pretty damn respected.