Mystery of the Mooil Rig may end too quickly, but you'll enjoy the ride.
Sunset Overdrive: Mystery of the Mooil Rig2014
Sunset Overdrive: Mystery of the Mooil Rig
2014 Microsoft Studios76Good
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- $9.99
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Details
- Launch
- December 23, 2014
- Developer
- Insomniac Games
- Publisher
- Microsoft Studios
- Themes
Overview
When a distress signal cries out from a Mooil Oil rig off the shores of Sunset City, Bryllcream emphatically asks for your help investigating. You swim right smack in the middle of a violent turf war between disgruntled and well-armed rig workers. Plus, you have mutants of the aquatic flair on your plate, too. But, you can handle it and set things straight. And if you can’t – well – there’s no use crying over spilt oil. Go forth!
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Press66
Players92
WorthwhileExcellent- Metacritic65from 9 reviews
- OpenCritic67from 7 reviews
It's fun enough to avoid being labeled a cheap cash-in or filler content for a season pass, but only just. 'Mooil Rig' has a great level design and setup that could have been used for a lot more. If developers want us to keep opening our wallets for games after they've released, they're going to have to pack in the content and make DLC that offers something...
Despite its brevity and lack of ingenuity, Sunset Overdrive and the Mystery of the Mooil Rig! is both fun and comical, providing a good excuse for a return visit to one of 2014's greatest interactive haunts.
Mystery of Mooil Rig continues Sunset Overdrive's maelstrom of colorful and chaotic action. As far as downloadable content goes, Mystery of Mooil Rig is wholly traditional - but when it's applied to a game as whimsically defiant as Sunset Overdrive, it's tough to complain.
The Mystery of Mooil Rig is fun, but a bit pointless. There's nothing truly compelling about it that would make non-expansion pass owners envious. As one of two story-based expansions, I don't know why Insomniac Games felt the need to explore this rather than offering us insight into the world after you completed the main campaign.