In Sunset you play Angela Burns, an American living in a fictional Latin American country under an oppressive regime. Angela is the housekeeper for Gabriel, a powerful man in the government. Though the backdrop of civil unrest and revolution is potentially interesting, the game itself often isn't.
Sunset started out on rocky terrain by making the gameplay about housekeeping. That's …
In Sunset you play Angela Burns, an American living in a fictional Latin American country under an oppressive regime. Angela is the housekeeper for Gabriel, a powerful man in the government. Though the backdrop of civil unrest and revolution is potentially interesting, the game itself often isn't.
Sunset started out on rocky terrain by making the gameplay about housekeeping. That's not really something I want to do in my own apartment, never mind choosing to pretend to do it in a video game. The story isn't strong enough to make up for this. It takes a long time for anything interesting to happen. Days and days went by before the gameplay started integrating into the story of civil war. About an hour in, I was quite bored. Eventually, some interesting tidbits of information start appearing, but they were spread so thinly throughout the game.
The game isn't completely without charms. The voice acting is good, the music is great, and I enjoyed the increasing focus on art in the latter parts of the game. But it's just not enough. There are good things in this game, they are few and far between. Had the game been 2 hours instead of 4, I think some of the issues could have been solved, but as it is, Sunset just wasn't an engaging experience.
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