InFamous 2
Let me start off by saying I’ve only played maybe about 20-25 missions in InFamous 2 so this “review”, if you can call it that, is coming from the perspective of someone who didn’t love InFamous 1 but still liked it.
To me – the game doesn’t seem very different besides the story, the setting, the graphics and the look of Cole. There are some new abilities and a new melee weapon but InFamous 2 to me seems very much like InFamous – which to me isn’t a bad thing, but to my pal Todd who didn’t like InFamous 1, this isn’t going to send him racing to the shelves.
Cole still has the lightning powers and can electrify enemies with these abilities. He can heal people on the street or suck the life out of them for his own use. Speaking of the moral choices – there are plenty of opportunities to show how good or bad you are. For example, your pal Zeke hates street performers so he tells you to eliminate these annoyances from the city if you happen to come across them in your travels. This will get you bad points. Alternatively there are a lot of muggings and stopping these from occurring will get you good points. There is activities like this and more happening all the time and there will be moments in the story missions where you’ll have to make a choice as to what side you’re on – much like InFamous 1, these choices will ultimately determine your ending.
The story missions have so far been a lot of fun – the one thing I hated about InFamous 1 was the missions where I had to power up a generator. I thought that was a complete waste of a mission and yet I had do it six or seven times. I understand why you had to do it but come on, a cool guy with super powers should be electrocuting enemies not machines. Fortunately New Marais, the new setting I referred to earlier, is already fully functioning in the electric department. The main storyline in InFamous 2 is that The Beast is coming – this is a superpowered entity that Kessler in InFamous 1 warned Cole about. During the game you’ll get updates on how far The Beast is from New Marais while continuing to clean house and develop your powers while waiting for it to show. As I mentioned earlier – so far the missions have been fun and action-packed. I’ve skated along cables between buildings to hunt down a villain in a car, I’ve stopped a public execution from taking place and
I’ve taken on a few waves of militia while they’ve tried to take down the police.
There are also user-created missions that pop up around New Marais and I think this is an awesome feature. I don’t know if I’d create one but having that option to play something that other users can put into my world is probably something not very new in PC MMO’s but definitely a first in games like InFamous 2 and one I hope other games choose to do. Sucker Punch is even putting in some new missions and this is something that other developers would charge as downloadable content.
So while InFamous 2 at its core is much like InFamous 1 there is definite improvement in all areas. Depending on your reasons for disliking InFamous 1 you might feel the same about InFamous 2 but there is a lot more action, a variety of new abilities and manoeuvres and a lot more fun in InFamous 2 and I’ve probably barely scratched the surface of the game myself. Plus the user generated content makes this a game that you can always come back to and play new missions. So how can I not say that this is highly recommended.
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