Infamous 2

[Shorty]

http://www.giantbomb.com/infamous-2-e3-trailer/17-2730/

Infamous 2 was recently announced at E3 with a tentative "2011" release date. The game itself will be an open world, third-person superhero game like the first, but set in a new city with a redesigned Cole (including different look and voice actor) battling the Beast.

Based on what the trailer has shown, it's looking good although I don't particularly care for the new Cole. Still, if it turns out as good as the first game, I'll be putting my money down.

[Creedy]

It was actually officially announced before E3.
:)

Can't wait to see what the ice powers are.

[Second]

I'm a little bit iffy on the redesign of Cole.

[Slippery]

As am I

[Stevorooni]

What the hell was wrong with the old Cole?

Still I loved the first one (even though I never found the final shard dammit!) and the city certainly looks a lot more alive in the sequel

[Sweating Bullets]

The beast thing will appear in this game? I thought they were aiming for a trilogy?

Either way the sooner this comes out the better - I thought inFamous was unreal. I hoping to play thru it again as evil and get more trophies.

[REQUIEM]

I'm a little bit iffy on the redesign of Cole.

I 2nd that second. He looked the part last time, now he just looks like a generic boyband come uncharted mixed with Alan Wake brown haired toon.

[Second]

Woo! They specifically mentioned in a gamespot article that the final look of Cole is not set in stone. Seems they're aware of everyone hating it, so with luck we'll have something a bit better by the end.

[REQUIEM]

Woo! They specifically mentioned in a gamespot article that the final look of Cole is not set in stone. Seems they're aware of everyone hating it, so with luck we'll have something a bit better by the end.

Thats good news for sure.

[Australian Ninja]

THE FINAL LOOK, something modern perhaps...
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/Jonny9999/UltimateElectro.gif


OR...more classic
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/Jonny9999/Electro.jpg

Yep, good news indeed. I'll give this one a go.

[Second]

I hope they change their minds on the prong at least. They said they wanted more Melee, but that ****ing prong? **** off, dickheads.

[Natrak]

Should be an awesome game, I loved the first one. I'm warming to the new Cole, the voice actor helps, he doesn't sound as generic as the original Cole.

[Creedy]

Looking pretty damn incredulous if you ask me.

Some gameplay.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha4mUawS_os

[freeradical]

Yep! Really looking forward to this.

[Second]

Still hate the fork.

[sausage]

360 release?

[Creedy]

ummmm ..... no.

[Stevorooni]

I hope the moral choices aren't quite so black and white this time.

"Should I save this basket of puppies or set fire to and eat the puppies?"

[borgster101]

I hope the moral choices aren't quite so black and white this time.

"Should I save this basket of puppies or set fire to and eat the puppies?"
Agreed, a bit more grey choices would be much better :)

[Manny M]

ummmm ..... no.

That gave you a hard on, didn't it?

[Australian Ninja]

I hope the moral choices aren't quite so black and white this time.

"Should I save this basket of puppies or set fire to and eat the puppies?"

That's no choice at all. Eat the puppies you silly goose.


Well, unless I2: Electricity Day is significantly better than the first one, or has some major changes I'll be giving it a miss.

Enjoyed the game, but overall found it more frustrating than fun to play. Some games I don't mind so much when they are furstrating / full of cheap deaths. eg Spider-Man games - I like the character and look over the flaws of the various games so get a good all around experience playing it, it's 'fun'.

With Infamous I did not like ANY of the characters, epecially the idiot side-kick with the annoying voice. The combat / powers were interesting but ultimately unfulfilling for me (more irratation than fun).

The end part of the game got really boring, I hated the stupid stupid balloon missions.

Instead of a true test of your ablilites and skill as a gamer, those balloon missions were just tedium. Like somebody designed a mission just to frustrate (rather than cahllenge) people.

Also, I got sick to death of dying from enemies sniping you from 10,000 miles away, who you were generally unable to hit with your range (other than the zoom in move, which is not practical when you just want to pass through an area).

FYI - Yes I played it to the end, but not a second time with the other alignment as the thought of it was too painfully boring to bother. Yes it's a good game, I'm just saying what I did not like, there was plenty of good stuff too.

[Creedy]

Some very impressive gameplay here.

http://www.viddler.com/explore/sceablog/videos/1600/

http://www.viddler.com/explore/sceablog/videos/1599/

[igotnewsuper8systemWRONG!]

I really liked Infamous and am very much looking forward to this, but I wish they had kept Cole looking different. Atleast give him a different shirt he looks like a guy on the street in GTA. They should have gone all out and given him a crappy home made super hero costume.

[Natrak]

Game is looking damn good.

[Lex]

They should have gone all out and given him a crappy home made super hero costume.

That would actually be pretty sweet.

[igotnewsuper8systemWRONG!]

I know that's the point, they could improve it as the series goes on, by Infamous 5 Cole will have an outfit that makes Batman look like a hobo. And it makes sense, imagine if you will, you one day attain super powers. After messing around for a while, the next thing your going to do is design yourself a crappy costume.

[Creedy]

Like in Kick Ass!!!

[igotnewsuper8systemWRONG!]

Contrary to popular belief Kick Ass did not invent the superhero costume.

[Stevorooni]

June 7 US release date (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/18/infamous-2-release-date/)

[igotnewsuper8systemWRONG!]

Euro boxart looks like shit

[Revoltix]

I should propably hurry up and finish the the first one then?

I2 looks great, better start saving

[9warbane]

I should propably hurry up and finish the the first one then?

Yes, there's a nice twist ending and hints at a sequel.

[igotnewsuper8systemWRONG!]

Yes, there's a nice twist ending and hints at a sequel.

I wonder if they will make a sequel.

[9warbane]

I hope so!

[freeradical]

I wonder if they will make a sequel.

It'll be exclusive to 360. Kinect + Lightning = win!

[igotnewsuper8systemWRONG!]

can I interact with a young boy?

[Xanafalgue]

can I interact with a young boy?

Kinect Ancient Greece!

Would'nt buy

[Natrak]

sDxVYeeVkmw

That's a bit of a surprise.

[nonch]

As they long as they don't go half-arsed on the actual game this doesn't bother me, but I can't see myself playing any DIY missions.
Maybe I'm just lazy or unimaginative, but surely the people being paid to design the game should be the ones designing the game.

[Natrak]

I honestly doubt they're implementing this feature to shirk responsibility for mission design.

[Second]

I was going to give this a miss, but the prospect of making dicks out of objects and then calling it a "mission" has got me hard.

[igotnewsuper8systemWRONG!]

Ugggh, do we really need this? Unless it's Little Big Planet this create stuff is always a load of shit, unless it's PC.

[Xanafalgue]

I wonder if this will be as "good" as the GT5 Track Editor..

[Shorty]

Depends on how many sliders it will have.

[igotnewsuper8systemWRONG!]

I wonder if this will be as "good" as the GT5 Track Editor..

Ugghh, the one bad part of the game.

[Natrak]

BX4tRgKFdbw

[Second]

When is it due?

[Natrak]

June, don't think it has a solid Australian date yet.

[igotnewsuper8systemWRONG!]

The power of cell.

[Slippery]

I remember them saying something about changing Cole, or changing him back or something?

That isn't the Cole I remember.

[Second]

But it's not Nathan Drake either.

[Shorty]

You heard it here, first - Cole McGrath will be voiced by Nolan North.

[Slippery]

Looks like Zeke will remain an annoying asshole.

[Natrak]

http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Daily/2010/08-Aug/18/InFamous%20Coles/1stingame--article_image.jpghttp://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Daily/2010/08-Aug/18/InFamous%20Coles/HatedCole--article_image.jpghttp://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Daily/2010/08-Aug/18/InFamous%20Coles/2ndGameNew--article_image.jpg

Face looks a little different to old old Cole, but looks close enough that I barely even realised until you brought it up.

[Shorty]

The voice actor is still different, isn't it?

[Natrak]

Yes. Honestly prefer the new voice actor. Didn't like his debut, but the stuff I've heard from him since has sounded great.

[igotnewsuper8systemWRONG!]

I hate Coles clothes, should have kept emo Cole.

[Sweating Bullets]

IGN review should be out tomorrow

[Australian Ninja]

Looks like Zeke will remain a POORLY ANIMATED annoying asshole who runs like he's been repeatedly kicked in the ass.

Man I hate that Zeke guy. Worst thing about the first game imo.

[Australian Ninja]

But it's not Nathan Drake either.

The important thing is if they ever make Uncharted: The Movie, Drake should be played by Nathon Fillion, then when the make the game of the movie of the game Nolan whatisfaceineverygame can do the voice of 'Fillion' Drake.

[Natrak]

Demo is up on the PSN store! :D We're a week away, can't ****ing wait.

[Xanafalgue]

Wait... PSN Store is up?

I should probably finish the first infamous before checking this out.

[Natrak]

Yeah, PSN store is up, when I was on it was having some trouble (apparantly due to traffic) but it might be better by now.

[freeradical]

...........but it might be better by now.

Has it been redesigned to be usable now??

[Natrak]

Was there any actual need for that post?

[AranchineD]

Yeah, he was wondering whether the PSN had been redesigned to be useable now.

[freeradical]

Was there any actual need for that post?

Probably not in this thread, but, window of opportunity and what not.

[Second]

I guess I should get the PS3 out from under the bed then.

[Shorty]

Is it time for your mandated yearly switch-on, Second?

[Second]

I will admit, I was a bit lax in my duties last year...

[Shorty]

Better pick it up or they'll kick you out of the PS3 Owners Club.

[igotnewsuper8systemWRONG!]

I'll be discussing this with my business associate Creedy via PM.

[Slippery]

Great, I'll get to discuss Infamous with people that like it and dislike it for justifiable reasons.

[Natrak]

So the game is pretty great. If you didn't like inFAMOUS the first time around inFAMOUS 2 isn't going to change your mind, but otherwise it seems to be a great sequel so far.

The graphics and presentation are significantly better and the changes they've made to the way powers and their upgrades work are great. It's great being able to quickly change between different powers mapped on different buttons. By holding the left button on the d-pad you can quickly pause the action and cycle through the various abilities available to you by pressing their corresponding button. In inFAMOUS when you obtained a new version of your standard bolt that's what you were stuck with, now you can quickly switch between different versions of your bolt by holding left and pressing R1. You might find some versions of your powers to be your favourites, but Sucker Punch have done a good job making these variations useful in their own ways. Want to quickly break up a group of enemies with your bolt? Switch to Skull Bolt and your headshots will result in explosions. Need more range? Switch to artillery bolt and fire away.

Stunts are now an important part of unlocking powers rather than being a frivolous feature and slight exp incentive to mix up your play when in a firefight. Beyond the powers you gain at certain story points, as you play you'll reach certain points where new versions of your different powers become available. Before you can unlock them with exp, however, you'll often need to perform a particular stunt or multiple stunts. That might sound annoying, but I appreciate the fact that it feels more like you're earning these abilities and it's a nice incentive to go off and fight off some militia/cause some trouble - these stunts will also often be performed without you even trying as well, so if you just want to continue with the story/side missions chances are you'll hit the requirements anyway if you're taking advantage of the mixture of Cole's abilities.

Karma is still a cartoonish good/evil dynamic with choices often heavily telegraphed to you, and if you're looking for a deep sense of consequence you'll be disappointed. However it's a better implemented feature this time around, choices often feel more natural and have a better fit in the story - aided by the fact that Cole is dealing with a pair of characters that represent each side. Nix almost feels like a devil on Cole's shoulder encouraging him when he causes trouble and providing opportunities to revel in some destructive mischief.

Characters like Zeke feel a bit better written, if you couldn't stand his voice acting before though it's not any different this time around. In general the game seems better written than its predecessor - not to set any high expectations, though, it's typical videogame fare. That said, I'm still finding it interesting and after starting with a bang it has a slow burn going on right now that I'm appreciating as it brings together Cole's quest to become stronger, the Beast's impending arrival in New Marais (leaving a trail of destruction along the US's east coast that you're reminded of every time you see the pause menu), Bertrand and his Militia and the First Sons' activities. Mind you portions of this are told through dead drops - which take the form of carrier pidgeons that you need to shoot down and collect this time around, this doesn't mean they're any harder to find, however. In fact it feels less like you have to actively seek them out, rather, they'll often show up on your radar as you hunt around for blast shards or make your way to your next mission. TV shows also make a welcome return with PSA-style broadcasts from the militia and live-action news reports on the Beast's devastation of the East Coast as well as smaller story threads that help flesh out the world you're inhabiting. Thankfully the news reports will appear in the upper right corner of the screen when you come across one, allowing you to continue with what you were doing rather than requiring you to stay in front of a TV. Bertrand's broadcasts don't do this, however, but said broadcasts aren't as important to the events of the game and just add some flavour to New Marais through propaganda.

New Marais is also an improvement, with much more interesting and detailed environments like the red light district and often a nicer colour pallete than the significant amount of greys found in Empire city. The city is also filled with some amusing signs and storefronts for those that stop to appreciate some of the detail. There is also a nice variety of good/bad events for you to take part in that appear on your radar such as stopping muggings, silencing protestors and street performers (including human statues), defusing bombs. They're quick, optional distractions that are a welcome addition like Red Dead Redemption's dynamic encounters, that said, they suffer from the same sort of repetition.

So, in case you couldn't tell from the lengthy post, I'm really enjoying the game. I strongly recommend it to anyone who enjoyed the first title. inFamous 2 doesn't quite make good on the potential of its predecessor the same way Uncharted 2 did with Drake's Fortune but it's definitely a bigger and better game. It's great to see Sucker Punch continue to deliver like this.

[AranchineD]

tl;dr

[Thraxas]

So the game is pretty great. If you didn't like inFAMOUS the first time around inFAMOUS 2 isn't going to change your mind, but otherwise it seems to be a great sequel so far.

The graphics and presentation are significantly better and the changes they've made to the way powers and their upgrades work are great. It's great being able to quickly change between different powers mapped on different buttons. By holding the left button on the d-pad you can quickly pause the action and cycle through the various abilities available to you by pressing their corresponding button. In inFAMOUS when you obtained a new version of your standard bolt that's what you were stuck with, now you can quickly switch between different versions of your bolt by holding left and pressing R1. You might find some versions of your powers to be your favourites, but Sucker Punch have done a good job making these variations useful in their own ways. Want to quickly break up a group of enemies with your bolt? Switch to Skull Bolt and your headshots will result in explosions. Need more range? Switch to artillery bolt and fire away.

Stunts are now an important part of unlocking powers rather than being a frivolous feature and slight exp incentive to mix up your play when in a firefight. Beyond the powers you gain at certain story points, as you play you'll reach certain points where new versions of your different powers become available. Before you can unlock them with exp, however, you'll often need to perform a particular stunt or multiple stunts. That might sound annoying, but I appreciate the fact that it feels more like you're earning these abilities and it's a nice incentive to go off and fight off some militia/cause some trouble - these stunts will also often be performed without you even trying as well, so if you just want to continue with the story/side missions chances are you'll hit the requirements anyway if you're taking advantage of the mixture of Cole's abilities.

Karma is still a cartoonish good/evil dynamic with choices often heavily telegraphed to you, and if you're looking for a deep sense of consequence you'll be disappointed. However it's a better implemented feature this time around, choices often feel more natural and have a better fit in the story - aided by the fact that Cole is dealing with a pair of characters that represent each side. Nix almost feels like a devil on Cole's shoulder encouraging him when he causes trouble and providing opportunities to revel in some destructive mischief.

Characters like Zeke feel a bit better written, if you couldn't stand his voice acting before though it's not any different this time around. In general the game seems better written than its predecessor - not to set any high expectations, though, it's typical videogame fare. That said, I'm still finding it interesting and after starting with a bang it has a slow burn going on right now that I'm appreciating as it brings together Cole's quest to become stronger, the Beast's impending arrival in New Marais (leaving a trail of destruction along the US's east coast that you're reminded of every time you see the pause menu), Bertrand and his Militia and the First Sons' activities. Mind you portions of this are told through dead drops - which take the form of carrier pidgeons that you need to shoot down and collect this time around, this doesn't mean they're any harder to find, however. In fact it feels less like you have to actively seek them out, rather, they'll often show up on your radar as you hunt around for blast shards or make your way to your next mission. TV shows also make a welcome return with PSA-style broadcasts from the militia and live-action news reports on the Beast's devastation of the East Coast as well as smaller story threads that help flesh out the world you're inhabiting. Thankfully the news reports will appear in the upper right corner of the screen when you come across one, allowing you to continue with what you were doing rather than requiring you to stay in front of a TV. Bertrand's broadcasts don't do this, however, but said broadcasts aren't as important to the events of the game and just add some flavour to New Marais through propaganda.

New Marais is also an improvement, with much more interesting and detailed environments like the red light district and often a nicer colour pallete than the significant amount of greys found in Empire city. The city is also filled with some amusing signs and storefronts for those that stop to appreciate some of the detail. There is also a nice variety of good/bad events for you to take part in that appear on your radar such as stopping muggings, silencing protestors and street performers (including human statues), defusing bombs. They're quick, optional distractions that are a welcome addition like Red Dead Redemption's dynamic encounters, that said, they suffer from the same sort of repetition.

So, in case you couldn't tell from the lengthy post, I'm really enjoying the game. I strongly recommend it to anyone who enjoyed the first title. inFamous 2 doesn't quite make good on the potential of its predecessor the same way Uncharted 2 did with Drake's Fortune but it's definitely a bigger and better game. It's great to see Sucker Punch continue to deliver like this.

I agree. I really enjoyed the first game, and I'm enjoying this one too. I don't like the new voice they chose for Cole though.

I'm really hoping the UGC takes off and we get some good levels to play. I stopped playing the original because there was nothing new to do, and I think this could potentially keep me playing the game significantly longer.

Why are there not more people talking about this game? Are you all off playing DNF?:D

[dimorphic]

I was thinking, is there a chance you can spend too long just exploring, etc and the beast arrives before you've powered up?

[Shorty]

I don't think so. The "progress" of the Beast seems to be triggered by how many of the plot-specific blast shards you've collected.

[Tukenstein]

Has anyone finished with the bad ending?
'Cause I just finished with the good and, well, Cole is dead. If they're looking at a sequel then maybe the infamous ending will be canon? Maybe? >.> I'm assuming Cole lives in the bad ending.

[Natrak]

Working on it :P

Man, that electric tether. Goddamn awesome and completely unexpected.

[Second]

****in' bitches. They gets to FLY or ****in' ninja smoke like a boss. **** electricity.

[Tukenstein]

Hahah, not totally related, but I just came across the movie poster in inFAMOUS for Alone in the House of Blood by Lou Ebol. On the note of inFAMOUS 2, those movie titles are amazing! Hey, Low Reach. Assassin's Need (Love Too). Solid Serpent: The Man The Movie. Hahaha!

[Natrak]

Has anyone finished with the bad ending?
'Cause I just finished with the good and, well, Cole is dead. If they're looking at a sequel then maybe the infamous ending will be canon? Maybe? >.> I'm assuming Cole lives in the bad ending.

John gives Cole his power. Cole and Kuo start travelling through the country curing infected conduits, annihilating those that don't have the potential for super-powers in the process. Cole is now the Beast, basically.

[Tukenstein]

So, not canon then. =p

[Natrak]

I dunno, a game set in the aftermath of the bad karma ending could be pretty cool.

Cole/Kuo/the conduits vs. the remants of mankind and its military, Sucker Punch could come up with some bullshit excuse to strip Cole of his powers. Or maybe they could have inFamous 3 pick up from the good ending with a multiplayer mode set after the evil ending.

[dimorphic]

I was a little confused with the ending also. I finished as good Cole and now he's dead. However as the screen was fading to black with Zeke sailing out to sea a lightning bolt seemed to strike the boat. Maybe that will be the catalyst for a Cole revival should there be an Infamous 3?