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Story
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The story takes place before the events of inFAMOUS: Second Son. Fetch is a Conduit that uses Neon powers. However, she was captured by the D.U.P., an agency that specialises in capturing and killing Conduits. During her imprisonment, Fetch recalls her story of herself and her brother, Brent, and the events led to her capture.
The game's story is short, yet interesting as it shows a bit of Fetch's vulnerable side, such as her fondness with her brother, and her issues with drugs. Taking these two factors in hand, I personally think Fetch is much more relatable and compelling character than Delsin. Not to mention, her Neon powers are extremely stylish to use during combat and exploration. Not many new characters introduced in this game, but the new and old characters in this game did play their role well in this game to establish a continuity between this game and inFAMOUS: Second Son's story.
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Gameplay
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Like inFAMOUS: Second Son, this game is an open-world adventure game. Be aware that this game is very short, but can be a fun ride to inFAMOUS fans who like Fetch's character. The game's exploration is the same as inFAMOUS: Second Son, but Fetch can only explore one half of Seattle. However, she has her own unique Side Missions such as Lumen Races and collecting Neon Lumens as collectibles. The game's progression plays similarly like inFAMOUS: Second Son, where you can go to the Story Mission marker to proceed the game's story. Otherwise, you are free to explore the first island of Seattle.
Unlike Delsin, Fetch can only use one type of power, which is Neon. However, her Neon powers are much more developed, and you can have access to some of Neon powers that only Fetch can use, such as her own unique Karmic Streak. You can jump, climb buildings, and use her Neon powers such as Lightspeed to travel places quickly. Fetch can also drain Neon energy from Neon sources in case she runs of energy of using her offensive powers.
You can also learn new skills as you progress in the game, as well as upgrade your existing skills. To do so, you need to spend Skill Points, Skill Points can be obtained by completing the game's Challenges, as well as completing the game's Side Missions like Neon Graffiti or Lumen Races. This game also has some mini-events, which can contribute to the game's Challenges completion, such as defeating a number of Akuran gang members drive-by, saving hostages, and etc.
The most notable additions to this game are the Challenges and Battle Arenas. Challenges are sets of challenges that include combat challenges and Battle Arena challenges, Some of the challenges however, can only be done during Free Roam mode which can be unlocked upon finishing the game. Some of the challenges may include you defeating a certain number of enemies of specific types, overload turrets, and many others. Completing these Challenges will reward you Skill Points to upgrade your existing Skills such as your melee attacks.
Battle Arenas are arenas where you fight against endless waves of enemies until Fetch's health is depleted. There are two main two types of Battle Arenas. Survival Battle Arenas challenge you to complete them as many levels as possible while maintaining your highest score as possible. Hostage Battle Arenas challenge you to fight endless waves of enemies while saving hostages. As you progress more and more levels, each enemy wave will increase in number and difficulty. Score is obtained by defeating enemies, and can be multiplied if you keep the chain Multiplier consistently as well as attacking enemies. Not attacking enemies for a certain period of time will decrease the Multiplier value.
Overall gameplay is good, but there is not many substantial additions compared to the first game, other than utilisation of Fetch's Neon powers to the maximum, her own unique Side Missions, as well as the additions of Challenges and Battle Arenas. Repetition is still a major problem in this game, in both Main Missions progression and Side Missions variety. There are no boss fights, as you will be fighting regular gang members and the D.U.P. enemies. Short playing time may or may not be taken into account if you are considering the game's value is worth for the short playing time. However, for what it's worth, this game is still a good one with some fun additions like Challenges and Battle Arenas.
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Graphics
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Like inFAMOUS: Second Son, this game boasts amazing graphics, with great looking environment design and character designs, However, if you are looking for more new areas to play and look with, don't get your hopes up as there are very few new areas to explore in this game.
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Sound
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The soundtrack is good, fitting with the game's scenes a lot. Like inFAMOUS: Second Son, I prefer this game's soundtrack as well compared to the first two inFAMOUS games' soundtracks. The voice acting is great as well, with some of the voice actors from inFAMOUS: Second Son reprise their roles in this game.
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Replay Value
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This game has moderate replay value. You can opt to collect all Neon Lumens, complete all Lumen Races, destroy all Police Drones, complete all Neon Graffiti side-missions, compete in either Survival or Hostage Arenas, and complete all Challenges. The challenge Arenas are fun, as you battle against waves of enemies and get the highest score as much as possible. You may also play the game again in Expert mode. Collecting all Trophies is also a viable reason to play this game again.
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Conclusion
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In conclusion, this game is a worthy purchase of a short yet solid standalone inFAMOUS game, where it features another Conduit's story and power. Even after playing this game, I still feel that Fetch may be much more suitable to be the main protagonist and playable character in inFAMOUS: Second Son, particularly because of her background story and her character. Despite this game's short playing time and repetitive issues, this game is worth playing for every inFAMOUS fans who can't get enough of using Neon powers.
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Score
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Story: 8/10
Gameplay: 7/10
Graphics; 9/10
Sound: 8/10
Final Score: 8.0/10.0 or 32/40
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Pros and Cons
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Pros
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- Interesting story.
- Fetch is a likable character.
- Awesome new Neon powers to be used.
- Some new Side Mission to try out.
- Fun to challenge Battle Arenas.
- Amazing graphics.
- Great voice acting.
- Good music.
Cons
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- Repetitive issues of both Main and Side Missions.
- Short playing time may be an issue.
- Battle Arenas lack of variety.
- No boss fights.
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None of these worth buying in this "sale". These can be found on disc for much less.
Sucks they don't put infamous at 7$ like they used to. I got Bloodborne for 7 bucks years ago too. Once they make the Hit List they don't go lower than 14 it seems
yeah this is true but i totally think Second Son and First Light for 30 bucks or whatever is a fantastic deal. Two great platinum trophies too!
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Yeah I really wasn’t expecting that at all, loved it though and made me feel bad for him
Shame cause I thought 2 feel flat in comparison was hoping it’d be set up for us to fail and having to travel back as Kessler.
Easily could have made three focused around getting cole out of that loop.
Ah Infamous 2, such a well made game. I miss playing it and would love a remaster. Many people had issues with the story, but I myself enjoyed it. Maybe if I get back and play it I might realize why, but god damn I loved the game
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It's a PS3 title, no need for spoiler tags....
Spolier alert Dr No is the bad guy in the first James Bond movie with the same name from 1962 end spolier alert
How long should it go on in your opinion? 😉
Really? It came out 10 years ago. I think we are past needing spoiler warnings at this point.
X-(Wo)men *fixed it*
Off topic: northern Sweden and we got 28C in the shadow, damn, my beer is cold for 1 minute and then boiling hot hehe
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Sony needs to remaster both infamous games for ps4/5. Incredible games with pretty easy platinum trophies.
That was the only trophy I didn't get because it glitched out on me. I have Infamous 2 and Second Son Platinum trophy, but can't get that Infamous 1 plat. That always bugged me.
The one that gave me hard time was killing 3 people at once by making them fall from a high place. That stunt was a bitch lol. But i really enjoyed the first two infamous games. I need to play second son though.
I've actually thought the same thing and how Sucker Punch can expand this IP and have their own Xmen. I wish we get an sequel to Infamous 2's bad ending which gave everyone affected by the blast super powers
Sucker Punch screwed the series by choosing the "good" ending as canon. Infamous 3 could've been exquisite if Cole ***SPOILERS*** had wiped out 7 billion on the planet. Absolute power corrupts absolutely, Cole should've been the antagonist or at the very least a tortured soul seeking redemption as he became the Beast. Far more interesting concept with intriguing story arcs but they played it safe with banal tropes of the modern political climate.
Yeah I really enjoyed the first and second one. Never before had I played a game that was like this.
A new experience and the for me as a new fan!
Replies(1)Neocrisis - Here are some of the hardest platinum trophies to get on the PS3 and PS4. These are the ones that I was able to get myself.
Some of the hardest platinums imo.
Orcs Must Die Uchained
Enter The Gungeon
Max Payne 3
Nuclear Throne
Super Meat Boy
Velocity 2X
DJ Hero
SF4
KZ2
WipEout HD
...are among the toughest and 5 plats i am most proud of
For me, in my run, it’s Lost Planet 2 and Killzone 2 before it’s patch. But about 3 yrs ago, I stopped chasing pointless trophies that are just wasted hours.
i am not a plat hunter but i will try to get them.....if they do not require a ton of work to do.
Out of the 90 i have gt5 and sport are probobly high on the list that and sports champions
MGS 5 is not a hard platinum, it's just time consuming.
How is Killzone 2 not on this list?
This list is trash.... infamous took me less than 24 hours to plat and resogun only a few days.... so many much harder/actually time consuming games. Warhawk for example...
OMG dude! You beat me to it. As soon as I started scrolling thru comments, and didnt see Warhawk yet I was going to post it.
Warhawk is no joke. I have a championship blade. But flying all that time in the air. I just couldn't do it
Still working on the mgs v one. So far I’m about 130 hours in. All I need to do is collect all the damn animals, beat the target tests on mother base, do the secondary objectives on the campaign. Phew.
That’s is my hardest before Radec was patched. I spent 9 straight hrs fighting him on Elite. And finally got him! Lost Planet 2 is also absurd!
And Dead Space 2 was tough, going through with like 3 saves for the whole game.
And is MGS 4 harder? I haven’t played 5, but going through 4 without alerting or dying is tough.
My most enjoyable platinum was 2016 R&C. Most plats get tedious towards the end but R&C was fun the entire time.
i also got it as a plat...trophies were mostly easy...thanks to a bug i was able to get the final racing trophy
Socom confrontation is the true hardest plat they made that dumb hard to ever get the plat i doubt any one in the world besides the devs got the plat
Oh yeah that def was the hardest trophy prob out of all the games released on the Vita,Ps3 and Ps4
That's the one that people seem to notice most. Several people have commented about that when they've checked out my trophies. I was more proud of getting the Big Boss Emblem in MGS4 in terms of gaming accomplishments, but alas there were no trophies when I got it.
i beat MGS4 but that was before it got trophy support. If it had when i played it, i may have it now
The Big Boss Emblem was from a "perfect" run with no kills, health items, or alerts in under 4 hours on the most difficult setting. I feel like I should have a trophy for that.
