On an odd Friday morning of summer 2009 I was having some random weird conversation with a guy named Ross inside GameStop. Not far off into the topic of games, he asked me: "Hey, wouldn't it be cool if one day, electricity, the thing that kills your body could be your very best friend?". At that moment I thought to myself "Poor Ross! What DO THEY do to you in here? Probably must be those long work hours??". A couple more minutes and I thought that he'd be standing on the counter with no pants on singing the Paradise City theme by Guns N' Roses. It wasn't until I got to play inFAMOUS that I finally knew what the hell he was blabbering on about.
inFAMOUS is a special game. What Suckerpunch did with this game is absolutely fabulous. There are games already out there about some famous superhero, but yet what I fail to understand is why most don't meet expectations or fail to live up to the superhero's reputation in the industry. *Cough*The Incredible H..Bulk!*Cough*. Weird thing is inFAMOUS is based on a superhero who didn't exist at all until the game was created, and yet this unknown dude made inFAMOUS and incredible game, so much that there's a highly anticipated sequel coming very soon. I'll figure it out some day...So let's dive in shall we?
At one time, the protagonist Cole was a happy guy with a girlfriend named Trish and a fat best friend named Zeke. Everyday he'd mind his business in Empire City, delivering packages as a courier. This routine was perfect until one day one certain package decided to change it all. Cole was instructed by an anonymous (NOT those spineless hackers) person to deliver and open this package. He opens it and behold, with this action a huge explosion takes place, causing chaotic damage. Cole, who was closest to the explosion, is wounded but miraculously alive! It gets better when he discovers something fantastic: his body is now a walking hungry battery, capable of sucking the life out of a lamp post in seconds and do so much more that you come to discover as you play through the game. Unfortunately this kickass explosion puts the entire city under lockdown causing no one to leave, including Cole and Zeke. At this moment, the only way out is by helping an FBI agent named Moya who's looking for her husband and would gladly offer you freedom in exchange for certain favors you must do for her.
The city is now in ruins, so it's your job to at least help repair it as you are somehow responsible for the damage anyway. The simplest action which happens to be the most vital one, is restoring electricity to designated parts of the City. This includes Moya guiding or telling you where you should go in order to restore electricity which is usually underground in the sour system, and I have to say, these sequences are quite rather entertaining! Restoring electricity involves powering up an underground generator, and in turn earning you new abilities every time you restore a certain part of the city. There are lots of abilities for Cole to earn, such as sucking the life out of people (Bioleeching), shooting electric bombs or calling in a lightning airstrike killing the enemies. Of course there are enemies! To begin with before the whole explosion shenanigan took place, Empire city, just like any other city had crime and criminals. Thanks to you, these once drug lords and villains have now mutated, changed and turned into worthy opponents, capable of putting up a good fight, all in the name of hurting the innocent. Some of course are more powerful than the others. Exhibit A: Kessler, who could use some serious dental work and a gallon of mouth wash but happens to call so many shots. Kessler is seriously after the RaySphere, a "thing" that blew up once you opened the packages, causing you to have super powers and turning the bad guys into evil monsters. Yes, you did it. Yes it's your fault. Yes you are responsible.
What you do with these powers can have certain effects to the game's awesome "Karma" system. Here's how it works: almost every action that you do in Empire City has an effect on your karma. Do something evil, bad, or simply selfish and you earn negative karma. Continue to do this and you're gradually headed on your way towards the badass "inFAMOUS" evil side. Vice versa also works. Sacrifice yourself to do good deeds, actions and other decisions that benefit other people instead of yourself and you'll looking at an angelic Cole, well on his way to the good side known as the "Hero" side. In turn, the karma system rewards you with XP points and yes, the XP points can be positive or negative each corresponding to its own set of unique super powers for a good side or bad side.
There are decisions that you make as you play through the game and they come bundled with this Karma system. When something big (or even small) is about to happen and your input or help is required, you will be presented with a karma choice. Hmm, should I be selfish and take all the food, or should I just stand and watch while these hungry people take it away? The choice is completely up to you. The results of your actions are also reflected into the game itself. Doing good side missions for example, will cancel out their evil side equivalents. Continue to be good, and you'll find the city full of people who cheer and admire you and take your photos. Hell, when the enemy decides to pick a fight with you simply because they are extremely bored, the people will be on your side, throwing stones at the enemy! But hey, if you chose to walk the "inFAMOUS" bad road, then the very same people will hate you like a deadly disease. They won't even hesitate to throw stuff at you or walk up to you and rudely kick you in the shin just to say hello. This gives you more reasons to attack them, and suck the life (Bioleech) out of them should your want to quickly recharge!
There is a lot more surprises, different people you meet or simply the fantastic story that I can't fully describe due to the nature of the game as it has to be experienced first hand. The story is fantastically written, and beautifully presented with cutscenes in form of comic drawings. So what if you are just so tired of listening to Moya and her instructions on where to go next? I'm glad you asked. There are lots more to keep you busy and running around Empire City so that you can earn those juicy experience points and unlock that power upgrade you badly desire. There are side quests such as racing through satellite dish checkpoints on rooftops, acting as a bodyguard for someone, find missing items, helping out the cops do various things or simply hunt down those many blast shards spread across the entire map, plus so much more to do.
I can't list everything in this awesome game. I can only say that this is one of the best PlayStation 3 exclusives out there. It's unique storyline will have you playing through the game scene after scene, anxious to find out what new awesome superpower you get to collect and most importantly, how much more chaos you can now cause with this new power. Although Suckerpunch's inFAMOUS is certainly a deviation in a different direction from their well known Sly Cooper series, it is nevertheless a very welcomed change. Whether a fan of open world games or not, inFAMOUS is abslutely worth a go. It is a fantastic game, one that keeps you busy with so much to do. It's that game you keep on your shelf once your friends come over to your house and you say: "What? Oh that game? That's inFAMOUS. An awesome game and yes, you may borrow it."
The inFamous games are an important part of PlayStation history, but the series is in limbo and playing older entries isn't exactly easy.
Would like remasters of 1 and 2. I enjoyed them much more than Second Son.
1 & 2 had more of an emphasis on climbing and the traversal requires a bit more effort in a good way. It was rewarding. Second Son made climbing mostly obsolete so they put little effort into it. The traversal was just great in inFamous 1 & 2. There's a reason Sunset Overdrive copied and improved upon the induction grind mechanic.
Reminds me of how I felt about the decline of parkour and the well designed tombs (basically Prince Of Persia levels) that we saw in the Assassin's Creed games.
The story and atmosphere were also much better in 1 & 2.
Electricity is just a brilliant superpower for an open world city. It perfectly fits just like webslinging does in New York and it has many applications.
I enjoyed Second Son but it was too short. The first 2 were great though
Second Son was alright but didn't touch the first two games
It felt short and lacking in comparison
Also I really thought Reggie would have made a better protagonist, someone who is anti-conduit as much as him and ends up becoming one would have been interesting to see. I kind of enjoyed his character throughout the game as his development.
why is it right now, the thing I want the most from Sony is to release remasters of inFamous (1,2 & SS), KZ (1,2 & 3), Resistance (RFoM, 2 and 3) and Motorstorm (1,2 & 3)??
All great choices. I would like to add Warhawk/Starhawk to that. The multiplayer in Warhawk was amazing. I am surprised Sony hasn't looked into MAG either. That game was ahead of its time.
Maybe Sony should make an internal studio like Bluepoint games and all they do is remake/remaster these amazing games, even going back to PS1,PS2,PSP, Vita portfolio. And because of the recent articles suggesting cost cutting, budget issues and releasing more games on PC, they could do that with these remakes/remasters. Do a day one on PC and PS5. At the end of the day Sony or any other company is going to do what makes them the most money.
Wouldn't the onus be on the consumers? If they bought the Infamous games, then we'd have more games from that series.
Infamous has sold millions of units. People have been asking for more. They aren't interested. Just like people have been asking for more Resistance or even a remaster collection, but insomniac isn't revisiting that either. Likely never getting a new sequel since they're a Marvel studio now.
No. Infamous was successful. But after a few entries (which are taking longer to make these days) a lot of Sony studios move on to new IPs. That's not a bad thing at all. They don't need to make inFamous games forever, just like we didn't need new Sly Cooper games forever.
But people would like to be able to easily play them on current hardware which is reasonable. Same for Killzone, Resistance, MGS4, etc. Good games shouldn't be trapped on old hardware. It's good that Bluepoint ported Uncharted 1-3.
I'm not saying it wasn't successful. I enjoyed playing all 3 entries and DLC. But like you said, people move on, studios move on. But I don't think I've heard people asking for more Infamous in a long time.
The franchise was popular we got quite a few games but Suchet punch wanted to beach out I think that's why we got ghost of Tsushima over infamous 4
Tbh ghost is a fantastic game I'm not complaining about that but I'd love to see infamous handled by another team
Id take GoT2 over Infamous right now but after GoT2 or maybe 3 if they go trilogy I’d like a new Infamous.
that's the problem with Sony that puzzles me A LOT! they have studios specifically specialized in remastering and remaking old games for new gen hardware, but we are getting very few of them. SoTC, Uncharted collections, Demon's Souls Remake, TLoU Part 1...and?? that's it? why aren't they giving their old games new lease of life on the PS5 for the new generations of gamers to enjoy? they clearly have the expertise. for god sake, I can even accept lazy porting like Nintendo are doing for theirs if I have to.
There are a lot of games that consumers have been asking Playstation for, Playstation won't do it, so a lot of these developers have gone and made it themselves by any means possible such as Kickstarter (e.g. Armed Fantasia, Penny Blood, Ratatan, 100 Heroes, ect...). Developers have even asked if Sony could help them out with porting/remasters some of these older games for Playstation, they said no.
Um...dude like you say that as if nobody bought them....the devs went on to do ghosts after 3 infamous games....3
People ask for new resistance and new infamous at every moment where it makes sense to mention it.
Having a remake of 1 and 2 would be very welcomed I'm sure.
I would love to see a new game but a feel that would get a response similar to Saints Row.
If they keep any of the characters from the previous games I think it would do fine unlike Saints Row which decided to replace fan favorites with less likable replacements. I wouldn't be surprised if that decision caused a majority of their buyers to be new to the series rather than returning players. I will say though, if Infamous Second Son or the first two Infamous games were remade I would be a day one buyer on PC.
Loved all 3 of them. I couldn't get on with the vampire spin off though. Wish they didn't move away from cole but I didn't mind the other character.
Nixxes' Remaster focus could set the stage to resurrect many obscure titles like the karma-centered, superpower-fueled sandbox of Infamous.
Infamous remaster? How about an Infamous re-Boot! This is one game that doesn't need a remaster, it needs either a proper equal of a reboot of the original. And since Sony is currently in development with Marvel, i can totally see them having guest marvel characters to appear in Cole's world.
I would prefer Warhawk or Starhawk ether or both will keep us fans happy for a looooooooong time
Warhawk would be awesome! So many good memories playing that game on PS3. They could do a massive 50v50 mode, battle royal with last Warhawk standing, classic 20v20 mode, so many options.
I'd rather infamous. Sonys got enough online bs in the pipeline. No need to add more.
@shinoff I disagree with you both of those games was extraordinarily fun to play just the satisfaction of transforming your plane into a bot and stomp a enemy then transform and fly off on Starhawk was a experience that hasn’t been replicated since.
The game was extremely valanced to the point you could go against a tank on foot and win with the ratchet or 1 shot a plane doing a massive attack with your tank. In Warhawk you could pick up half your team and fly them to a base and take it over but those are experiences you had to play to know how awesome those game was even YouTube videos don’t do justice to those game.
Anyways I’ll stop here or I’ll run out of words to post a wall text taking about those games
Here's the thing, infamous and *hawk are such different games and with different audiences that Sony could... do both at the same time? Nixxes doesn't need to be involved in the shooter (that would be new for them I think since they usually do SP games) but someone else could and Nixxes could share support with development/engine needs.
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Ya know Christopher is right they are completly different games. Me personally I don't value online games I just don't care for them. Hell in another bubble I probably enjoy them. In this bubble nah I just prefer single player unless I'm playing Mario or Mario party with my girl and kids or something.
@shin of course I know Chris is right but the games have to be approved first before assignment to a studio I didn’t mean this studio in particular making those game I meant the approval process and Sony harder push on MMO games.
I’m just one of the millions of players that loved those game and a top 800 word wide ranked on Starhawk and proud owner of its platinum trophy
A remaster would allow people who don't have access to a ps3 to experience the game since there's so many stuck on the ps3 that are exclusive to the console and Sony refuses to invest in backwards compatibility
Who doesnt have access to a ps3? There were over 87m of them sold. They are cheap and easy to find. Just like wii and ps2.
@darthv72
Not everyone is willing to go out and buy a ps3 for a single game or a handful of games when they have a ps4 or a ps5. A port or remaster would actually help. Younger audiences who did not grow up with a ps3 would have exposure to these games that Sony has essentially left behind on the ps3 due to them not investing in backwards compatibility. If they would do backwards compatibility then we wouldn't need to shill out more money for the same games. Something I actually applaud microsoft for (the only thing they have done that's good).
Agree, and PS3 is getting long in the tooth, so failure rates will be going up. I had to send my slim in for repair years ago.
I had a couple extra dollars and came across I guy selling ps3s for 50. I bought all 4. Just felt it was a good deal. Now if I could find controllers. I swear I can't find any cheap controllers around me
You know what, now that I think about it.. yeah none of that makes any sense.
*either a proper equal of a reboot of the original. *
Damn, there needs to be an extension on the Edit feature.
"Either a proper sequel or a reboot of the original"
And people aren't with Cole interacting with cameos from Marvel? Especially with Sony making Spider Man and Wolverine?
Why exactly would that be a bad idea? Especially with the multiverse being a huge deal and all.
***Why exactly would that be a bad idea? Especially with the multiverse being a huge deal and all.***
There's enough Marvel. Let's not spread it everywhere and let other IPs be their own thing. Please.
Infamous 1-2 collection would be amazing on current generation. God of War 1-2 and PSP games also playable on PS5 Yes please. And last but not least MGS4
There are so many great games which are on PS3. We need them to be remastered and released for current generation.
I'd like a Killzone 2 Remaster.
Keep the visuals style as is ... just improve the LoD and the resolution
Now that COD is in Microsofts back pocket, it's time for Sony to start investing in it's own 1st party shooters. I loved Killzone - even Shadowfall. But Yeah Killzone 2 was the high point of the Franchise.
Yes. KZ2 was the high point of the franchise and a strong, solid and just bloody fantastic shooter! Had so much fun those days with the game.
Shadowfall was my first introduction into the series as the PS4 was my first Sony console. Maybe compared to the others it was not great (personally I don't know), but I had a blast playing it and found it quite enjoyable. I'd love a Trilogy Remaster though so I could go back and enjoy the original 3 for the first time (with a new coat of paint + updated controls)
Most def the highest point of the franchise, the music, gameplay and story was awesome
man id love a killzone 2 remaster, its one of my favorite games of all time, but who knows what shape that code in and where its at, prob wont happen under jim ryan though! you can keep your fingers crossed though and see what happens but GG is all about Horizon now
There is a lot of the PS3 era that I would love to see ported/remastered. But, unfortunately, they are probably not commercially viable and I have no idea who owns the rights currently. Stuff like Sire: Blood Curse, White Knight Chronicles, Tokyo Jungle, Folklore, etc.
Infamous on the other hand was never a series that I found good or interesting. Especially when compared with other contemporaries like Prototype. But, given how bare the subgenre is right now, I would dig a remaster.
Sony owns Siren. I can’t speak for the rest.
As for inFAMOUS vs Prototype, I feel the opposite. inFAMOUS mopped the floor with it, quality and gameplay. Just felt far more polished. That said, I enjoyed Prototype’s powers a little more.
Fair enough, I agree that the production values of inFamous were higher. But I found it to be a snore-fest.
...no meed. Sony could add ps3 support to the 5 and then people can play loads of games already available. No streaming required. Rpcs3 could be adapted to run on the 5... it would solve so many problems.
No need, because they instead could do these two other things that they have shown no interest in doing? Sure.
But then they couldnt charge you for remaster (even though I would love one for infamous) or charge you for PSN premium.
It would be even funnier if the series x gets rpcs3 support and can play the ps3 games while ps5 still cannot (not without streaming them)
Don't most people still have issues with rpcs3. It's not as stable as alot of emulators out there. From what I've read
prototype def was not on the same level as infamous far as gameplay or graphics
Infamous, Resistance, and killzine are so ripe for a remaster, I wish Sony would make it happen.
From Xfire: "For a company with a three-decade-long history in gaming, Sony has done a crappy job at preserving its legacy. "
All the mgs games, all the ape escapes, silent hill 1-4, croc 1 and 2, legend of dragoon, tekken 3,tenshu, bushido blade, vagrant story, okami, ico, crash bash, gt4.
Thats just off the top of my head that i would play immediately, still so many more though that id love.
MGS, Silent Hill etc are no brainers, but you earned my thumbs up for our boi Croc. I talk about him all the time, it's an honour to find another man of culture.
Hahaha yea was one of my very first games i owned on ps1 as a child, great memories!!
Love to hear there other people out there that enjoyed the gem of a game that is croc 👌
Okami has HD version already. I want those Sly games though since PS3 and vita had it.
Yea sly would be cool, i never got into those so would be a good opportunity for me to do so.
But yea theres so many games in sony catalogue we coukd be here all day listing titles.
Hopefully we all get the ganes we are hoping for.
RDR2 for me they can boost that up to 60fps with better graphic settings than last gen
Folklore. It was such a unique and beautiful game. Great soundtrack. I still have my PS3 copy
Infamous 1 & 2 probably will get remaster for PS5/4 at some point as for the others in that article idk
this review has helped me pick a game when ps store is back up thx. nice review
Before the PSN went down, I was planning on buying inFamous from the store. I was always interested in it but just never got round to buying it - and now it's being offered for free! I'll be getting this and R&C. Good stuff.
Also, nice review, everything I read about inFamous gets me more hyped to finally try the game
Writing this review was a great choice on your part, egidem. All of the people who hadn't gotten to play Infamous before can read this late review and know just what kind of game it is. As I can see, you've already persuaded a few people to choose Infamous as one of the games they'll pick when PSN store is back up. Great work!