inFAMOUS: Second Son vs inFAMOUS 2 Screenshot Comparison: a Huge Leap from PS3 to PS4

inFAMOUS: Second Son is right around the corner, with less than two months to go before the release date on March 21st. The series is jumping a generation from PS3 to PS4, so it obviously looks quite a lot better than its predecessor inFAMOUS 2. But just how much better does it look? is inFAMOUS: Second Son the first real showcase of the generational leap between what’s now old generation and the new one?

The screenshots here, paired to showcase similar elements in both games, give more insight on the answer to that question.

[ape007]

big leap indeed, can't wait for infamous second son

also want crackdown 3, hopefully MS put as much effort as sony did with second son

love those types of games

[abzdine]

inFamous 2 still looks amazing!

[nveenio]

Yeah, inFamous 2 was always the best looking open world game on PS3, imo. (Until GTA5 came out.) I just hope the city feels alive in Second Son. I don't want to feel disconnected from everything.

[specialguest]

Infamous 2 blew infamous 1 away on graphics and also had better frame rate consistency. It was a pretty game indeed.

[UnHoly_One]

Those inFAMOUS 2 images are bullshots.

If you used real screens from inFAMOUS 2 the difference would be even bigger.

[Angeljuice]

Now I'm confused, my eyes keep telling me this game looks amazing, but Xbox fans on this site keep telling me it looks "last gen", now I don't know which to believe.

/S

[MajorLazer]

The inFAMOUS series is my favourite new series of the 7th gen :D I would buy a PS4 just for inFAMOUS, however, only a PS3 with PS+ will do for now

[scott182]

Infamous always looked amazing...

[Kavorklestein]

@Angeljuice
I HIGHLY DOUBT any xbox fan has ever said Infamous:SS looks last gen. Let alone claim that multiple people have said that. They know as well as well as the next person with eyeballs, that it looks stunning, and of course it's a way strong exclusive for Sony, but you lie. You just wanted a bunch of agrees by making up a bullshit statement.

[ChronoJoe]

I imagine the amount of ram will enable us to see the largest differences in games with larger scope, between generations.

RAM is going to have a large effect on things like drawdistance and resulting popin, which have always had more of an effect on these sort of open-world games.

[Jughead3416]

From the screenshots, it looks like Delsin would beat the crap out of Cole.

Huge graphical leap. And I thought Infamous 2 was a pretty good looking game.

[bigrob904]

actually cole was pretty powerful, it's doubtful cole is that strong. we'll see though.

[minimur12]

well delsin has a few powers, cole only has the one :)

Also, being as they've gone with the good ending, and cole is dead but... wait for it... Zeke isn't! Maybe we'll see him in this entry :D

I really hated the bad ending :(

[Akuma07]

I hated Cole. Grumpy bast**d.

Personally I think Delsin's true Conduit ability is his ability to copy other Conduit's abilities, so he could just copy Cole's powers and be on the same level at least, and he still has all his other powers to boot.

[ABizzel1]

@minimur12

Acutally Cole has 2 powers, and he was temporarily a Vampire :D

[Fixay]

+1 to this, would love to see a crackdown 3 as I also love games like these

[BlackTar187]

Crackdown 2 was beyond awful. Crackdown 1 was a good unappreciated game but #2 was so bad thinking about it makes me want to vomit in my mouth.

[ambientFLIER]

Um…wasn't crackdown 2 just more of the same? How can it be awful?

[BlackTar187]

Ambient,

Have you played them both?

[T2]

yes, emphasis on effort, because crackdown 2 showed ZERO effort, but I won't beat a dead horse, yes, effort and a brand new crackdown build.

[ITPython]

I recently replayed Infamous 1 the other day to get platinum, and it was absolutely INSANE how jaggy everything was. I don't think the game had any AA at all.

Funny thing is, I never really noticed how so many PS3 games are plagued with jaggies until I started playing PS4 games, which are so smooth and clean.

I haven't played Infamous 2 since I platinumed it a few years back, but I might fire it up just to compare it's graphics to Infamous 1 and my PS4 games. Cause the screenshots from the above site look to be mostly cut scenes, and seem to be mostly jaggy free. But I was really surprised to see how bad Infamous 1 was in regards to jaggies, it was quite distracting at times.

[WiiUsauce]

Sorry, but the games look nearly identical. It's not a massive leap lol.

[Akuma07]

Character's don't look MUCH better, the difference is in the textures, environments and lighting.

The lighting is 10x better in SS.

[Killzoner99]

Well the PS3 is pretty much a next gen machine but if you can't see a difference you're trolling.

[s1lentone]

Get your eyes checked buddy.

[mison93]

Madness

[showtimefolks]

infamous 2 still looks amazing but can't wait to play infamous 2nd son

ape007

i am there with you bud, i don't know why MS treats crackdown IP with no interest. It should be a huge game series for MS but it seems to me MS isn't interested

[assdan]

Ok, so it looks A LITTLE better. Jk lol.

[Meltic]

I have a calander here at home and at my office. Everyday i countdown for the infamous second son release. Soon i will use my Powers in Seattle and no police is getting in my way !!! hehe

[jacksjus]

Huge leap but I forgot how good part 2 looked.

[MegaSackman]

I was thinking the same thing, and i've never played Infamous 2. Time to build me more hype. :)

[Kivespussi]

Yeah I think infamous 2 looked beautiful too. Didn't even remember...

[sorceror171]

Yeah, I'm replaying Infamous 1 and enjoying it, but it points out how much the graphics jumped between 1 and 2, not to mention how the gameplay was smoothed out.

Sucker Punch has a history of that, of course. The Sly Cooper games got steadily better, too.

[theXtReMe1]

Yeah, this is a testament to how good Infamous 2 looks. Second Son is going to be phenomenal. I cant wait!

[SpadeX]

Oh I'm so adorable in that picture.

[WeAreLegion]

inFamous 2 is still one of the best looking open world games. I can't wait for Second Son!

[pyramidshead]

Think about the second wave Second Son sequel...

Assuming Sucker Punch doesn't start focusing on a new IP.

[Akuma07]

SP are rumored to be working on a new IP and will probably work on that after SS. Doesn't mean we won't see a SS sequel after that though.

[Mr_Luke]

I want it. NOW! Shut up and take my money! Mh... whatever! Damn, still more than a month, i can't wait ;P

[OwnageDC650]

DAMN!

[MasterCornholio]

Big improvement.

[DanielGearSolid]

Infaous 2 graphics hold up pretty well, especially for an open world game

Second looks better, can't say I'm blown away yet. But I know its gonna be a different story when I see it in person.

Side note: I wish Delsin wasn't wearing that hipster hat

[Abriael]

he is a hipster, after all.

[WeAreLegion]

It's a beanie. It's a popular hat in many social circles.

[DanielGearSolid]

More about the style its worn. The than the actual article of clothing

[WeAreLegion]

Exactly. Delsin's style is actually more punk.

[DanielGearSolid]

You might be on to something

[ape007]

Delsin reminds me of CM Punk (the old punk)

[pyramidshead]

I think it may hit you when you play it yourself, like you'll release that the whole arena of the world you'll be navigating Delsin in looks that great everywhere.

It being open world brings it in to perspective for me.

[Ninjamonkey82]

Yet it still doesn't take away from the game being a great game on PS3 aswell.

[e-p-ayeaH]

infamous on ps4 looks alot better i just wish that Sucker Punch makes a new IP on PS4 after this.

[Imonaboat1]

See that Nintendo? Thats whats called next gen

[GUYwhoPLAYSvideoGAME]

should compare second son and infamous 1

[Kennytaur]

Might as well do a three-way comparison when they're first at it.

[AiirJordann23]

looks good. cant wait til this comes out. will look even better when it drops

[lesrima88]

why do articles from dualshockers always come up on N4G?

[yewles1]

...I wouldn't say "huge"... but it's still a jump none the less.

[BoNeSaW23]

*looks at avatar*
Did you get stung by a bee?

I agree with your comment.

[DevilishSix]

Platinumed both Infamous games, hope the trophy system is set up for two playthrus in SS like the previous games. I enjoy playing as good and bad.

[ATiElite]

wow Infamous 2 looked pretty darn good and holds it own against infamous:SS.

one word of advise:

Don't make all the games look so CLEAN and Pretty. Dirt Decay and Grime are a big part of realism.

[lemoncake]

Massive difference between what last gen and current gen can do, so glad that we are onto the new consoles as its just going to get better and better. The last gen lasted way too long, especially for the xbox, after gta 5 they were almost maxed out in terms of what they could do.

Great exclusives from both microsoft and sony so far, this really is a good gen to own both consoles!!

[jc12]

Def gonna check this out...but in all honesty, from what I've seen, this game's graphics are nothing otherworldly. The Order 1886 looks more promising in terms of achieving that "next-gen" shock value when it comes to graphics.

[alexmurur]

Cant make out the leap like this.. Gameplay screenshots side by side would be better

[deno]

This definitely isn't a huge leap, it is a leap but not huge. Wait until Uncharted 4.

[CapsLocke]

It's not even a leap. This is how you do a leap http://img.playground.ru/im...
And it is just a mod.

[deno]

You're not kidding PC is a beast.

[DigitalRaptor]

You could be on to something there dude.

However, I find it a pretty large waste that PC gamers spent so much time on an Ultra realistic mod of a pretty overrated and average GTA game, though. That's dedication for you.

[BoNeSaW23]

FAKE!!!

[SynestheticRoar]

I love playing PC games to, but this is exclusive. Tell your mother second son is coming. Get off your fat ass and get it.

[iistuii]

Screenshots don't tell the whole story. There was terrible aliasing on infamous games on the PS3 which don't show up on those screenshots. Second son will have that sorted with better textures too hopefully.

[PrinceOfAllSaiyans]

InFamous 2 aged really well, it still looks good.

[PersonMan]

Infamous 2 can hold it's own, though the water looked weird and the draw distances were pretty bad. However, the art style and animation really made infamous 2 stand out for me.

[Chrisgamerguy]

Giant graphical leap

[killzone619]

bullshots....really?

[-Gespenst-]

Not a huge leap. If you told me Second Son was a Ps3 game based on these shots I'd certainly believe you.

Not that realistic graphics are even close to being essential, but the notion that this is a huge leap is a bit daft - it whips up false hype.

[linkenski]

Second Son doesn't make Infamous 2 look like shit in comparison... That leap isn't big enough...

[Pathogenic]

I'm actually pretty pumped about this game. Mind you I have never played any Infamous games at all since the first game released.

I was always caught up in games like Spyhon Filter, GT1&2, Killzone, Socom, GTA, Final Fantasy, God of War, Uncharted etc. Now more than ever I'm shutting down the FPS category and making an effort to finally recapture what made PlayStation my system for, four generations. It was the single player environment. Glad Sony is pushing for more storytelling then multiplayer experience.

It's good to have a balance.

[BBBQ_BYOBB]

I'm looking forward to seeing what Bend is doing, I would love to see a new Syphon Filter.

[sdplisken]

cant wait for this game!! loved the first two to death!

[JCENAdaBest]

Nice screenshots but seeing this game in action doesn't excite me... It looks basically the same but better graphics and different colours, yet if they really bumped up the powers to say being able to fly Dragon Ball Z style I would be very excited. This would also present us with the opportunity to admire those graphics!

[brewin]

I dont think screens can do this game justice. You really have to see the game in motion and tak in all the details and special effects that are bombarding the senses! The off-screen vids I have seen look amazing. What amazes me about these screens is not just how good Second Son looks, but how good Infamous 2 holds up! I am really hoping for a nice Second Son ps4 bundle, cuz if there is one thats when Im plopping down the 4+ bills. This is one of the Ps series that I absolutely must play every new release of...

[GeraltofRivia]

Hopefully SONY will grow some balls and release this for PC,then we can do a current gen to future gen screenshot comparison.

[BBBQ_BYOBB]

I would say one of the biggest improvements is in the facial animation, which isn't really expressed in still imagery.

[Qwagy UK]

It will be interesting to see what kind of a leap Titanfall on the xbox 360 compared to xbox one, lets hope for 1080p on the xbox one.