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inFAMOUS: Second Son review - ''PS4's first masterpiece'' (PlayStation Universe)

PSU's Glenn Gordon writes, ''inFAMOUS 2 was a great game that ended with a big question mark. The bold and rather sudden step of killing a main character left gamers wondering what, if anything, was left for the series. On the eve of PlayStation 4's reveal in February 2013, they got their answer--more inFAMOUS was coming, and first-party developer Sucker Punch Productions hoped to leverage PS4's technology to make Sony's open-world, superpowered franchise better than ever. Finally, more than thirteen months of secrecy later, inFAMOUS: Second Son is here, and the industry is about to find out whether Sucker Punch has delivered on the promise of greatness. We think it did.''

parentoftheyear3709d ago

This game is going to Crush Records for current Gen. A million preorders for 1 platform. I am getting so excited!!!!

3-4-53709d ago

I haven't played but I'd say it's definitely not a 10/10, but it's also NOT a 6/10 either.

From just watching gameplay and reading some reviews it seems to be about an 8.5/10 game which for me = You Should try this game.

parentoftheyear3709d ago

"I haven't played but I'd say it's definitely not a 10/10"

hmmm. Judge a book by it's cover much ?

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AD7053709d ago

This game seems to be getting chewed up by reviewers. only a 79 on metacritic

IanVanCheese3709d ago

79 (basically 8/10) is a great score, it's hardly being chewed up.

Anon19743709d ago

Ryse was chewed up by reviewers. Knack was chewed up. 79 out of 15 reviews so far isn't being "chewed up". According to Metacritic, that's "generally favorable"

CJDUNCAN3709d ago

I can see why AD705 says chewed up. Infamous was being touted as the holy grail that ushers in next-gen gaming. It might be from a visual standpoint but for the most part it's not doing it as an entire experience.

Anon19743709d ago

@CJDUNCAN. I think you're confusing Infamous SS with another game recently launched that was supposed to be the second coming and was generally reviewed as good, not great. Infamous is the game that no one in the press was talking about unless it was to point and sneer at graphical "downgrades" or no day/night cycle(really?), despite the fact the game managed one million pre-orders.

Up until last week no one in the gaming media was saying "boo" about this game, let alone touting it as some "holy grail of next gen gaming".

Just search Infamous on this very site an have a look at the type of articles that pop up. Now have a look at the number of positive previews there are relative to the rest of the lot. Now, just for giggles, contrast try the same thing with Titanfall, a title that game media has been fawning over for months. You want to see real examples of a game being built up as a "holy grail"?

Tontus3709d ago

That's hardly a chewed up score lol!

If it falls below 70% then sure.

AD7053709d ago

I just thought that it would atleast be higher than it's predecessors.

Utalkin2me3709d ago

@AD705

Maybe you should stick with your PC articles instead of trolling console articles.

djplonker3709d ago (Edited 3709d ago )

Plus it's not even out yet once users start posting scores the average usually goes up or down quite a bit!

jackanderson19853709d ago

user reviews don't affect the metascore the games get that's just pure critics

xX-StolenSoul-Xx3709d ago (Edited 3709d ago )

Still too early, it's only been reviewed by a handful of reviewers so far. I think it'll stick around 80s. By the way 70+ is good games 80+ great 90+ ermahgerd! epic! Past infamous games steadied around 80s
Can't wait to play!

OC_MurphysLaw3709d ago

Yeah, I would hold passing judgement on what Metacritic is looking like. Only 9 reviews in. IGN gave it an 87. I am guessing this game will avg around 85 all said and done.

IanVanCheese3709d ago

IGN always score higher than most, I'd say it'll come in at around 80.

jackanderson19853709d ago

36 are in currently, 10 have given it 7, 1 a 60 and it's holding steady at 80 at the moment

OC_MurphysLaw3709d ago

I had a look when only 9 were in. Given 40 reviews in and its at 80... looks like 79/80 will be a final resting spot.

Now the real thing is of all these reviews... whose do you trust? You should find a trusted review site and stick to them. That is the only review you truly should care about and not the 39+ other reviews from sites that don't share your common views or have reviewers you don't really trust.

Volkama3709d ago

I'd say most people here know enough about Infamous that they don't really need to check any review site to know whether it's something they want to play or not.

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Shadonic3709d ago

I'll stick with Kotaku when it comes to reviewing games. Fanboys like yourself instantly go for the lowest score just to try and hurt Sony fans in some way and the Sony fans do the same. From what Kotaku says, its a great game that should be played but theres some issues with how morality is handled. Not going to let the reviews be the decider though. I have my own tastes when it comes to games so i'll be the final decision maker.

Kribwalker3709d ago

You can see which reviewers sony opened up the checkbook for...

Rainstorm813709d ago

By that lack of logic Titanfall really got the bribery love........or is that games reviews justified?

Besides the reviews are mixed

Smh @ damn fanboys

Kribwalker3709d ago

I was just repaying the comment love of ps fans on good titanfall review scores. I personally don't really care how it scores, not to interested in returning to infamous after 1 and 2. That's why I'm waitin on getting my ps4, when uncharted comes out or something else that interest me

Devin9423709d ago

We all know Metacritic is full of crap. Titanfall has overall better reviews than infamous and it's score hasn't moved up from the 86 it has now. Infamous is getting good scores too. Metacritic picks and chooses which reviews they want to add which is total BS.

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Agriel3709d ago

I don't really care what the review scores are(loved the first 2), I am still getting it, looking so far like a solid 8 so even better.

xX-StolenSoul-Xx3709d ago

I loved the first 2 and Festival of blood! Can't wait to play again

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How Does inFAMOUS Second Son Hold up 10 Years Later?

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Deeeeznuuuts124d ago

100%, locked 60fps and still look great all these years later, same with the expansion, definitely worth a look if people haven't played it yet, not the best games ever made but a good experience, hopefully a new infamous gets released

KwietStorm_BLM124d ago

Never was my favorite infamous, but it was definitely a graphics showcase early on PS4. Still plays well with the unlocked frame rate.

SDuck124d ago

Still remember getting hyped about this game nearing release. Funny because I never even got a PS4. Jumped from PS3 to PC so I never played it ahahaha

OmegaSoldati123d ago

Its a good game. But thats it. Congratulations you made the best choice. I dream to have a great PC one day.

Profchaos124d ago (Edited 124d ago )

Graphically It's a absolutely stunning game that still holds up today.

Didn't have all that much depth to it forcing you to play though twice for a platinum trophy a good and bad run it was a little disappointing how similar those were Delsin would be like I'm not doing that for you in a cutscene but the cutscene would play out and force you to do it anyway just as you would of in a good run

I did like the story however it got a lot of complaints back in the day people hated playing as Delsin instead of cole despite Coles story being wrapped up.

Overall though the map wasn't overly saturated with useless points of interest there was some collectibles and things to find but nothing compared to a Ubisoft game.

I think it was a good game if a little hollow I've played it through around 4 times now since it's so short.

Also it's DLC was great a full story expansion

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Christopher156d ago

I've played 15, and I wouldn't consider any of those underrated TBH. Some of them are pretty high rated.

banger88155d ago

That's amazing, Gamingbolt actually put all 15 games on the same page.

shinoff2183154d ago

I. Not seeing anything on that list underrated. I never played concrete genie, the ASTRO vr,and one other but I forgot the name already. Nothing on there was underrated at all imo.

persona4chie154d ago

There’s only 4 of those games I never played, and no most of those aren’t underrated.

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