inFamous to get 'blockbuster multimillion dollar' support

rucky - 539 days 19 hours ago

Once I saw inFamous in action it was an instant buy for me.

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OgTheClever - 539 days 19 hours ago

Judging from the E3 videos, there is a lot of sense in doing this.

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wetowel - 539 days 19 hours ago

there arent very many games out there like this so on sony's part advertising this title like there is no tomorrow seems like the right thing to do.

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stuntman_mike - 539 days 18 hours ago

yeah i think this game is gonna be a big hit, definatley a buy from me.

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Overr8ed - 539 days 18 hours ago

dun dun... Dun dun

Be a Hero, and save the City from Doom
or...
An Anti-Hero, and let the power consume you...
InFamous
*cue PS3 Logo*

All i hope for is a Multiplayer even though not much Open World games aren't good on it

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Sevir04 - 539 days 17 hours ago

but i'm hoping that they market KZ2 more. theres no doubt in my mind that MGS4 would have sold a bit more if they advertized the way MS did with gears on the big screen. it was certainly worth it. i mean it's a big game alot of people know about but and it sold 3 million without advertizements, but it would have sold more with a more vigorous marketing campaign, Now KZ2 will need it the most.

the hype and media and everyone is looking at this game as the make or break sony, and at this point the game has to deliver on more than just graphics and to be honest, it really is, impressive AI chases you down if you deside to flee, or if you run out of ammo. battle field awareness... It's just awesome and they are smart, taking cover and flanking, teaming up to lay you out. and then Multiplayer is just amazing. from what was described and very deep. the game is set to be nexk and shoulders above anything released thus far.

It's good that Sony is Marketing there games now. they really should go out and do that.

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MK_Red - 539 days 17 hours ago

Cool news. The game definitly deserves it. Before E3 I only liked it because of Sucker Punch and the karma system but after seeing the gameplay demo on IGN, I'm a believer.

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niall77 - 539 days 17 hours ago

Sony havent had the BIG ad campains for single games.

even MGS4 was lite on ads

Hope they have a good campain for LBP as well

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Jinxstar - 539 days 17 hours ago

I hope it's worth it. Looks great.

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peedie16 - 539 days 17 hours ago

@ platstaion man I would bet my life that White Knight Chronicles will be at TGS just like last year it didn't show up at E3 but it did at TGS

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Omega4 - 539 days 17 hours ago

They better hope Prototype doesnt end up being better.

But they should really spend their money on LBP because the people who are going to want it dont know about it, the casual ones at least. And that cames desevrses it more than this

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NMC2007 - 539 days 17 hours ago

I hope to god it sells, Sony is taking a leap of faith with these franchises, which is good...... but I hope it doesn't knock em for a loop because the lack of sales, good luck.

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Polluted - 539 days 17 hours ago

Sony's going to advertise something? Nice.

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AclayPS3 - 539 days 17 hours ago

Sony needs to start putting "blockbuster multimillion dollar" support for Ad's for ALL of their upcoming games.

If I was to make one little complain about Sony, it would be their Advertising, but Sony has done a better job of Advertising this past year because I still see MGS4 Ad's and the HAZE Ad's ran for a LONG time.

Sony even had Television Ad's for games that haven't even been released yet such as LittleBigPlanet, and that's a good way to get people hyped about a game months before release. I remember seeing MGS4 Television Ad's from Sony about 2 months before the game was released and Sony has been doing a MUCH better job this year advertising their games.

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kingme71 - 539 days 17 hours ago

I think this is a risky move. Not a shooter, which dominates the US markets and a new IP to boot. The game looks fun, but so does Prototype and the 2 have alot of similarities.

I'd like to see a blockbuster ad campaign for LBP above all Sony titles. That has the potential to draw in a big crowd. Put Sackboys at McDonalds and you will have people clamoring for it. Those darn things are just so cute, they alone could win people's hearts.

Heck, they have Pokemon at BK and my kids heads exploded. I've eaten more BK in the last few weeks than I care to admit. I even put on a fake moustache and drove back through to get a Snorelax :(

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belal - 539 days 17 hours ago

now their doing that!

what about mgs4 ! it could sell more than it did!

sometimes sony should get slapped for being blind, example: ff13 and not marketing the heck out of mgs4, but now they are doing it with a yet amazing game ( but not on level with mgs4).

its actually a good thing but they should do this with all their big games ( killzone 2, resistance 2 and little big planet).

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DJ - 539 days 17 hours ago

http://www.ps3fanboy.com/ph...

They'd be dumb not to publicize the hell out of this game. Yet again, I'm excited for next year's spring releases: killzone, RE 5, infamous.

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Dark General - 539 days 17 hours ago

Sounds good to me. I was simply floored by the footage yesterday on G4 so i'm very much looking forward to this. My 1 hope for this game is for them to have a deep animation system like in Uncharted. I like that it's pretty different looking and have just a certain different vibe to it.

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siberiantiger28 - 539 days 17 hours ago

Sony advertising isn't great. Here in the UK there are barely any advertising, and when they do they're generally quirky adverts, that no one gets. Show the games Sony, show the games.

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FwanK - 539 days 16 hours ago

This is a must have for me, along with other 15 hehe

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Panthers - 539 days 16 hours ago

This game will be HUGE

Trump HUGE

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Figboy - 539 days 16 hours ago

i work at Vivendi Games, and i used to see Prototype out on the floor EVERY DAY i came into work.

in all seriousness, that game has NOTHING on inFamous.

the city looked like it was ripped from the map of Spider-Man 3 (the PS3 and 360 versions).

the animations for the main character in Prototype aren't nearly as fluid (but i'm willing to give the animations the benefit of the doubt, since that's more of a polish thing).

the story seemed practically non-existent, and the only fun part i saw of the gameplay was running up buildings (he didn't climb them, he just kind of "skated" up them, like Spider-Man does when he's wall-running).

also, the combat was kind of weak, outside of his shapeshifting powers.

in short, i understand why they took it off the floor and back to the drawing board.

the premises of the two games are quite different also, and i don't understand the constant comparisons to Crackdown and Prototype anyway. why? because they are open world and star a character that can do things no ordinary man or woman can do? yeah, welcome to the world of VIDEO GAMES.

from what i've seen of inFamous and Prototype, and played of Crackdown (i beat the game), it's like comparing Super Mario Bros. to Ratchet and Clank; they may have similarly colorful worlds and cartoon-style characters, but the gameplay is vastly different.

another thing, is that the combat in Prototype, as well as Crackdown and the Spider-Man games, is very separate. when Spidey is swinging through the city, it's like a totally different game than when he is fighting villains, which generally takes place on the ground.

from what i've seen of inFamous, i like the way Sucker Punch have intertwined Cole's natural athletic "urban explorer" climbing/locomotion abilities, with his newly found electricity-based abilities. you can see that in the gameplay presentation from gamespot, where he's hanging from street poles and buildings, using it as cover while he blasts away at bad guys (and innocents if you're so inclined). Prototype lacked that, as do the latest Spider-Man games; the combining of Spidey's webslinging abilities with his athletic, offensive abilities is a staple of the comics, sorely missing from the games.

anyway, i think inFamous looks to have Prototype on lock down in terms of immersion, animation, most certainly graphics, and even story, and since it's coming from the Sly Cooper guys, i'm expecting the controls to be ROCK SOLID, because the Sly games have some excellently smooth controls.

so far, Sony's first and second party, established studios have really been stepping it up this generation (Insomniac, Naughty Dog, Sucker Punch, Zipper), and we still haven't heard from a quarter of them yet on what they're working alone, let alone half, or all of them.

the next few months are going to be quite enjoyable for Playstation fans, that's for sure.

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Freayr - 539 days 16 hours ago

It looks to have huge potential, let's hope it delivers.

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Arsenal4Ever - 539 days 15 hours ago

So Infamous
Killzone 2

Both fighting more GOTY 2009

Anything else I missed?

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Hawkeyes315 - 539 days 14 hours ago

This is good to know, because I think this ip is going to be a lot better than GTA IV.

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ElementX - 539 days 13 hours ago

I can smell the hype machine from here. Another Lair in the works?

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Silogon - 539 days 19 hours ago

Garbage. Sony couldn't put this into MGS4, Resistance, Ratchat & Clank or Lair, yet they do it for this pile of junk bunk crap! What a joke. It shows where Sony's heads at, right up their a$$

absoltuely uncalled for. This game needs to be scraped and the funds need to be ported over to another project. A project that isn't trying to be something else.

Sony should put those "multi millions" into making a couple RPGS. Might help expand their market beyond the twit twitch shooter dorks.

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eagle21 - 539 days 18 hours ago

Tell us all about the deatils. How large is the city? What is the first level like?

Since you know more than Sony or the press, enlighten us.

You chase this game around like a dog in heat but you never played it. I happen to really like this game. Every E3 preview has been 100% positive. What's your big deal?

Did you get electrically shocked by a guy who looks like Dylan as a child or something? :D

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Hellsvacancy - 539 days 17 hours ago

i wasnt that interested in Infamous untill i saw the lastest videos from E3 it looks cool but theres other games that interest me more ie. Killzone 2, God Of War 3 and of course Heavy Rain - like the irish say "good things cum 2 those who wait"

huh and the Ps3 has 2 compete with another console that has MAXED OUT hardware, bit of a no-brainer ay

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juuken - 539 days 16 hours ago

I hope for Sony's sake it's good. It looks good though and I'm interested in it.

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A-ROD - 539 days 13 hours ago

inFamous looks very good.

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