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[Stat Flow]

After a kind of boring start, it ramps up and doesn't stop being good. I loved inFamous 1 and 2. Second Son will be a day one purchase for my PS4.

 

[nowai]

I highly enjoyed both games and am very much looking forward to Second Son.

Sure the games have their flaws but I'm all for new IP, so I don't mind some growing pains.

 

[littlebirdtoldme]

i like all three games.

 

[Gartooth]

One of my favorite new IPs of this gen, yes the series is heavily flawed but stick with it and you will probably see why a lot of people love these games.

Infamous 2 in particular is a really great game, they made a lot of improvements to the series and at this point I probably would never be able to go back to Infamous.

 

[REV 09]

It's a solid series. I didn't play much of the second game. My biggest issue is that it's too much of a shooter. Many of the powers and encounters are almost identical to shooters. I would expect much more up close and personal combat and less pew pew with fire/electricity.

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

They're alright game. The story is decent, but not particularly well told. The city in the first game is pretty boring, but the city in Infamous 2 steps it up a bit and creates a more interesting the city. The gameplay is pretty fun with all the various powers and gets better in Infamous 2.

Spoiler

At least it gets better with the Ice powers, not sure about fire. That added jump made some great fun.

 

[Zukuu]

Invincible? I'm on easy and I'm finding infamous 1 to be a hard game. So many of the enemies constantly hitting you from really far away. Tons of grenades and rockets flying at you. And using major powers depletes your meter so quickly, Cole McWhatshisface feels like a weak super hero. So far anyway.

Seriously? >__>

That is why we have the easy-mainstream-handholding-generation.

-Regeneratable health
-highlighting climbing path
-button mashing / QTE battles
-after 10 seconds of a puzzle you get hints²³²³²³
-auto play mode


hard mode nowadays is almost below normal difficulty from past gens.


The game is really easy, just drain some energy in between and you can't die.

 

[Stumpokapow]

I didn't like inFamous because I didn't like the core gameplay loop, the mission design, the characters, the city, the comic book cutscenes, or the moral choice system. I haven't played inFamous 2. What are the chances I'd like Festival of Blood?

 

[MAX PAYMENT]

It's a solid series. I didn't play much of the second game. My biggest issue is that it's too much of a shooter. Many of the powers and encounters are almost identical to shooters. I would expect much more up close and personal combat and less pew pew with fire/electricity.

I'd much prefer a better Melee combat system. I feel the same way about uncharted.
Next uncharted should merge last of us and uncharted 3 and emphasize Indiana Jones style brawling over mass murder.

 

[flyinpiranha]

Loved part 1, couldn't get into part 2. Really hoping SS brings me back into it.

 

[Magicman103]

I LOVE the infamous series. Two of the best games ive played this gen.

2>1 mainly for the powers, location and ease of play.


also dat ice jump in infamous 2 is the best power in a game ever.

 

[Duxxy3]

It's awesome.

 

[MAX PAYMENT]

Seriously? >__>

That is why we have the easy-mainstream-handholding-generation.

-Regeneratable health
-highlighting climbing path
-button mashing / QTE battles
-after 10 seconds of a puzzle you get hints²³²³²³
-auto play mode


hard mode nowadays is almost below normal difficulty from past gens.


The game is really easy, just drain some energy in between and you can't die.

I guess it was lack of understanding that energy drains offered quick heals, or possibly bad encounter design. But I do not belong to the reason of handholding in a generation. Currently playing last of us on survivor with little difficulty. A lot of those features you mentioned are designed more for people with limited time than people that are incompetent. Not that it matters, but I feel compelled after you acted like a douche.

 

[badcrumble]

I didn't like inFamous because I didn't like the core gameplay loop, the mission design, the characters, the city, the comic book cutscenes, or the moral choice system. I haven't played inFamous 2. What are the chances I'd like Festival of Blood?

I'd say inFamous 2 improves the characters and the city and removes the comic book cutscenes, but the essential idea of the gameplay removes roughly intact and the moral choice system is still pretty clumsy (like all moral choice systems tied to character progression always are).

The story in inFamous 2 isn't as good, though, and the design of the character progression is worse.

 

[TangerineCloud]

It's a solid series. I didn't play much of the second game. My biggest issue is that it's too much of a shooter. Many of the powers and encounters are almost identical to shooters. I would expect much more up close and personal combat and less pew pew with fire/electricity.

Completely agree with you. Infamous 2 could've had great combat, but it was just constantly putting you in situations that cut you off from the open world and made you play it like a straightforward shooter. It also didn't help that due to the sheer number of them, most of the enemies would just wreck your shit if you got too close. That's why I had more fun just dicking around in the world. The series just has really poor encounter design.

 

[grumble]

Beat the first two games.

I'd give them 8/10s on the standard game website rating scale.

-Superhero power games in an open world is a good idea

-Story can be fun, though awkwardly told

-World is lifeless, since there is little interaction with the world. No stores or services, few people to talk to, very static. A huge missed opportunity that they may well fuck up the next time around

-Powers are fun and look cool, though aside from the 'supers' they tie pretty well to conventional weapons (with a slight twist at times)

-Traversal is pretty well done

-Moral choice system was a great idea, though too black-and-white. With gamers getting older, ambiguous situations would make it a much better game (no right/wrong choices, etc).

 

[Stone Ocean]

I agree that the karma system feels forced as fuck on both games. The evil choices are so hilariously bad that I'd just stick with being a good guy if I were you.

 

[WeAreJaded]

I found them to be pretty typical sandboxy messes. And man do they drag on and on. I doubt people will look back fondly on the current games in the series.

Also Cole is a jerk! I mean even when I was good the whole time he always has an air of 'jerkyness'.

 

[Raven77]

Im about 5-6 hours into Infamous 1 and it is just not holding me. I keep trying to go back to it expecting it to get better but is just isn't.

I hate the drab ugly look of the game world. I also dont like how the enemies can pick me off with machine guns from 150 yards away. I like a challenge, I don't like when a game basically cheats.

Not sure if I should keep playing it or start fresh with Second Son.

 

[Dragon]

I didn't like inFamous because I didn't like the core gameplay loop, the mission design, the characters, the city, the comic book cutscenes, or the moral choice system. I haven't played inFamous 2. What are the chances I'd like Festival of Blood?

Festival of Blood is the best inFamous game out there. It's short, it amps up how you move around the map, and the city is full of life and always has something going on. It's a great bite-sized game.

 

[chogidogs]

My favorite open world game/s. But I always felt the first 2 could have been more with better hardware. I'm glad I'm getting my wish.

 

[Akira_83]

played infamous 1 and thought it was pure shit

just such a boring sterile city and didnt have anything that made me feel it was worth exploring

even with upgrades the combat was repetitive and boring

cole was a deuche

etc

never played infamous 2 because of my experience with 1

 

[Carl]

I didn't like inFamous because I didn't like the core gameplay loop, the mission design, the characters, the city, the comic book cutscenes, or the moral choice system. I haven't played inFamous 2. What are the chances I'd like Festival of Blood?

Everyone likes Festival of Blood. You get to drink blood and turn into a flock of bats. What's not to love?

 

[leng jai]

Enjoyed the first game. Tried to play the second but lost all motivation due to how poor the audio was.

 

[crimsonspider89]

Infamous 1 has great story and a little clunky gameplay. Infamous 2's gameplay is much better but the story isn't as great.

Also Infamous, makes sure on your approaches note where the nearest power stations are. Then map your approach from there.

If evil toss rockets and grenades, good go into precise mode to pick off a couple and then recharge and repeat.

 

[darkside31337]

I really enjoy them (2 was a lot better than 1) in spite of the main character who is -terrible- in every possible way.

Also not a fan of the really black and white morality system. I was glad they got rid of that in Festival of Blood, which I also really enjoyed although it wasn't quite as good as 2. The traveling in that game was also fixed (for the most part) which was great.

So at least the new one will fix at least one of the problems although it looks the morality bits are here to stay? Bleh.

 

[thefro]

It's fun, but it has some flaws. The 2nd game was an improvement in a lot of areas (better mission variety, very few escort missions, characters more likeable, etc) but it still goes off the rails plot-wise. The city is pretty static and the actual combat isn't as fun as it should be since it's hard to use much except powers that are basically guns, grenades, and rockets. The melee they added in 2 was a good idea but is pretty disappointing since it's basically just mashing one button, no countering, etc.

I second the ice launch being a fantastic power.

 

[Om3ga]

Does infamous 1 pick up speed? Is there a villain or something that makes the game interesting?

Depends how far you are in the game. If you aren't liking the game after a few hours of playing it, I doubt it will click with you. It was more fun to play when it released. It's a hard game to go back to for me anyway.

I'd say if a game isn't fun for you why force yourself to play it? You thought Second Son was interesting and want a little bit of the back story then watch a lets play or something, but never force yourself to play something you aren't enjoying.

 

[void666]

- Boring main character
- Uninspired missions
- Fun gameplay (powers and traversal)

 

[waterydave]

Being a huge Sly Cooper and Sucker Punch fan I got infamous 1 + 2 on release day. They are both good games with the second being the better game. Both are some of the few games I bothered to get the Platinum trophy for.

The only downside with I2 is the user created levels are usually terrible and clutter the map. I played offline so I had a clearer path when regaining territory in each city.

Highly recommended

 

[Not Spaceghost]

I didn't care much for the first, but Infamous 2 was one of my favorite games this gen.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

Playing evil is so much fun. Just destroy everything

 

[Ventilaator]

Depends how far you are in the game. If you aren't liking the game after a few hours of playing it, I doubt it will click with you.

Infamous fully clicked for me about midway through my second playthrough.

Playing evil is way, way more fun.

 

[Jasper Avenue]

Love them both but I still think Cole was a shit main character.

 

[BadWolf]

Only played the second and loved it.

Glad Cole isn't in the third one.

 

[N2NOther]

I've only played Infamous 1 and it was fine. Not great, not terrible. I really wish Sucker Punch was doing something instead of Infamous still.

Agreed on all fronts until I saw Second Son in action. Blew my mind. Best game I saw at the show.

 

[Jarmel]

First game is good bordering on great at times. Second game is garbage garbage garbage. It suffers from an identity crisis, bad gameplay, and a poor narrative compared to the first.

 

[weekend_warrior]

With all the current next-gen speak, one ps4 title that seems to get a lot of mention is Infamous Second Son. From watching the trailer I can already tell I despise the main character, but I was still intrigued by the gameplay. Having never played an Infamous game, I decided to pick up the Infamous Collection.

I'm a few hours into Infamous 1.

The characters are boring (so far).
The gameplay is kind of clunky (sometimes trying to detach from a side of building is annoying).
The graphic novel style cutscenes are awesome.
Maybe I'm not far enough in, but the game seems to lack a main antagonist.
I just got to the part where you save the girlfriend on the roof after just seeing the "trash baggers" (or whatever they're called) leaders.

Does the game pick up soon after? If it doesn't ill probably try Infamous 2, because 1 just hasn't been doing it for me yet.
Or should I stick it through? I heard 2's story is largely dependent on 1.

Stick with it. The start can be a little slow but you'll start picking up powers that make travel faster, combat funner, and they'll start throwing tougher enemies at you then the boring street thugs.

 

[Canis lupus]

iNFamous 2 is one of the best PS3 exclusives.

 

[JJDinomite]

Infamous is one of the few new IPs of this generation that doesn't suffer from being horribly generic or sequelitis. Second Son looks amazing; it's one of the few next-gen games that will actually have gameplay and not be a QTE-fest.

Overall, the series is great.

 

[spats]

I loved both, but 2 is better in almost every way.

 

[Matt2thefuture]

I dug all 3 (1, 2 and dlc circle of blood)

Negatives: Story and Characters kinda suck.

Positives: Both games are alot of fun once you get some good powers or lvl em up a bit.

Get the ps3 pack comes with all 3 for like 20 bucks.

 

[Duster]

Playing evil is so much fun. Just destroy everything

Especially in the second game, I never got bored of throwing cars about, seriously who doesn't love throwing a car at a helicopter?

Unfortunately it also meant that I couldn't use the ice jump (from that gif) on my first play through and the evil story was bloody awful, I hated being railroaded into stupid decisions.
Yet if you choose good in order to get better powers it curtails the fun you can have as you have to be careful not to kill civilians (or is the punishment so small if doesn't matter?).

 

[Denzar]

Love it. Some of the best open world gameplay ever.

 

[Marleyman]

I liked the first, didn't like the second. The new one has potential though.

 

[RM8]

Only played the first one (PSN hack free stuff ) and I really didn't like it. Which made me not play the sequel.

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

Are there any other super hero open world games.....electric powers were awesome. Personally, this was my favourite open world game this gen (GTAV and MGSV might take that place though).

 

[Beer Monkey]

I like them enough. I'd rather have a true Crackdown sequel, but it doesn't seem like that is happening.

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

Played through Infamous 3 times and Infamous 2 twice, great series, one of the top 5 of this console generation IMO.

If it's you're 'bored to tears' with it, it may not be for you though.

 

[Z_Y]

This post applies to me. I have both 1 and 2 sitting on my hard drive. Second Son intrigued me so I started up 1. I was kinda sorta getting into it (maybe an hour or so in) when TLoU arrived in the mail. I want to finish it before I jump back in.

One thing that turned me off a bit was the collectables. I got that first mission where I had to find sat dishes on top of buildings and groaned. Please tell me there are no more of those if I just stick to the main story line....please?