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Infamous: Second Son |OT| Smells Like Beanie Spirit
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HORRORSHØW
Member
I've heard around 10 hours for a single run with some exploration and side activity completion. Ideally, you would run through the main story twice, to see both good and evil cutscenes and get to use both sides of the power sets.
I beat it in about 8 hours.
Should I believe them or bail?
Prime don't fail me now.
Live 2hrs away from Seattle btw.
Idk. Keep an eye on it.
Mine got changed from 25th delivery to this after I chatted with support. Fingers crossed.
Grimløck;105099740 said:
Godspeed, I used the img of the preorder from feb 27th 2014 that I quoted earlier and explained that the release day delivery changed to next week for no reason when we both had prime shipping.
Nice, sounds like I'll be doing a good playthrough after my default evil. Probably get the platinum to go with my Infamous 2 platinum.
marcincz
Member
Main quest/story only? Have you done any side missions?
Mr. PlayStation
Member
Those who beat it here in Gaf, have mentioned it took them anywhere between 14-19hrs on their first run.
There aren't really any side missions. There are side activities like collecting audio logs, shard gathering, DUP killing, etc, etc. Nothing really like Strangers and Freaks missions from GTAV.
But yes, my playthrough had a little of those side activities. I didn't just slog through.
SPACECADET
Member
i ordered a copy today, technically a pre-order. but it has already shipped and is on it's way.
marcincz
Member
But what is your verdict? Do you recommended it?
Screencap that shit so people can use it to fix their fucked preorders.
Absolutely. It's by far the best PS4 game out right now. My mini-review is a few posts up.
! grats man
8 hours for good, 8 hours for evil is nice.
Yup, and it helps that replay-ability is good because playing evil well is different from playing good well. Evil you can sort of just eff shit up, good you have to be a bit more restrained so you don't kill everything that moves.
8-10 for SP, 12-15+ for doing everything sounds about right based on what I've read here. That preorder DLC has some extra stuff too right?
SPACECADET
Member
StealthGoblin
Banned
1 million pre-orders? Nice.
Didn't expect that.
Didn't expect that.
SwiftDeath
Member
So I got the game on Monday and been playing it quite heavily in that time
Probably over 2/3 of the way through with being fairly completist about it
My take on it: [Might be spoilers within but anything too spoilery I'll tag]
Compared to previous Infamous Games
I cannot think of anything that Second Son fails to improve on compared to the previous games short of maybe the story and the main charecter. The secondary charecters for instance are more ingrained and part of the story. You connect with them better than in the previous games
Combat
My only real complaint was that it gets fairly easy once you get the hang of your latest power at least at the normal difficulty. Turns out there is a difficulty setting in the options menu. Never mentioned that anywhere. Expert is a bit of a challenge. I was disappointed a bit for the first 3 hours of the game mainly because I didn't feel there was any boss battles. Once you leave the first island you do get a decent mini boss battle that's quite challenging [was playing on expert/hard at this point]. Then you get some real boss challenges when you go to get your next power. This was a really good boss battle in my opinion. A bit repetitive but quite fun and challenging. Also having multiple powers is a wonderful addition. I love the 2nd and 3rd powers the most. What is amazing is that you pretty much have to adjust your play style depending on the active power. The 3rd power for instance allows for
. Every time you get a new power there is a grace period where you learn what are the right techniques to fight with. I love all 3 powers and the movement of two of them is very satisfying.
Story
Story is actually decent. I imagine there will be an interesting plot twist near the end although it's fairly obvious. Not quite as good I would say as the first infamous's story as that one is quite creative [well I liked it anyways]
Main Character
So Delsin is a bit of a douche at least in the beginning. He becomes far more palatable the farther you get and he turns into a fine main character but its never oh my god I love this charecter at least not for me. I like Delsin less than Cole whatever that means
Secondary Characters
These are actually quite good.
Reggie [the brother] while annoying is a good secondary character. Plays off Delsin well as a sort of opposing force. He's not that interesting though.
2nd Conduit you get powers from is a decent secondary character. A bit disappointed she disappears for a while as you continue the story [not kidnapped etc. just not active within the story]. You have an affect on her future and seem to make good friends with her. Her backstory is interesting enough and very infamous-y
3rd Conduit you get powers from is also interesting although less so. Kind of less interaction with the main character. his back story is meh but whatever
Main Villain is evil enough for the purposes of the story. Intelligent, powerful, single-minded, and in some ways desperate, she makes for a fine antagonist. Not sure there's much depth but I feel something will be added when the full plan is revealed etc.
Mission Design
So there are generally two types of missions
Main missions: These are interesting enough and varied. Combat and activities are quite fun. Interaction between characters is good. Coherent plot and all that
Neighborhood Clearing Missions: So there are a couple side missions available to weaken the DUPs grip on certain neighborhoods.
Before you can do these activities you must "unlock" them by clearing a DUP base. This tends to get repetitive but at least the enemy types tend to vary as well as the geography so the battles do feel different. This is likely one of the weaker points though. I enjoy it but don't mind repetition.
Once you do that though you can do the following mission types
Once enough of a neighborhood is clear you can claim it by tagging a billboard and eliciting a large DUP response force. I've never actually found this to be difficult but I tend to amp up my powers before I do these so might just be me. These activities are pretty enjoyable
I'll edit in anything else I can remember to.
tl;dr Overall I really am enjoying this game, even more than I thought I would and I love Infamous games and this looked great to me but went above and beyond my expectations. It does suffer in some areas the usual problems of open world game design with repetitive neighborhood unlocking but it's improved over the previous infamous games quite a lot even in this regard.
I have been having trouble determining if I think people who disliked Infamous 1 and 2's gameplay will enjoy this. It is as I said much better in that regard but still suffers some repetitive play in unlocking neighborhoods. I think it is truly a good game
Probably over 2/3 of the way through with being fairly completist about it
My take on it: [Might be spoilers within but anything too spoilery I'll tag]
Compared to previous Infamous Games
I cannot think of anything that Second Son fails to improve on compared to the previous games short of maybe the story and the main charecter. The secondary charecters for instance are more ingrained and part of the story. You connect with them better than in the previous games
Combat
My only real complaint was that it gets fairly easy once you get the hang of your latest power at least at the normal difficulty. Turns out there is a difficulty setting in the options menu. Never mentioned that anywhere. Expert is a bit of a challenge. I was disappointed a bit for the first 3 hours of the game mainly because I didn't feel there was any boss battles. Once you leave the first island you do get a decent mini boss battle that's quite challenging [was playing on expert/hard at this point]. Then you get some real boss challenges when you go to get your next power. This was a really good boss battle in my opinion. A bit repetitive but quite fun and challenging. Also having multiple powers is a wonderful addition. I love the 2nd and 3rd powers the most. What is amazing is that you pretty much have to adjust your play style depending on the active power. The 3rd power for instance allows for
strong stealth applications
Story
Story is actually decent. I imagine there will be an interesting plot twist near the end although it's fairly obvious. Not quite as good I would say as the first infamous's story as that one is quite creative [well I liked it anyways]
Main Character
So Delsin is a bit of a douche at least in the beginning. He becomes far more palatable the farther you get and he turns into a fine main character but its never oh my god I love this charecter at least not for me. I like Delsin less than Cole whatever that means
Secondary Characters
These are actually quite good.
Reggie [the brother] while annoying is a good secondary character. Plays off Delsin well as a sort of opposing force. He's not that interesting though.
2nd Conduit you get powers from is a decent secondary character. A bit disappointed she disappears for a while as you continue the story [not kidnapped etc. just not active within the story]. You have an affect on her future and seem to make good friends with her. Her backstory is interesting enough and very infamous-y
3rd Conduit you get powers from is also interesting although less so. Kind of less interaction with the main character. his back story is meh but whatever
Main Villain is evil enough for the purposes of the story. Intelligent, powerful, single-minded, and in some ways desperate, she makes for a fine antagonist. Not sure there's much depth but I feel something will be added when the full plan is revealed etc.
Mission Design
So there are generally two types of missions
Main missions: These are interesting enough and varied. Combat and activities are quite fun. Interaction between characters is good. Coherent plot and all that
Neighborhood Clearing Missions: So there are a couple side missions available to weaken the DUPs grip on certain neighborhoods.
Before you can do these activities you must "unlock" them by clearing a DUP base. This tends to get repetitive but at least the enemy types tend to vary as well as the geography so the battles do feel different. This is likely one of the weaker points though. I enjoy it but don't mind repetition.
Once you do that though you can do the following mission types
- Chase down enemy agents - Good mission type if not a bit easy depending on chosen power, not a lot of replayablity value
- Audio Log hunt - Fine, a little better than standard implementation as you use your phone to locate it which is not bad
- Hidden Camera - Locate and destroy hidden surveilance cameras. This is like the audio log hunt but is also decent. Just quite light as you can do it quickly
- Tagging/Spraypainting: So you have to do this via holding the controller sideways and "spraying" the paint. I thought I would hate this and it would be annoying. I actually really enjoy this activity though. Love watching the tag progress through the different steps
Once enough of a neighborhood is clear you can claim it by tagging a billboard and eliciting a large DUP response force. I've never actually found this to be difficult but I tend to amp up my powers before I do these so might just be me. These activities are pretty enjoyable
I'll edit in anything else I can remember to.
tl;dr Overall I really am enjoying this game, even more than I thought I would and I love Infamous games and this looked great to me but went above and beyond my expectations. It does suffer in some areas the usual problems of open world game design with repetitive neighborhood unlocking but it's improved over the previous infamous games quite a lot even in this regard.
I have been having trouble determining if I think people who disliked Infamous 1 and 2's gameplay will enjoy this. It is as I said much better in that regard but still suffers some repetitive play in unlocking neighborhoods. I think it is truly a good game
boredandlazy
Member
Rogue_Ledr
Banned
So is there a final word on how many powers there are in this?
The reports were stating 4. Is that true?
The reports were stating 4. Is that true?
Now I just have to hope UPS delivers ASAP.
When they delivered my PS4 back in November they delivered it at like 2pm but in the past when I ordered Borderlands 2, my PS Vita and LEGO: Marvel, they delivered it at like 7pm. Im off from work on Friday so hopefully it comes nice an early
When they delivered my PS4 back in November they delivered it at like 2pm but in the past when I ordered Borderlands 2, my PS Vita and LEGO: Marvel, they delivered it at like 7pm. Im off from work on Friday so hopefully it comes nice an early
SwiftDeath
Member
If you set it to expert, it's a challenge in places. Really depends how you play though. Guns a blazing doesn't work in many scenarios. I often play in guerrilla like warefare
Pestilence11
Member
I'm treating it as an improved Infamous and a glimpse of what is to come with PS4 in the future, since it is the first current gen only open world game. Hard to over hype with that mindset.
I Platinum'd the game already. It's ridiculously easy on Normal. It can be a challenge on expert if you're reckless.
WordsintheWater
Member
A 6 would be a really undeserved score for this game
vxXJordanXxv
Banned
A 6 will invoke the wrath of some.
WordsintheWater
Member
I don't really pay attention to reviews anymore, I used to, but a 6 is just ridiculous for this game. I can see some 7's some 9's and the majority in the 8's, but 6 is too low.
Boogalogist
Member
Polygon: CHALLENGE ACCEPTED...
Or it's the reverse, everyone gives it 6's and 7's and Polygon gives it a 9.
There is no 3rd option.
Completely missed that meme.
HORRORSHØW
Member
welp. spoke to two amazon reps. they can't do shit about my late delivery. c'est la vie.