Well I got to the second island. I'm doing the first mission as speak. I paused the game to say. I have to side with reviewers like Adam Sessler when it comes to difficulty. It just feels cheap now, not challenging at all. I hate when games throw larger number of enemies at you with extra HP and armor to make things more "difficult".
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Infamous: Second Son |OT| Smells Like Beanie Spirit
- Thread starter BurnOutBrighter
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I really think thats the point of the name "inFamous" you are either a hero or a villain. especially within the infamous world those are the only two possibilities for the main character. The "normals" are afraid of conduits and
as the story showed, mob mentality took over after the beast.
Ouch. The pain.
AgentP
Thinks mods influence posters politics. Promoted to QAnon Editor.
You know this how? There is plenty of time before any combat , why do they care if you touch the stick or not?
It exceeded expectations by a fair margin.
squattingdonkey
Member
Is there a lot to collect in this game? I really like just running around open cities, exploring, and finding collectibles. Like the agility orbs in Crackdown. Or is it mostly just a story based game in a city with not much to collect or do outside the story?
Majmun
Member
Best looking console game I've ever seen. It's crazy looking graphically.
Exceeded. Screens and streams of this game look great but you don't realize how incredible it looks until you play it yourself IMO.
It's improved since the reveal and is one of the most impressive new gen games, if not the most impressive new gen game out right now, graphically speaking.
There is no downgrade. This is a beautiful game, full stop.
Finn of Ooo
Member
Unless they made you play as Rorschach
Finished the game. That was fun, but not amazing, though I have never felt the infamous games were anything more that very good. That said super impressed by the graphics and 2nd and 3rd powers were both awesome. Still not a fan of game design that does not allow for your to skillfully avoid damage, regenerative health so often is a bane to game design.
You'll be very happy.
There are quite a lot of blast shards to collect. and side missions to do, though they are basically the same few for each district.
squattingdonkey
Member
Welp, looks like I need to run to gamestop tonight then.
AgentP
Thinks mods influence posters politics. Promoted to QAnon Editor.
There are shards to collect. They are used to upgrade powers. There are other things, like cameras and checkpoints to take out also (checkpoints yield shards too).
I don't think he knows that for sure, I think he is still just salty that he won't/didn't get the trophy in a run that he expected to. The way people have made it sound is you just can't make any progress in the game before switching the difficulty. I don't remember exactly how the game starts but I think this would mean you need to do it before starting the tag or, if the tag happens right after a cutscene then after the tag but before the next cutscene starts.
Had the same thoughts as I played through the first time. But now that I am playing through a second time, damage avoidance is alot better for me now. each dash ability works great in that regard especially Smoke and
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disastermouse
Banned
Am I clearing out too many districts or are there just way more blast shards than you actually need?
AgentP
Thinks mods influence posters politics. Promoted to QAnon Editor.
I recall not being able to get to the menu around those parts. I had to wait until after the crash of the truck. Seems to me they should just ask you in the beginning, but even then anything before Seattle is just cut scene or interactive cut scene.
stuff costs more as you go. at the start you will definitely have more than you can use, but i think you have to get them all to upgrade everything to max.
IcyBlueStrawberry
Member
There are exactly enough blast shards to fill your powers.
SEGAvangelist
Member
Finally got the third power, and wow... this game is amazing now. With each power the arsenal gets even more interesting, and the verticality of the south island is so much fun. I'm really impressed with this game and grats to SP for making their first truly great game. I think they always had the talent, but now they have the budget and that extra bit of presentation and polish really went a long way with this game.
AgentP
Thinks mods influence posters politics. Promoted to QAnon Editor.
No, there are exactly the amount you need to fully upgrade every power. You might have to bank them until you unlocked upgrades via karma or new powers though.
Appollowexx
Member
So my verdict after 100% the game on a 'hero' play-through.
Pros
- Fun combat. Simple yet functional.
- A sizeable and fun open world to play about in.
- Each of the powers is fairly different and adds great combat variety.
- Amazing graphics, perhaps the best looking console game ever made.
- The soundtrack is strong for the most part.
- Engaging and at times emotional story with plenty of twists and turns. Game has humour and drama in equal measure. Well handled cinematics.
- Likeable central character.
- Great use of the controller speaker and six axis.
- The open world feels like a living breathing city under marshall law.
- Lots of post game content to give longevity. Roughly 15hrs for to 100% clear.
Cons
- Story is a little short.
- Platforming / traversal feels a little worse than previous infamous games.
- Found the
power a little underwhelming.
- Boss fights are frustrating and poorly designed.
- Game walks the line between being fairly easy and then at times overly difficult. Needs a finer balance.
- While there is a good deal of extra content it basically boils down to the same 4 mission types and so becomes a chore at times.
So overall I really enjoyed the game and outside of the boss battles most of my complaints are rather minor. I'd score it an 8/10. Certainly a must by for fans of previous Infamous games and open world junkies. Also the first essential PS4 exclusive.
Pros
- Fun combat. Simple yet functional.
- A sizeable and fun open world to play about in.
- Each of the powers is fairly different and adds great combat variety.
- Amazing graphics, perhaps the best looking console game ever made.
- The soundtrack is strong for the most part.
- Engaging and at times emotional story with plenty of twists and turns. Game has humour and drama in equal measure. Well handled cinematics.
- Likeable central character.
- Great use of the controller speaker and six axis.
- The open world feels like a living breathing city under marshall law.
- Lots of post game content to give longevity. Roughly 15hrs for to 100% clear.
Cons
- Story is a little short.
- Platforming / traversal feels a little worse than previous infamous games.
- Found the
video
- Boss fights are frustrating and poorly designed.
- Game walks the line between being fairly easy and then at times overly difficult. Needs a finer balance.
- While there is a good deal of extra content it basically boils down to the same 4 mission types and so becomes a chore at times.
So overall I really enjoyed the game and outside of the boss battles most of my complaints are rather minor. I'd score it an 8/10. Certainly a must by for fans of previous Infamous games and open world junkies. Also the first essential PS4 exclusive.
The former. You'll need every Blast Shard to upgrade everything to max.
It can definitely be played along with the game. That's how I'm doing it and it fits in nicely.
wow, so I thought everything on the paper trail website was all there was and it would gradually unlock, but I guess its only part 1 (meaning 6 parts total) and the rest will show later. It has 3 console missions, so I guess thats where the 19 missions come from, 3 each week (with one week having 4 I assume)
Awesome! Thanks for the confirmation, I am going to give it a shot tonight!
I feel like everyone that is complaining about regenerative health issues really isn't using the third power properly. It's incredibly overpowered.
Yeah the Paper Trail missions are actually better than Cole's Legacy IMO. I'm pretty pooped, so I may take a few days off before going on my evil run.
Yeah the Paper Trail missions are actually better than Cole's Legacy IMO. I'm pretty pooped, so I may take a few days off before going on my evil run.
Suzushiiro
Banned
I was a little disappointed that (early-to-mid-game spoilers)
Does that cutscene go any differently if you
?
I beat the bridge mission boss with just smoke powers, not drawing from a neon thing at all, and the cutscene afterward seemed to act as if I did.
use neon powers
Oyashrio-Sama
Member
Yup, Its my favorite power. All you have to do is buy all the upgrades for your
Invisibility
Also I'm loving The Paper Trail mission. Can't wait for part two!
Agent_ShortBus
Member
Just finished up and man was it good. I honestly thought I was gonna loose interest in the game partway through like Infamous 1 and 2. Now I'm off to collect the rest of the shards. Out of all the powers neon has been my favorite.
Nope.
Fornaximus
Member
I'm in love with the tagging side missions. I wish there were 100 more. Can't speak for evil, but the good designs are really great.
Yeah, the taggings are legitimately cool. Some really neat visual designs.
Anyone know if they had someone from outside SP come up with the tagging designs? If not, fucking props to their art guys...