useyourfist
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Did wonder if that was the case, thanks.
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Infamous: Second Son |OT| Smells Like Beanie Spirit
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Did wonder if that was the case, thanks.
I feel like I'm the only gaffer who bought from cheetah who hasn't finished the game. lol
JohnnySasaki86
Member
How do a lot of people have the game already?
Cheetah from Ebay sold a lot of early copies. Was able to get one.
I like it more than inFamous 2 definitely. Not sure about the powers though. By the end of the game smoke feels irrelevant.
Edit: Haven't finished so I guess I shouldn't say end of the game but towards the end I guess.
Why yes, yes it is.
Damn, that's gangsta.
Cartman would disagree.
I don't know about this one, but the other 2 games were repetitive, lifeless and boring. I've never seen such a lifeless open world game.. Just pulls you out of the game
Your older brother dated a girl with one boob?
Come on son! You gotta take them with both hands!
Arkham City.
Dude! Spoiler tag! Goddamn!
HORRORSHØW
Member
what was your overall impression of the game?
BeardyChan
Member
It's been a lot of fun watching you guys try and figure out stuff (paper power haha). I rather enjoyed the game even if it was a bit on the short side. Even with all of the things to do in this game it took me about 10-12 hours to 100%.
Alkastelca
Member
Is there a new game + ?
Can you ''reset'' enemy presence in the city ?
Or is it that stupid shit again where you got all upgrades and nothing left to do/fight... I hope not.
Can you ''reset'' enemy presence in the city ?
Or is it that stupid shit again where you got all upgrades and nothing left to do/fight... I hope not.
Magicman103
Member
It's not really a spoiler. SP has emphasized many times that this is Delsin's story, not Cole's.
Magicman103
Member
No new game plus. At the end of the game you are fully powered up and you just finish whatever side missions you have left and clear the remaining DUP presence out of the city.
travisbickle
Member
Looks like people are going to start spoiling it, but before I go aren't some of the moves within power sets hidden behind side missions like previous games?
LowEndTorque
Member
What I'm taking away from the impressions so far:
+ Stunning visuals
+ Fun gameplay
+ Awesome powers
+ Good voice acting
- Short
- Weak/abrupt ending
Any comments on the general quality of the writing/storyline?
+ Stunning visuals
+ Fun gameplay
+ Awesome powers
+ Good voice acting
- Short
- Weak/abrupt ending
Any comments on the general quality of the writing/storyline?
I'm glad you posted these. I think inFAMOUS 2 looks fucking amazing (I've been replaying it this week, but I don't have any capture equipment). I think a lot of the visual issues of inFAMOUS 2 were overblown (like crazy jaggies; yes, it has aliasing, but it's not as bad as it is often stated as being), and the the game is very colorful and pleasant. I'm currently in Flood Town, so I'm a good ways into the game. I'll have it beat by the time SS comes out, but it's not like I haven't beaten it a dozen times before...
I'm actually trying to beat ACIV. Still haven't beaten it yet, and I'm about 50% done. I don't think I'll be able to beat it by next Friday, as I work, and don't have as much free time to game on weekdays.
LookAtMeGo
Member
Im cool with that. Playing through once good and once evil should give me 20+ hours, and all the roaming I would do would add a few extra. Seems like a decent amount to me.
brickarts295
Member
Don't worry, I'm only half way done
Overall impressions?
BeardyChan
Member
Couldn't agree more with those points. That ending....
I thought the change of tone between this game and the previous Infamous games was welcome.
Alkastelca
Member
Can you at least manually save ?
So you can finish the story & upgrade all powers and then save and have fun fighting DUP controlled areas ?
Magicman103
Member
Can you at least manually save ?
So you can finish the story & upgrade all powers and then save and have fun fighting DUP controlled areas ?
Yeah you can manually save.
Still there are some of us who was wondering whether anything about Cole would be mention or not. And wanted to find out for themselves.
So please, spoiler tag next time.
BeardyChan
Member
For those of us that have played it I wanted to ask this.
Just for folks knowledge regardless of which side you end up going with the story will go down the same path for the most part. Only big difference is the cut scenes.
Do you feel there was enough main storyline quests for the other supporting characters? I felt there wasn't enough for the three characters, and that other characters quest kinda was a disappointment as well.
Alkastelca
Member
Thanks.
At least that's something... I really don't understand developers. They create a great sandbox game and then not including new game + or a way to reset things in that world :S
LookAtMeGo
Member
Agreed
I replayed inFAMOUS 1 about a dozen times before inFAMOUS 2 came out. I replayed inFAMOUS 2 about a dozen times before Second Son releases. I'm currently replaying inFAMOUS 2 in my excitement for SS.
I love the games, and think they are incredibly fun. That fun is what keeps me coming back. Not the story or plot twists (which after the first playthrough of Good/Evil, you know all you need to know), but because it's just fun to pop in an inFAMOUS game and run around, blowing shit up, climbing on things, collecting blast shards/etc. Even though the games tend to get some semblance of love here on GAF, I think they are still underappreciated in bringing you an open world game in an interesting and different way.
Many, many, many open world games let you drive cars, shoot pedestrians, have gritty, crime underworld/mafia infused stories in a city based on New York or LA.
Very, very few open world games let you climb every building, shoot electricity/napalm/ice/smoke/neon from your hands, run along walls with super-speed, hover and glide through the air, grind on power lines at fast speeds, in a city based on New Orleans and Seattle. inFAMOUS does things differently than other open world games, but that often gets downplayed or ignored by many. If I wanted to play a straight up GTA clone where I could drive in cars and do other stuff, why bother with the clone? Why not just fucking play GTA? (which I do...when I'm in the mood to play a game like GTA, because I love the GTA games) When you want something a little different; an open world 3rd person shooter with cool powers, fun traversal, and an often strange, quirky story/presentation, you go with inFAMOUS.
As a point of reference, my favorite open world games of this past console generation:
inFAMOUS 1 and 2
Red Dead Redemption
Grand Theft Auto V
Sleeping Dogs
Assassin's Creed 2
Crackdown
I haven't played enough of the Saint's Row series, but I enjoyed what I did play of SR2, and I have SR3 on my PC, but I haven't booted it up yet.
You've got at least one worthwhile replay with the Karma choices. Other than that it's all about how fun you find the traversal and combat. There's harder difficulties so that will probably be worthwhile. I replayed I2 3 or 4 times and really it each time.
Pop
Member
10-12 or 15 hours seems about right. It's fine with me cause I know it will take me longer since I'll be goofing off in the world. Here's a comparison. Thief took me 15 hours to complete on Master difficulty. Now most of that was just the same stuff in linear hallways. I'm most certainly sure Infamous will bring much more in 10 hours. I already know it will take me way longer since I won't be rushing through quests one after another.
SilentFlyer
Member
According to Greg retweet, Walmart is already selling Infamous Second son. So try your luck out.
https://twitter.com/thedlygrnd/status/445023007380340736/photo/1
https://twitter.com/thedlygrnd/status/445023007380340736/photo/1
WordsintheWater
Member
I just got neon powers, so you're not alone haha. I was one of the first to play the game too.
Devilinthiscity
Member
Can people refrain from posting spoilers in here? Accidentally reading a spoiler in the OT thread would really be upsetting so close to release.
WordsintheWater
Member
I'm pretty sure everyone has been pretty safe, I think we should just talk about impressions from now on, no more pictures, no hints about story, nothing.
Steve McQueen
Member
To people who finished the game...Is the DLC ( Cole's Legacy ) worth it? For us Europeans, the DLC is only available in the SE and LE and those versions cost 25-35 euro's more than the regular editions :/
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
Wal Mart has a history of putting games out early, but their POS will prevent them from selling it.
WordsintheWater
Member
Can't download Cole's Legacy at the moment.
nelsonroyale
Member
Draw distance is just incredible. This looks like the benchmark basically...
Duallusion
Member
Agreed. All games with upgradable powers/equipment should have new game plus (and multiple save slots, of course). It shouldn't be hard to implement so I don't understand why devs so often ignore it.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
Oh no! inFamous is short too?!
Both MGS V and inFamous seem to be short then...
How does the length of Second Son compare to inFamous 2?
10-15 hours, depending on time spent on side stuff, is right in line with the series. Then you play through again as evil and you can double that time.