#INFAMOUS 2 REVIEW SKIN#

To start with, there's a fair amount of assets obviously recycled from inFamous, notably Cole's idle animation, the karma and energy meters, and giant cranes the player has to scale.

While the game's positives are largely similar to those of the first game, the cons are as well. It's too bad that this power is so far relegated to pre-order DLC, though.) It is ridiculously great yanking an enemy off a rooftop or ripping them off the street to go flying through the air. (A side note: my love goes out to whoever designed the Lightning Hook. On top of his original electricity, Cole also gets a choice between adding ice or fire powers to his arsenal. Each 'Blast Core' Cole activates gives him a new electric-based power to replace the ones he loses at the start of the game, such as reinstating his electric sniper rifle or his electrical rockets. Keeping in line with the original inFamous's Karma system, there's also an occasional Good side/Evil side mission that, upon completion, will lock out the mission of the opposing alignment, and Cole's expanded powers are all great to play with. It's relatively easy to generate a quick 'Defeat all enemies' scenario, or set up some rings for a checkpoint race, and an active community forum can provide help for more complex ideas.) (User-generated sections are custom missions that other players can play and rate from a pre-set, yet extensive list of options. For example, the general flow remains similar to other titles in the genre-while traveling around an open-sandbox world, the player starts missions by approaching a glowing marker of a particular color: white for the main storyline, yellow for side missions, and green for user-generated content. InFamous 2 doesn't really do anything wrong, though, and hits many of the points that made the first game such a pleasant romp. This formulaic love was just as shallow and short-lived as it implies. I like superheroes, inFamous 2 is superhero game, ergo… I like inFamous 2. Honestly, I suspect my initial appreciation of the game was some sort of rote reaction or conditioned response. InFamous 2, despite engendering the same feeling of visceral joy as its predecessor, never seems to get any deeper or more profound than a summertime treat bought from an ice cream truck I enjoyed it, but after consumption, I threw out the wrapper and went to see what else I had to snack on. …As of this writing, I have yet to touch inFamous 2 again. I'd go back later, I told myself, to work on those trophies and the Evil ending. After that sank in, I stopped doing side-missions, stopped hunting for blast shards to increase Cole's energy supply, and just started plowing through story missions in an attempt to see the ending. However, somewhere around the halfway point of inFamous 2, the shiny polish of Cole's new powers began to wear off, and I started to realize I was playing a slightly re-arranged, slightly more polished copy of inFamous. For the most part, both installments delivered exactly what I hoped for: an open-ended environment within which I leap across digital rooftops and shock the mess out of bad guys to my heart's content.

I have long been enamored with superheroes (especially those with electricity-based powers) so the purchase and play of the two games starring charged-up bike courier Cole McGrath was a no-brainer for me. I really wanted to love inFamous 2, and indeed a part of me does love it.

#INFAMOUS 2 REVIEW SKIN#

WTF Evil Cole + Kessler skin = Disturbing cut-scenes. HIGH Navigating the city is still extremely enjoyable.

Now with Chain-link Fence Climbing Action

Infamous 2 review