Infamous series Thread - For the Demons of Empire City / Saints of New Marais (oh yeah and the Second Son crowd too)

[Begemot]

Played all 3, still haven't finished first light. Can't really remember the story from the first 2 but I loved the atmosphere and the graphics. I recently tried to get back in to Prototype and it was just an aimless slog compared to infamous' characters and moral choices.

 

[ChucklesTheJester]

Played all 3, still haven't finished first light. Can't really remember the story from the first 2 but I loved the atmosphere and the graphics. I recently tried to get back in to Prototype and it was just an aimless slog compared to infamous' characters and moral choices.

Prototype was more about the mystery then moral choices, or the characters aside from alex, and also cool body horror powers. But I feel ya when you say it's a slog.

 

[Duncan Hills Coffee]

This thread's making me realize that I never really played InFamous 2 and I don't know why because the first one's one of my favorite games from that generation. I have it and I've started it before, but for some reason I just never got that far into it despite it making a bunch of little improvements to the core gameplay. I really should go back and play it through. I hear the endings are amazing.

 

[Mal0]

This thread's making me realize that I never really played InFamous 2 and I don't know why because the first one's one of my favorite games from that generation. I have it and I've started it before, but for some reason I just never got that far into it despite it making a bunch of little improvements to the core gameplay. I really should go back and play it through. I hear the endings are amazing.

They are. When you unlock the secondary powers, they make the game even more fun. My favorite is the ice powers, better for mobility versus the smoke/fire powers, which are more destructive and powerful.

 

[BScCollateral]

This thread's making me realize that I never really played InFamous 2 and I don't know why because the first one's one of my favorite games from that generation. I have it and I've started it before, but for some reason I just never got that far into it despite it making a bunch of little improvements to the core gameplay. I really should go back and play it through. I hear the endings are amazing.

And you can climb chain-link fences.

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

First game was great.

Liked what I played of the second game. Got distracted by some other games, so never finished it. Custom content was interesting.

 

[The handsome tard]

Imagine if there was a conduit with Cole's powers, and they would replace Augustine as the main villain. His/Her motivation could be that they despise "do gooder" conduits that emulate Cole, and hate Cole in general since he made the choice for all conduits to sacrifice them for "weaker beings". Their whole motivation could be taking revenge on the humans that killed off the "First Sons" of the conduits by enslaving them and having a class of subhumans who don't have powers.

Interactions on a "Hero" run: Obviously you want to carry on Cole's ideas and the thought that you should use your powers for good, protecting the weak from those who wish to do them harm and benefitting society.

Interactions on a "Evil" run: You don't want to kill all humans. You want the same thing that the main villain, but you want the power for yourself. So you fight with them for control over who gets to be the head conduit.

Man, that sounds way more natural of a continuation that stands on its own without trying to one up the original...besides, it feels like it could lift the question if mutants ala X-Men wouldnt perhaps to be too dangerous to exist and humans wouldnt eventually be on the short end of stick. X-Men stories love to say how humans are awful and how mutants are victims but I always felt like they were ignoring legit real world implications if powered mutants actually existed...I guarantee you that we would be getting a lot of Magnetos and very few Professor Xs.
Second Son already feels like a standard X-men story instead of the unique directions Infamous 1 and 2 took so that setup would most likely keep up with going to places the X-Men never had to guts to go.

 

[Begemot]

This thread's making me realize that I never really played InFamous 2 and I don't know why because the first one's one of my favorite games from that generation. I have it and I've started it before, but for some reason I just never got that far into it despite it making a bunch of little improvements to the core gameplay. I really should go back and play it through. I hear the endings are amazing.

Yeah, deffo, bruh. It sucks the ps3 I have is broken & Sony don't seem to want to make the series available upscaled on the ps4. I'd love to replay it. I recently went back to Dead Space after being stuck 1 area for 10 years and put it on easy and once I passed it
I don't have any shame any more about difficulty settings. As long as I finish a game, I don't care.

 

[Just_a_Bored_Guy]

Yeah, deffo, bruh. It sucks the ps3 I have is broken & Sony don't seem to want to make the series available upscaled on the ps4. I'd love to replay it. I recently went back to Dead Space after being stuck 1 area for 10 years and put it on easy and once I passed it
I don't have any shame any more about difficulty settings. As long as I finish a game, I don't care.

The game is on Now (the whole series is outside of First Light), but allegedly it's bugged in a way that prevents you from choosing Kuo when you decide what secondary powers you want. So take that for what it's worth.

 

[Begemot]

The game is on Now (the whole series is outside of First Light), but allegedly it's bugged in a way that prevents you from choosing Kuo when you decide what secondary powers you want. So take that for what it's worth.

Didn't know that, I never really used Now. I might consider it. thanks for that.

I'd much rather buy the games outright but it looks fairly cheap for 1 month. However I fear the slippery slope of just renting games instead of owning them.

 

[The handsome tard]

You know, it just hit me, Im surprised that Sucker Punch isnt seeing the potential of bringing Infamous back in this age of capeshit, especially something takes a more realistic touch in it...tho I legit wouldnt want a Second Son sequel. I dont know why, I felt like S.S's story was decent as a stand alone spin off in the same universe, it never felt to me like a true sequel to the series.
So in that case we are kind of stuck between two options
1)Remake/Reboot
2)Sequel that brings Cole back to life

To 1, it is what you get, a remake/retelling of the events of the first game...after Spiderman PS4, I think we have the blueprint of something special in there. We could have a much more active, alive and interactive Empire City. One of my problems with the original is that Empire City was VERY much the same all over with the "closest" to a fast travel system being "surfing" on the train tracks. I would make E.C bigger and more active. Shit could get very repetitive too with the side missions so giving more variated ones would also help. We could also get some commentary on the Covid Pandemic (tho knowing how media is bias, we probably would get pretty much "anti mask people bad" or something simple like that). Either way, now that we are apparently remaking the PS3 era (god, Im old), Infamous should be on the list.

To 2, we might as well bring Cole back to life. One may be asking how would he be alive and why we didnt know he was alive until now. The answer is simple, Cole was never "truly" dead and rather stuck in a Superman like coma, bring brought back when a lightning bolt hit the ship he was in. Is it a bit cheap? Indeed but S.S already jumped the shark when the RLI didnt kill every Conduit on Earth and just "most of them", Im pretty sure we could make up some excuse saying Cole's electrical powers either protected him or adapted to the RLI energy so Cole wouldnt be 100% dead.
Now as to why we didnt learn of this until now, it was simple, Cole and Zeke both agreed it was best to lay low and pretend he is still dead for a while. I would imagine we could follow Cole's time as this underground anti-hero between the events of 2 and SS. The game just be this simple midquel to just bring us back to the series or it could end with maybe the confirmation that the bad ending of SS is canon and Delsin has gone mad with all the powers he has absorbed and Cole knows that he now represents a threat to everyone on the planet, almost The Beast dangerous so we could have Good Cole vs Evil Delsin at the end.

Cole: You got a lot of tricks, kid
Delsin: More than I can count!
Cole: And yet you didnt master any of them. I, on the other hand... *arms sparking with pure power* Quality vs Quantity....!

Tho to those who would prefer the good ending of SS to be canon, maybe the ending sets up some sort of major threat for the future and Cole recognises he needs more conduits on his side. The game ends with him ambushing a young man mid spray painting a wall in the middle of the night, the man turns around and its revealed its Good Delsin...Either way, we got the setup for more sequels.

Again, it kind of feels like this is the only way to move the series forward that would really bring veterans back and maybe even some of the SS fans as well with the setup Delsin and Cole will be working together against a new threat in the future that might make the beast look tame in comparison.

Edit: Forgot to mention that in this "sequel" of mine, Cole's powers are fused with the RFI, making him not only more powerful but also adding this "disabling" ability that could stop conduits without killing them, simply shutting their powers off temporarily (you could still kill them tho, maybe that would even be preferable in a pragmatic way). So in a way, if Evil Delson attempts to copy Cole's powers, it would backfire on him HARD as it could release fatal amounts of RFI energy within his body and killing him.

 

[Dom Cruise]

The only one I've played is Second Son, I never played the first 2, which I regret, but at the time, as a big Sly Cooper fan, Sucker Punch transitioning to what on the surface seemed like yet another game with a dark color palette and a bald protagonist just seemed too generic to me, I should have had more faith that they would write more interesting characters than that, I mean Sony games in general often used to have really strong and likable casts of characters like Jak, Sly, Ratchet, Uncharted, The Last of Us 1.

But I was too distracted by other things at the time I guess.

However I really enjoyed Second Son, I might still go back and play the first two some day, but it'd be if they got a remaster or even just a re-release like the Nathan Drake collection.

 

[Blackwell Abyss]

So in that case we are kind of stuck between two options
1)Remake/Reboot
2)Sequel that brings Cole back to life

I think maybe a prequel to infamous 1 could work too, if done right. Could give a little more story to the whole Cole/Kessler time travel powers

 

[50 bit bitch]

Infamous 2 is one of the few games where the bad ending is the best option, the vampire DLC was also kino

 

[The handsome tard]

I think maybe a prequel to infamous 1 could work too, if done right. Could give a little more story to the whole Cole/Kessler time travel powers

It would just be a tad too predictable to me as the first game made very clear what happens and all. Its best to either start over or find a way to properly continue.

 

[Pargon]

It felt oddly realistic too, Kuo, the "angel" turning out to be far more self centered and selfish than she seemed. It really spoke on how true heroism being the kind where you are ready to die for others...she clearly wasnt. I know it wasnt the intention ultimately but that has aged well considered we live in an age of surface level heroes who would throw as many as needed under the bus to maintain a good image of virtue.

I always sided with her because ice powers > fire powers and she looked cute in those blue yoga pants of hers.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

You know, it just hit me, Im surprised that Sucker Punch isnt seeing the potential of bringing Infamous back in this age of capeshit, especially something takes a more realistic touch in it...tho I legit wouldnt want a Second Son sequel. I dont know why, I felt like S.S's story was decent as a stand alone spin off in the same universe, it never felt to me like a true sequel to the series.
So in that case we are kind of stuck between two options
1)Remake/Reboot
2)Sequel that brings Cole back to life

To 1, it is what you get, a remake/retelling of the events of the first game...after Spiderman PS4, I think we have the blueprint of something special in there. We could have a much more active, alive and interactive Empire City. One of my problems with the original is that Empire City was VERY much the same all over with the "closest" to a fast travel system being "surfing" on the train tracks. I would make E.C bigger and more active. Shit could get very repetitive too with the side missions so giving more variated ones would also help. We could also get some commentary on the Covid Pandemic (tho knowing how media is bias, we probably would get pretty much "anti mask people bad" or something simple like that). Either way, now that we are apparently remaking the PS3 era (god, Im old), Infamous should be on the list.

To 2, we might as well bring Cole back to life. One may be asking how would he be alive and why we didnt know he was alive until now. The answer is simple, Cole was never "truly" dead and rather stuck in a Superman like coma, bring brought back when a lightning bolt hit the ship he was in. Is it a bit cheap? Indeed but S.S already jumped the shark when the RLI didnt kill every Conduit on Earth and just "most of them", Im pretty sure we could make up some excuse saying Cole's electrical powers either protected him or adapted to the RLI energy so Cole wouldnt be 100% dead.
Now as to why we didnt learn of this until now, it was simple, Cole and Zeke both agreed it was best to lay low and pretend he is still dead for a while. I would imagine we could follow Cole's time as this underground anti-hero between the events of 2 and SS. The game just be this simple midquel to just bring us back to the series or it could end with maybe the confirmation that the bad ending of SS is canon and Delsin has gone mad with all the powers he has absorbed and Cole knows that he now represents a threat to everyone on the planet, almost The Beast dangerous so we could have Good Cole vs Evil Delsin at the end.

Cole: You got a lot of tricks, kid
Delsin: More than I can count!
Cole: And yet you didnt master any of them. I, on the other hand... *arms sparking with pure power* Quality vs Quantity....!

Tho to those who would prefer the good ending of SS to be canon, maybe the ending sets up some sort of major threat for the future and Cole recognises he needs more conduits on his side. The game ends with him ambushing a young man mid spray painting a wall in the middle of the night, the man turns around and its revealed its Good Delsin...Either way, we got the setup for more sequels.

Again, it kind of feels like this is the only way to move the series forward that would really bring veterans back and maybe even some of the SS fans as well with the setup Delsin and Cole will be working together against a new threat in the future that might make the beast look tame in comparison.

Edit: Forgot to mention that in this "sequel" of mine, Cole's powers are fused with the RFI, making him not only more powerful but also adding this "disabling" ability that could stop conduits without killing them, simply shutting their powers off temporarily (you could still kill them tho, maybe that would even be preferable in a pragmatic way). So in a way, if Evil Delson attempts to copy Cole's powers, it would backfire on him HARD as it could release fatal amounts of RFI energy within his body and killing him.

I can appreciate Sucker Punch pulling the plug after SS which felt kind of half assed and without any direction. The basis for the games is great but there is little point of reiterating over and over on the same setup.
That's said I wouldn't complain on a new iteration, maybe just go all out and have the game in fantasy/sci-fi setting (a 40k setting will be awesome).

Also I really liked the switch in heroine alignment in the end of 2. It gives (a tiny, but still) personal price for your choice and a good example that people won't always align themselves neatly into the right decision.

 

[Smaug's Smokey Hole]

Prototype was more about the mystery then moral choices, or the characters aside from alex, and also cool body horror powers. But I feel ya when you say it's a slog.

Prototype had a neat story progression, it really had that going for it. Not going to spoil anything for anyone, it reminded me of something moore than just a flying-punching-action game.

 

[The handsome tard]

Gman lives did a video on the "trilogy"

In retrospect, it really feels like Second Son was really just an attempt to attract people to the hottest new thing through the amazing graphics...tho I do still hold it above some exclusives that came later on so it wasnt that bad in comparison to KillZone Shadow Fall.

Tho him prefering the original over the second was kind of crazy but, hey, both games are great either way. Im just disappointed he isnt bothered the Sucker Punch just never bothered touching his franchise again, especially since super heroes are all over thanks to the MCU. They could have at least make a proper modern porn on the PS4/5 or even PC at this point.

 

[Just_a_Bored_Guy]

Gman lives did a video on the "trilogy"

In retrospect, it really feels like Second Son was really just an attempt to attract people to the hottest new thing through the amazing graphics...tho I do still hold it above some exclusives that came later on so it wasnt that bad in comparison to KillZone Shadow Fall.

Tho him prefering the original over the second was kind of crazy but, hey, both games are great either way. Im just disappointed he isnt bothered the Sucker Punch just never bothered touching his franchise again, especially since super heroes are all over thanks to the MCU. They could have at least make a proper modern porn on the PS4/5 or even PC at this point.

I'm also disappointed there isn't a gussied up port of the Cole games on something better than PS3. If games like Uncharted, Prototype, and Bioshock can have them, so should Infamous.