June 4, 2011

Infamous 2 demo

Date played: June 3rd
Platform: Playstation 3
Time played: 30 minutes
Session fun rating: 8/10

Fuck yeah, Infamous 2 is coming baby!  The first Infamous was amazing even if it had a few rough edges.  The powers are cool, the comic book style works and the combat is fun.  Needless to say, I am excited to play the second game.  The demo was pretty straight forward and stuck to the first game's formula.  Climb shit, electrify dudes, grind power lines and help the city.

Blue is better.  Believe it.
The demo was disjointed as it showed two missions on the good side and one mission on the evil side.  I definitely prefer good in this game simply because of the powers associated with it.  There are also new abilities like lifting cars and objects then hurling them at enemies in a shower of explosions.  It looks fucking amazing and it works well.  There is also a giant vortex of electricity that destroys everything in it's path which also looks fantastic.

I eventually battles a giant boss.  It seems there are mutants and monsters which I don't really recall from the first game but whatever, it works.  The fight was simple yet fun.  Also, I noticed that Cole has a very different voice this time around.  I kind of like the new voice but it was jarring to say the least.