Date played: May 12th
Platform: PS4
Session fun rating: 9/10
After completing Killzone, I thought it was a good time to finally buy Second Son. I didn't get a chance to play it very much, but I really like what I've seen so far. The facial animation stands out in Second Son as it really conveys emotion and subtlety. The story is awesome too... After Cole's death in the second game, the people with the ability to use special powers, the conduits, have become outlawed and labelled as bio-terrorists.
The game starts with Delsin Rowe doing graffiti on a billboard before fleeing from the local authorities. Delsin is a little rebel with too much time on his hands and a bit of an attitude. His older brother is the sheriff of the town... While he was being given a speech by his law-enforcing sibling, a prison truck containing three conduits crashed nearby. When Delsin touched one of them while trying to help him from the truck's debris, he inherited his powers and discovered he was a conduit with latent powers.
After a brief navigation and battle tutorial, Delsin met with a lady that seems to head the anti-conduit force. The irony is that she is also a conduit able to use concrete as her ability. I chose the hero path for Delsin and was soon paired up with his brother in an adventure to Seattle, where they hope to convince the lady to come back and fix the shit she broke with her abilities.
Delsin's power is based on smoke and so far, allows him to move through obstacles, jump high off cars, float for a bit, knock out concrete walls and shoot little fire bolts. Combat and navigation feel really good, which bodes well for the rest of the game. Of yeah, and as a blogger and graphics whore, the photo mode included in the game makes me giddy about making my own screenshots!
Platform: PS4
Session fun rating: 9/10
After completing Killzone, I thought it was a good time to finally buy Second Son. I didn't get a chance to play it very much, but I really like what I've seen so far. The facial animation stands out in Second Son as it really conveys emotion and subtlety. The story is awesome too... After Cole's death in the second game, the people with the ability to use special powers, the conduits, have become outlawed and labelled as bio-terrorists.
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| Delsin leaps into action! |
After a brief navigation and battle tutorial, Delsin met with a lady that seems to head the anti-conduit force. The irony is that she is also a conduit able to use concrete as her ability. I chose the hero path for Delsin and was soon paired up with his brother in an adventure to Seattle, where they hope to convince the lady to come back and fix the shit she broke with her abilities.
Delsin's power is based on smoke and so far, allows him to move through obstacles, jump high off cars, float for a bit, knock out concrete walls and shoot little fire bolts. Combat and navigation feel really good, which bodes well for the rest of the game. Of yeah, and as a blogger and graphics whore, the photo mode included in the game makes me giddy about making my own screenshots!
