Infamous starts with a bang! Literally. Cole, the main character of the game, once the average delivery man (free runner) turned into a lightning-wielding badass, begins a routine delivery, when the package he’s carrying explodes, taking most of Empire City with him. the. After a brief introduction, in which he has you limping out of a crater caused by the explosion, you are let loose in the first of Empire City’s three districts.
Graphics and Presentation
Now I could start this section by picking up a few minor snags, but doing so wouldn’t do the infamous justice it deserves. One of the first things you’ll notice when you’re free to roam Empire City is the visuals, it looks beautiful, the city almost seems to change completely with every hour of the day you play. Many open world games often sacrifice visuals for freedom and scope, but Infamous strikes a good balance from the start. The world itself has a lot of little details, from running pedestrians to seeing an injured citizen and taking a pulse, to falling citizens. On his knees and clutching his head in panic and stress, Cole’s own animation is also excellent, from the tassels failing on his backpack to the Balance animations as he traverses the power lines and rooftops that span the city, another delightful and satisfying sight is tapping L2 on the controller near any electricity source, as this causes Cole to drain energy from that point to recharge his electricity pool and health alike (a quick click of R3 brings up all these points on the minimap), now the game’s cutscenes. he won’t win any awards, but the comedic-style story moments that are the story component’s main confidence are beautifully presented and do a good job of keeping you immersed and wanting to know more. Aside from the occasional popup in Empire City and the occasional cars with missing drivers, the games look great from start to finish.
Sound
The sound in the famous one is really well done, hearing the thunderous thud of lightning summoned by Cole as he destroys all the enemies that stand in his way is amazing, especially if you’re lucky enough to have surround sound on hand when playing the game.
how to play
OK infamous it starts off slow, the power has been cut off in most of the empire city and now you are tasked with powering back up an entire area at a time by overloading the substations located under the city, most of the missions of the game lore almost always lead you to re-power up one of these and with each one you re-power up comes a new ability for you and Cole to play with. Once you start infamous, you quickly realize that other townspeople have also been affected by the explosion that gave you your powers, the gangs and criminals in town have been affected, giving each of the three districts of the game a specific type of enemy that you have to dispatch, the first thing you will find are the reapers, which are a group of hooded thugs not very powerful but in the early stages of the game they can put up a good fight, then come the scavengers with its junk appearance and after that well… you’ll have to play and see for yourself…..
Let me say without going into too much detail that some of the larger bosses and enemies later in the game are a joy to fight and a sight to behold. They have a lot to do in Empire City in terms of gameplay, even when they don’t follow the main story arc, like all the optional side quests, which have surprising variety to them, whether it’s escorting reapers or scavengers to the gates of the prison, climbing buildings. disabling surveillance devices or reading the mind of a downed enemy and then tracking them to your location, just to name a few. Along with the side quests there are stunts (performing certain moves on enemies), collecting explosive shards (remnants of the pack you were carrying before the explosion) that give you an extra notch on your electricity bar when enough are collected, also dead drops (radio transmitters on the rooftops of Empire City which, with each collection, complete a backstory to the game), another cool feature is the POIs, which occasionally pop up on screen and are activated by holding down the triangle, these can be anything from watching a broadcast from the TV Jacker (a rebel in town who likes to comment on Cole’s recent activities) or simply watching a news update or having one of the game’s NPCs (non-playable characters) ) points you in the direction of an incident.
One of the core gameplay elements in infamous is the ability to be good or bad, infamous or hero, and these options go some way to defining your character, the way the city reacts to you, and your overall gaming experience. when you start the game. you are neutral and your actions from this point will lead you to the dark side or light side of infamous, every kill or takedown in the game gives you experience points to spend on new moves or to upgrade old ones, and some are only available to ya be the hero or the nefarious lineup so whether you’re shooting civilians with 10,000 volts just for fun or reviving those caught in the crossfire of a battle these actions will push you to one side or the other another way to push your status to good or another. Bad is completing the specific missions good or bad scattered around Empire City, for example, one of the first choices in the game, a food shipment has been dropped into Empire City, and you have superpowers and everyone has to Climb to the top of an imposing structure to cut it, you…?
A) put it down and share the food with the people of the city or…
B) take it down and kill everyone who tries to get close, these options not only affect your alignment (good or bad), but also affect how the people of Empire City react to you, for example if you lean more towards the path of the hero. the people of the empire city will cheer you on and shout your name, rushing to take a quick snap as you run and jump through the city, but… veer more to the nefarious side and the people of the city will run in terror to see you or even trying to stone you at the most inappropriate time.
As you explore the city with Cole you will quickly notice that Cole has a lot of flu almost everything in the city can be climbed from utility poles and signs to buildings and train tracks Cole can climb almost anything Cole is also a pleasure to control as you jump and jump, it will almost always lock onto or land on the nearest available surface or ledge, making those do-or-don’t-jump moments a little less tense, once you’ve done a few missions. the first district of the game, you’ll have acquired some of Coles’ abilities, giving you a variety of abilities at your disposal to dispatch your enemies, with around 16 abilities to acquire and most of them upgradeable, you’ll always have a choice of move for those surprise situations, whether it’s taking out an enemy from a distance with Coles’ precision shot, smashing a group of enemies with the megawatt hammer, or blowing up an enemy while hovering over a building with its boosters static, either way, the result is always a satisfying one.
Completion and repeatability
On your first visit to Infamous, you’ll likely complete it in around 12-20 hours, depending on your commitment level and how many side quests you decide to do. is left to his spare time, from pulling off stunts to collecting dead drops and explosive shards or going through history again with the opposing lineup, there’s plenty to do, so for those who take Cole’s way of doing things, prepare for a lots of fun in Empire City.
