New Infamous!

[Vault101]

so as it turns out theres a new Infamous game coming for the PS4

http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/02/infamous-second-son-is-a-playstation-4-exclusive/

I guess I shouldnt really be surrpised (though I am...a little) though as much as I am a fan of infamous this wont sell me on a console

so anyway judging from the teaser its taking a different direction, more "watch dogs" like as you can see about paranoia and government controll blah blah blah...its also obvious that this is a new story with a new main charachter

now on one hand its a good thing, coles story is over.Also I guess in a way it makes sense..after the devestation that took place previous two games the government craking down on "conduits" and beefing up security is a possability

[i/]personally[/i] however this aparent "x-men" aproach really doesnt apeal to me, part of the reason I loved Infamous 2 was because it avoided it alltogether...that and "fight da power" is..kind of old

there's alot of assumptions I can make here...if we assume that guy there is our main charachter (it would be too much to hope for a fmelae one I guess) then let me guess..he's probably "troubled and a little rebellious" which in thease things generally translates to "asshole", I'll be interested to see if I'm right there, thankfully though at least infamous games allow you NOT be an asshole

 

[bananafishtoday]

Honestly, that teaser kind of pissed me off. Dev got on-stage, hinted at a potentially interesting, political game. Got me thinking about all the unique, refreshing mechanics and stories that such a game might deliver. And then... he revealed a game about dudes with superpowers killing dudes with guns. Yawn.

(That and the Killzone trailer. "This seems like it'd be a pretty cool environment to interact with, too bad there will be the inevitable explosion that transforms it into a setpiece shooter. Oh look, there it is.")

 

[Weaver]

To me the whole trailer was basically Infamous: Donte's Revenge.

 

[Vault101]

Your avatar is perfect for this thread.

not sure I see the connection

To me the whole trailer was basically Infamous: Donte's Revenge.

yeah, even though he said like 3 words I definetly got new dante vibes

 

[Vault101]

Honestly, that teaser kind of pissed me off. Dev got on-stage, hinted at a potentially interesting, political game. Got me thinking about all the unique, refreshing mechanics and stories that such a game might deliver. And then... he revealed a game about dudes with superpowers killing dudes with guns. Yawn.)

it was rather cliche...

and for the love of god can we PLEASE have a game/story that involves meta humans thats DOESNT have the government/military be the bad guys and the government go all "x-men"

 

[gamernerdtg2]

so as it turns out theres a new Infamous game coming for the PS4

http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/02/infamous-second-son-is-a-playstation-4-exclusive/

I guess I shouldnt really be surrpised (though I am...a little) though as much as I am a fan of infamous this wont sell me on a console

so anyway judging from the teaser its taking a different direction, more "watch dogs" like as you can see about paranoia and government controll blah blah blah...its also obvious that this is a new story with a new main charachter

now on one hand its a good thing, coles story is over.Also I guess in a way it makes sense..after the devestation that took place previous two games the government craking down on "conduits" and beefing up security is a possability

[i/]personally[/i] however this aparent "x-men" aproach really doesnt apeal to me, part of the reason I loved Infamous 2 was because it avoided it alltogether...that and "fight da power" is..kind of old

As long as rock is popular, you will always have that "stick it to the man" dark badass attitude. It's super marketable, in the same way that gangster culture is marketable with rappers and Italian movies. I wish that there was another type of character available, but oh well.

I couldn't get into Infamous 2 for some reason. Maybe I'll revisit it at some point. This game looks alright, but I have to agree that the culture they've placed around it is old.

 

[Vault101]

I hope this shall be a spin-off, or a "What if" scenario, as messing with anything to do with the original games two stories would be ruining a perfectly good story.

Well, two perfectly good stories, actually.

well from what little we know it could still fit

as I said, after the devistation seen in infamous 1 and 2 you might get a post 911 scenario...hell in most dystopian fiction alot of the totalitarian worlds come after some kind of near cataclysmic disaster, also "good" endings are generally considered canon I think

 

[Baron von Blitztank]

So... they going to explain why there's Conduits (or humans) in this one? It does kinda shit all over inFamous 2's ending...

 

[Catfood220]

So... they going to explain why there's Conduits (or humans) in this one? It does kinda shit all over inFamous 2's ending...

Well seeing as the good ending in iNFamous 2 pretty much put an end to all of the conduits. They could be spinning off of the bad ending where Cole is basically killing of all non-conduits. Though I'm not sure how that would work as the ending showed Cole being unstoppable and the virus killing all those that weren't conduits.

 

[Vault101]

Well seeing as the good ending in iNFamous 2 pretty much put an end to all of the conduits. They could be spinning off of the bad ending where Cole is basically killing of all non-conduits. Though I'm not sure how that would work as the ending showed Cole being unstoppable and the virus killing all those that weren't conduits.

only ever implied but very easyly ignored....non conduits could have finally won out, an easy handwave in other words

 

[AgentLampshade]

I hope it's happening parallel to the main series. I really hope they don't retcon that (possible) ending. The name seems to imply the main character has some ties to the First Sons, likely him rebelling against them. I know the whole "Fight the government" stuff is pretty cliché, but at the very least it might have some interesting villains.

Like for example, one guy who can control electronics, and uses the security cameras to lock into your position to hunt you down throughout the game. Or a politician that can control the minds of people to make them fight you, and you get a moral choice to avoid them or kill them.

Also, fire powers? Bleh, I preferred electricity or ice.

 

[Trollhoffer]

I never liked inFamous very much. A sandbox game with superpowers is a really cool idea, but I was turned off by the extremely binary morality system and plot and characters I couldn't get invested in.

 

[Casual Shinji]

So where's the lightning?

That mechanic played heavily in how you interacted with the world; Can't touch water, use outlets to heal yourself, use powerlines to travel quickly. Lets hope they can merge this red cinder/fire power with a decent traverse mechanic the same way the previous games did.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Ninja Theory are making another DmC game again already?

Damn man, Donte sure hates the government huh?

 

[Bertylicious]

I rather liked the look of the Infamous games. Never played them, though my flat mate did and he didn't seem too inspired. Then again he doesn't like Mount and Blade which does render his judgement highly questionable.

Anyway, PS4 exclusive so I'll never get to play it.