New Infamous!

[Vault101]

It is but at the same time it seems more relevant than it used to be, what with the loss of privacy and the stupid shit we put up with in the name of security. It certainly seems more timely than it did in the 90's when the U.S. government wasn't beefing up surveillance and security in the name of ... anything.

but its soooo

over

doooooooooooooooooooooone

every second comic/videogame and a bunch of other media....the whole "society/government opresses the special people" and the government/army being the bad guys.....the whole "civil liberties" angle is somthing that may be relevant/different It just depends on how this is all handled I guess, just looking at this little teaser though its looking very painfully cliche

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Let's not start this please. Gender wasn't relevant to infamous before, it probably won't be relevant now.[/quote]
its not a gender debate....its just very very very VERY wishful thinking, when they have a chance to do an all new charachter and we get dante2.0 [footnote/]of coarse ONLY from what we can see..I'm making no assumptions of coarse[/footnote], I just tend to daydream about what could be

This thread is lacking something...It's lacking this image!

OT: As much people have told me how good the InFamous games are, it's not enough to make me want a PS4.

GAAAAH put that away!

actually its kind of related to my earlier point, its almost as if they are making this^ guy our new protagonist...at least cole was a little more distinctive as far as game protagonists go

See Infamous 1 and 2.

while those themes WERE definetly presant they werent front and center...more so in the first one granted, but cole is mainly dealing with helping people in empire city and clashing with the other conduits and yeah the thing with the whats her name

in infamous 2 he's dealing with some militant rednecks..and their leader who [spoiler/]is a conduit himself and so disgusted by what he is hates other conduits....[/spoiler] somthing I really enjoyed, between that and trying to fight the beat thegovernemnt/army has even less of a presence

 

[K84]

I did'nt get a InFamous feeling from the trailer and that worries me.
It looked more like Prototype actually.

I'll wait for more info/screens/whatnots though,Infamous is a great series.
Just did'nt expect this, i guess.

 

[Vault101]

I never saw Cole as very distinctive other than his buzzcut, but then again, I am not a fan of the games (never played them other than a few minutes of the first one)

he was slightly ginger and originally had a bit of a goatee

sad as it is in videogameland thats distinctive..at least distinctive enough they feel have to make him even more generic 0_0

 

[Zanderinfal]

Looks exciting, but not really liking the new protagonist. I liked Cole, he was pretty badass. This guy just seems like typical "douchebag character A". I dunno. But I am loving the new fire powers, that's some sm3x1 flames.

EDIT: Nah, this wont sell me the console. But it does make it look a lot cooler. I loved both of the InFAMOUS games, so I could see myself enjoying this one too.

 

[BrotherRool]

I'm hoping inFamous is going to be a sort of FF style brandname. It implies superhero (open world?) and beyond that they're free to do whatever they want

 

[Vault101]

Looks exciting, but not really liking the new protagonist. I liked Cole, he was pretty badass. This guy just seems like typical "douchebag character A". I dunno. But I am loving the new fire powers, that's some sm3x1 flames.

he's not a douchebag

he's just a little troubled, and a "free spirit" he rebels against the systm because the systm doesnt get him

.....yeah he's a douche

 

[putowtin]

As some of you know I run the inFAMOUS wiki, so I was looking forward to the reveal, unfortunately I live in the UK and with a 11pm GMT start for that conference I had no chance of watching it (not with a 5am wake up the next day!) So I haven't seen the conference yet.

Yes I'm overjoyed at the notion of another inFAMOUS game, though with the small amount of details at the moment I can't say much more??

Oh who am I kidding, I?m gonna miss Cole like mad, but a new inFAMOUS!!!

 

[babinro]

inFamous and Dragon Age are my favorite new IP's of the current console generation.
Finally, there's something that me want to own a next gen console.

I assume this means they went with the 'good' ending of inFamous 2 as cannon and we'll simply explain away why someone has superhero powers.

 

[hazabaza1]

Ugh, fuck this guy.
"Yeah, fuck the government, wooooooooooooo, totally original, wooooooooooooo."
Man, I want Cole back.

 

[StormShaun]

Snio

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Funny thing ... I liked that image.
... well right up to the point where they told me it was Cole. >.<
Then my mouth dropped ...
but it ended well in the end.

BUT ... but when I saw the teaser. (We should of have it at the top so people could reference our complaints. XD)
Wow ... I mean it looks ... weird.
You know since it doesn't have the electricity powers and Cole. I thought that was one of the main interests of Infamous.
Cause ... I love lightning ... and storms ... it's in my name.

All I hope for is ...

- They might change the protag.
- They might change his powers.
- They might change the overall theme. :/

But I'll try to roll with whatever ... I hope they don't expect me to buy a PS4 just for this.

 

[Orange12345]

I did'nt get a InFamous feeling from the trailer and that worries me.
It looked more like Prototype actually.

Prototype was exactly the feeling I was getting to, not that that's necessarily a bad thing.

I guess we'll just wait and see I loved the first 2 but I'm probably not getting ps4 on this alone

 

[Patathatapon]

Welp! I guess Infamous gets it's award taken away from Yahtzee. So will it go to Minecraft or something else? I'd like to see what Yahtzee says about this. COME FASTER RELEASE DATE!

 

[Phrozenflame500]

Well, atleast they're smart enough that they are setting it in a different city with a new PC. The worst they could have done is half-assedely ressurected Cole and pulled a plot out of their ass (although the new PC looks like a douchbag). Can't help but feel it's going the "ha ha I'm blatantly trying to make a political point and pretending I'm being subtle" route like DMC did, but hopefully they don't go to overboard with it.

Still won't sell me on the console, no matter how much I liked Infamous 2.

 

[Silvianoshei]

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.")

Yeah, but the superpower gameplay was what made InFamous so fun in the first place. I 1000% agree about the Killzone trailer. Nothing but setpiece after setpeice, and Guerrilla deciding to ignore ALL the physics.

 

[TheNaut131]

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.

What makes the most sense to me is that's it's based on the good ending.

Spoiler

Cole ends up having to kill himself and all the conduits on the planet. That doesn't mean he necessarily killed the conduit gene itself. This game probably takes a few years after the second one.

Still though, I'm on the fence. Especially with the whole "evil government, blah, blah" thing that TOTALLY hasn't been done before. Look, I'm typically not a stickler when it comes to "OHGODNOTTHISAGAIN" but for fucks sake, this is just so typical.

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.

And this. That was one of my favorite things about Infamous. Cole's powers actually affected his life and the way he interacted with the world around him. (A comment about him only being able to take sponge baths sticks out in my mind) How is ash-boy gonna deal with that? Even if he, I don't know, falls apart or "goes out" when he touches water, how is he gonna get around? Cole was pretty quick, but utilizing wires and train tracks made him quicker.

Also, I hope Zeke is in this game...what? Infamous 2 actually made him likeable. Plus, he did help Cole get a grip on his powers.

 

[voltair27]

Honestly, I really liked inFamous and wanted to see more stuff set in the world. InFamous 2 felt a little premature to me so this will be interesting. I just don't know if Second Son will be what I want.

Hopeful but suspicious is my attitude towards nearly everything right now.

 

[Soxafloppin]

I'm from Northern Ireland, we have a political party here. The Diplomatic Unionist Party or D.U.P..this will make this game unintentionally hilarious.

I'm looking forward to this! I love Infamous two of my favourite games this gen but I think they needed to ditch cole if they want to keep it going.

Spoiler

I'd hate for them to pull a force unleashed II and just resurrect cole, unless maybe the game follows the Evil ending?

I think God of War should go the same route next gen. Ditch Kratos, in fact ditch Ancient Greece. Move over to a new Mythology but keep what makes it GOW.