Sucker Punch Kills InFamous 2's New Cole

[Harlemura]

I wouldn't have minded the new look, just as long as they change his voice back.
If they leave it like they have in those trailers, I'm going to be sad. I'll get the game regardless, but I'd rather they kept the status with the quo.

 

[Celtic_Kerr]

This 'new' Cole sure sounds like a pansy if it only took one sucker punch to kill him.

Oh dude... you didn't... Why did you have to make that joke?

 

[Tarakos]

Thank god, he looked like a Nathan Drake clone. I hate Nathan Drake. Looking forward to seeing the new-old Cole.

 

[Mr. Grey]

I'm going to drag my post regarding the frustration with the developers here, from another thread.

So they're still spineless... good to know.

And here I was hoping for a well written explanation to how Cole became the new version of himself, then they could have kept some credibility instead of practically confirming my suspicions that someone in marketing went "DERP!" at them and they bent over for it.

They might as well have kept everything originally as it was in the first if this is the case, now they really have no excuse for even having started this nonsense to begin with. In fact, they're bending so far backwards now that I'm starting to wonder if they acquired the Morphball.

 

[The Thief]

This 'new' Cole sure sounds like a pansy if it only took one sucker punch to kill him.

Oh dude... you didn't... Why did you have to make that joke?

Just to punish you.

 

[OceanRunner]

It's great to have back the original Cole, though I'd like to see a newer outfit, something between his original garb and Kesslers.

 

[Fox242]

Hopefully we'll get something resembeling the old Cole now because I wasn't exactly digging the new design. I also hope that this doesn't push back the development of the game because I'm really looking forward to playing this next summer and not the holiday season of 2011.

 

[Frank_Sinatra_]

Oh thank the lord. That new Cole looked irritating, and seemed like they were trying to make a grab for the tween kids honestly.

 

[Pyode]

I was really disappointed with the new Cole, so I'm happy about this news, but it was never a deal breaker for me.

InFamous 2 is going to be awesome either way.

 

[Enigma6667]

+1.7536 Faith In Humanity!

Thank you for actually listening to the fans Sucker Punch. Sure brooding Cole was cliche'd but it was certainly much better than Fashionista Cole.

 

[UberMore]

Woot. What about the voice actor?

 

[Irridium]

Honestly I'm glad for this. The other Cole just didn't make much sense.

He went from what seemed like an old, world-weary, mature, level headed character into a young, cocky, more immature character. Add on top of that what happened at the end of the first game

Spoiler

He finds out Kessler is him from the future, and came back to make Cole stronger by giving him his powers, then killing Trish to leave Cole with no distractions when an ultimate, evil being comes looking for Cole

It just doesn't seem that Cole would pull that kind of character change after that. Plus he kind of looked like a douche, so yeah.

I like his new voice though. And it sounds kind of like Ellis from Left 4 Dead 2.

 

[Timbydude]

Thank God. The new Cole looked incredibly feminine/annoying; I don't really know if I would have been able to reconcile the two while playing.

Yes, the old Cole's voice was "gravelly", but I liked that; it made him feel more real, instead of some distant superhero with a booming, thunderous (pun fully intended) voice.

Plus, it just would have been weird playing two different characters that you're supposed to pretend are the same. I thought the first Cole was an awesome protagonist, and I can't wait to see him come back.

 

[Oomii]

Few, I didn't not like the very generic new Cole, glad baldy is back.

 

[superline51]

Had no problem with hair and tattoos, it was just his facial structure looked nothing like the first game. If they never said his name in the game, you could play the whole thing and not know it was Cole.

 

[[Cold-Shoulder]]

That's a pity in my opinion.
I prefered the new look for Cole but I haven't played the first game besides its demo so my opinion might change when I have a proper go at it.
It would be an interesting idea to release their orginal design for infamous 2 Cole as a side skin for 100% completion or something along the lines of that.

 

[oranger]

It wasn't a look change. It was the fact that he appears to have lost 15 years of age. His voice (instead of going from high and teenish to older, more mature and gravelly, did the opposite.

THey tried to introduce a younger character in the sequal! I like that they listened!

It's basically the max payne 2 thing, where it's just not Max anymore, you know?

 

[Failurebot]

Am I the only one that thinks the now-defunct Cole looks a lot like the guy from White Collar?

As you can see here: http://atomculture.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/white-collar-590x590.jpg

 

[Anchupom]

I was fine with it if they explained it thoroughly in the continuity of the narrative, but I couldn't deal with it if they just changed his looks for the sake of a different character model to dick about with.

So in my mind, they couldn't come up with a decent explaination for the new look so have gone back to something easier to provide relative sense for.

(and I have used WAY too many long words in that paragraph)