Sucker Punch's electrifying sequel, to quite possibly the best superhero game ever made, is going to make its mark on the video game industry in 2011.
Character redesigns, aside, inFAMOUS 2 sounds (and looks) far superior to its predecessor in almost every department. Now, lets get hyped !
Welcome to the ultimate inFAMOUS 2 information hub and official thread !
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In the July issue of Gameinformer, some story information was given. Cole and the Beast from the first game fight in Empire City, years before Kessler had anticipated. Since Kessler traveled back in time, he rewrote history, changing the date the Beast and Cole met. Despite Kessler's hard work, Cole is not able to finish the Beast, and barely escapes with his life. Cole is then forced to leave Empire City in search of new ways to to hone his abilities. He ends up in a southern-style city called New Marais, where the First Sons developed the Ray Sphere. Cole searches the city, finding technology from the First Sons to develop his electrical powers. However, Cole's arrival is not a welcome one. New Marais has been taken over by the Militia, a group devoted on "human purity." Led by a man named Bertrand, the Militia do not accept anyone with superpowers, including Cole. At the same time, the Beast is moving south from Empire City to find and kill Cole, laying waste to all along the way.In early reports during E3, the main character, Cole has been shown to have changed his original outfit and regained his hair. The concept art shows Cole with a good aligned karma. Also, it has been revealed that inFamous 2 will take place in a new city called New Marais, with different enemies. Whether any of the original gang leaders will make an appearance remains to be seen.
In the same article, some gameplay details were revealed to be in the game. A power called "Induction Launch" can be activated at specific areas and it allows Cole to fly high up in the air. A similar power allows Cole to zip horizontally across the faces of buildings but it is unknown if this is part of Induction Launch or a separate power. Also shown was an offensive power, which Sucker-Punch is currently calling the "Ionic Vortex". A screenshot depicts Cole summoning a giant tornado with lightning shooting out at all sides, ripping apart anything in its wake (an expansion of Lightning Storm, Cole's first example of weather control). Cole can now wield weapons for melee combat such as a giant electrically charged rod.
It was hinted that Cole's powers could be extended beyond electricity into ice, as Sucker Punch stated, "Superpowers are the reason people want to play the game, and we want to give you more toys to play with. Why in the world would we not let you experience more variety in powers?" That said, they assured electricity remains the focus of Cole's powers (implying that it's either another form of weather control or a Cryokinetic will be a major foe).
To read the full scans from the revealing July issue of GameInformer, click the thumbnails below.
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Date Added - June 23, 2010
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Sucker Punch on inFAMOUS 2
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San Diego Comic Con Panel Highlights - inFAMOUS 2
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PREVIEWS
The latest previews by IGN and GameSpot -
GameSpot - http://tinyurl.com/i2gspreview
"The revenger is a mutant enemy borne out of New Marias' swamps, which have mutated their victims to a hideous degree. The revenger charged at Cole and threw cars at him, so it was good for Cole that he now possessed the ability to fling cars back using his electrical powers. This was just one of the new super powers that Cole will possess in Infamous 2, with more being revealed in the run up to the game's release." IGN - http://tinyurl.com/i2ignpreview "What was important to me was that Sucker Punch wasn't going to neuter Cole's powers in an attempt to make you start over anew -- instead giving the player all his previous powers and just egging us on to see how crazy his abilities can get. I for one can't wait to see just how much destruction I can cause in the good ol' South." REVIEWS TROPHIES MULTIPLAYER ?
