Difference is, Vader was an interesting character with universal appeal. Cole from inFAMOUS 1 was pretty boring for me anyway....

People who like Uncharted say in forums (not just VGC) that Nathan Drake is awesome...People who like God of War think Kratos is badass.

But people who comment on inFAMOUS say that the game is awesome...very rarely have I seen them say "Cole is awesome !"...Its the same with Sev and Killzone 2.

Who knows, you might end up liking the new Cole when you actually play the game.

Its not like his re-design is gonna make you not buy the game, is it ?

He looks like an average college white boy.

They have drakefied him, thats not a bad thing to do though.

i like this one better

They really kicked the graphics up a notch.

LOL Dark Helmet....  I love that movie.

I really don't see why people were so attached to inFamous 1's Cole. He was ugly, his voice was more gravelly than Batman, he had no personality whatsoever, his animation was terrible, and he looked plain ridiculous when he became evil.

inFamous 2's Cole looks much better. I don't care if he isn't a regular human with superpowers. He's actually a semi-decent character this time around.

A don't know about Cole but I did care about the story in the original.  As long as the story stays interesting in inFamous 2, I am sold.  They changed like two characters that's it.  Xenosaga changed art directions every game.

I thought the VA in inFAMOUS was great and he did have personality (this one might too, who knows).  The animation could have been better but that's not really the issue.

If they cleaned up the animation, improved graphics etc, that's understandable.  I mean they changed mario from SMB -> Mario Galaxy but it is still Mario.  He still had the same basic shape, hat, etc.  They made him a little more round, but overall, still mario and anyone could tell.

If I showed you a screen shot of this "new" Cole without telling you it was Infamous 2 and the screen shot didn't involve lightning, and asked "Which character is this from a PS3 exclusive?"  I doubt you'd say Cole MacGrath.  That is the issue, it's just not the same character.  He may be a better character, who knows, but it's not the same character and that is a large disconnect to me.  I preordered the original, I don't think I'll even buy this one (I'm serious) unless they give some reason plot wise (that isn't lame) why the look changed.

The game does look good though. They seemed to have upped the graphics quite a bit.