InFamous 2

[Freya]

The BEAST IS COMING. An unstoppable entity
slowly approaches the city of New Marais, destroying
all in his path. Cole must explore this dangerous city
to unlock his undiscovered powers for the ultimate
superpowered showdown. Will you save the world
OR destroy it in the process?

Release Date: June 7th 2011
Exclusively on: PlayStation 3
Genre: Third-Person Action
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Developer: Sucker Punch



Story:

Spoiler

Infamous 2 opens in Empire City as a massive explosion rips through the town signaling the birth of a new evil. Nearly escaping death by the dark entity known as The Beast, Cole flees the city. Upon leaving, Cole discovers that The Beast has destroyed Empire City and is heading down the coast annihilating everything in its path.

In an effort to stop The Beast from destroying mankind, Cole heads to New Marais in search of a scientist who is believed to hold the key to defeating this dark entity. As the mystery of The Beast unfolds, Cole must learn to harness his powers for the sake of mankind.

Video:

Spoiler

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[Freya]

There's no need to leave your progress behind just because a sequel has come along. Infamous 2 takes into account things you did in the first game through Trophies and then rewards you for them.

IGN reports that Infamous 2 will ask you to import Trophy data when first playing the game. From there, depending on which Trophies you earned, you'll get any number of different things. Good or evil Trophies will start you out at level 1 good or evil karma; collecting 25% of Blast Shards gives you a free energy core; collecting 50% gets you two free energy cores; beating the game gets you 1,000 free XP; and other specific Trophies will be reflected through dialog and other means in the sequel.

Sure, it's not the level of game-to-game continuity you get in something like Mass Effect or The Witcher, but as someone who played through the original Infamous, I'm happy that my actions will have some impact when I revisit that world in the sequel. It's something that more sequels should do whether it be through transferring save games or Achievements/Trophies.

I love when games do this. <3
I wonder if you'll get a choice though, if you got full bad and good trophies. In some ways I prfer you just choose which save to load, though this is more Hard drive friendly.

[Kamisori]

I soooo could have gave you the wrong video. [wat]


And yeah, I probably won't get this until it's been out for awhile. m.m

[Freya]

Yup and I so wouldn't have bothered to check. xD

When you have a PS3? m.m
I dunno how eager I'll be for it. Probably wait for a drop in price, it's not too high on my wanted list.

[Kamisori]

For some reason, I have a feeling it's not going to be that great. >.>
Which is another reason why I'm going to wait on it. :P

[naitsirk0]

I'll get this when PSN gets hacked next time

[Freya]

I actually read it's pretty darn good. Maybe not so good as the original but still, games hardly ever are.

I bet this is why they're offering it for free, make you wanna go out and get the sequel. m.m

[Kamisori]

I didn't even care for the original a whole lot. xD It was just decent. : O

[naitsirk0]

I did intend to get the original ages ago, just never could be bothered.
I saw gameplay videos and it looked kinda crappy.

[Kamisori]

Actually, I remember the original Infamous is what I was playing when I first started using AC's forums. :'D