inFamous 2 Lands On July Cover Of Game Informer

We all knew it was coming, and for one of the first great looks at it, make sure to pick up the July edition of Game Informer.

Sitting right there on the cover will be inFamous 2, Sucker Punch's highly anticipated follow-up to last year's excellent action/adventure blastfest. The title sold over 2 million copies - clearly warranting the sequel in question - and remains one of our personal favorites of the generation. Although the magazine won't divulge many details, they do tell us to expect a brand new city, new powers, "and a powerful new foe," which may or may not be familiar... They're also boasting about super-huge previews for the likes of Killzone 3, Call of Duty: Black Ops, God of War: Ghost of Sparta and Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, so this isn't exactly what you would call a throwaway issue. For our part, we're just overjoyed that Cole McGrath will return and - presumably - we'll receive the same gameplay foundation with a different city and a few new powers; isn't this what we've been asking for all along? Anybody with some other ideas as to how Sucker Punch can make inFamous 2 even better? The first one was pretty darn solid...

Now, just give us that big ol' Dead Space 2 unveiling, and we'll be plenty happy going into E3.

Related Game(s): inFamous 2

6/4/2010 9:10:48 PM John Shepard

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Vito_Scaletta
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 9:34:40 PM
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Finally! I guess it was just a matter of time. I hope they increase the draw distance and make it seem less blurry other than that it should be a grade A game :)

Last edited by Vito_Scaletta on 6/4/2010 9:35:10 PM

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godsman
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 9:50:49 PM

Not a tech guy, can someone explain what a draw distance is?

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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 10:32:49 PM

Basically how far you can see in front of you; it can be a big issue in some racing games.

And while the draw distance could be better, it didn't really impact the gameplay much in inFamous.

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Alienange
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 10:36:05 PM

The draw distance was fantastic in inFamous. Wasn't the blur for far away objects done to ... you know... make it like real life?

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Scarecrow
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 11:44:48 PM

There are some who worry more 'bout these little things and less about the story/gameplay

Not singling out anyone specifically, just saying

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bigrailer19
Saturday, June 05, 2010 @ 12:57:46 AM

im hear ya scarecrow!

I can deal with some so so visuals and a dampened graphics department, as long as i have great gameplay and a solid story. Dont get me wrong use what the machine is giving you, but its a fine line im sure.

I mean look how Dragon Age turned out! Still need the expansion btw!

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hadouken
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 9:35:37 PM
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Auto lock would helpful. I'm glad they decided to give us a sequel. Sony is legit just like mc hammer was in 1992. It's ps3 time!

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Jawknee
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 9:42:35 PM

Auto lock like the Auto-Aim in Red Dead Redemption?

I have to disagree. Auto-Aim is weak sauce.

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WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 10:21:42 PM

I need the auto aim in RDR, like when six cowboys show up in the middle of the night without any warning and unloads their six guns while I can't see crap.

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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 10:33:17 PM

Yeah, I don't normally use auto-aim, either, but the way RDR is set up, it feels right for some reason.

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Lawless SXE
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 10:51:16 PM

I sort of needed the auto-lock in RDRedemption. I couldn't hit jack without it. But it wouldn't have a place in inFamous. Just tap precision to find your target, then blast away.
Peace.

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OtisFeelgood
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 10:57:20 PM

I didn't use auto-aim until towards the end of the game.

Edit: I sure as hell depended on Dead Eye though!

Last edited by OtisFeelgood on 6/4/2010 10:58:29 PM

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Jawknee
Saturday, June 05, 2010 @ 2:31:15 AM

I turned it off in the campaign. The kills are more satisfying.

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Zorigo
Saturday, June 05, 2010 @ 8:05:18 AM

oh no no, NO auto aim... that would ruin it.
just make the enemy's guns less super powerful. im on top of a building and the enemies far away have super accuracy with each shot, it's craaazy sometimes.

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Snaaaake
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 9:37:10 PM
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KZ3, LBP2 and inFamous 2 all revealed before E3?

Do they have more games or they just wanna take most of their time showing off Move?

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Jawknee
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 9:43:19 PM

Don't worry about it. I'm sure they have some surprises.

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Snaaaake
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 9:47:09 PM

I guess you're right.

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Vito_Scaletta
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 9:39:47 PM
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@Snaaaake
My guess is that they will show some very minor details and save the big stuff for E3

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WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 9:50:47 PM
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If any game deserves a preorder it's this one, I hope we get a time table from Sucker Punch for release. I would also like the ability to grab people and pump them full of juice until they explode, a la Raiden's Fatality in MK2.

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hellish_devil
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 9:51:13 PM
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I loved inFamous, specially how the story ended. that little twist at the end was sooooooo good

Last edited by hellish_devil on 6/4/2010 9:51:54 PM

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Kiryu
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 10:55:35 PM

I totally agree, I hope we fight The Beast in Infamous 2.

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St_Jimmy
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 9:53:53 PM
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This just made me a very happy person. :)

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Shams
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 9:54:22 PM
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I hope the Game Informer cover is just a mock-up (basically a Ben Affleck look-alike with a beard). Cole was awesome the way he was. I'm slightly ticked off about the change of voice actor, too. Jason Cottle did a great job, despite cynical musings about him sounding like a David Hayter/Sold Snake knock-off. Anyways, the original formula of the game ruled, so I'm still looking forward to the sequel.

But seriously. Adding superficial changes like age is fine, but you can't just overhaul the image of an icon, especially when the game was successful. Imagine Kratos with long hair, or Mario with muscles, or a slender and emo Marcus Fenix...Not happening. Let's hope it doesn't.

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Jawknee
Saturday, June 05, 2010 @ 2:33:04 AM

YES!!!! I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that game informer Cole liked terrible. Not even close to the original.

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Snaaaake
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 9:57:27 PM
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Something I would very much appreciate for the sequel would be grabbing someone, and then pile-driver from 200ft in the air and BOOOOOM!!

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fluffer nutter
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 9:59:01 PM
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I hope that cover was just someone's lame impression of Cole because that guy on the cover looks like he listens to The Jonas Brothers or A7X. Where's the eyeliner that matches his heels?

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JasperLoons
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 10:14:50 PM
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I don't think there is any reason to worry about Cole's new look. It's just a drawing. It will surely be the same in-game model, just without his jacket and slightly longer hair. I mean, he is still wearing the same pants and backpack.

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WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 10:24:18 PM

Gotta get me one of those backpacks.

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mexgeo86
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 10:17:40 PM
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The Sony Show..err E3 can't come soon enough.

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OtisFeelgood
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 11:00:56 PM

lol

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sawao_yamanaka
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 10:17:41 PM
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Yea I don't mind it he has grown in power so why keep the original clothes. He's no longer a package carrier for obvious reasons.

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WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 10:25:16 PM

still, being a super hero means you should have some kind of recognizable outfit.

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OtisFeelgood
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 11:02:00 PM

Or super villain! ;o

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kraygen
Saturday, June 05, 2010 @ 2:03:10 PM

You could be a hero in infamous? say what? ;)

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MyWorstNightmar
Saturday, June 05, 2010 @ 9:11:29 PM

Well maybe the time period in Infamous was Fall, and Infamous 2 will be Summertime. He simply took his coat off! New York Summers can be brutal. =)

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Lawless SXE
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 10:29:04 PM
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@ fluffer nutter,
I happen to like A7X, but the Jonas brothers are simply run away and hide.

With that out of the way, I don't give a damn how Cole looks as long as he keeps that 'I don't give a damn' attitude he had in the original. Wait, that doesn't look right. Anyway, I hope the new city has some awesome setpieces, and is just bigger. I want Cole to have the Teleport type ability that Kessler had, in the way he shot forward and grabbed Cole by the throat in one of the cutscenes, and I want to see the implied bad guy from the end of the original ripping the joint to pieces.

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fluffer nutter
Saturday, June 05, 2010 @ 12:32:41 AM

I won't pick on your for liking G'n'R lite. It's not that I care about how he looks, I'll play this sequel no matter that, but they shouldn't change him too much. It's just a thought. I wouldn't stop playing the game if he was in drag. That would be pretty funny though.

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Lawless SXE
Saturday, June 05, 2010 @ 4:57:02 AM

Cole in drag would be absolutely epic. Maybe that's going to be a mission, take down the new bad woman, steal her clothes and proclaim her followers as your own in order to take out an enemy phalanx. Hmm, maybe not...

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Metal Head
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 10:38:44 PM
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I'm glad people are happy to see more great exclusives on PS3. Just remember to support Sucker Punch and don't complain if they go multiplat like insomniac. I love inFAMOUS and can't wait to get my hands on this game.

Last edited by Metal Head on 6/4/2010 10:39:32 PM

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Kangasfwa
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 10:40:25 PM
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I hate that goatee. With a passion.

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Gamer Girl Gemo
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 10:41:21 PM
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Finally! We all knew it was going to happen, confirmation is always a nice thing though. inFamous was my very first PS3 game and it deserves to be called amazing and awesome! Cole has always held a place in my heart to go in the Gaming Characters' Hall of Fame.

I already love the sound of having a new city and a few new powers. However, retaining some of the old powers would be just as awesome. I also hope that those powers from the first installment remain instead of having to start from the bottom and work our way back up. It'd be pretty painstaking to start out weak again for some odd reason.

I also hope they keep with their graphics they had in the beginning. They weren't exactly what I would call revolutionary, but they were no where near sucking. And DON'T CHANGE VOICE ACTORS! I would hate for them to pull an Army of Two: 40th Day. But, I trust SP knows what they're doing. They certainly did for the Sly Cooper series.

I'd like to see Zeke come back into play. Maybe he'll become Cole's new enemy, pairing up with the Beast? And Maya, cause she kind of disappeared also. Too bad John died... I really liked him. It would be awesome if somehow he just came back alive lol. One more person that will most likely appear will be Alden. He jumped off the bridge, but Cole mentioned a Conduit being able to survive the fall. Maybe he'll bring the Dust Men back and be on Cole's side?

Eh, I'm just throwing out ideas. Either way, I'm NOT skipping Game Informer's July edition! Thanks for the update John!

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Lawless SXE
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 10:49:21 PM

Ever heard of spoilers, lass?

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Gamer Girl Gemo
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 10:53:11 PM

@Lawless

Oh, do I need to put a spolier alert?

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Lawless SXE
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 11:11:22 PM

Not for me, no, but anyone that hasn't played it might have had their head spinning at that.
Peace.

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Alienange
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 10:51:36 PM
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One of the best superhero stories ever told if you ask me. The game was fun to play and compelling to follow. That being said, what the HELL is with that cover??? You call that Cole?

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Kiryu
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 10:52:43 PM
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Hope they don't change much of cole's character.

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Scarecrow
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 11:45:37 PM

They already changed his face, he's like 10 years younger

Well, that's what it looks like in the GameInformer cover anyway

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SaintX
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 11:08:34 PM
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Wow, I am so pumped up for this sequel, but based on the cover of the game informer, has got me a little worried. First, the cover of the game just don't look like inFamous to me, feels very artistic rather than comic book style. Secondly, Cole doesn't look as bad ass as the original one. I hope that sucker punch doesn't change the look of Cole too much just because they changed voice actor, but I thought the voice actor for the first game was actually quite good, a little along the lines of David Hayter for Solid snake, where Cole's voice was pretty rough and deep which kinda sets the dark and gritty tone of the game. Anyway, we will just have to see for ourselves when new info and videos comes out for it, hopefully in E3.

Besides that, the Playstation blog states that there will be new city, new powers and new gameplay. Now hang on, the main reason why I love inFamous so much, and one of the best game I've ever played is because of the gameplay. Really love the gameplay a lot. I don't really think that the gameplay has any sort of problem or anything, well definitely theres always room for improvement to make it tighter, but other than that its fine. If its not broken, don't fix it. I hope what the statement meant was improvement to the current gameplay and maybe introduce some new gameplay mechanics but hoepfully not an overhaul of the gameplay.

Anyway, looking forward to E3 for more information and sneak peak.

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Kiryu
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 11:16:16 PM
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Why the fu** are they changing cole's voice?

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Scarecrow
Saturday, June 05, 2010 @ 12:18:33 AM

'Cause the face is gonna allow them to sale 3 million /sarcasm

I don't get it either. It actually kinda ruins his persona a bit.

Cole was the rugged/badass hero anyone could like.

Now he looks like the amateur who wants to be/act like a superhero

The Gameinformer cover might just be concept art, which sometimes turns out to be somewhat different from the in-game model.

This is true for Heavenly Sword and other games.

Last edited by Scarecrow on 6/5/2010 12:18:41 AM

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Jawknee
Saturday, June 05, 2010 @ 2:34:09 AM

I agree. I liked Cole's voice just fine.

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piratedrunk
Saturday, June 05, 2010 @ 1:28:38 PM

I actually couldn't stand his voice. I thought it sounded a bit over the top for my taste.

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Scarecrow
Friday, June 04, 2010 @ 11:49:23 PM
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The benefits of a sequel are always felt
Less development time

More of everything. Sometimes a deeper/fuller storyline, more characters, etc.

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FxTales
Saturday, June 05, 2010 @ 12:23:11 AM
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Soooo he's going to look and sound different? You know if it isn't broken then don't fix it. I'll understand if it was something simple like the voice actor not being available.

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LittleBigMidget
Saturday, June 05, 2010 @ 12:47:26 AM
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well I guess Sony's E3 is going to suck

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fluffer nutter
Saturday, June 05, 2010 @ 1:07:05 AM

Brandon? Is that you?

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sirbob6
Saturday, June 05, 2010 @ 1:28:01 AM
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I think it'd be a good idea if they used the karma level you had from the first game and have you start out with that and have a much larger story divergance due to karma anlong with more good/bad side missions. Also include a lot more Sasha.

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Kiryu
Saturday, June 05, 2010 @ 1:54:45 AM
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I think he is young kessler.

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___________
Saturday, June 05, 2010 @ 2:33:47 AM
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OOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH FU*K YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my favorite game coming back to life, only thing better would be crash bandicoot coming back to life but thats never going to happen :(
i hope they give the game a complete graphics overhaul!
dont get me wrong, gameplay and the storyline is always the most important but why have 2 great things mixed with one crappy one?
add better graphics, and more abilities, thats the only way i can think of improving infamous.
it is the only game i have played since the ps1 days that i never get sick of.
every time im finished playing new games and dont have anything else to do i go straight back to infamous, nothing can make me sick of that game!!!!

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Shams
Saturday, June 05, 2010 @ 5:27:11 PM

inFamous's graphics were spectacular, not just for an open-world game, but for games in general. So, I'm not sure why you keep mentioning that. Maybe, you're not a fan of the comic-book style? Just put on GTA4, (which looked pretty darn good, too), and notice the difference in terms of resolution, detail, and color.

In inFamous, just kill a random npc. Zoom-in to his/her face after they've been downed, and you'll see that they don't die, and their eye's continue to blink and shift in bewilderment. That's amazing detail. Or get-in a massive street battle involving a couple super-mech conduits and 20-30 soldiers, and see how well the animation and frame-rate keeps up. Notice the beautiful lighting and shadows in the night/day cycles or when going underground. You gotta give credit where it's due. Sure it's got some minor pop-in the far-off distance, and there is some slow-down when there's like a fleet of enemies on screen blowing up stuff, but notice the zero screen-tearing.

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___________
Sunday, June 06, 2010 @ 8:08:41 AM

yeah but it seriously lacks color.
you have a choice of grey, grey or grey.
plus they really need to work on the electricity it looks crap!
have a look at the electricity in TFU than compare it to infamous TFUs electricity looks 10 times better.

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chedison
Saturday, June 05, 2010 @ 2:56:17 AM
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I'm wanting to bet that's a completely different person. I remember reading on Sucker Punch's official forums about them looking for a new voice actor for the main character. Also.... that doesn't even look anything like Cole even if he did age. He looks younger than Cole anyways lol.

I'll see if I can find the post.

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Zorigo
Saturday, June 05, 2010 @ 8:06:14 AM

prequel perhaps?

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XxNoir
Saturday, June 05, 2010 @ 2:57:57 AM
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Color me a theorist but could it be possible that you won't be playing as cole but possibly kesler[who by the way *spoilers* is cole]?-I mean this "brand new city" could very well be where kesler lived before 'the beast' ran him out.

It is also an opportunity to give more dimension to characters like trish.Cole does look noticeably younger so its all a possibility.

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Jawknee
Saturday, June 05, 2010 @ 3:09:51 AM

If I'm not mistaken it was the same city.

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LightShow
Saturday, June 05, 2010 @ 12:43:58 PM

*SPOILER WARNING*

it was indeed the same city, and even if you were going to play as Kessler, he wouldnt be younger because Kessler was inactive before the really bad dude showed up. the raysphere jumpstarted his (coles) powers earlier than his were supposed to naturally (in kesslers timeline), to give cole a training ground for the real deal.

*END SPOILERS*

i think the diff in appearance is a translation quirk between the game and this new render.

Last edited by LightShow on 6/5/2010 12:46:25 PM

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kraygen
Saturday, June 05, 2010 @ 2:07:09 PM
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I really hope that if that's what cole looks like then its only what he looks like when he's good, and maybe the more you go evil the more his looks will change, because he looks like a panzy on the cover of game informer.

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Bandit King
Saturday, June 05, 2010 @ 5:31:22 PM
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Personally I though the original was fantastic. It was amazing from a sandbox perspective (it was like spider-man but less lame). Though Im not feeling the new design for Cole, he looks like he just woke up from a bad rave party. I also hope they don't ditch the comic vibe to the design. Though I am still excited because honestly while the major plot twists were standard for both comic and games I just never saw them coming in infamous. So continuing the story is keeping my anticipation high.

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Kai200X
Saturday, June 05, 2010 @ 5:35:01 PM
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The new Cole looked very different from the first one, and the voice change doesn't help either. But I am still looking forward to inFamous 2 very much.

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RebelJD
Saturday, June 05, 2010 @ 9:03:03 PM
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InFamous 2 is going to be awesome. InFamous was my first game on the PS3 and a great game to that. I look forward in starting off InFamous 2 with all my powers intact and see how the story grows.

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Beamboom
Sunday, June 06, 2010 @ 7:39:13 AM
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inFamous is one of those games that "more of the same" really is good enough. A new city is fairly obvious, brushed up graphics are always welcome, but other than that more of the same is sweet enough and a first day buy for me (and I don't buy many games first day... I'm too cheap ;) ).

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