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http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/...il/#more-46245

That's really awesome! Can't wait. And as others have mentioned above, I'll be replaying inFamous as bad karma before part 2 comes out. Will finally get that platinum!

Did anybody else get into the User Generated Content beta? emails just went out yesterday I believe.

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Space invaders level made with the user tools.

IGN's Early Review is up. Sounds really, really good. I hope the Kmart offer is good (I expect it to be). I've got my LA Noire coupon ready and waiting for this one.


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More Infamous 2 Videos

Closing Comments
Everything in Infamous 2 is cleverly interconnected. If you neglect side quests, the city will be less safe (making the game more difficult) and you’ll have fewer skills to purchase. Neglecting to collect Blast Shards gives Cole less electricity to work with. Ignoring Dead Drops will keep the story darker and more nebulous. And refusing to work with UGC not only forces you to miss out on easy Trophies but also removes a welcome community feel to Infamous 2 that the original lacked.

Nothing exists in Infamous 2 just because, and that’s something developer Sucker Punch should be commended for. When combined with how well-executed just about everything in the game is, the overall package is one of PlayStation 3’s best and a must-play for fans of the first game. Don’t be deceived by niche subject matter like I was when the original Infamous first came out. This is a rock-solid third-person action game with an incredible story, great characters, meaty gameplay and – above all else – a string that effectively ties everything together.

.IGN Ratings for Infamous 2 (PS3).
Rating Description
out of 10 Click here for ratings guide
9.0 Presentation
Infamous 2’s storyline is contingent on having played the original, but it’s a well-delivered tale with two totally different endings. There’s plenty to discover in terms of plot.
8.5 Graphics
The original Infamous was a good-looking game, but Infamous 2 cleans things up considerably. It looks great and runs well, and the animations are fluid.
8.0 Sound
Cole’s original voice actor is missed here, but the new guy does well enough. A great, moody soundtrack compliments a solid roster of voice actors.
8.5 Gameplay
Infamous 2, like its predecessor, is a hell of a third-person action game. The only thing that holds Infamous 2 back are camera issues and lackluster melee mechanics.
9.5 Lasting Appeal
Expect to spend 20 hours beating Infamous 2; twice that much if you want to do everything again. There are myriad collectibles to find, and User Generated Content galore to mess around with.
9.0
OVERALL Amazing
(out of 10)

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He got them for $30.

The exact same thing happened with MLB 12 The Show a week before its release. Someone got it early and on the cheap at Target. He posted on CAG. I think they were ringing up the new game at the previous one's price. Sounds like that is happening again -- rarely.

I got my copy today from the Subway giveaway. Pretty fun so far, but I never played the original (was hoping that #2 would be delayed a bit so I could play #1 for free whenever the PS Store starts back up), so I'm unsure what's changed/improved from the first game.

Was Cole difficult to control in the first game? I can't quite nail down some of his jumps onto objects.

My biggest gripes with the first one was nailing some of the climbing and the fact that the bad guys seemed to have sniper-like abilities when they spotted you from miles away. Other than that it was a great game.

Gotcha. Some of that still exists in the sequel. BTW, for anyone that has not played inFamous, the back of the inFamous 2 box contains a spoiler for inFamous.

I've read that this is supposed to somehow incorporate your game-save from the first game.

I hope it's not a big deal, since I lost my save when my old PS3 died.

From what I've read, it mainly gives you some starting bonuses. However, they did say certain choices you make in the first game would affect the storyline (a la Mass Effect). To what extent it changes the story, I don't know.

Yeah, you get starting bonuses to your karma meter, your XP level, and...one other thing that I can't remember. I think it's based on which of the trophies you earned in the first game.

As for the story effects, I'm only a few hours in, but it seems to be pretty minimal. The only thing I've seen so far is a side quest where a girl mentioned how I had given her family some food back in Empire City, and that's the only reason she survived. I'm pretty sure that food thing was a side quest in the first game.

I like the game so far, but the moral choices are still so completely black and white that it just makes the whole thing kind of silly. Will you give ice cream and cake to the starving orphans and renovate their orphanage, or burn the orphanage down and then kill all the firefighters that respond to the fire?

So you can't burn down the orphanage and give the firefighters ice cream and cake?

Not yet. Maybe in Infamous 3, they'll finally add some shades of gray.

Just download the demo today and the game is awesome! Better graphic and some cool fighting move. Can't wait to get this in my hand.

I played the demo tonight, not too impressed. Is it just me or are the ai people really wonky? If you even breathe on them too hard on a mission they go tumbling down to the ground like you hit them in the back of the knees with a hammer.

Besides the pre-order DLC, are there any deals out there that someone's found?

With the way games have been dropping in price so drastically of recent, I may cancel my pre-order and wait for it to go to 34.99 like Portal did in a week (which I pre-ordered and still have not played.)

I tried the demo today, and the cut scene at the beginning spoils the first game (which I haven't finished, but now know a lot more about).

I was a huge champion of the first game ....

played the demo for this early today and it felt pretty darn uninspired

combat/abilities just seemed like more of the same and the dialog .... words, words, words, ray sphere, words, words, words, ray sphere, wash, rinse, repeat

should be a big hit with the mime hating crowd though

won't be picking this up at full price, might reconsider down the road

The demo seems like more of the same. That's not a bad thing. The first game was lots of fun. But outside of some new powers, I didn't see anything that takes it to the next level.

I missed the blast shards. I hear they're in the game. But I didn't see any in the demo.

That annoyed me too. Especially the mission where you have to follow the girl to her father. Get too close and she falls down. Give her too much room and she just stands still.

Console exclusives don't seem to drop anywhere near as fast as multi-platform titles though. Anyway, I enjoyed the demo, though Cole seems to run about 3 times faster than in the first game. Just from the demo, the world definitely felt much more varied than the first game though, which is awesome. I'm still keeping my preorder.

Those were mine as well but I never finished it because at the first main boss I could not get over how ridiculous the fight was. I may finish it at some point.

Really promising review of inFamous 2 at Joystiq. I know I'm picking this one up tomorrow now. I'm having a blast getting back into the original thanks to the PSN freebie.

Game Spot was less thrilled with the game and gave it a 7.5.

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