inFAMOUS 2

Sucker Punched!

Platform: PS3
Completion: Platinum
Graphics: Great
Sound: Great
Story: Great
Bugs: Some
Frustration: Too Much
Replay Value: Low
Verdict: Rental

Just like the first, inFAMOUS 2 is a great game that gets RUINED, this time INTENTIONALLY.

Almost all the problems from the first game have been fixed, the game is a lot of fun to play through and complete, great graphics, story and sound, but if your going for the platinum and full completion get ready for some more frustration. Last time around, it was blast shards and xp farming that really made it hard to get a platinum, this time around they added a new power that shows where the nearest blast shard is to fix that, bonus points, as for the xp.....

UGC, User Generated Content, basically they are allowing players to make new missions. This fixed the need to exploit xp by redoing a mission over and over again if you were lucky enough to have it left at the end of the first game. Looked like it could have been fun, especially the xp missions where you just blow everything up real fast, but they decided to remove the ability to earn xp from UGC missions........ the only reason to have them..... They have no leader boards or multiplayer, so most of them, even the Sucker Punch ones, suck.

I wasn't smart enough to leave missions to exploit this time and after spending two days just trying to earn my last 10k or so xp to unlock powers, I found out that I could camp by the ice tower blowing up gas tanks, entering and exiting the UGC to cause them to respawn, getting about 70 xp each time. In the end the UGC did fix the problem... barely, but we are still required to exploit in order to finish, just like the first game.

Overall both inFAMOUS games are great and worth playing, if you rent them or get them bargain priced. I will be trying Festival of Blood from the PSN eventually as well.