Similar gameplay.  SImilar production value.  They both had early access to betas. 
 
I just feel like this, along with Crackdown, is just a segway into a Triple A title later in the year.  Just something to fill in the gap.  I understand that it is a good game, but I also thought Crackdown was an awesome game!  Thoughts?

The difference is that everyone on PSN is allowed on the UC3 beta. You don't even need the inFAMOUS 2 code.

Another difference is that inFAMOUS 2 doesn't suck.

No,  those games are very different.

Another difference is that inFAMOUS 2 doesn't suck.

Crackdown is so by the numbers, Infamous is much better

I think the Infamous games play much better than the Crackdown games. I had problems with Crackdown's auto-aiming locking on to enemies that were way off in the distance instead of the enemies that were in front of me. Traversing the world in Infamous does not feel tedious like in Crackdown. The story in Infamous is marginal but it is way better than Crackdown's story.

More like Craptown... I'll go.
 
PS: @groin said:

I think the Infamous games play much better than the Crackdown games. I had problems with Crackdown's auto-aiming locking on to enemies that were way off in the distance instead of the enemies that were in front of me. Traversing the world in Infamous does not feel tedious like in Crackdown. The story in Infamous is marginal but it is way better than Crackdown's story.

Crackdown's story.

Traversing the world in Infamous does not feel tedious like in Crackdown.

@Meltac said:

@groin said:

Crackdown's story.

What story?

Dude, zombies.

Well they are similar in a way but I would take inFAMOUS any day. And if you love orb hunting there are shards.. Also start on the first one its great too.

Hey, I quite enjoyed the first Crackdown and it was my most favorite game of 2007.  The sequel was a massive disappointment though and not worth any expense.  I like the explosive playground that the original Crackdown created.  It was closer to a Saint's Row or GTA than InFamous in my opinion. 

Another difference is that inFAMOUS 2 doesn't suck.

Hey, I quite enjoyed the first Crackdown and it was my most favorite game of 2007.  The sequel was a massive disappointment though and not worth any expense.  I like the explosive playground that the original Crackdown created.  It was closer to a Saint's Row or GTA than InFamous in my opinion. 

Yes, but it's also better than Crackdown so there you go.

@jello44 said:

@PenguinDust said:

Hey, I quite enjoyed the first Crackdown and it was my most favorite game of 2007. The sequel was a massive disappointment though and not worth any expense. I like the explosive playground that the original Crackdown created. It was closer to a Saint's Row or GTA than InFamous in my opinion.

Right on. The first one was great fun, the second one felt more like an expansion pack.

This is the correct opinion. Crackdown 1 was and still is fucking awesome; Crackdown 2 was Undead Nightmare at six times the cost.

There are two good things about Crackdown. How the cars exploded, and finding all the orbs. Everything else was shit. Finding dead drops and collecting blast shards in inFamous is way more satisfying, and it actually has a decent story to go with it.

@PrivateIronTFU said:

There are two good things about Crackdown. How the cars exploded, and finding all the orbs. Everything else was shit. Finding dead drops and collecting blast shards in inFamous is way more satisfying, and it actually has a decent story to go with it.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!

No. Never.

Crackdown 1 = Good , InFamous 1 = Amazing

Crackdown 2 = Dog shit, InFamous 2 = Good

@Cabbage_TheMan said:

@KaosAngel said:

Another difference is that inFAMOUS 2 doesn't suck.

D: but I love Crackdown!

But Crackdown 2 sucked ass. On the other hand Infamous 2 improves on every part of it's predecessor. Also I would certainly call it a AAA franchise and probably one of Sony's top 5 exclusive franchises.

I guess they are similar, however I would say that Infamous is a much bigger brand for Sony than Crackdown is to Microsoft.

@iAmJohn said:

@PrivateIronTFU said:

There are two good things about Crackdown. How the cars exploded, and finding all the orbs. Everything else was shit. Finding dead drops and collecting blast shards in inFamous is way more satisfying, and it actually has a decent story to go with it.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!

No. Never.

Clever...

@PrivateIronTFU: Dude, come on, the story in inFAMOUS is so fucking bad. Not only is every character in the game insufferable (Zeke is a bag of dicks, Trish is the most unsympathetic, self-entitled bitch on the planet), but the ending. Holy shit, the fucking ending and its retarded time paradox of a twist. So Cole has the power to go back in time and be Kessler so he can murder a bunch of people to give himself superpowers and kill his own girlfriend to teach him some important life lesson or whatever, but wait, how did Cole get those powers in the first place when it involves HIM GOING BACK IN TIME SO HE CAN GIVE HIMSELF SAID POWERS? Give me a fucking break.

Infamous is a perfect example of a game being great in spite of its horrid presentation. At least Crackdown had the decency to not shove its threadbare, senseless story down your throat every chance it got.

@Meltac said:

@groin said:

Crackdown's story.

What story?

Dude, zombies.

@PrivateIronTFU: Dude, come on, the story in inFAMOUS is so fucking bad. Not only is every character in the game insufferable (Zeke is a bag of dicks, Trish is the most unsympathetic, self-entitled bitch on the planet), but the ending.

No no no no no!!! Absolutely not, mister! Enjoy the game though, a friggin' absolute blast to play!

@mutha3: Yeah, the morality system is totally one of those "lesser of two evils" things. Like, it's complete garbage and almost every single choice is the most eye-roll-inducing thing ever, but it's stomachable for being in service to the power divergence, which is legitimately cool and well done. Infamous and subtlety aren't really two things that go together very well, though.

Similar gameplay.  SImilar production value.  They both had early access to betas.  I just feel like this, along with Crackdown, is just a segway into a Triple A title later in the year.  Just something to fill in the gap.  I understand that it is a good game, but I also thought Crackdown was an awesome game!  Thoughts?

i liked crackdown 1, i bought it because i thought it would be different, but mostly because coming off halo 2 i just wanted to play halo 3 (beta). but was pleasantly surprised with how much i actually played the game while enjoying it.

crackdown 2 on the other hand, i've never played and from what i heard was about as great as shit flavored toothpaste.

Infamous is better but yes, it is more or less a Crackdown clone.

Crackdown sucked.

I always thought Prototype was more Crackdown-like than Infamous.

Crackdown 2 was a POS so far infamous 2 has been good.