Overall I enjoyed it, but I was not expecting it to end when it did. As someone above mentioned it felt like it skipped the 2nd act and went straight to act 3.

Graphically it is very pretty and the facial animation is some of the best I've seen. However, parts of it felt unusually sterile which I mainly put down to repetitive and unimaginative side missions and a weirdly quiet city. When the end credits rolled and I saw the amount of licensed songs I was shocked as I genuinely can't recall any playing except during the credits themselves! I actually enjoyed the spray paint mechanic. It seemed incredibly stupid the first time, but there was just something inherently satisfying about shaking that controller and hearing the rattle.

The most important question is whether it was fun or not, and the answer is an undoubted yes. For me it was the videogame equivalent of a good Saturday night action film. It isn't going to win any awards, it's dumb as hell but you come away having throughly enjoyed your time with it. I suppose the biggest criticism I have is that it isn't as fun as SRIV and many times during the game I found myself wishing I was playing a next-gen version of that instead.

I won't say the specifics for spoilers sake, but that last cinematic before the credits rolled (when you're going down the evil path) was amazing. There is little doubt: You are the ultimate asshole.

As for the game itself I just felt weak all the time. Having to evade that often, when the game doesn't exactly handle free-running very well, is a chore to say the least.

Yeah...those were mostly complaints. I did like the game despite my problems listed there. Guess I just expected more after the hype train came roaring through.

@rcola: Neon + Super move = 90-100% of base cleared.

The first couple of DUP command bases I tried to clear were a real pain, so I came back a little while later once I had the karma bomb. About a third of those bases or the district clear missions would just end after one tap of the button. The Neon one is especially devastating because you don't need to be out in the open like the smoke. The blasts even go through the scenery killing pretty much all in close proximity to you.

I thought it was pretty good. I kind of wish they spent more time developing some of the characters other than "okay you're good/evil now bye", and I think Augustine was a boring villain but overall I enjoyed it.

I probably missed something, but can anyone explain what happens after beating that first concrete boss on the bridge? You get covered in concrete, and then what happens? Does a helicopter pick you up? Why is Augustine pissed about it?

Depending on how far you are the answer may spoil what's right around the corner, but the third conduit on the loose can summon angels and demons from his favorite video game into the real world, and is using them to snatch loose conduits before Augustine gets to them. I don't remember exactly why though.

Out of curiosity, I got the third power and acquired all its abilities.

It feels like I'm nearing the end, but it seems like it's still too early. How much do I have left in the mainline? Percentages could work, I suppose.

@csl316: You're very, very close to the end.

@dallas_raines: Welp, that's what I get for skipping most of the side stuff.

Finally managed to wean myself off Dark Souls 2. First off, the facial animations and particle effects are really awesome - like real next gen stuff. In my first session I played up to getting the Neon power. I had a lot of fun doing so.

However, I still feel like the guys at Sucker Punch don't make the player powerful enough, especially mobility-wise. I want to jump higher, and farther. Double or even triple jump. Run faster longer. And so forth. It has all these powers, and all of them are quite awesome to use - just not awesome enough. Also running out of *power juice* sucks, and it serves no real purpose other than breaking the flow of the game. It always has, and always will. It should just regenerate on its own. Infamous should feel like a Tony Hawk's game, just playing with a superhuman body, rather than a skateboard. Like I should be able to combo my powers forever - with ease, and action-flick style.

Long story short, I feel like the Infamous franchise would be much more fun, if it would wholeheartly embrace the power fantasy it is. I haven't played Prototype or Saints Row IV yet, but from what I've seen of those, that level of power fantasy fulfilment would be more my speed. Just amp it up already!

Oh - and the camera is a little off. Too slow to turn, too slow acceleration. Too much of a deadzone probably too. Dunno man. Servicable, but definitely sub-optimal.

P.S. Why don't these types of open world games give the protagonist a virutal Ipod, so I can listen to some licensed music when I'm on foot? Open world games lose so much appeal without music. Hell - even Assassin's Creed finally got it right with its sea shanties. It's simply a must-have.

P.P.S. Even games with car radios should have virtual Ipods. GTA V for example would be even more rad, if I could listen to some tunes whilst doing the pedestrian thing.

I wanted to add. I love holding the Dualshock 4 like a spray can.

Not that the minigame is especially awesome, but anything that uses the gyro is a great thing in my eyes. That thing has so much potential. It's almost mouselike precise and quick. Hopefully that'll translate in awesome UIs for RPGs and whatnot.

Well I just beat it.

I, uh, don't really know what to say. Like, I kinda liked it, but I dunno. It was just really unsatisfying and never really gave me a chance to settle in and get used to the world and characters before it ended. The story just moves way too quickly and not a whole lot actually happens. I mean, I guess since it lacks a 3 in the title, I kinda should have expected that. Like I said in my previous post, it feels very " let's just throw together a PS4 game " -ish. I mean, it's still very early in the PS4's lifespan so that's to be expected, but....Still.

I'm probably gonna go ahead and do an evil playthrough now just so I can see if I can manage to get my first ever platinum trophy since this one seems really easy to get.

At the very least, it makes me incredibly curious as to what the next Infamous game will be like. Ohyeah, it looks realllllly good too. (Neon turned out to be my favorite power by the way. The rest just don't seem nearly as good).

Last night I beat the game for a second time, first on a good play through and now on an evil play through with expert difficultly. Apart from the Paper Trail missions which I've started I've nothing left to do in the game expect mess about with the DUP raids. And that's a bit of a shame. I doubt I'll go back and play it a third time around and apart from clearing out some raids now and again there is nothing left in the semi-open world of Seattle for me to do. The paper trail missions are fun but they only take maybe 30 minutes each to figure out so I'll probably just wait until all the parts are out and blast through them at the same time.

Now that I finished my first playthrough here are my thoughts.

1. Better powers, much better powers.

2. Delsin is more likeable than Cole

3. Seattle was Ok. I like New Marias better.

4. Seconds Sons had the weakest story out of the three.

All in all I liked all 3. Each has their strong & weak points.

Best PS4 exclusive as of far.

I don't think it was only the graphics that made the game shine, but the motion capture, movement and environments. You could see Delsin's denim vest bounce around as he ran through the city of Seattle. The details on Delsin's beanie were visible, in cutscenes and in gameplay, they were impressive.

The game wasn't stuffed. They had the right amount of characters in there - Delsin, Reggie, Fetch, Eugene and Augustine. They all fit into the story and played their roles. Games like the Assassin's Creed Series - That's my favourite series - has tons of characters in one game, but Infamous didn't suffer from that.

The gameplay was great. I enjoyed utilising the different powers - Smoke, Neon, Video, Concrete - and so it didn't feel as dull as previous Infamous games. The story and characters were interesting too. 8.7/10, I loved it.

As a Seattlite, playing Second Son is...weird. The Seattle in the game is recognizably Seattle in terms of landmarks like the Space Needle, sure, and the architectural style I've seen is very true to the city, but there's just something weird about the way it's laid out in the game, and it's missing some districts that feel like huge omissions. The International District and stadiums in particular are missing from the southeast downtown area, which inexplicably stops at Pioneer Square (and how Belltown is north of Pioneer Square, I have no idea (to say nothing of the way that Georgetown is positioned). The whole downtown area feels like it's missing some vital bits and pieces, and some of the things that I do recognize aren't exactly where they should be. I can't imagine what it's going to look like when I unlock the rest of the map.

Also, the 520 Bridge sequence is pretty hilarious. Why on Earth would destroying the bridge magically isolate Seattle? It's not even the only connection to the east side. And how Delsin ends up in Queen Anne immediately upon leaving the bridge is baffling considering that the first exit off of the bridge leads into Montlake near the U-District.

I know, I know. Video games. And it's not a terrible representation of Seattle. But I can't help but nitpick all of the weird ways that this Seattle doesn't match up to the real thing.

Just beat infamous and sort of feel disappointed, there is barely anything to do once you beat the main story line. Wish i did not do all the side quest right away and the last power you get is worthless, not because it is not awesome but because you don't ever get the a real opportunity to use it...

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ...

@hailinel: Also being from Seattle, yeah, the Seattle in this game looks nothing like Seattle in real life.

It's weird how much detail they decided to give the landmarks in this game. Hell, even the signs on I-5 are identical to the ones in real life. It's just weird that they gave the game that much detail, then decided to lay it out in a way that made it completely unrecognizable.