inFAMOUS 2

[Havok83]

why are people flipping out over Cole's look? all we've seen is that one cover to Game Informer. It may not even be concept art for Infamous 2. Many gaming mags, including Game Informer hire comic artists to draw their covers on games they will feature. In that case, its the artists interpretation based on what they are given. Sucker Punch could have something completely different and considering there will be 10 pages worth of coverage for the game in the issue, Im sure there will be more than just artwork, but possible screenshots of gameplay and renders. Hold off judegement until that is released bc covers can be misleading

[Shin-Ra]

I got the gameinformer with a good look at the game. It takes place in a new city called New Marais. Its a fictional New Orleans. This isn't a younger cole its simply a re-designed cole with a new voice actor. Cole will be spending the time this game becoming a "super-super hero" in order to be able to beat the beast, he will be ramping up his power from the last game.

- From what I see, they have pulled in the camera.
- There are real cutscenes and the traditional comic strip narrative.
-You wont just jump up buildings but will construct ways to make it up buildings using objects to heighten that sense of exploration.
- There should be some new powers outside of electricity but he will still be the electric super hero.
- There is melee weapons.
- Zeke is more helpful.
- More people, cars and things happening in the game.

There are pictures of what appears to be in-game screens although I can't be sure as there are no HUD or anything.

Picture 1. Cole kind of spidey sticking to a wall next to a window with green shudders, cable wiring strung across strung above his head and a busy ole style street below him. It looks almost Victorian with people waiting to cross the cross walk, cars driving with their headlights on at night and brick stone streets.

Picture 2. An almost silhouetted comic style picture of the beast, he looks like Dr. Manhattan but red.

Bottom row of pictures are beautiful concept art of types of in game settings. I'm seeing high contrast, run down blade runner style streets resembling Las Vegas on a small scale. An assassins creed style cathedral, a creepy swamp with a dock and light pouring in from large dead trees with moss hanging from them. What appears to be a cemetery or tombs. Another swampy area but with a resident evil run down mansion in the background.

Picture 3. Cole wielding a big electricity conductor club that looks sort of like a double bladed sword. He is standing in front of a guy wearing cargo pants, a sweater and a helmet hood with a bunch of orange patterns and a gun.

Picture 4. is an assassins creed style image with cole peering over a sun drenched Venice city...although small and hard to make out.

Picture 5. Concept art of a multi colored lit tower in the middle of many old buildings.

Picture 6. Close up from behind cole standing in a water flooded area with capsized boat and old swamp house in the background.

Picture 7. Cole doing a huge spin attack sideways in the air with his electric club/sword. He knocking one of those militia guards into the air.

Picture 8. Close up of Cole doing his classic electricity zap attack to another militia guard. I believe these foot soldiers are people trying to remove people with powers.

Picture 9. A picture of Cole using a new power where he is thrust upward the side of a building via a cable line.

Picture 10. Cole doing a huge electric attack decimating everything in the area including a taxi and foot soldiers.

Picture 11. Close up behind Cole executing a huge electric vortex sucking up anyone and everything.

Picture 12. Cole doing another one of those vortex attacks but in a more visually striking scene.

Picture 13. A screen cap from an in-game cutscene where Cole is leaping and or rolling away from a huge explosion caused by a helicopter missle.

- Bigger bosses, promises to be meaner.
- A smoother morality system, not so black and white.
- Water kills you, tread lightly in swamps.
- Far more visually distinctive areas.
- Possibility of online functionality.

If you haven't seen the Cole Re-design, hes much more attractive, hes essentially the Male version of the girl from Mirrors Edge. Hes got that handsome everyman face, with a light beard/mustache. A stylish hand bandage, messenger bag, simple necklace, V-cut shirt striped pants and a more modern looking two toed ninja boot.

Some quotes:
"We're able to have a much more empathetic narrative this time"

"It was a superhero game that you could get into and have a good time. The second game, if we do our jobs right, will hopefully give you a heart attack."

"Cole getting around - the marriage of parkour and superpowers - creates this incredible jungle gym of mobility. It becomes this landscape of opportunities when you can zip up a building, then find a wire that goes across empty space. You're making it up as you go, and you're stringing together these cool moves that allow you to dominate the space in a way that only Cole can do."

"There are bigger consequences to your choices, and it's not really obvious what's good and bad."

"Morality is certainly a big part of the product." "And we are committed to making it impactful and meaningful, and have it be something you feel is responsive to how you're playing the game."

http://forums.gametrailers.com/threa...1077186?page=2

[PS3-Playb3yond]

-You wont just jump up buildings but will construct ways to make it up buildings using objects to heighten that sense of exploration.

Very excited about this! One thing that kind of slowed the first game's maneuver.

[Diesel]

I like a good bit of what I just read. Especially the not so clear cut karma decisions.

Hopefully the game itself can make up for my disappointment in the new Cole...

Or maybe he'll look better once I see him in-game

But I'll still miss the old Cole, as he looked/sounded bad***.






I'd deal with it better if he loss the stupid looking necklaces and got his old jacket back

[Shin-Ra]

Cole was bland like most tough guy gaming leads, passable but bland.

[cheaitsjustin]

Originally Posted by aygie

Yeah I have no idea But there must be some sort of story explanation

Maybe he changes his look to be more appealing to people? Who's going to look up to a hero that looks like Cole did in the first game?

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by Shin-Ra

Cole was bland like most tough guy gaming leads, passable but bland.

And I loved it



I'm not sure what the new guy sounds like, but anyone think there is a chance that they changed to look to fit better with this guy?


I wonder if they are going to change his personality too....

[DefTechPioElite]

I really hope he has the speed, teleport and ****TIME TRAVEL**** abilities that Kessler had this time around. Or at least one of those. Time travel like in Prince of Persia. Or create electrical clones like you saw of enemies in the first game to aid you in battle temporarily. This is just me dreaming

Anyways, the game is sure to rock. Hope the tighten up the frame rate a bit as well.

[Shin-Ra]

Cole may not be taking Kessler's path any more.

[Darkhawk9587]

Not really liking the new art style/ look of Cole. I enjoyed the comic book-like style of the first one. I really hope they don't screw this up.

[Shin-Ra]

The original inFAMOUS wasn't stylised like the concept art so I don't know where you're getting that idea from.

[RAZGRIZ-1]

Originally Posted by Shin-Ra

Cole was bland like most tough guy gaming leads, passable but bland.

I agree. I like new cole.

Thanks for posting the new info, sounds great!

So I guess I was right to suspect atleast a trilogy. Fine with me!

[Shin-Ra]

These are other pre-inFAMOUS 1 Cole (or whatever he was called then) concepts.

Wolverine Cole



Even Blander Hoodie Cole

[Havok83]

Originally Posted by Shin-Ra

The original inFAMOUS wasn't stylised like the concept art so I don't know where you're getting that idea from.

I think people are overreacting for no reason. I mean look at the original concept art for Uncharted. Did the style of the game or these characters end up looking like this in teh final product?

[Shin-Ra]

That's weird, there's another version of that picture, quite different. Sure that's not a fan remake?

edit:

Thought it looked weird.

[jsteinhauer]

Baaah!

If the game is good, the complainers will be silenced and the appearance won't matter. If the game is mediocre, well, the developers deserve what's coming.

As with Fallout: NV and Dead Space 2, I'm much looking forward to this, at least for now.

[Shin-Ra]

FWIW I preferred Nate's younger appearance in Drake's Fortune, didn't like his chunkier manly chest in Uncharted 2 but it's not a big deal.

Whatever Sucker Punch does with Zeke I'm sure I still won't like his face.. but I'm not sure you're supposed to. At least his actions may be more helpful by the sound of it.

Also MGS3 Big Boss > any other version of 'Snake'.

[Havok83]

Originally Posted by Shin-Ra

That's weird, there's another version of that picture, quite different. Sure that's not a fan remake?

edit:

Thought it looked weird.

Hmm, not sure, but regardless your picture makes thw same point. Illustrated concept art doesnt always equal final renders. The Elena in both pictures differs from what we actually ended up with

[Shin-Ra]

Another summary:

*CONTAINS SPOILERS*

For those of you that have played the first inFAMOUS, you know that Kessler (aka future Cole) went back in time and planned out the Ray Sphere explosion along with the death of Trish and the quarantine of Empire City to get Cole ready for The Beast. But because Kessler changed the course of history, Cole doesn't have enough time before facing The Beast. In the beginning of inFAMOUS 2, The Beast fights Cole in Empire City. Cole isn't strong enough to contend with him so he escapes. He soon ends up south in a city called New Marais (it looks very similar to New Orleans). New Marais is actually where the First Sons developed the Ray Sphere so Cole takes it upon himself to find more information on the First Sons. With Cole in New Marais, The Beast follows to finish Cole off.

Cole not only has to worry about The Beast getting to New Marais but a group called the Militia. The Militia is a so called "human purity" group; they only want humans to be pure and destroy anyone with "super human abilities." It seems that the Ray Sphere Event wasn't limited to just Empire City but also had effects around the world, that's why the Militia is around. Cole now has to deal with The Beast, the Militia, and mutant "swamp freaks."

As for new powers, Cole will be much more god-like in this game. He'll have brand new powers plus much more powerful ones. One of these new powers resembles a tornado that shoots lightning and the "Induction Launch" which launches Cole straight up into the air. He can even use electrified melee weapons on enemies. They also mentioned something about Cole having a power that seemed to involve ice but I won't get into that. And, because the game takes place in a Louisiana like area, you'll have lots of places to climb as well as swamp areas and more destructible objects. Other additions include use of traditional cinematics (the comic panel cutscenes return as well) and better facial expressions.

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by Shin-Ra

These are other pre-inFAMOUS 1 Cole (or whatever he was called then) concepts.

Wolverine Cole

[IMG]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4026/4676353757_c564659cfe.jpg[/IMG

Even Blander Hoodie Cole

[IMG]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4015/4676353595_1ab16ab147.jpg[/IMG

Wasn't the new art confirmed to be his new look though and not concept art?

So it wouldn't be very radically different from that image to game like those.

Originally Posted by Shin-Ra

Another summary:

Dislike of Cole's look aside...that sounds fantastic