Release Date: May 26, 2009
Price: $59.99
Sony exclusives have always been good to us. Well lets all try to forget about Haze and remember the games like Gran Turismo, Ratchet & Clank, God of War, and Metal Gear Solid. All those Sony exclusives have gone on to make multiple sequels and made many gamers quite happy of their Sony branded console. Is inFAMOUS another step in the right direction, or is going to be another Haze? Well read on to get the full scoop on this PS3 exclusive..
Graphics - 9/10
For an open world game of this size I was quite surprised to see the graphics being as sharp and detailed as they are, and then topped off with a fantastic draw distance. The game starts off pretty dark and gloomy but thats because the power has been cut off form the world. Once you start generating power to the city you will start to notice street lights being lit up, LCD displays, and random television sets giving you the latest breaking news. The game features both a day and night cycle as well. Playing at night looks pretty cool because the electricity that flows from your body lightens up the darkness like the fourth of July.
The character models look pretty good but they do lack in detail. I would have liked to see the same amount of detail in the rest of the world as I see in the main character and the enemies.
Weapons - 10/10
There are weapons in the game that you most likely have never seen before. All of the weapons have something to do with electricity. No guns, no knives. Just raw electric power. Now how you use this electricity is what makes the game so great. Electric burst will send your enemies, vehicles, and pedestrians flying through the air. While airborne you can shoot them will a straight blast of electricty or try to be slick and toss a sticky grenade on them while they are in the air. The stick bomb is a ball of electricty that explodes. One of my favorite ways to kill enemies is to climb to the roof of a building, jump off and stomp the ground with an electric force that launches everything around you in the air. Another nice weapon is the Gamestop exclusive Gigawatt Blades. These blades are made up of electricity and hang over your arms similar to Wolverine. One swipe with these blades and its nice knowing ya!
Gameplay - 9/10
You can climb up nearly everything in the game. Assassin's Creed is a great example of this. The controls are all very fluid and your actions are very easy to control.
There seem to be 3 large cities to unlock. Each city is filled with side missions, electric shards, and drop zones. The electric shards you find will eventually increase you voltage meter. Increasing your meter will allow you to do more damage longer. Drop zones are basically you finding small satellite dishes scattered throughout the cities rooftops. The more the side missions you do the easier the game becomes. This is because everytime you do a side mission you secure a certain area of the city in which enemies will not return once you defeat them.
During the game you will be faced with choices. These choices will determine whether you are a good guy, or a bad guy. The people will react to you differently pending on your status. If you are good, they will embrace you and cheer you on. They will even run up to you asking for help. If you are bad you may find angry mobs chasing after you or they will just run away from you screaming. There are some missions that require you to be bad. So you may want to play through the game as a good guy first, and then bad the second time. Or vise vera.
You will be earning karma with every deed you do. Good or bad you will earn karma which moves you closer to being a Hero, or being inFAMOUS. Some of the deeds are healing wounded people, restraining enemies, and bio leeching. Bio leeching will always net you bad karma though. These will also net you experience points (XP). With the aquired XP you get from missions and deeds you can purchase or upgrade your powers/abilities.
Sound - 9/10
All of the electrifying explosions and enironment noises sound great. From the distance screams for help to the car that exploded in front of your face. A nice bit of music kicks in when enemies are about to attack which is nice because it gets you ready for whatever is coming.
The voice acting is all really good but some of the dialogue is pretty cheesy. I would have like to hear more swearing and such but its not anything that I can't live without.
Overall - 9.25/10
This game is very large and will keep you busy for quite a while. With the options to be both good or evil, the replay value jumps up even higher. The lack of stats sucks pretty badly but thats just a small price to pay for this very well designed game. There are many trophies to unlock so obviously I can not sit here too much longer talking about how much fun this game is. If you own a PS3 then you should own this game. This game gets Lethal's Stamp of Approval!
Pros:
Large open world to explore
Choose between good or evil
Many side quests
Very detailed world
Amazing use of electricty
Cons:
Lack of statistics
Character models could be better
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