@@thedarksaber I kind of expected it considering Sucker Punch is just an overall awesome team. Even their worst games are still pretty good at the very least
@@matteoziegler7632 I want a remaster cause they were never rereleased on ps4, and since there's no backwards compatibility the only way to play them is if you still have a ps3. Or an emulator. Possibly.
@@matteoziegler7632 I agree but a remaster with a new game would be good as well or maybe even a remake of 1. I loved its gritty feel so imagine it with today’s graphics and smooth gameplay
InFamous has a unique style to it. This like gritty and realisticish approach to superhero titles. Such a fun game and I think 2 is still my favorite. Second son is just behind it though.
For some reason I still prefer infamous 1 over 2 and Second Son I think it's mainly cause the first game had a lot of dark themes, and the gritty, destroyed look of the city made it feel more believable while in 2 the graphics felt to colourful at times in my opinion however all 3 are amazing great games nontheless.
The fact the title even ASKED if this game is still good is a sin in and of itself. This game is honestly one of the best the PS3 ever had. It definitely hasn’t aged as well as the 2nd (which is even better) but the story and characters seriously carry the experience imo. In fairness, I remember having my fair share of shitty gameplay moments.
Actually I disagree with you, I like the first game better then the 2nd, even though they made vast improvements. The cutscenes are better, the facial animations are better and the graphics are better, but I miss coles voice actor and I think the setting is better in empire city then new marai. (Apologizes for butchering that name)
Well i got the game once on the ps3 and played a good chunk of it then i couldn't beat the following mission whatsoever so i left it there w never played it again
@@chaficchbaro4599 I think Second Son was the only game in the series where I played and finished the story less than 5 times lol. I think I’ve only played it twice; once for good, once for evil.
@@buffoonustroglodytus4688 i definitely didn’t like second son as much as the original. second son had a lot of cool ideas but it just didn’t feel like a game that was supposed to impact me or anything
@@hugofuent2203 And it felt so far removed from the first two games. It’s incredibly jarring. The game’s story has literally nothing to do with the first two games.
I liked how the original Infamous felt dark and gritty. It felt like the city/society was falling apart, it had a more sinister undertone and simply a more apocalyptic art style. When you played to be evil, it actually felt evil, it felt like you were genuinely becoming corrupted. But then infamous 2 and especially Infamous Second Son just through that out the window completely. Infamous (and honestly Infamous 2 and Second Son) could really use a remaster under the PS5 (if I can ever get my hands on one lol.) I’d love to replay 1 and 2 but not at 20fps.
Agreed, the first one felt like a 80s graphic novel while 2 was more like a traditional comic book. I actually like 2, but Infamous 1 had a great feel that set it apart.
23:49 I actually like Kessler cause he’s a version of Cole that failed to stop the beast *because* of his good karma and so he wanted his past self to double on the ray sphere to be strong enough to take on the beast. Which is what it should have been but he just saw the beast emerge and did nothing about but go back in time.
20:34 no this is actually genius! Reggie said "I love you no matter what happens" so it didn't matter if delsin was a bad or a good guy. He said both times "I love you". So this makes this scene evennnn more sad 😢
Yeah but he shouldnt of said he was proud of him he should said I love but the path your on is terrible or something like that or at Least him saying he was disappointed
The fight against Kessler is an amazing boss fight if the difficulty is set to hard. His attacks hit like a truck and a single mistake has you scrambling for a power source. He also feels faster which I'm not sure is actually a thing but since you can't afford getting hit you have to dodge everything perfectly.
I love how the lighting for time of day specifically I think when you are doing all the Alden missions after the hospital and the sky is purple is absolutely gorgeous
Kessler is really tough at higher difficulty from what I remember. His shockwave and illusions almost one shot you, and the constant drones dropping grenades can finish you off more often than not.
I played Infamous 1 one month ago for the first time, beginning to end, and even got the platinum. This game definitely holds up. I can't imagine how it was to play at release but for me, it was amazing, even now.
I remembered playing this game at least 5 times and watching my brother play this game for at least 5 times as well. We have discovered a lot of stuff about the game during these play sessions, like how there's a small chance that you instantly die while doing a melee attack on one of the garbage man enemies, this also happens if you're doing melee attacks on any metal object the headbutt will have the chance of killing you. Also, i don't know if they patched this at some point because we were playing without wifi back then, the sequence after gaining the lightning storm move where you destroy trucks using it you can choose not to destroy any of them and just walk away giving you the infinite energy you were supposed to use on the lightning strike. This will not lead to the mission failing or ending, it pretty much just gives you the ability to spam your strongest moves to beat the enemies in that area which in turn gives you the opportunity to farm infinite amounts of exp, pretty much maxing out all of your upgrades if you're patient enough. Also I'm sure that the difficulty of the enemies is balanced out by the sheer amount of destruction you can dish out and the overpowered moves you get later in the game like the shield being able to restore your energy and the anti gravity stuff the good karma upgrade for the shockwave and hammer has, Also it's so cool how the good karma upgrades are focused around damage and crowd control while the evil karma upgrades are focused on causing as much suffering as humanly possible . Idk if this is widely known but you can drain electricity from alsmost anything in the game by zapping it a few times with your lightnight bolts.
24:17 I’m fine with this contradiction cause I think of it like Kessler himself is unable to stop John like how Cole is unable to save Trish. That no matter what the ray sphere would be built, no matter what John would turn into the beast, and no matter what Cole would use the ray sphere. If Kessler could make Cole stronger then maybe he’d have a chance to save everyone.
This game and it’s sequel are two of my favourite games of this console generation, they never got old for me. Thanks for making a video about them, great work my dude
My favorite PS3 series of all time. inFAMOUS 1 and 2 are what got me into Playstation first party storytelling at the age of 8 and I can’t be more grateful. I actually went back and platinumed inFAMOUS 1, 2, Second Son, and First Light earlier this year. This series will always be special to me!
The way I discovered this game was when I was like 8 or 9 I believe, me and my mom went to our friends house that we knew from church that was just around the block. She was a very lovely old lady, her husband had Infamous. I noticed the small collection of games he had and I looked through them. I had always been fascinated with the idea of having lighting as a super power and to play such a character in a game. When I looked at the cover of the game and saw that he had lighting channeling off of Cole I was in disbelief that such a game existed. As I looked at the back of the cover I was even more fired up. I wanted the game so bad and was wanting my mom to take me to Game Stop to get it. My mom said no and I was pretty bummed. Then the old lady we knew said I could keep the game. I was in disbelief yet again and asked if I really could have it and she said yes he doesn't even play anymore. My eyes lit up!!! When we finally got back home and I started up the game........I played 5 hours straight and finished the game. I loved it so much I beat the story 3 times in less than a week. This game will always be my all time favorite game to play😆😆 It's just one of those games that even to this day is a must play....that is assuming if you don't care to much about graphics and enjoy gameplay more.
I remember playing this game at a gamestop store right after it came out. I had no idea what game it was but I was there for like an hour playing it at one of those stands where you could try out a game. For some reason I never forgot about it and I forgot the name of it and I always wondered what it was. Now i'm here wanting to play it again.
Trish treats Cole like sh*t because her sister died in the Ray Sphere explosion. She is grieving and is taking out her frustration on Cole. *Of COURSE* she’d act that way; her lover essentially killed her family.
1. This was the video that caught my attention to your channel in the first place, I never saw many people who could talk about games like you can, let alone games that I enjoyed as a younger kid, I'm 18 now and I haven't done a play through of this since like 2012 it's been that long, also did the bozo move of selling my ps3 so I could get MKX for the xbox one, I was stupid, but this video is good, I agree with mainly every point you go on to talk about, I don't remember the FPS issues as much but I know for a fact that balloon mission was a pain in the ass for me to get through, & I don't remember if I did the game on hard or not, if anything normal, but it was still challenging, this was one of the first games I ever remember getting so I guess it'll just hold a special place in my heart for years to come.
Biggest problem with the game were the repetitive nature of many of the enemies and the slow traversal on the map. That said I loved this game. Story and atmosphere were great and it was a blast to play. Infamous 2 fixed many of these problems, but I think Infamous is a good one to come back too.
Kinda funny how this guy spent half an hour tearing the game apart, and all I can think is how nostalgic it is to see all these levels and the climbing again :) No hate though, I enjoyed the review! And yeah, those animations... 14:32 amazing what we put up with in 2009 :D
even though the good didnt relfect in Cole's apoearance it did reflect in the city if you were good throughtout the game the citys sky's would be blue and brighter.
I don't know what it is, but every time I play InFamous on my PS3, I get very addicted & can't stop playing the game. Maybe because the powers & the gameplay are pretty good? I especially like when you play as Good Cole, you actually feel like a real hero in the game. While Evil Cole is fun when you just want to go nuts & kill everything on site. Getting all the trophies/achievements is the tough part, because the stunts & getting all the shards is pretty difficult & the shard parts are a huge time waster as well. But over all, a fun experience, despite the game being 11 years old. I kind of wish I have gotten the sequel as well. I only played the demo of it on PS3.
Infamous 1 is pretty good. If you still have a PS3, play the sequel. The story is not as good, but the visuals and gameplay are improved. Empire City was more fun to explore than New Marias though. The shards, stunts, and dead drops prevented me from getting the platinum in Infamous.
This drew my attention to how many aspects have to cooperate to make good gameplay. really makes me appreciate how difficult game design is. thank you for the review, I haven't played this game since I was about 8 years old and it was a great nostalgia trip
I love the inFAMOUS series! The first one's still my favorite, bc I love the darker tone and the great bright colors from the lightnings. Like a comic.
Mann, I remember first playing this back in 2015 when I was 8 and I pretty much loved the glitches lol, after I completed the game I decided to go buy inFamous 2, but it wasn't in sale on where I was gonna buy it (my friend told me he got it from there) but instead I bought cod ghosts, which Is also a game i enjoyed, I reached max prestige twice and bought other 5+ cod games. Overall 10/10 game since I love the Good/Bad game choices, it's kinda creative.
A memory that comes to mind when I think about this game is that, if I’m ever in an area with not a lot of power sources nearby and I have nothing in my energy meter then I’ll go to the nearest object ex: trash can, and I spam the basic bolt shot at it a few times and it gives me free electricity to drain.
In another analysis video I saw of this game, that Kessler felt too much guilt for not doing anything about the Beast himself in his own timeline, so he went back in time to let his younger self do what he never had the courage for. He wanted to change himself, but it was too late to do so by that point, so he led Cole down a path of trial to strengthen him. The story reflects this pretty well, and I can get behind that thought process from Kessler
I was surprised when you mentioned the difficulty, I played and finished the game on Hard difficulty without even noticing lol I did have a really tough time though
I recently played through the game a few times, it turned itself to hard difficulty based on my performance the first time and stayed normal the second. They didn't feel too different, some parts of that game are super difficult on any difficulty.
I just platinumed this game today, I quit this game in 2012 and a decade later I give it another shot and yeah. Good childhood memories, and new platinum, now I finally have all infamous games 100% completed. Nice vid.
Just played infamous 1 for the first time, did it on hard. Bout to do the same for infamous 2. 1 is heavily flawed but fun, 2 improves everything about 1 but still has problems. Second Son doesn't have a lot of the problems infamous 1 had and even infamous 2, but there isn't a tactical edge to the combat like there is in 2. It's just a game of collecting as many subdues as possible rather than defeating your enemies in a smart and creative manner. I think all 3 games have pretty solid stories though.
The dark and murky background is really only a thing on infamous playthrough's though. If you play as a hero the world gets brighter, Cole looks like a clean cut good guy as opposed to a drug addict and burn victim
We also need to remember that at the time, Sucker Punches whole team making this game was like 20 people. Obviously it’s probably a little bit more than that but regardless, the whole team was extremely small. I think it’s goddamn impressive they could make a game this good. They also did not have much financial assistance in making this game. They also had a lot of super unique and never seen before mechanics and looks for a game at the time. Coles electricity looks pretty insane and unique for its time. I also think the parkour isn’t as bad generally as you think it is. It’s really just the specific stuff that’s kinda annoying. Most of the time when you miss a hold, you can use the thrusters to pull yourself back to your starting point. I also do remember it having a fast travel system with the hospitals spread around the game. I also forgot to mention the Karma system and how much people loved it at the time and even now with Second Son, my favorite game of all time. Also, the character development and plot and the ideas they contain are just super damn cool. I everything makes sense and there’s pretty much zero plot holes I can think of. Overall, this game and the whole series are most definitely my favorite games of all time simply because they’re some of the best with some of the lowest development teams ever. Just my thoughts. Btw I love your videos so much and after seeing your Second Son video ( it was the first video of yours I’ve seen) I subscribed instantly. You could say I’m writing this big ass comment of criticism because this game is so nostalgic for me but regardless I think we can all agree this was still a great game. Love ya Aqua keep up the good work.
I'm so glad you agree regarding Trish, she doesn't feel real, nor does she feel worth the character development Cole goes through regarding her death. She constantly treats Cole so coldly, even down the Good karmic path and only comes around shortly before her inevitable death.
Infamous 1 and ESPECIALLY InFamous 2 are underrated. They are really good games with really cool decision based gameplay mechanics with their abilities. Such good games!!!
infamous was one of my favorite games when i was younger i loved it. and then i played infamous 2 a couple years later and the ending made me genuinely sad, because i had so much time to bond with all of the great characters from infamous to infamous 2
I remember baby sitting for a neighbour quite alot back in 2014 (I think), I didn't have a ps3 - but my neighbour let me play on the his while I was there. so when the kid went to sleep properly - I played this to pass the time. I absolutely loved it. I think I'll actually go back and play the both 1 and 2 soon 😊
Infamous did something that in my whole life of gaming I've wondering: Why there's isn't a game that let's you play as a superhero with electricity powers? And then Sucker Punch went out and made this beautiful game.
I played this game for the first time in 2020 and i must say, though i dont disagree with repetitive side missions and the look of the game, it was a very good game for me, i loved it and now im playing the sequel, and it's even better
About a month ago I finished Second son for the first time. I absolutely loved it, and I wanted to play the older games. I subscribed to ps now and I got to play the first Infamous game, and I am really enjoying it. But I play these games to take my mind off this whole pandemic. Infamous isn't helping.
I just noticed how past me should have mentioned that the reason why infamous wasn't helping me forget the pandemic, was because there literally was an awful sickness in the game.
I replayed both infamous games several times because I never got other games but I never got bored of them. Amazing games, huge part of my childhood. Wish we could play them on the new consoles
I played this game for the first time in January of this year. I had great fun so I decided to platinum the game. One of the trophies was to to beat the game on hard. Jesus Christ. It was one of the most painful times I've had playing a game. Not to mention the final boss could kill me with 2 hits which led me to fighting him for over an hour
I also got this game from the free games for the Sony hacked situation. Although the game is not without flaws, it was a foundation for what inFamous became. The game is nearly perfect for what it was, and my biggest problem with it was the choice between Trish and the doctors.
Honestly Empire City is one of the most well designed places to explore. Three districts with their own enemies and missions. You are incentivized to explore because there is stuff for everyone. If you want to get more powerful, look for Blast Shards for increased capacity for your heavier hitting moves. Want to know more about the story? Look for Dead Drops. Are the amount of enemies annoying you? Do side missions for more EXP and gain territory to decrease the amount of enemies.
Agreed with a lot of this, disagreed with a lot of it too. Great video though, subbed. I love infamous 1 just as much as I did in 2011, it’s still the best Infamous imo
To this day I still stand by the ideal that it's one of the best and most unique portrayals of super powers/heroes imo. For me it's top three, up there with brightburn and chronicle.
I always found the good karmic route to be more fun than the evil route. Granted originally i thought the opposite because of how chaotic the evil powers feel to use. But at the end of the day, they're basically just the basic powers with more explosions thrown in. The good powers on the other hand i actually found way more useful. Like being able to redirect your rockets in midair, rockets themselves causing enemies to float making them easy targets. I love getting some sweet trick shots with the redirect rockets, like being able to hit enemies behind cover with them. Or just firing the rocket in some far off direction, then quickly aiming at an enemy and watch as the rocket blasts them several seconds later lol. The evil powers in inFamous 2 were way better overall. Although i still prefer the good playthrough there as well. I never really had that much of an issue with enemies being able to kill you quickly, apart from some bosses, and lots of enemies at once with rpgs, i never really died that much unless i was careless. There's energy everywhere that you can use to refill your health. And if by some reason you cant find something to refill your energy/health, you can just blast anything nearby that conducts electricity (cars, fences, anything metal really), and just absorb it. Since the basic bolt doesnt cost anything, you essentially get a free recharge no matter where you are. This trick even works in blackout areas. The trick still exists in inFamous 2 but in a different form. You no longer can "charge" objects to absorb energy from them, but you can use the electro grenade and absorb the energy from that instead. And since that grenade doesnt do much damage, you dont even have to worry that much about the explosion from it. As for Second Son, I didnt like that game at all. Put it down after only a few hours.
I just played through inFamous for the first time in 2022. I’m now on inFamous 2 and although the first game is pretty rough, it’s really fun on your first play through
Early PS3 games seem to suffer from this. Having weapons conducive to movement, but enemies and levels set up to cover. Resistance 1 is the perfect example. Not to mention the weapons have so little ammo and damage you need to use cover.
As much as I love Second Son, if there’s one thing that the first game did better, it’s the Good/Evil choices. I liked how they came naturally to Cole and made it quite difficult (even for me) to make one choice over another. Whereas in Second Son, it felt that Delsin was forcing himself to be evil sometimes. Oh, and may I make a request? I’d love it if you did a critique of Alpha Protocol. It’s a flawed game, but it’s very ambitious and way ahead of its time.
Great video, man. I absolutely love InFamous!! It's one of my favorite games on the PlayStation 3 and it's one of my favorite games of all time. I also love InFamous 2 as well. I also wish that Sucker Punch would remaster the first two games on the PS4 and PS5. Keep up the great work, man. 😎🎮✌️
I watched this after finally playing through this game myself just to see what other people think of it and how my own impressions stack up while being so late to playing it and I just got hit with a giant spoiler for the second game thrown out in the most casual way possible (24:15) Otherwise a pretty good video
Infamous 1 and 2 was my most favorite game from the PS3! Graphics aside, the story was amazing! Edit: Seriously? I never had a single problem with climbing or cable grinding in that game, you can hold backward with thrusters to slow your momentum and align yourself to the next cable. Also my PS3 was never once very heated by the game, even without a fan blowing on it =/. Maybe your PS3 was dirty inside thus causing resistance to the fan. Also the enemies was just right for me, fun in fact. The invisible 2-shot shotgun enemies were always fun to play with. Don’t forget you can roll for as much as you like and your shield is literally your best friend.
The first inFamous game is the best one in the series. The story isn't amazing, but it had a good setup. What really sets this game apart from its sequels is the atmosphere of Empire City. Sucker Punch did a nice job of making the city seem oppressive, especially in the Historic District and in the sewers. What I was annoyed at is the fact that the secondary villains didn't return in inFamous 2. Sasha, Alden and Moya weren't amazing characters but I wanted to see more of them. Alden and Moya's stories were resolved in a comic book which I thought was too bad.
I wish Sucker Punch would make a remaster of both infamous 1 & 2. This game is lit 🔥 and just imagine it with today’s graphics 😍
I want a remaster of the resistance trilogy also!
Especially with the PS5 out
I'm so happy they nailed Ghost of Tsushima
Agreed!
@@thedarksaber I kind of expected it considering Sucker Punch is just an overall awesome team. Even their worst games are still pretty good at the very least
Look, there’s only 2 things I want in this world: peace and a full remaster of InFamous 1 and 2
@@goriel_ki1358 it will probably be a collection pack with infamous 2 all dlc
i think the second game still looks pretty good and i rather had a new infamous instead of a remake of two games i already played
@@matteoziegler7632 I want a remaster cause they were never rereleased on ps4, and since there's no backwards compatibility the only way to play them is if you still have a ps3. Or an emulator. Possibly.
@@kallmeej9106 ok thats a point. Of course it would be great to replay both games in 60 fps and 1080p/ 4k
@@matteoziegler7632 I agree but a remaster with a new game would be good as well or maybe even a remake of 1. I loved its gritty feel so imagine it with today’s graphics and smooth gameplay
Underrated game IMO especially the sequel. They ain't perfect, but still a ton of fun and have pretty good stories too
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inFAMOUS 2 felt like it went forward and backward at the same time
@Austin Lmao what a kid
@Austin I haven't seen a more ironic comment ever
the evil endings lighting was godlike. the red with black was amazing
InFamous has a unique style to it. This like gritty and realisticish approach to superhero titles. Such a fun game and I think 2 is still my favorite. Second son is just behind it though.
Yeah imo infamous 2 was better but i liked the underground missions and the black and red lighting is pretty cool
For some reason I still prefer infamous 1 over 2 and Second Son I think it's mainly cause the first game had a lot of dark themes, and the gritty, destroyed look of the city made it feel more believable while in 2 the graphics felt to colourful at times in my opinion however all 3 are amazing great games nontheless.
@@ayoo.bruce01 me too
The fact the title even ASKED if this game is still good is a sin in and of itself. This game is honestly one of the best the PS3 ever had. It definitely hasn’t aged as well as the 2nd (which is even better) but the story and characters seriously carry the experience imo. In fairness, I remember having my fair share of shitty gameplay moments.
Agreed
I love this game so fucking much i also felt offended by the title
Actually I disagree with you, I like the first game better then the 2nd, even though they made vast improvements. The cutscenes are better, the facial animations are better and the graphics are better, but I miss coles voice actor and I think the setting is better in empire city then new marai. (Apologizes for butchering that name)
I played the shit out of this game when I was younger. Over 10 new playthroughs on Good, and over 5 on evil.
Dude I did the same and never stopped. Too bad my ps3 is broken. 1 like = 1prayer to fix my ps3.
It's cool how you're more inclined to be Good than Evil.
Well i got the game once on the ps3 and played a good chunk of it then i couldn't beat the following mission whatsoever so i left it there w never played it again
@@chaficchbaro4599 I think Second Son was the only game in the series where I played and finished the story less than 5 times lol. I think I’ve only played it twice; once for good, once for evil.
@@Josh-kx4zo sorry but i never played them except for a bit in infamous 😬
I feel like this game and the force unleashed are responsible for my undying love for lightning powers.
Same here, those two games gave me a passion for electrokinesis.
Hopefully Sucker Punch announces a new Infamous game soon. Imagine Ghost of Tsushima with superpowers.
Infamous: Ghost or Ghost of Tsushima 2: Infamous
i’m praying that we get infamous 1 remastered
I hope they give the franchise a soft reboot. Second son was absolute shit story wise
@@buffoonustroglodytus4688 i definitely didn’t like second son as much as the original. second son had a lot of cool ideas but it just didn’t feel like a game that was supposed to impact me or anything
@@hugofuent2203 And it felt so far removed from the first two games. It’s incredibly jarring. The game’s story has literally nothing to do with the first two games.
The Trish decision was great to me because it showed how well the villain knew you
My dumbass decision in the first playthrough was choosing to save Trish instead of the other hostages 😂.
I liked how the original Infamous felt dark and gritty. It felt like the city/society was falling apart, it had a more sinister undertone and simply a more apocalyptic art style. When you played to be evil, it actually felt evil, it felt like you were genuinely becoming corrupted. But then infamous 2 and especially Infamous Second Son just through that out the window completely.
Infamous (and honestly Infamous 2 and Second Son) could really use a remaster under the PS5 (if I can ever get my hands on one lol.) I’d love to replay 1 and 2 but not at 20fps.
Agreed, the first one felt like a 80s graphic novel while 2 was more like a traditional comic book. I actually like 2, but Infamous 1 had a great feel that set it apart.
I remember when I had over 20 saves because I played this game so much...Infamous is a top tier game series
Bruh same I’d take my weekend in middle school and have both games finished before dinner on Sunday
Same!! Both good and evil!!
I recommend trying Transformers War for Cybertron and it's sequel, Fall of Cybertron! True gems!
Pity you can't get them on Steam anymore.
Underrated games! I remember playing the demos with the homies. We NEED another game like that. Those were so well done.
@@lozm4835 damn this interaction put me thru the motions 😔
@@Playuh I still kick myself regularly for not picking them up when I had the chance.
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23:49 I actually like Kessler cause he’s a version of Cole that failed to stop the beast *because* of his good karma and so he wanted his past self to double on the ray sphere to be strong enough to take on the beast. Which is what it should have been but he just saw the beast emerge and did nothing about but go back in time.
Still waiting for my infamous remastered collection.
I hope you’re planning to do an infamous 2 review if you haven’t already
Don't worry, I will :)
There was a free DLC power that basically made melee more fun. It made your fists become electrical blades and were cool af.
20:34 no this is actually genius! Reggie said "I love you no matter what happens" so it didn't matter if delsin was a bad or a good guy. He said both times "I love you". So this makes this scene evennnn more sad 😢
Yeah but he shouldnt of said he was proud of him he should said I love but the path your on is terrible or something like that or at Least him saying he was disappointed
“And that she loved me for it” that line will always get me man, I love Infamous 1 so much, and 2 of course
The fight against Kessler is an amazing boss fight if the difficulty is set to hard. His attacks hit like a truck and a single mistake has you scrambling for a power source. He also feels faster which I'm not sure is actually a thing but since you can't afford getting hit you have to dodge everything perfectly.
That was my last trophy for the platinum
Yeah, it was an incredible boss fight. You couldn't relax against him.
I love how the lighting for time of day specifically I think when you are doing all the Alden missions after the hospital and the sky is purple is absolutely gorgeous
Kessler is really tough at higher difficulty from what I remember. His shockwave and illusions almost one shot you, and the constant drones dropping grenades can finish you off more often than not.
Infamous 1 and 2 was actually my reason to buy a ps3
For the melee attacks there were also the megawatt blades that would one shot/do a ton of damage to any enemy
Correction: GIGAWATT BLADES, but either way is fine.
Okay okay this game is pretty rough but the second one is my bread and butter and also it’s dlc is boss
The animations of the side characters and their weird motions are the exact same in the sly cooper games😂
Mind blown
I played Infamous 1 one month ago for the first time, beginning to end, and even got the platinum. This game definitely holds up. I can't imagine how it was to play at release but for me, it was amazing, even now.
I remembered playing this game at least 5 times and watching my brother play this game for at least 5 times as well. We have discovered a lot of stuff about the game during these play sessions, like how there's a small chance that you instantly die while doing a melee attack on one of the garbage man enemies, this also happens if you're doing melee attacks on any metal object the headbutt will have the chance of killing you. Also, i don't know if they patched this at some point because we were playing without wifi back then, the sequence after gaining the lightning storm move where you destroy trucks using it you can choose not to destroy any of them and just walk away giving you the infinite energy you were supposed to use on the lightning strike. This will not lead to the mission failing or ending, it pretty much just gives you the ability to spam your strongest moves to beat the enemies in that area which in turn gives you the opportunity to farm infinite amounts of exp, pretty much maxing out all of your upgrades if you're patient enough. Also I'm sure that the difficulty of the enemies is balanced out by the sheer amount of destruction you can dish out and the overpowered moves you get later in the game like the shield being able to restore your energy and the anti gravity stuff the good karma upgrade for the shockwave and hammer has, Also it's so cool how the good karma upgrades are focused around damage and crowd control while the evil karma upgrades are focused on causing as much suffering as humanly possible . Idk if this is widely known but you can drain electricity from alsmost anything in the game by zapping it a few times with your lightnight bolts.
Yeah the drain thing i realized and also making Cole dance
24:17 I’m fine with this contradiction cause I think of it like Kessler himself is unable to stop John like how Cole is unable to save Trish. That no matter what the ray sphere would be built, no matter what John would turn into the beast, and no matter what Cole would use the ray sphere. If Kessler could make Cole stronger then maybe he’d have a chance to save everyone.
All the infamous games are the kind of games where I just legitimately love almost everything about them despite any frustrations
When I tried to save trish and she still died
10 year old me felt like he lost his dog
*Inhale*
A SILENT MEEEEELODY
A SURFACE MEEEEMORY
A SOUND SYMPHONY
BECAME A PAAAART OF ME
A diffrent frequency
My hand has spread the sea
It's like there's a God in me
A silent melody
A Surface memory
A sound symphony
Became apart of me
Like there's a god in me
This game and it’s sequel are two of my favourite games of this console generation, they never got old for me. Thanks for making a video about them, great work my dude
11:44 if only you have some kind of shield...oh wait
When you give it a like before you watch it because you already know it's gonna be good
When you give a comment a heart before reading it because you recognize the username
@@ThatBoyAqua lmao
My favorite PS3 series of all time. inFAMOUS 1 and 2 are what got me into Playstation first party storytelling at the age of 8 and I can’t be more grateful. I actually went back and platinumed inFAMOUS 1, 2, Second Son, and First Light earlier this year. This series will always be special to me!
we need more games like this, not “superhero games” per se, just games where you’re that person with cool powers, goin thru life..
The way I discovered this game was when I was like 8 or 9 I believe, me and my mom went to our friends house that we knew from church that was just around the block. She was a very lovely old lady, her husband had Infamous.
I noticed the small collection of games he had and I looked through them. I had always been fascinated with the idea of having lighting as a super power and to play such a character in a game. When I looked at the cover of the game and saw that he had lighting channeling off of Cole I was in disbelief that such a game existed.
As I looked at the back of the cover I was even more fired up. I wanted the game so bad and was wanting my mom to take me to Game Stop to get it. My mom said no and I was pretty bummed. Then the old lady we knew said I could keep the game.
I was in disbelief yet again and asked if I really could have it and she said yes he doesn't even play anymore. My eyes lit up!!! When we finally got back home and I started up the game........I played 5 hours straight and finished the game.
I loved it so much I beat the story 3 times in less than a week. This game will always be my all time favorite game to play😆😆
It's just one of those games that even to this day is a must play....that is assuming if you don't care to much about graphics and enjoy gameplay more.
Wow I remember my old man showing me this after it was available for free along with some other games.
I had completely forgotten about this classic.
I remember playing this game at a gamestop store right after it came out. I had no idea what game it was but I was there for like an hour playing it at one of those stands where you could try out a game. For some reason I never forgot about it and I forgot the name of it and I always wondered what it was. Now i'm here wanting to play it again.
Watching this video made me cry a lot it brings so many memories from the past and excitement.
Hey man, just wanted to say I love the channel. So happy I stumbled upon this. Keep the videos coming!!!
Thank you 🙏
Trish treats Cole like sh*t because her sister died in the Ray Sphere explosion.
She is grieving and is taking out her frustration on Cole.
*Of COURSE* she’d act that way; her lover essentially killed her family.
1.
This was the video that caught my attention to your channel in the first place, I never saw many people who could talk about games like you can, let alone games that I enjoyed as a younger kid, I'm 18 now and I haven't done a play through of this since like 2012 it's been that long, also did the bozo move of selling my ps3 so I could get MKX for the xbox one, I was stupid, but this video is good, I agree with mainly every point you go on to talk about, I don't remember the FPS issues as much but I know for a fact that balloon mission was a pain in the ass for me to get through, & I don't remember if I did the game on hard or not, if anything normal, but it was still challenging, this was one of the first games I ever remember getting so I guess it'll just hold a special place in my heart for years to come.
Biggest problem with the game were the repetitive nature of many of the enemies and the slow traversal on the map. That said I loved this game. Story and atmosphere were great and it was a blast to play. Infamous 2 fixed many of these problems, but I think Infamous is a good one to come back too.
I think I'm alone in that favored Prototype to this game.
Kinda funny how this guy spent half an hour tearing the game apart, and all I can think is how nostalgic it is to see all these levels and the climbing again :) No hate though, I enjoyed the review!
And yeah, those animations... 14:32 amazing what we put up with in 2009 :D
even though the good didnt relfect in Cole's apoearance it did reflect in the city if you were good throughtout the game the citys sky's would be blue and brighter.
I don't know what it is, but every time I play InFamous on my PS3, I get very addicted & can't stop playing the game. Maybe because the powers & the gameplay are pretty good? I especially like when you play as Good Cole, you actually feel like a real hero in the game. While Evil Cole is fun when you just want to go nuts & kill everything on site. Getting all the trophies/achievements is the tough part, because the stunts & getting all the shards is pretty difficult & the shard parts are a huge time waster as well. But over all, a fun experience, despite the game being 11 years old. I kind of wish I have gotten the sequel as well. I only played the demo of it on PS3.
Listen here man it took me like days to find all the blastshards. I even went to search up the location of each 1 for all 3 islands.
Infamous 1 is pretty good. If you still have a PS3, play the sequel. The story is not as good, but the visuals and gameplay are improved. Empire City was more fun to explore than New Marias though. The shards, stunts, and dead drops prevented me from getting the platinum in Infamous.
Just platinumed this one the other day. Loved coming back to it
This series has a special place in my heart
Infamous will forever be my favorite game series of all time.
This drew my attention to how many aspects have to cooperate to make good gameplay. really makes me appreciate how difficult game design is. thank you for the review, I haven't played this game since I was about 8 years old and it was a great nostalgia trip
Watching this remind me of "Prototype" that came out some years after.
it came out one month after
I love the inFAMOUS series! The first one's still my favorite, bc I love the darker tone and the great bright colors from the lightnings. Like a comic.
I remember playing this fame on my brothers ps3, pretty sure it was a demo with 3 levels but i played the hell outa them
Mann, I remember first playing this back in 2015 when I was 8 and I pretty much loved the glitches lol, after I completed the game I decided to go buy inFamous 2, but it wasn't in sale on where I was gonna buy it (my friend told me he got it from there) but instead I bought cod ghosts, which Is also a game i enjoyed, I reached max prestige twice and bought other 5+ cod games. Overall 10/10 game since I love the Good/Bad game choices, it's kinda creative.
love this! do this for infamous 2... my fav game of all time
A memory that comes to mind when I think about this game is that, if I’m ever in an area with not a lot of power sources nearby and I have nothing in my energy meter then I’ll go to the nearest object ex: trash can, and I spam the basic bolt shot at it a few times and it gives me free electricity to drain.
In another analysis video I saw of this game, that Kessler felt too much guilt for not doing anything about the Beast himself in his own timeline, so he went back in time to let his younger self do what he never had the courage for. He wanted to change himself, but it was too late to do so by that point, so he led Cole down a path of trial to strengthen him. The story reflects this pretty well, and I can get behind that thought process from Kessler
I'd love to get an inFamous spin-off where we play in Kessler's timeline.
I was surprised when you mentioned the difficulty, I played and finished the game on Hard difficulty without even noticing lol
I did have a really tough time though
I recently played through the game a few times, it turned itself to hard difficulty based on my performance the first time and stayed normal the second. They didn't feel too different, some parts of that game are super difficult on any difficulty.
@@katchupmachined1914 Interesting, so it adapts the difficulty to your performance, it makes sense as I don't remember setting it to hard manually
@@RudeBoyProductions I believe it only does it if you do well enough in the first mission.
inFAMOUS 1 & 2 in a nutshell: You die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain
I just platinumed this game today, I quit this game in 2012 and a decade later I give it another shot and yeah. Good childhood memories, and new platinum, now I finally have all infamous games 100% completed. Nice vid.
Just played infamous 1 for the first time, did it on hard. Bout to do the same for infamous 2. 1 is heavily flawed but fun, 2 improves everything about 1 but still has problems.
Second Son doesn't have a lot of the problems infamous 1 had and even infamous 2, but there isn't a tactical edge to the combat like there is in 2. It's just a game of collecting as many subdues as possible rather than defeating your enemies in a smart and creative manner. I think all 3 games have pretty solid stories though.
The dark and murky background is really only a thing on infamous playthrough's though. If you play as a hero the world gets brighter, Cole looks like a clean cut good guy as opposed to a drug addict and burn victim
This game was included in my ps3, at first i throught it was a demo, and when i unlocked a trophy , i couldn´t stop playing it
We also need to remember that at the time, Sucker Punches whole team making this game was like 20 people. Obviously it’s probably a little bit more than that but regardless, the whole team was extremely small. I think it’s goddamn impressive they could make a game this good. They also did not have much financial assistance in making this game. They also had a lot of super unique and never seen before mechanics and looks for a game at the time. Coles electricity looks pretty insane and unique for its time. I also think the parkour isn’t as bad generally as you think it is. It’s really just the specific stuff that’s kinda annoying. Most of the time when you miss a hold, you can use the thrusters to pull yourself back to your starting point. I also do remember it having a fast travel system with the hospitals spread around the game. I also forgot to mention the Karma system and how much people loved it at the time and even now with
Second Son, my favorite game of all time. Also, the character development and plot and the ideas they contain are just super damn cool. I everything makes sense and there’s pretty much zero plot holes I can think of. Overall, this game and the whole series are most definitely my favorite games of all time simply because they’re some of the best with some of the lowest development teams ever. Just my thoughts. Btw I love your videos so much and after seeing your Second Son video ( it was the first video of yours I’ve seen) I subscribed instantly. You could say I’m writing this big ass comment of criticism because this game is so nostalgic for me but regardless I think we can all agree this was still a great game. Love ya Aqua keep up the good work.
Nah they got support from sony
@@draculathevampire934 True true
It was 60
@@TerrorOfTalos yeah lol, still small as hell tho.
I'm so glad you agree regarding Trish, she doesn't feel real, nor does she feel worth the character development Cole goes through regarding her death. She constantly treats Cole so coldly, even down the Good karmic path and only comes around shortly before her inevitable death.
Infamous 1 and ESPECIALLY InFamous 2 are underrated. They are really good games with really cool decision based gameplay mechanics with their abilities. Such good games!!!
infamous was one of my favorite games when i was younger i loved it. and then i played infamous 2 a couple years later and the ending made me genuinely sad, because i had so much time to bond with all of the great characters from infamous to infamous 2
Infamous and Prototype are my favorite games from the PS3 era
I remember baby sitting for a neighbour quite alot back in 2014 (I think), I didn't have a ps3 - but my neighbour let me play on the his while I was there. so when the kid went to sleep properly - I played this to pass the time. I absolutely loved it. I think I'll actually go back and play the both 1 and 2 soon 😊
this a professional ass video well done brother
😊😊😊
I would love a Infamous remastered or Multiplayer style game or both
I remember this game being one of the first I remember going out of my way to max my karma level. I was really invested!
Damn i wish there would be a remake of this game, it could fix some of those flaws and imagine how great it would look on the ps5
Maybe they'll do it. I mean we're already got a Ninja Gaiden Ps4 remastered collection.
I would rather Sony just patches all there first party games left on PS3 to run at 4K 60FPS i mean there's only like 15 games.
@@Gideon13397 ninja gaiden ain’t a PlayStation exclusive
@@robmorris4056 that’s called a remaster.
@@mrpopo5097 No where did I say that Ninja Gaiden series is a Playstation exclusive?
Infamous did something that in my whole life of gaming I've wondering: Why there's isn't a game that let's you play as a superhero with electricity powers? And then Sucker Punch went out and made this beautiful game.
I played this game for the first time in 2020 and i must say, though i dont disagree with repetitive side missions and the look of the game, it was a very good game for me, i loved it and now im playing the sequel, and it's even better
About a month ago I finished Second son for the first time. I absolutely loved it, and I wanted to play the older games. I subscribed to ps now and I got to play the first Infamous game, and I am really enjoying it. But I play these games to take my mind off this whole pandemic. Infamous isn't helping.
I just noticed how past me should have mentioned that the reason why infamous wasn't helping me forget the pandemic, was because there literally was an awful sickness in the game.
I replayed both infamous games several times because I never got other games but I never got bored of them. Amazing games, huge part of my childhood. Wish we could play them on the new consoles
I played this game for the first time in January of this year. I had great fun so I decided to platinum the game. One of the trophies was to to beat the game on hard.
Jesus Christ. It was one of the most painful times I've had playing a game. Not to mention the final boss could kill me with 2 hits which led me to fighting him for over an hour
I also got this game from the free games for the Sony hacked situation. Although the game is not without flaws, it was a foundation for what inFamous became. The game is nearly perfect for what it was, and my biggest problem with it was the choice between Trish and the doctors.
Im actually playing it for the first time after obtaining the game like 5 years ago and im having a blast
Honestly Empire City is one of the most well designed places to explore. Three districts with their own enemies and missions. You are incentivized to explore because there is stuff for everyone. If you want to get more powerful, look for Blast Shards for increased capacity for your heavier hitting moves. Want to know more about the story? Look for Dead Drops. Are the amount of enemies annoying you? Do side missions for more EXP and gain territory to decrease the amount of enemies.
Agreed with a lot of this, disagreed with a lot of it too. Great video though, subbed. I love infamous 1 just as much as I did in 2011, it’s still the best Infamous imo
To this day I still stand by the ideal that it's one of the best and most unique portrayals of super powers/heroes imo. For me it's top three, up there with brightburn and chronicle.
I always found the good karmic route to be more fun than the evil route. Granted originally i thought the opposite because of how chaotic the evil powers feel to use. But at the end of the day, they're basically just the basic powers with more explosions thrown in. The good powers on the other hand i actually found way more useful. Like being able to redirect your rockets in midair, rockets themselves causing enemies to float making them easy targets. I love getting some sweet trick shots with the redirect rockets, like being able to hit enemies behind cover with them. Or just firing the rocket in some far off direction, then quickly aiming at an enemy and watch as the rocket blasts them several seconds later lol. The evil powers in inFamous 2 were way better overall. Although i still prefer the good playthrough there as well.
I never really had that much of an issue with enemies being able to kill you quickly, apart from some bosses, and lots of enemies at once with rpgs, i never really died that much unless i was careless. There's energy everywhere that you can use to refill your health. And if by some reason you cant find something to refill your energy/health, you can just blast anything nearby that conducts electricity (cars, fences, anything metal really), and just absorb it. Since the basic bolt doesnt cost anything, you essentially get a free recharge no matter where you are. This trick even works in blackout areas. The trick still exists in inFamous 2 but in a different form. You no longer can "charge" objects to absorb energy from them, but you can use the electro grenade and absorb the energy from that instead. And since that grenade doesnt do much damage, you dont even have to worry that much about the explosion from it.
As for Second Son, I didnt like that game at all. Put it down after only a few hours.
Man i remember being a kid and thinking these graphics were the best there could ever be... where has the time gone
Bruh RPG guys literally one shot you and ruin your whole mood.. oneday I broke my controller because they just one shotted me at the end moment
Love playing this game ever since it was released❗️👏🏼
I just played through inFamous for the first time in 2022. I’m now on inFamous 2 and although the first game is pretty rough, it’s really fun on your first play through
Still my favorite game series of all time. I still own all three games, maybe one of these days I’ll plug in the PS3 and do it all over again.
Early PS3 games seem to suffer from this. Having weapons conducive to movement, but enemies and levels set up to cover. Resistance 1 is the perfect example. Not to mention the weapons have so little ammo and damage you need to use cover.
Cant wait for a review of the second game,
great video aswell. I honestly don't know how you don't have more subscribers
Thank you! 🙏 I am working on a review for InFAMOUS 2 right now and there will be one video going up before that one is finished!
As much as I love Second Son, if there’s one thing that the first game did better, it’s the Good/Evil choices. I liked how they came naturally to Cole and made it quite difficult (even for me) to make one choice over another. Whereas in Second Son, it felt that Delsin was forcing himself to be evil sometimes.
Oh, and may I make a request? I’d love it if you did a critique of Alpha Protocol. It’s a flawed game, but it’s very ambitious and way ahead of its time.
Great video, man. I absolutely love InFamous!! It's one of my favorite games on the PlayStation 3 and it's one of my favorite games of all time. I also love InFamous 2 as well. I also wish that Sucker Punch would remaster the first two games on the PS4 and PS5. Keep up the great work, man. 😎🎮✌️
Thank you I appreciate it
@@ThatBoyAqua You're welcome, man.
I watched this after finally playing through this game myself just to see what other people think of it and how my own impressions stack up while being so late to playing it and I just got hit with a giant spoiler for the second game thrown out in the most casual way possible (24:15)
Otherwise a pretty good video
Infamous 1 and 2 was my most favorite game from the PS3! Graphics aside, the story was amazing!
Edit: Seriously? I never had a single problem with climbing or cable grinding in that game, you can hold backward with thrusters to slow your momentum and align yourself to the next cable. Also my PS3 was never once very heated by the game, even without a fan blowing on it =/. Maybe your PS3 was dirty inside thus causing resistance to the fan.
Also the enemies was just right for me, fun in fact. The invisible 2-shot shotgun enemies were always fun to play with. Don’t forget you can roll for as much as you like and your shield is literally your best friend.
The first inFamous game is the best one in the series. The story isn't amazing, but it had a good setup. What really sets this game apart from its sequels is the atmosphere of Empire City. Sucker Punch did a nice job of making the city seem oppressive, especially in the Historic District and in the sewers. What I was annoyed at is the fact that the secondary villains didn't return in inFamous 2. Sasha, Alden and Moya weren't amazing characters but I wanted to see more of them. Alden and Moya's stories were resolved in a comic book which I thought was too bad.