Buy inFAMOUS: Second Son Standard Edition (PlayStation 4)

Description

Enjoy your power as you liberate a locked-down Seattle inFAMOUS Second Son, a PlayStation 4 exclusive , brings you an action adventure game where surrounded by a society that fears them, superhumans are ruthlessly hunted down and caged by the Department of Unified Protection. Step into a locked-down Seattle as Delsin Rowe, who has recently discovered his superhuman power and is now capable of fighting back against the oppressive DUP. Enjoy your power as you choose how you will push your awesome abilities to the limit and witness the consequences of your actions as they affect the city and people around you.
View larger A New Origin Story Step into an open world adventure that offers a realistic take on being superhuman. View larger Choice and Consequence Witness how the city, the people you encounter, and even the story itself is all affected by the actions you take. View larger Control Multiple Powers Draw powers out from other superhumans, creating your own set of distinct powers to use as you see fit. View larger Freely Explore the City of Seattle Featuring highly detailed environments, realistic weather, reflections, shadows and lighting.

Features

• A New Origin Story: Step into an open world adventure that offers a realistic take on being superhuman
• Choice and Consequence: Witness how the city, the people you encounter, and even the story itself is all affected by the actions you take
• Control Multiple Powers: Draw powers out from other superhumans, creating your own set of distinct powers to use as you see fit
• Freely Explore the City of Seattle featuring highly detailed environments, realistic weather, reflections, shadows and lighting

Customer Reviews

Made PS4 Worth It - SPOILER-FREE REVIEW
jabykoay

If you've unfamiliar with inFamous, the concept is the coolest thing you could ask for in a game. Every inFamous game is a sandbox with endless freedom, like GTA, but you've got super powers. While other super hero games are limited to established abilities, whatever was introduced in their respective comics, inFamous gives you Cole MacGrath and now Delsin Rowe, characters with completely fresh powers that grow until the game's completion.inFamous 2, in my opinion was hands down, the best game for the PS3 and my personal favorite game of all time. Suckerpunch provided the aforementioned concept, incredible voice acting, beautiful graphics, great story & characters, finely crafted cut scenes & well written dialogue and fun, fun, fun gameplay. It's a 10. So inFamous Second Son was anticipated with high standards to be met or surpassed.Upon first hearing Delsin talk, I said to myself, "Oh screw this guy." I immediately missed Cole But as the story progressed, he quickly grew on me. There are definitely aspects to Delsin that make for a far more thrilling character to play. As soon as you get your first power, taking into consideration this is a vast open world sandbox, graphics are absolutely stunning, comparable to Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes. The fire effects, smoke, streets, lights and reflections, all just pop. The variety of people occupying Seattle, however, felt lazy. I saw the same faces over and over again, but I am guessing this was deliberately kept minimal to concentrating efforts where the pay off was obvious. It just becomes noticeable when some of your missions involve looking for people.I'm big on great music in video games and the score in ISS felt at times like it was trying to be cool. But generally it worked. Just occasionally distracting. Nothing beats inFamous 1's soundtrack in this franchise.When present, story, dialogue and cut scenes are just as solid as inFamous 2. But these character moments are bare bones, mostly riding the book ends of the game, leaving you longing for much more in between. The game wants you to care more for these characters than is warranted because they are simply not very involved in the journey. To this issue, there is no real counterpart to keep you company and enjoy your growth with you like Zeke did for Cole in inFamous. One very important element lacking in this installment which was present in previous was a sense of urgency, a constant driving force. Particularly with inFamous 2, the stakes kept getting higher and throughout the entire game there was a looming danger. inFamous Second Son however doesn't keep you aware of why you're playing. What sends you on this mission to Seattle doesn't really come up again until the game is over. The game sought to maintain the serious tone of inFamous, but Delsin doesn't really experience any down points or set-backs like Cole did.Despite the aforementioned shortcomings, inFamous Second Son has some really great surprises. The previous installments had far more variety in terms of optional side missions and as a completionist, I found myself annoyed at the unforgivably identical side missions that filled each district. The game plagiarized itself about 20 times. There is a spray paint side mission in every district, sometimes more than one. I have no idea why this is part of the game and made to feel important. It may as well have been a cut scene you are awarded for watching, as that's how much you participate in the spray paint side missions. They're not even missions. They're just a hassle you have to do if you want to do everything. And just when this was about to take it's toll on me, ISS hit me with something strong, near the mid-way point that rejuvenated my energy. Then it does this again at the 75% mark and even up to the end. That being said, the second half of the game is far more interesting than the first half.Regardless of your powers, upgrades and the area you are playing, what you you encounter most are the DUP: Depart of Unified Protection. They all work for the big bad boss you meet at the beginning and know you are going to have to fight. But what might have helped is if Sucker Punch gave this boss at least one or two mini bosses you had to face. Instead, you deal with the same henchmen again and again. And while they get progressively stronger, thusly more difficult and interesting to battle, it can't help but feel a bit redundant. No other super bosses is pretty disappointing, knowing they did this better in previous installments.The most frustrating thing I learned only after the fact is that I probably shouldn't have been such a completionist until I beat the game, as you are given opportunities between story missions and even post-ending to finish up anything incomplete. My advice if you haven't played it yet is to follow the story forward whenever the game will allow you in order for you, the player, to appreciate what you are given to play with.Just to be clear, the positive aspects of the game, which are huge and very fun, I can't really discuss, so as not to give away surprises.Summary:Despite the very annoying shortcomings (mainly because I had very high expectations), ISS feels like a passable continuation. I have no regrets about my purchase and still love it. Sucker Punch produced the most beautiful game for the PS4. It's very fun when you're not doing the uncreative side missions. With each story mission, the game continues to elevate right up to the end, as it's predecessors do. While the journey is not as well constructed as inFamous 2, Second Son is certainly the biggest inFamous game with the most options and choices for your main character. I highly recommend it and still feel that it made the PS4 a worthwhile purchase. I look forward to the next inFamous installment and will be pre-ordering that as well in whatever the collector's edition is available. Currently, inFamous 2 still holds the champion title. Read more ›

This is where it is at
Franklin Alongi

First, you have probably noticed that there is no verified purchase. If you want you can check my profile, I will be posting a review of the version I bought. I bought the limited edition one. The reason I am reviewing the standard is this:A. It is basically the same game (minus a couple unlockables)B. I love telling people about great gamesC. I am tired of spam unfair reviews.Letter c is the real reason I decided to write this. At the time of writing this review, there is one person who has reviewed this game, on all three editions, and gave the same 1 star review on all three editions. If you click on his profile, it is full of them. On 6 playstation games, he has given one star reviews with bad reasons.Now to the actual game:For a couple of months now I have been waiting for this game, and I am not disappointed. This shows off what we will come to expect from our next gen systems. With just 5 months after the launch of the ps4, we do no longer await greatness, greatness is here. The graphics are the best that I know of anywhere. This is no lie, they are absolutely stunning. I have not played a more graphically advanced game ever. Since it is an exclusive, the developers could really focus on one system, and they really brought out the big guns.Secondly, the story mode is great. After the first two Infamous games, I was sad to see our main character go. It does not matter because we have been brought another lovable figure. I have started to grow onto him already! The use of features like neon and smoke are great. It lets you personalize how you like to get around.Cole will be missed, but Delsin is a great replacement! Really though, this is a must have for PS4. I wasn't a single player game person till I played inFAMOUS 2. Now I love them. I have not experienced any frame rate drops, or mistimed lip syncs.Pros-Open worldStunning graphics (again the best I have ever witnessed)New power ups (like smoke and neon)Great story line that you expect in a single player gameCons-In all honesty, I wouldn't add anything to this side. I'm afraid if I changed anything I wouldn't love this game as I do now. If you leave a comment with some cons, I will be sure to include them if they are reasonable. I am looking forward so much to this game!I cannot stress how much this game rocks! It is a staple to the ps4 in my opinion, but what do I know?I will be posting some gameplays on my YouTube channel if you are still undecided, or just wanna watch some of Infamous Second Son! Just search Gandalf The Teal on YouTube and it will come up. Scroll down to the Infamous section and enjoy! Please subscribe if you have a chance also, it means a lot to me to see people like my content. I don't put ads on them so this is all just for fun! I will be posting the Wednesday after getting this game!Thank you much for reading to the end. Hopefully this was informative. Please like this review if you benefited in any way from this! I will answer any questions in the comments if you ask! Read more ›

Fun but on the whole a very generic game.
J. Platt

I have to say first off that I had fun with Infamous Second Son. The overall mechanics and gameplay are satisfying, but the game does have some issues. The side missions are boring. They are basically pick a guy out of a crowd, spray paint a wall, kill some drug dealers, or pick up and heal a distressed person. The actual story missions also lack a lot of imagination, but the solid gameplay helps sway any boredom. I also found the story and characters forgettable as they only really serve as a conduit (not trying to be punny) for you to obtain cool powers and use them against increasingly more difficult enemy encounters. In other words it is a paint by numbers video game in a lot of ways with the arguable exception of a couple of boss fights. As for the graphics, they are pretty as expected, and they are a good showcase of what potential this console has. The game took me about 15 to 16 hours to complete at a pretty lazy pace, but someone could easily double that if they play both the good and evil campaign and complete all side quests. To sum up, Infamous Second Son is a pretty game with great fun gameplay, but it lacks any real groundbreaking feature to make it exceptional.

Starts out slow, picks up speed, then bang!
SFA

It took me some time to get into Infamous Second Son. I was a fan of the previous titles and was super excited for this one.However, after starting it I was not really blown away (the graphics were amazing but the story was not).However, after you advance and begin to learn to powers the story started to grow on me too and by the time I was finished I immediately started a new game to play through on a harder difficulty and as an evil version of Delsin.The villain in this game is awesome, I really wish they had more screen time since they make you love to hate them.The graphics in this game are quite possibly the best this gen, so far. The effects and the facial expressions are top notch, though some characters work better than others and a few (the females mainly) came off a bit awkward.The powers are awesome, and though some are basically clones of the others (blasts, flight) they all have enough little differences to make switching them out not only fun but often necessary to advance.Sadly, all of the enemies have pretty much exactly the same powers and just use them slightly differently.I kept waiting for something big to happen like in the first two games where there were such a large variety of abilities on display (ice, oil/fire, electricity, shape shifting, mind control) but it never happens.The story has several missed opportunities in my opinion. I would have liked to seen more of Delsin and Reggie's back story and a bit more of an explanation of him being "the second son". The relationship between these two is fun to watch, but I'd have liked them to have expanded on that, I never really felt like I got to know them.Another interesting thing is that the game play often feels much more like a shooter ala Uncharted/Gears of war than an Infamous game. It's not a bad thing really, but kind of odd at times.I know I had several complaints and if I'd made this review back when I was bored I'd have given it three stars...four at most.But after experiencing the game to it's fullest I have to go ahead and give it a five on Amazon's scale. On a scale from 1-10, it wouldn't get a ten, but it would rank high enough to be a must have for the PS4. Read more ›