Share this article: Digg.comFacebookGoogle BookmarksN4GGamerblipsdel.icio.usRedditSlashdot.orgStumbleUpon I got my copy today and it is infudgingsane. So much fun. An 8.1? But, but, this game looks so good! I'll wait until I find it used in GameStation, even though I will be buying it. An 8.1? But, but, this game looks so good! I'll wait until I find it used in GameStation, even though I will be buying it. An 8.1? But, but, this game looks so good! I'll wait until I find it used in GameStation, even though I will be buying it. And where those previous examples too often fall down is in casting you as a hero god, shackled by good guy status. But here you'll see bad Peter Parker kerb-stomp a cop's head into a jammy puddle.
There. That is precisely what I've never liked about the premise of this game since I first started reading about it. It's not that you can do bad things to innocent bystanders that has turned me off from this game; it's more to do with the sense that doing bad things to innocent bystanders and an army of soldiers doing their duty is the *only* point of the game. Others will like it and that's fine, but personally I find it difficult and distasteful to get behind the protagonist - indeed, from the get go he has appeared to me as the sort of character I would want to see defeated and destroyed in a movie and in real life. That makes me not want to play him and it means that I don't want to play this game. Im Well Surprised this was not given a perfect 10/10 because you can use weapons and vehicles! :wink: Agreed. Well you guys are just standard then. there is nothing like a decent anti-hero to go against the grain a bit. You think that's going against the grain? If you want to really shock how about creating something meaningful for the ages? That's revolutionary. This just seems like a very nice looking, somewhat repetitive collection of cheap thrills and shock value, and it's not even all that shocking these days. I said going against the grain ABIT. As in against your standard hero, and I wasn't solely talking about games, I was merely referencing character archetypes. I never said anything about it being shocking. As far as I'm concerned its an aimlessly destructive game. However as it is summer I will be playing sports and stuff, so just want something to pick up and play. Not everyone has to create something amazing and 10 out of 10 every time. if they did, the games that get rated 10 out of 10 would hardly be special would they? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA i told you so :D infamous and prototype both got higher then 8/10 BOW DOWN B!TCH sorry guys looks like im here 2 stay :o Totally agree. That is why I always championed Infamous over Prototype, because at least with Infamous you get the choice between good and bad. Me? I'll always be the goody two shoes. :) So far I've seen the IGN review(s), 1UP and this one. So its set, I'll get infamous then. Thanks for the clarification and fair enough. I think inFamous looks fantastic and I really like the idea that your character changes in appearance based upon your actions. That you have the option to be good or evil is more to my liking than what I've read about Prototype. I would happily buy Infamous if I had chosen to buy a PS3. Sony were too slow on the price drop though so I went with the Xbox 360 with no regrets. :) let me start off by saying that i have been playing this for an hour and it is butt ****ingly hilarious. the opening 10 minutes is one of the sweetest openings ever. full blown carnage... it is very ugly to look at, definitely not much better than a top quality wii game. but the combat really is awesome. check it out, you won't be sorry.
on the note of infamous, yep the game is incredible. i think i prefer it over prototype. that said, there is no reason why there needs to be a contest between the two. they are very different and should stand as two sole titles.
i own both and i'm happy that i've got such brilliant games within a month of each other.
brilliant review by the way! nice one. i actually bought a ps3 just for infamous and i wasn't sorry. i like my ps3 more than my 360 now. just to clarify, infamous is a solid reason to part with your cash. I think this is a renter at first anyway I only bought infamous two weeks ago and picked up Red Faction yesterday so my game money is spent for June my Credit Card clearance comes first.
I really have been enjoying infamous too. I also want to go back to Fable II because I dont think I gave it a fair crack of the whip....... The 360 and PS3 are great down with the Wii Oh I don't doubt inFamous is worth paying good money for. However, given my at best lukewarm interest in BR (for now, I expect it will change in time as prices come down,) and the price for the PS3 compared to the bargain price I got for the Xbox 360, and in light of the extensive entertainment both consoles offer (the Wii too, but it's gaming library doesn't appeal as much to me,) it was an easy decision for me to make. Had Sony been more competitive price wise earlier on it might have been their console I bought, but for now my gaming PC and my Xbox 360 are more than sufficient for me. »
I have to attest to being a bit puzzled by you getting a 360 though, considering you already get most of the decent games on PC. »»
It's fairly straight forward as reasons go: There are actually quite a number of games that are released for the Xbox 360 which do not make it to the PC, or which I would rather play on the Xbox. Now couple that with the "right" price range in so far as my tastes go at present and the odds strongly favoured MS this time around. Both Sony and Nintendo (which surprised me a bit,) actually got quite a bit more consideration than I had expected, but in the end Sony's price range is not one I'm willing to pay for a console (I would be playing games on it primarily and not care too much about any other functions), and the Wii's games line-up is only now starting to show a few potential gems that I'm interested in. Exactly what I was thinking to. Between my PS3 and PC I've stopped using my 360. update: after playing it for a good few hours, i'm going to agree with eurogamer and ign. the game is 7/10 at best. buy with caution. I was really up for P'type being as good as inFAMOUS but it just isn't in it's league at all for me. It starts off impressively but soon the really poor textures, weak animations and rough edges creep in.
Also I find that you're pretty much invulnerable to anything but the hardest of opponents and playing games where it's easier to win athan it is to die a bit off putting.
Simply doesn't have the visual , narrative clout or slick controls and balanced gameplay of inFAMOUS and I think a 7/10 would be very accurate-it's still a fun romp just a bit less pretty than I'd hoped(and I got it for PC!)and VERY similar to their previous Hulk game. Don't like the cars/blocks/stuff you pick up to chuck around going invisible very appealing either as it just looks silly. Thanks for the "heads-up". Having got both systems x360/PS3 I got this for PS3 as I recently got a PS3 and need to build up a collection..and wow, this game rocks! You dont notice the innocents geting hurt (but you wewre genetically experimented on and trying to track source with army and everyone else on your case) not like inFAMOUS where I started anti hero and changed and started again as the game made me feel bad so I became good...but still, this is fun, it is no spiderman, I cant websling so I dont know where thats coming from, and as the hulk, um, I can pick up trucks and throw them yeah, I see, but otherwise last night I spent a full hour battling Hunter beasts and consuming them gaining exp and all I had to do was knock out these fuel tanks! Still ace fun battling monsters and consuming them gaining exp and using that exp to up my moves/powers, I cant wait to play more, as for inFAMOUS I am loving it, glad I got a PS3...the 360 I got Velvet Assassin annoying me to death and Bionic Commando which I won from CAPCOM:) |