What The Hell Happened To The Infamous Series?

What was the first Infamous game you ever played? Chances are, your answer also dictates which game you think is the best. Though the Infamous franchise has had its ups and downs, it seems players still gravitate to their favorite installment. But what exactly caused such a dramatic rise and fall for the Infamous game franchise?

#infamous #infamous2 #nerdstalgic

Written by Ash MItrano
Edited by David Sadvari

[flashpoint]

It's crazy that I don't need to watch this video to understand that Infamous never fell off. Sucker Punch didn't want to be known for only one franchise hence Ghost of Tsushima

[imransadiq]

Infamous, Resistance, Prototype, Prince of Persia...all these games need a comeback.

[severalclouds]

A bit of context that was left out on why Second Son sold so many copies is because it was one of the few games that was advertised to and launched with the ps4.

[Raccoozs]

Infamous 1 will always have a special place in my heart since it was the first game i ever had for my ps3 and was the first non lego/racing game i played

[stephenwakeman]

I would love to see a remake or remaster of the first two games.

[robinsonsonic]

I have a huge soft spot for the InFamous franchise and Sucker Punch as a whole, growing up on Sly Cooper and all, InFamous will always have a special place for me, with the Second Son arguably being my favorite, mostly because it takes place in my hometown of Seattle. I've gotten each Collector's Edition post InFamous One and Cole, Delsin, and Abigail will always have a special place in my library of gaming.

[egp]

Greatest thing about Infamous 2 for me was the level creator. I found it to be so much fun to fool around in it, filling an entire area with all sorts of enemies and attempting to come out alive. Honestly, it was impressive my ps3 didn't explode 😂

[Liquidcoat]

This series just nailed the emotional aspects of an everday person becoming a superhuman. I have so much love for Sucker Punch. They put a lot of humanity into their games.

[chris.replay]

I would love another Infamous game, one of my favorite series. What I really loved is that while the story decisions may not have been hugely different depending on if you were playing good or bad, the moment to moment gameplay was massively different. Playing good meant actively avoiding injuring civilians and killing enemies, whereas bad was pure chaos, go all out, blow everything up, who cares who gets hurt in the process.

With second son looking as good as it did almost 10 years ago, imagine what SP would be able to accomplish now. Fingers crossed we get to find out

[moviehunter]

I'm shocked you never mentioned the Festival of Blood DLC. That was a nice twist on the infamous games. And I still have a blast playing it and most of the other infamous games.

[ghosbaby]

I'll die on this hill but First Light has got to be one of the best DLCs to ever come out for any game. Got it for free but I had so much fun playing it

[Vantasma]

inFamous 2 was really impressive in retrospect, you could destroy entire warehouses during those Ice Titan battles lol. They deffo need a remake or at least a port.

[User-VerseS]

One thing you didn't touch on was the fact that after the Sony Playstation Outage in 2011, the 1st Infamous was one of the games offered for free as compensation. I bring this up because that's how I was introduced into the series.
And the soundtracks in all the games are still amazing to listen to. The 1st being my favorite because Amon Tobin and James Dooley made an amazing soundtrack that fit the abandoned dystopian city vibe.

[scottieb]

I didn't think it ever fell off. All the games were fantastic. Sometimes it's just time to do something new.

[lightzang]

Really want the Infamous franchise back. Infamous was amazing! Love Cole Mcgrath's story, comics, and his powers!

[Zombiewithabowtie]

One of my favourite missions from InFamous 2 was just a little random sidequest. If you play through the Good Karma path, a woman comes up to you, and says that if it hadn't been for you sharing food supplies in Empire City (which is wiped off the map at the start of the game), her mother would've starved to death in the quarantine there. She kisses you, thanks you; and that's the mission over.
I adored it as just a little example of how it felt that you were impacting real people whose complex lives, not just ticking off location markers on the world map.

[Doinkle_Doober]

I would sacrifice ghost of yotei for infamous 4 in a heartbeat

[geovannif]

The First still is my favorite since it is much darker than the others. The game has interesting bosses, Kessler’s plot twist and i enjoy much more Karma’s changes. Besides that, lightning is a much more badass power. The good Cole keeps his original look with blue/white lightning. Evil Cole is just awesome with a creepy look and a red/black lightning. So badass. Even the weather changes based on your Karma. The First one is so underrated.

[jwcaded]

If the last of us succeeds on HBO, I think Sony should really consider a bandersnatch-type infamous story. Could become a hero or villain with choices in a movie

[bitosaiki]

Infamous 2 is my favorite game of all time since I ever played it.
Such a good gameplay improvement from the first one.
Such good story.
Aaaa
i love it.