inFAMOUS (PlayStation 3)

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Description

When a huge explosion tears down several blocks in the middle of Empire City, Cole MacGrath mysteriously is the only person to survive near the center of the detonation. However, he starts to notice an unusual change in his body, a supernatural power over electricity which he soon learns to control. By then, a sickness has lead the government to quarantine the entire city, enabling street gangs to overwhelm the police and establish a violent rule over the population and the increasingly scarce supplies. Trapped in a desolate city of people who hold him responsible for the explosion, wanted by the police and hunted by the Reapers who try to stay in control of the streets, Cole must decide whose side he's on. Will he use his new-found powers to assure his own survival and take revenge on the people that condemn him, or will he use them to gain their respect by aiming for the greater good? Will he become a famous superhero, or an infamous super villain?

inFAMOUS is an action game taking place in a free city environment. It takes a different approach to comic book style games by not giving players control over a powerful superhero, but having them fill the role of a regular guy who is just starting to discover his supernatural abilities. Through their actions, they are able to decide whether Cole will become a hero that the inhabitants of the city admire and look up to, or a selfish man who fights for his survival and that of his friends, even if it means the death of others. When encountering Cole in the streets, citizens react according to his reputation.

The game can only be played in a single-player story mode, where Empire City is fully explorable. A karma meter shows how many good and bad deeds have been done. Experience points gained in combat and upon completing tasks can be spent on improving Cole's control over his electric powers, where some improvements are only available with a certain amount or positive or negative karma. Relying on electricity for health and powers, Cole needs to recharge himself wherever he can find an electric current, which is made more difficult by the occasional power outages happening in different areas of the city.

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Alternate Titles

• "Дурная репутация" -- Russian spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Gameplay feature: Multiple endings
• Gameplay feature: Quick Time Events / QTEs
• Games made into comics
• inFAMOUS series
• Middleware: LipSync
• PlayStation 3 Greatest Hits releases

User Reviews

Sophisticated and entertaining

Daniel Saner (2473)

The Press Says

Kombo.com	Jun 15, 2009	9 out of 10	90
D+PAD Magazine	May 21, 2009		90
TotalPlayStation	May 27, 2009	9 out of 10	90
GamePro (US)	May 26, 2009		90
PSX Extreme	May 22, 2009	8.9 out of 10	89
The A.V. Club	Jun 01, 2009	B+	83
Eurogamer.net (UK)	May 20, 2009	7 out of 10	70
AusGamers	May 27, 2009	6.9 out of 10	69
Game Critics	Jun 05, 2009	6.5 out of 10	65
Game Shark	Jun 24, 2009	C+	58

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

Infamous appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Awards

• AceGamez
  • 2009 - received the award for Best Original IP (Intellectual Property)
• Game Informer
  • July 2009 (Issue 195).- won Game of the Month award
• Gamespot
  • 2009 - received the award for Best Original IP (Intellectual Property) (Editor Choice Awards)
• IGN
  • 2009 - received the award for Best PS3 Story (Game of the Year Editors' Awards)

Information also contributed by Big John WV

Related Web Sites

• inFAMOUS on PLAYSTATION 3: The Official Site (Official site)
• Wikipedia: inFAMOUS (Article in the open encyclopedia)