inFAMOUS 2

Listen, if you liked inFAMOUS, I have very little notion why you wouldn't enjoy inFAMOUS 2.

Cole McGrath, everyday-courier-turned-electric-conduit continues his adventures, now confronted with a monstrous beast which has destroyed whatever New York is being called these days.  The beast sucks all of Cole's powers away (how convenient) and Cole and friends head to whatever New Orleans is being called these days.

The games has learned its lessons from inFAMOUS prime.  If nothing else, the issue with chain-link fences has been addressed.  In fact, the environments are much more strongly involved in gameplay.  Combat remains nearly identical: you shoot lightning out of your hands, your powers increase with time, etc.

The other "lesson learned" is that blast shards are increasingly easier to find, which is to say that it is still a bit of a pain in the neck, but not the 14-month WHERE-IS-IT endeavor that inFAMOUS presented to me to finally Platinum the game.

This time around, morality is linked to which of the two ladies in the game you'd like to ally yourself to.  The crazy, chaotic Nix or the straight-laced Kuo.  Much as women are keen to do, there are betrayals and hurt-feelings and "come-rescue-me" moments.  But this is a video game, after all, not a treatise on feminism.

The choices remain as unsubtle as ever.  Save the orphans, burn the orphans, etc.

But the game is certainly fun to play and enjoyable to complete the quests that the game presents.  The difficulty amps up a couple times, especially with certain bosses that you experience.

The simple end to this review is this: it's like inFAMOUS, only twoier.