InFAMOUS Review

Infamous (PS3)

The Good: The option to play the game the way you want to. Want to use your powers to eliminate gangs? Do it. Want to run around killing helpless or injured pedestrians? Have at it. Want to shoot electricity at someone, then heal them, then shoot electricity at them again, then heal them again, and so on? Go for it. You can do that shit.


The Bad: Limited power upgrades. Don't get me wrong, there are several powers to take advantage of. The upgrades just seem to suck for most of them.


The Ugly: Easy death. All it takes is one maniac with dynamite strapped to his chest running into you at full speed. I'd attribute that to the creators wanting it to be realistic, but that ship sailed when the main character was 'blessed' with electrical powers. Nobody wants to die via bullshit in a video game.


The Game Killer: Missions. Yeah, the main point of the game. Aside from the few main story missions, several of the side missions have different names but are exactly the same. There are a shitload of 'destroy an oil pump poisoning the city's water supply' missions, and 'get the gang's radio transmitters off of a building' missions. It gets boring.