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But Infamous 2's combat still needs a better targeting system, since the camera can't always keep up with the action. Sucker Punch also integrates a better on-the-fly system for ability switching: With a tap of the d-pad, you can swiftly jump between tiers of projectile lightning, electro-grenades, and kinetic pulse attacks to adapt to multiple villain types, which comes in handy toward the end of the game. It's much faster and more responsive in fights, and patches up the first game's rather bland hand-to-hand battles. Cole is armed with the Amp, a huge tuning fork-like club that he uses for close-quarters combat as well as prying open chamber doors. Infamous 2 does a better job of integrating combat - especially melee combat - into the mix. You'll feel those upgrades as the game eases you into the action. Cole gains some new allies, including Kuo, a rogue government agent determined to wipe out the Beast, and Nix, a fiery and wily super-powered local who wants to undermine Bertrand and the Militia.Īs sequels fare, Infamous 2 marks a maturation from 'good game' to 'genre standout.' The first game was a sound exercise in open-world play, superpowers, and binary choices this sequel nips, tucks, and buffs up those features to create single-player content with plenty of intriguing hooks, pulpy comic book narrative, and latent political commentary within its thunderbolts and lightning grenades.

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Meanwhile, with every major upgrade you collect, the game painstakingly reminds you that the Beast nears closer. When the Militia isn't shaking down residents, it's taking shots at Cole. It's easier said than done, of course Bertrand (a philanthropist and religious magnate) has mobilized a makeshift army to restore law, order, and morality to New Marais, and any super-powered mutant is far from welcome in the city.

Cole and Zeke hightail it to New Marais (a New Orleans stand-in) to link up with a scientist who has the key to wiping out the Beast and stopping the plague that's smiting civilians along the Eastern seaboard. The plot kicks off as the Beast - the mega-villain looming over the first title - wipes out Empire City. It's a moment that's designed to elicit some chuckles, but it's a subtle indicator of what makes Sucker Punch's sequel a standout in a genre loaded with plenty of options for massive open-world destruction and mayhem: You might be playing as a super-powered freak, but you're more human than the armies aiming to destroy you.

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A moment occurs right before Infamous 2's finale in which protagonist Cole McGrath sits down on the couch to watch a movie and crack a beer with his erstwhile sidekick Zeke.

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