“Infamous: Second Son builds on the best of the previous games in the series, even while mired in repetition.”

Founded in 1997, Sucker Punch Productions began life as a Nintendo 64 supporter, with Rocket: Robot on Wheels , released in 1999. This game would set conventions for Sucker Punch to adapt in the future, featuring a protagonist that would gain new abilities as the player progressed within one of the...

InFamous has always been an empowering series, allowing you to wreak havoc with your electricity based powers, but InFamous: Second Son takes this further still with new hero Delsin Rowe, who, with his full capabilities, makes previous protagonist Cole McGrath look weak in comparison, and this leap...

I’ve only played through the good karma story of Delsin, but I’m definitely replaying Second Son again on the evil side to see how different the evil powers affect gameplay. As an added bonus, I won’t have to worry about accidentally killing civilians to negatively impact my karma and I can attack...

Breathtaking visuals and colors that perfectly transports you into Seattle, fun and familiar gameplay that all inFAMOUS fans will enjoy;

Even though the game is quite simple to pick up and learn, so much of the gameplay will only resonate with fans of the series.

An action adventure game where surrounded by a society that fears them, superhumans are ruthlessly hunted down and caged by the Department of Unified Protection. Step into a locked-down Seattle as Delsin Rowe, who has recently discovered his superhuman power and is now capable of fighting back...

Infamous: Second Son continues Sucker Punch's super hero/karmic choice formula well. While areas like enemies and missions show a lack of variety, the grounded story melds well enough with the amazing powers and “next gen” visuals to form a very solid experience from beginning to end.

It is surprising how fully realized Infamous: Second Son is so early in the PlayStation 4’s life cycle. It cracks the code on what makes Infamous interesting as a series. Sucker Punch finally made a sandbox game with super powers as fun and dynamic as it should be.

Infamous: Second Son is the first real reason to jump completely into the next-generation of consoles. If you wanted to show someone what next-gen can do, this is the game to show them, with great image quality and amazing lighting/particle effects on display.

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There is a lot to love about inFamous: Second Son . It features the best storyline in the series so far, it has an interesting and diverse cast of characters and the powers are genuinely amazing to use in almost any situation.