The latest issue of Game informer which will be featuring inFamous: Second Son revealed tons of new details almost up to 10-pages cover story. The magazine will release June 2013. A few interesting details about the game from the magazine can be found below.
- Conduits now referred to as bioterrorists
- New area of government keeps track of the conduits: Department of Unified Protection
- Condits have been identified, holding them without trial in containment facilities
- Department of Unified Protection shows its power during an operation that doesn’t go as planned in Seattle
- Transport vehicle crashes and the conduits escape
- DUP sets up roadblocks and won’t let anyone enter/leave
- – Lots of security systems are sent out and Seattle is turned into something reminisint of an airport
- – There are elevated walkways with search-lights and security cameras as well as checkpoints and scanners
- – Game has parallels to post-9/11 America setting
- – Security vs. freedom theme
- – DUP is like the TSA
DUP guards
- – DUP guards feature behavior similar to that of SWAT teams/trained military police
- – Others have a seemingly supernatural ability to shield themselves and move around quickly
- – Sucker Punch won’t elaborate on this further
Protagonist
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- – Stars 24-year-old Native American Delsin Rowe
- – Delsin is the artistic type with a chip on his soldier
- – Fan of anti-authoritarian street art
- – Likes tagging buildings with his own art
- – Very much an average guy until the conduit-transport vehicle crashes
- – Delsin tries to help those in the wreck, and learns that he’s been a conduit all along with dragging an injured conduit from the area
- – Soon realizes that he can control smoke
- – Natural power lets him absorb other conduits’ power
- – Can use more than smoke power
- – Delsin is excited about his power unlike Cole
Gameplay
- – Delsin can take down different forward-operating bases run by the DUP around Seattle
- – Can get through these areas with force, but eliminating security systems is more effective
- – Smoke projectile at Delsin’s disposal
- – Also can perform a smoke-dash maneuver somewhat like Nightcrawler
- – Air ducts found all across Seattle
- – Can use the ducts to get around or climb like Cole
- – Another technique lets Delsin throw smoking fireballs
- – When Delsin descends, he can perform a “move” like Cole’s thunder drop
- – Forests act as the edge of the game world
- – Another move: smoke cloud; immobilize enemies
- – Can restock on smoke from chimneys, destroyed cars, and even tear gas canister
- – Can also use Delsin’s chain as an alternative weapon
- – Absorb smoke by pressing both thumbs down on the touchpad
- – Touchpad can also be used to free conduits in cells
- – Team wants to simply the controls; inFamous 2 actions required multiple button presses
- – One moment of the demo lets players make a decision about killing a DUP officer or not
- – Can switch between entire sets of power that complement each other
General
- – Sucker Punch recreated the city’s feel instead of specific road layout
inFamous: Second Son was one of the PlayStation 4 titles Sony unveiled during the PS4 announcement back in February.
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