Infamous Second Son takes place in Washington seven years after of the events of New Marais and death of hero conduit Cole McGarth. The story centers around the new hero/anti-hero is Delsin Rowe and his brother Reggie Rowe. If you can get past Delsin's obnoxious in-game observations and the paper thin story-line, then you will have a fun game to play through.
Delsin is a delinquent graffiti artist that gains his conduit powers during a car accident from a conduit named Hank. Following this event, Delsin follows Hank around in order to gain an understanding of his new life as a conduit. While tagging along with Hank, Delsin is captured by Brooke Augustine, a conduit with concrete powers and the leader of DUP. While captured and interrogated, depending on the player's karma choice, Delsin either lies to Augustine, or she does not believe his confession that he is a Conduit. Deslin's passes out due to the torture. When Deslin awakens, he discovers his entire tribe was tortured and infected with Brooke's powers that will kill them.
Deslin feels guilt from being the cause of the torture, so he goes to Seattle in search of a cure. Deslin is joined by Reggie and two conduits: Fetch, a former junkie with neon powers, and Eugene, a gamer with video powers. Deslin can either redeem them to the side of good or corrupt them to the side of evil. I won't spoil anymore of the storyline, but I will say that the evil ending is the best and most comical ending to get thus far of the Infamous series.
As far as gameplay and graphics, the innovative Infamous series never disappoints. As smoke a user, Deslin's movement abilities allows him to pass thru walls, move as shadow, hover over the city going from rooftop to rooftop. In combat, Deslin can unleash hell with flame abilities in the beginning and new powers he unlocks by touching other conduits add an interest challenge to the gameplay. The graphics are what I would expect from a new gen console, and the rain and lights of Seattle are on point with other games.
Infamous Second Son adds a twist to the binary morality system. The black and white karma choices you make in a handful of story moment choices are adding to the combat system as well. When you slay enemies you gain a super weapon based on how peaceful or wreckless you are in combat. If you are a hero, then precision is key. You must only kill the bad guys, and don't hurt the innocent people in the way. If you are evil, then destroy everything in your path including the environment.
Overall, Infamous Second Son seems fine tuned as you unleash your pent up juvenile aggression on your conformist enemies. As you strike down oppressive forces while dashing into the fray earning your super weapons, developers encourage you to be careful of your choices and actions because they have an affect on your character development. Infamous Second Son has pretty graphics and fun gameplay, but the story lacks the the glue to hold all the elements together and make it a classic game. Therefore, I give Infamous Second Son 8.0/10
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