inFamous demo mini-review

It’s a game of mixed opinions, mixed causes , mixed popularity and most of all, one mixed up character perception. The PS3 exclusive, inFAMOUS, is definitely what you would call a “mixed bag”. The game is an open sandbox type stroke sci-fi superpowers beat ‘em up. He can scale buildings and he can hover, but your character can’t quite grasp the concept of climbing a wire fence.

The demo puts you at a place that must be mid-point in the game, because the origins and story are unexplained, perhaps to just add a bit of mystery and entice you to buy the full version to find out more. The game features a kind of karma system, which can be finely balanced or easily tipped to either good or evil. Choosing a particular path results in different missions and friends. You can choose to skip certain requests completely, or you can do the opposite, instead of saving the guy from the gang, why not just help the gang and reap some rewards?

The graphics are respectable, not great, but given the expansiveness of city available, they are highly impressive. In many respects and much smoother version of GTAIV. The characters are believable most of the time, with actions being relatively lifelike, although the climbing is not quite as good looking as it was with Alistair in Assassins Creed.

As I’m not reviewing the game, only the demo, I’m going to stop this review short pending a chance to play the full game, instead I’ll leave you with this interactive teaser trailer, which puts you in the mind of what to expect from inFAMOUS: