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Game
Reviewed: Infamous
Publisher: Sony
Computer Entertainment
Developer: Sucker Punch
Reviewer: Matthew
Scott
Platform: PS3
Category: Third Person Action
ERSB Rating: T
Game
Summary:
Infamous
is the story of Cole, a simple bike messenger, who
gets caught in an explosion that takes out a portion of city called
Empire City
and winds up giving Cole super electrical powers. Empire City is now
under quarantine
by the government and as Cole you will be presented a series of choices
throughout the game that will either lead you to being Empire City’s
hero or its
destructor.
Being
the hero is not always easy either. Many people in
Empire City view Cole as a terrorist. After all it was Cole who was
carrying
the package the exploded and took out a good portion of the city and
now he has
super powers to show for it. It looks pretty shady to the people of
Empire City
including Cole’s girlfriend whose sister was killed in the blast and
now wants
nothing to do with him.
So
now Cole must set out to find who is responsible for the
blast and also to find out just what it was that gave him these powers.
Will
Cole become a hero in the process or will he really become the
terrorist the
city views him as? That is up to the person playing the game.
What Parents Need to
Know
Violence:
Infamous
is played from a third person point of view. All of
Cole’s abilities have to do with electricity ranging from shooting
lightning
bolts out of his hand to eventually being able to call down lightning
bolts
from the sky. Cole also has the ability to heal people with his energy,
but he
can also bio leech energy from wounded people’s bodies which kills them.
When
Cole is shot, the frame of the screen shows splatters
of blood. There is also some blood in some of the cut-scenes which play
out
like a graphic novel (comic book).
Language:
There
is quite a bit of bad language used in Infamous. In
fact, I heard just about every swear word that can be used in a T rated
game
(no F words). The words most used , however, were damn, hell and
b*****d.
Sexual
Content:
There
is reference that after the explosion in the city,
everything went into chaos and that some people were even being raped.
There is
also some mild sexual innuendo.
There
is also a mission where Cole tries to rescue a certain
woman’s brother because Cole’s best friend Zeke is hoping to score with
the
woman if her brother is rescued. Cole, however, says he will never do a
mission
for that reason again and later you find out that things did not work
out for
Zeke the way he had planned.
Spiritual
Content:
Cole
can use his abilities to see flashes of the past at
times very similar to a psychic. There is also an enemy in the game who
is a
very powerful mentalist and is able to lift a bus with his mind.
Reviewer’s
Thoughts:
Infamous
is a lot of fun and the story is pretty cool,
especially the ending. There is, however, a lot of violence, bad
language and
adult themes that play throughout the game. For this reason I would not
recommend Infamous for young children.
