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05/22/09

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I don't want to come off as a troll, but I was extremely disappointed after playing the demo yesterday. The hype & feedback from the early demo people had me bursting with excitement. My excitement finally did burst after hearing all the Crackdown comparisons, because I absolutely loved Crackdown.

My dissapointment was actually triggered by how annoyingly(is that a word?) difficult it was. Normally I welcome challenging games as long as it doesn't come paired with extreme annoyances.

For example, the deadly pinpoint shooting accuracy the A.I has plus its really hard to find out where their shots are coming from.

Next was the mission where you had to defend that med box or whatever it is. Can't exactly explain why, but it just wasn't that much fun which makes me worry about the mission structure.

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patapon
05/22/09

@Bii Nii Wii Nii Politely Replaces You're Your with Your You...: difficult? idk man, but it seems like you haven't been playing video games for very long. I'll agree that it takes some getting use to, but the learning curve isn't that steep. Or at least it didn't seem ubnormaly difficult. Maybe your not use to ps3 controller?

Then again, I'm f**king amazing at every game so difficulty has never been a problem for me :P
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bobtheduck in Korea
05/22/09

@patapon: Those conduits killed me over and over... What was worse was you could never tell what direction you were getting shot from, and it would often SAVE your game right in the middle of you being shot...

Then there's the medical supplies you're supposed to save. I went from Heroic to infamous in one second because I accidentally landed on top of them and lit them on fire.
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Jaems
05/22/09

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Downloaded the demo and, really, wow, I was expecting to get bored of it fast, but MAN this game is damn awesome!

The action is just so fast-paced, fun, and very polished overall, so much that it actually feels as if you're a superhero. At least much more than them crummy Spiderman games.
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Antiterra
05/22/09

@Jaems: If you haven't changed the difficulty setting, the demo is on Easy by default. Playing on Hard seriously dampens that superhero feeling, considering many enemies take more hits to kill than you.
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Antiterra
05/22/09

@Antiterra: Forgot to add the most important thing: I absolutely agree that the game is loads of fun - so much so that I canceled my preorder of the regular edition to get the limited one.
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Savage6000
05/22/09

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Got the game last night! But went out drinking and didn't play it yet. Boo-urns.
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bobtheduck in Korea
05/22/09

@Savage6000: Dear Lord, that's a lot of guns...

You know, a bit of trivia, I actually tried to get in the military once, but guns scare the crap out of me... Of course, I had hoped to use the military to get some discipline, but it didn't end up happening, so it's a moot point.
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madplan
05/22/09

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If you can't wait until next week and the demo just isn't giving you enough inFamous AND IF YOU ONLY OWN A XBOX360 OR Wii, perhaps the official inFamous Mini-Game can be of service.

*fixed
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Jonn
05/22/09

@madplan: No. NO. Bad fanboy! *swats*
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skik08
05/22/09

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360 is gonna have to co me up with some good exclusives soon. or it will start to drop in sales. if ps3 was the same price as 360 at the moment, because of the great ps3 games it is gettin, ps3 would be kicking ass. people just need to realise it IS worth forking out the extra few hundred bucks for a ps3.
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ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness
05/22/09

@skik08: Fanboy
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BarbeQueQ
05/22/09

@ShadowOdin finally got a copy of Suikoden III. Is upset wit...: How does that make him a fanboy? Really now, how?
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NeVeRMoRe666
05/22/09

@BarbeQueQ: Fanboy!
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ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness
05/22/09

@NeVeRMoRe666: Fanboy!!
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ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness
05/22/09

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I LIKE INFAMOUS NOW

And I am generally not a big fan of sandbox.

But it was a lot of fun and Cole had some nifty powers.

Only thing to bother me was the animation when climbing looked such a crazy amount of unrealistic I wasn't sure what to think, since I generally have a high opinion of Sucker Puch.

Also you died too friggin easy by your own account. I could stand a good distance away and still getting blown by my own grenade. You'd think that someone who absorbs electricity from everything around him wouldn't be so bothered by a shockwave of his own electric charge.

Last problem was not knowing where I am getting fired from. Lock-on never seemed to work for me.

But DAMN the game still managed to impress me something immense. It's best moments reminded me somewhat of Assassin's Creed mixed with the playfulness of Star Wars Force Unleashed Demo (because frankly, the demo played so much better than the real thing it isn't even funny)
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Kristopher.W
05/22/09

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cute and clever.

and yeah, Rubix42, what the hell are you talking about ?
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Ursus-Veritas
05/22/09

@Kristopher.W: It appears that his sarcasm is lost on you.
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Kristopher.W
05/22/09

@Ursus-Veritas:

thanks to you for reminding me how well sarcasm transfers via expressionless message postings..
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bobtheduck in Korea
05/22/09

@Kristopher.W: Ok... Even though this is true, remember this:

When someone THANKS someone for doing one thing instead of doing an INTERESTING thing, chances are, they're being sarcastic.
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Syftx2
05/22/09

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Played the demo on PSN and I walked away feeling meh. Loose controls, really touchy cling to building and climbable surfaces. I liked the presentation and the overall atmosphere.

I am impressed with the marketing with this game and more game companies need to follow what Sony and Sucker Punch are doing to promote this game.
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Tyber_Zann
05/22/09

@Syftx2: I feel about the same way. Actually, I think the game is highly overrated. It didn't seem all that terribly fun to me. It's trying to be too much like Crackdown with the wall-climbing and fails miserably in that respect - very choppy controls there. And sometimes the main character jumps and clings onto stuff that I didn't want to grab in the first place.

I'm not saying it completely sucks. I like the nice touches - I was climbing a beam when someone ran up to me and whipped out his camera for a pic, and I thought that was awesome. Worth a rental at least, but I won't be buying it. Looking forward to Prototype instead.
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Gaff
05/22/09

@Syftx2: Just played the demo and I can see some merit in your complaints. But... I do think it's a horrible demo for what probably is a good game.

Karma system was basically locked in the game, the freeroaming part was cut out, the skill progression was already filled in for both sides and the most annoying: EASY is a goddamn lie. Those kamikaze Reavers? Eugh.
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Rubix42
05/22/09

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What? No countdown clock minigame? Epic fail Sucker Punch. Doing something interesting instead of being a giant butthole to your fans.
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gecko7jlk is enjoying the killzone 2 map pack
05/22/09

@Rubix42:

what the hell are you talking about?
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ph15h
05/22/09

@gecko7jlk is enjoying the killzone 2 map pack: [lmgtfy.com]

@Rubix42: God... I know right? Screwing us fans over. We want super HD countdown clocks with subtle hints at sequels and painstaking clicks.
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