inFamous

inFAMOUS

inFAMOUS is a sandbox-style video game for the PlayStation 3 video game console and is developed by Sucker Punch Productions and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The storyline centres around the main character, Cole MacGrath, who attains super powers after escaping an explosion he unknowingly delivered in a packaged. The game has an ESRB rating of T (Teen) / BBFC: 12 / OFLC: M / PEGI: 16+. The game features an interactive city detail that allows players to climb the buildings. The game also uses a lighting model called "deferred shading" which provide a tactile environment that cast lights in the scene as moving, flickering, or changing colours. The soundtrack is composed by the electronic musician Amon Tobin, composers James Dooley and Mel Wesson, and electric cellist Martin Tillman.

Features

In inFAMOUS players assume the role of the protagonist Cole MacGrath and features up to 70 electrical-based powers that a player can attain right to the end of the game, such as the ability to shoot electricity from his hands to nearby targets or create an electricity-based shield to repel foes. These electrical powers can be used both in the game against living targets as well as inanimate objects. inFamous allows players to adapt to Cole’s evolving powers through out the game play and features gameplay that require players to discover, grow and use a wide range of electricity-based super powers (good or bad); as well as grasp the responsibility that comes with it. The game also features battles where actions taken by player will decide the course of the game. The deeds executed by the player are tracked through a karma system that will influence the type of growth of Cole’s powers and affect how the citizens react to Cole. Other features on inFAMOUS are an Open Dynamic World with a reactive environment and population that allows users to explore an open interactive city. The game allows players to choose between saving or destroying Empire City; the game also features urban exploration that allows players to scale the cityscape for vantage points and employ a vertical combat system. It challenges player to utilize Cole’s climbing skills and open up a variety of offensive and defensive combat options; as well as an organic city ecology where citizens and city react and evolve depending on players’ actions. The events in this game will unfold based on the role players take in them.