Summary
Infamousis an action-adventure series that was first created by Sucker Punch Productions and Published by Sony Entertainon the PlayStation 3in 2009. This game followed the character, Cole MacGrath. After finding himself in the center of an explosion that wiped out several city blocks, Cole wakes up with some newly discovered electricity powers.
Becoming quite the shift from the developer’s original series ofSly Cooper, players are free to explore the grungy fictional city known as Empire City as they encounter various scenarios that force them to either be good or bad. These choices add up through the Karma System which can then define the ending of the game. There have been numerousInfamousgames over the years and not all of them follow Cole; this is every Infamous game ranked.
6Infamous: Precinct Assault
Releasing alongside the first Infamous title,Infamous: Precinct Assaultwas a flash game that could be first played on the original Infamous website. It was completely free and allowed players to control Cole MacGrath as they attempted to beat their high score in this 2D sidescroller. However, it wasn’t all jumping and running inInfamous: Precinct Assaultas players could also use the delivery biker’s powers to defeat the foes ahead of them.
While this may not be a whole game it was greatly successful in attracting players to try the actual Infamous title on the PlayStation 3.Infamous: Precinct Assaultmay not be an awful littlemini-game for players to enjoy, but it is still the least loved out of those available; especially as some players don’t even remember it.
5Infamous: First Light
Infamous: First Lightis a prequel to the events that happen inInfamous: Second Son. In this title, players are left to control Abigail ‘Fetch’ Walker, a woman who had a supporting role inInfamous: Second Son. She is considered a conduit, like many other characters in the Infamous games due toher incredible powers.
Like Cole MacGrath or Delsin Rowe who also have powers, Fetch uses the power of Neon to defeat the enemies she faces inFirst Light.In this title, players find out what happened to Fetch before Delsin meets her in Infamous: Second Son, which also gives players further context of the world they were playing in not to mention the first female protagonist of the series.
4Infamous: Festival Of Blood
Not every game in the Infamous series is canon to its events.Infamous: Festival of Blood, is a spin-off spoof of the series where the friend of Cole called Zeke Dunbar tells the story of Cole becoming a vampire. Obviously, this isn’t what happened to Cole, but it still made an interesting adventure for players to be a part of. Another thing that was different from the other games in the series, was that players no longer had the good or evil choice to alter their Karma.
This was to helpthe linear storytellingof Cole becoming more of a vampire as he was forced to feed on innocent civilians to survive. Although it wasn’t connected to the actual Infamous storyline players still enjoyed their time with this new Cole MacGrath and his new powers to boot.
Infamous: Second Sonwas Sucker Punch Production’s first Infamous game to be put onto thenew Sony hardwareof the time the PlayStation 4. With an all-new kit to play with, Sucker Punch also wanted to introduce the Infamous series to a new generation through the new protagonist Delsin Rowe.
The Karma system continued inInfamous: Second Son, but by 2014 players felt that the choice between good and evil was too binary and repetitive. Players wished for a more nuanced title that saw their actions mean more than simply two different endings; this doesn’t mean that the game was bad as players still enjoyed all the new combat and abilities that came with Delsin.
Infamous 2was a brilliant follow-up to the original title, players continued to control their favorite protagonist Cole as he finally gets to face his nemesis known as the Beast. Players are once again met by the Karma system that allows them to either be selfless or selfish as they find a way to get close to the Beast to finally put an end to it.
Introduced to a new city, many players felt that New Marais was amuch livelier citythan Empire City, with plenty more to explore and do. While the ending of Infamous felt like a fitting conclusion to the title for some, many were still thrilled to seeInfamous: Second Sonbe released on PlayStation 4, or the entertaining gothic tale ofInfamous: Festival of Blood.
1Infamous
Unsurprisingly, one of the greatestInfamousgames out ofthe entire seriesis the first one to be released in 2009. This is the title that hooked many into playing the action-adventure title and it continued to be successful for many years later. As mentioned, in this game players are introduced to the main protagonist Cole MacGrath, and how he obtained his powers.
Players are then left to experience his story of coming to terms with how he can harness electricity and what he will do with it. Back then players adored the Karma system and enjoyed how their choices could see them going down two different paths which also determined what special abilities Cole had.
