Infamous
Infamous does a lot of things right, but unfortunately it does enough wrong to keep it from being unique. As a platforming action game, Infamous is fantastic. It has a Prince of Persia type feel to it and there are a fair amount of fun platforming and collection challenges to keep the act of navigation engaging. The electrical powers mechanic is also well done and the amount of variety and upgrades for each power is great.
Where Infamous goes wrong in my opinion is that it insists on saddling the player with a horrible story, repetitive missions and frustrating combat. I don't expect much from a video game's storyline, but Infamous' is pretty awful. It doesn't just bother you with cut scenes, characters are also constantly calling you and talking endlessly about nothing. The missions are pretty mediocre too, mostly consisting of the same 4 or 5 tasks repeated over and over. To make matters worse, your character is easily killed and it can be frustratingly hard to kill certain enemies, especially later in the game.
Infamous' presentation is also lacking at times. For as polished as a lot of the animations and effects are, the environments and character models are downright ugly. I also found the good vs evil mechanic to be somewhat pointless. You forced into being either one or the other, since your powers upgrades depend on how evil or good your character is. This eliminates the kind of moral complexity that I found interesting about Fable 2. Decent, but nothing special.
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