Perhaps because the series has moved into the realm of real locales, or maybe because this location happens to be in Sucker Punch's backyard, Seattle just feels more lovingly crafted than cities in the other games. That presentation carries into the city as well. The faces are especially well-realized during these scenes, as the two communicate a lot through subtle non-verbal cues. His banter with his brother Reggie is always well-done, and the two share some genuine comic moments. He's a bit of an impudent putz at the start of the game, fancying himself a revolutionary in the way you might expect from a spoiled teenager, but his arc lets him go through a believable journey to responsibility while hanging onto his rebellious side. Delsin, by contrast, is naturalistic and playful. Cole often came off like a scowling jerk even if you made the good karma decisions. One area Sucker Punch has seen definite improvement in, though, is characterization. So instead of differentiated abilities with freedom to swap at will, we get light variations on a similar pattern. Since you could have any of the powers equipped at a given time, it would feel unfair to run up against enemies while using a less combat-focused power, or to need to travel at speed with a less mobile power. Delsin can only use one power at a time, and swaps between them by absorbing them from the environment. These similarities seem to largely be a practical consideration of the gameplay. But why can I walk up to an ailing man and heal him with neon? Cole could heal citizens with his electric powers for good karma, which made a certain kind of comic book logic thanks to the existence of defibrillators.
Sometimes the mechanics are so lifted from the previous games that they fail to even make sense in this context. Each has some minor variations-the speed or type of shot, or how it handles vertical climbs, for example-but the basic suite of abilities is barely distinguishable. The central conceit implies a vast degree of differentiation, but I was left disappointed by how each of the four powers play more-or-less the same as each other. A new hero with new abilities really shouldn't feel exactly like him, especially given that Delsin can absorb powers from other Conduits. Prior Infamous games starred Cole, who sported electric powers. The familiar feeling is a double-edged sword. In fact, it's all so immediately recognizable that it feels as if the series has hit a creative rut, even as the fundamentals remain solid. Firing off shots, lobbing bombs, and roaming an open city in Infamous: Second Son is as fun as it ever was in the prior two games. Give us time here.After two (and a half) games, Sucker Punch has the core of Infamous down to a science. Tumblr: we can't currently log in to our old account. Girl Genius Twitter: || Kaja on Twitter: || Phil on Twitter: on Instagram at: The Girl Genius Discord (we don't run this one, either!): The Girl Genius Subreddit (we don't run this!): It's completely fan run, we had to find it by accident back in the day! It's amazing, and we sometimes use it to look things up when we're in a hurry. Oh, also, the proofs for all four volumes we're printing have come in, so we're doing one last lookover of the pages before they printed.Īnd, of course, the BackerKit store is still open!ĭon't forget that the Girl Genius Wiki is at and someone pointed out that it was high time we added it to the main page.
Of course, whenever the need to do some serious writing comes along, our obvious solution is to layer on another piece of writing to fill the gap, so here's a little story about Franz, the Great Dragon of Mechanicsburg. We're at one of those turning points in the story where it behooves us to stop for a minute and look over our continuity to make sure we don't mess anything up going forward.
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