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[Chibi_Kaji]

I've yet to find the last two shards. I actually had a dream last night where they kept showing up on my radar even though they weren't there.
lol, I keep think ingI see that last one on the radar but it's not. I've rechecked all docks and bridges, so now I need to re-check each district...block by block. I might end up using that gameguide Gamespot posted to help me...

[woodcan]

I have a question about that one boss fight in Warren
Is there any way to get positive Karma instead of negative when you encounter that big scrap metal boss guy when chasing after Alden? You know that conduit that's inside that big body of scrap metal that throws the flaming boulders and machine guns you who's inside that park the hobo enemies took over with the wrecked plane. I used Karmic overload to blast him with rockets (forget the real name) the first time and got negative Karma so I reloaded and tried again using regular shots and waiting for some option but same thing happened. I also tried restraining him vs letting him just sit there on his hands and knees. Did I need to run up to him when the chest opens and the conduit inside is exposed because I never had enough time to get close enough?

[John Hyperion]

You are kidding right?

Nope. AC was a lot more repetitive and you repeated things that weren't fun even the first time, and I say this as someone who played the improved PC version. I would never have finished if I had to do like the consoles and slowly walk several miles through featureless countryside to get from town to town. In Infamous you electric slide on wires from city to city and glide from place to place.

The climbing is faster, more energetic and the combat isn't even comparable. Infamous blows AC's tedious "Counter Strike, wait, Counter Strike, wait, Counter Strike" combat "system" out of the water. The value of this cannot be overstated since this is a large part of what makes the 15th "Go kill all those dudes" side mission different than the 1st or the 5th or the 10th, which is something that never manifested in AC (the complete lack of effort to vary enemies, locations, etc. didn't help either).

[disillusion386]

lol, I keep think ingI see that last one on the radar but it's not. I've rechecked all docks and bridges, so now I need to re-check each district...block by block. I might end up using that gameguide Gamespot posted to help me...

I might do that as well. I just finished my first run (evil Cole) last night with all upgrades, all dead drops, and all missions completed, but still have one more blast shard to find. It's been frustrating because I've searched through two islands already, both each block and docks, but still no dice. If I can't find that last shard in the last island, it's Gamespot guide time.

[Malik112099]

Nope. AC was a lot more repetitive and you repeated things that weren't fun even the first time, and I say this as someone who played the improved PC version. I would never have finished if I had to do like the consoles and slowly walk several miles through featureless countryside to get from town to town. In Infamous you electric slide on wires from city to city and glide from place to place.

The climbing is faster, more energetic and the combat isn't even comparable. Infamous blows AC's tedious "Counter Strike, wait, Counter Strike, wait, Counter Strike" combat "system" out of the water. The value of this cannot be overstated since this is a large part of what makes the 15th "Go kill all those dudes" side mission different than the 1st or the 5th or the 10th, which is something that never manifested in AC (the complete lack of effort to vary enemies, locations, etc. didn't help either).


Doesnt sound like you played assassin's creed....you had this thing called a horse that you rode through the countryside on. inFamous' "combat" system isnt a combat system...its a 3rd person shooter....Assassin's creed's kills were all physically/combat related. It was all hand to hand...just like it would be in the time it took place. The "combat" in infamous is stand as far away as your power will reach and then mash square or circle till your energy drains then tap R1 as fast as humanly possible...

the reapers/dustmen/first sons planted surveilance devices on my building....

we need you to escort the reapers/dustmen/first sons to jail...

the reapers/dustmen/first sons are attacking the police station!

go collect my packages!

etc...

as far as varying enemies there are 3 types in infamous..reapers, dustmen and the first sons. they are all clones of each other...each has their conduit, regular asshole with a gun, asshole with a rocket launcher and asshole that blows up when it gets near you.

Seriously..have you actually played either game? They are the same shit with one difference - AC is more realistic and inFamous is over the top...

shards/dead drops = flags

new powers = new moves/weapons

islands = kingdoms

werent you after a round glowing thing in AC just like inFamous?

[John Hyperion]

Doesnt sound like you played assassin's creed....you had this thing called a horse that you rode through the countryside on.

That you couldn't actually ride full speed or every guard would chase you to the ends of the earth trying to kill you, forcing you into another boring "Counterstrike, wait, Counterstrike, wait, Counterstrike" 10 minute fight.

However I think you've caught a bit of the fanboy, so I'll just leave it with saying the games are superficially similar, as all open world games are, but Infamous is much better in it's execution, much less repetitive, and much, much, much more fun to play.

[bigdaddybruce44]

I liked both AC and this. They are both pretty repetitive, but they also have elements that kept me interested. AC's combat was fun, and this makes traveling around quite entertaining. I loved flipping back and forth between the train rails and building up speed on a power line and flying over a building or two.

[Malik112099]

I think you've caught a bit of the fanboy


:lol:

[ChibiJosh]

It took me like 2 months to actually beat AC (which I just did a little over a week ago), and it took me 4 days to beat inFamous. So I think it's obvious which one I liked better.

The combat in AC was terrible, it basically amounted to sit there and hold R1 until an enemy attacks you and then use the never fail counter.

There were only two different enemies in AC (not counting the targets): ones with swords and ones with bows.

The side missions in inFamous are at least interesting plus you don't have to do them like you do in AC. Everytime I would start a new mission on AC, I'd do the bare minimum of side missions to start the assasination.

I have no plans on buying AC2 unless I can get it for about $20, but if they made an inFamous 2, I'd get it first day again.

[ChibiJosh]

Yeah! motherfucker! 100% shards! It took me days to find those last two and they were both in essentially the same type of area near the water. A piece of advice for those who only need one more, check on the east side of the Neon in between 2 docks with buildings on them. You have to jump out on about 5 or 6 poles into the middle of the water.

[bigdaddybruce44]

Hmmm, I really can't see how one can say the sidemissions in this are interesting, while the side missions in AC aren't.

[ChibiJosh]

The biggest difference between inFamous and AC side missions

inFamous: You see an enemy, you blow it up.

AC: You see an enemy, you say "fuck! Don't see me, don't see me. I am the wall." And then, if he sees you, you fail the mission and then have to spend the next 10 minutes losing the guards and restarting the mission.

[John Hyperion]

Hmmm, I really can't see how one can say the sidemissions in this are interesting, while the side missions in AC aren't.

Again, this game has an actual combat system and that alone is enough to make any side missions with enemies more interesting. Moreover there's more than one type of enemy and they don't all take turns attacking you one you one by one waiting to be counter-stabbed.

No mission involves sitting on bench watching a cut scene.

Or, let's compare the pickpocket in AC to the package drop in Infamous. In both have to follow enemies in take their stuff. In AC this means walking very slowly for a few feet and making sure no meatheads are around when you press "A." In Infamous there's actual strategy involved as you have to find the best route to follow the guy and avoid any enemies (or take them out), and you can climb, slide, jump, and use cover to do this. You even get to sticky grenade the prick as a reward for your patience.

Yeah, AC is a stealth game, but who said an open-world stealth game was a good idea?

[lokizz]

is asasins creed really that bad? ive been wanting to try it for a while but if its as bad as youre saying it is i guess its beter to pas it up.

[megamanianation]

Gamestop just emailed me the gigawatt code. I had complained that I didn't receive the code from my local gamestop store.

[Chibi_Kaji]

Yeah! motherfucker! 100% shards! It took me days to find those last two and they were both in essentially the same type of area near the water. A piece of advice for those who only need one more, check on the east side of the Neon in between 2 docks with buildings on them. You have to jump out on about 5 or 6 poles into the middle of the water.
Still missing one shard... And I got that one already. I checked and re-checked the docks so it has to be somewhere by one of the building. I decided to start a new game for the time being. I can go back later and try and find that last shard...

[dabebop]

Hey you guys having trouble getting the Evil to the Core or True Hero trophies? I just finished Good Side ending, and that playthrough was on Hard, so now I'm just at least 3000 xp short of my last Good side power up >_<. So now it's ridiculous to find any Reapers, Dustmen, or Sons since the game is over gah!.

Anyway game is really good, can't wait to keep playing my evil character.

[diddy310]

Thus far (having played all the way through AC but i'm just at mission 9 in InFamous) I can say that at least InFamous gives you more options for engaging enemies. But then Cole also has the advantage of being able to land safely from any height and more variety in the building types.

I wish Altair could've jumped off short buildings and pounced on enemies with the hidden blade/sword just to give it some variety. Or at least stealth kill the actual targets with the throwing knives. (they were a 1 hit kill on every single enemy but them) Just to vary it up a bit. The crossbow that he had in the intro movie probably would've added that option.

Cole at least has the option of his long range shots and grenades from far away, and the aerial stomp, shockwave, and melee attacks up close (plus whatever attacks i haven't acquired yet)

[kurokubushi]

has anyone been able to download the Uncharted 2 beta yet, or is it not abalible to download untill the 3rd? I went to download mine last night and it said my code was invalid.

[ChibiJosh]

I checked and re-checked the docks so it has to be somewhere by one of the building.

I thought that too, but both of my missing ones were around the coast. The other one was on the east side of the Historic District on a broken wooden dock.

[craigbezzle]

I used the sphere and it pretty much doubled my power.

I thought the ending was meh, I saw it coming from a mile away. Good game, though. Not great, but good.

[fizzywix]

I just realized my trophies aren't working. I have no trophies for this, and when I go to my list of trophies, Infamous isn't even on the list.

I also downloaded Noby Noby Boy and I can't even play it because while it's loading up it says my trophies aren't working and to reboot the game.

Anyone know what's wrong?

[disillusion386]

Man, I finally found that last shard!! Woo! For some reason I missed it because it wasn't exactly a hidden one. Oh well, that's done.

Anyway, I'm looking at my save file and it says I'm at 90% completion. I have collected all the blast shards and dead drops, upgraded all my powers, and completed all the missions. Is there a reason why I'm 10% away from completion? I did evil Cole by the way.

[ChibiJosh]

Man, I finally found that last shard!! Woo! For some reason I missed it because it wasn't exactly a hidden one. Oh well, that's done.

Anyway, I'm looking at my save file and it says I'm at 90% completion. I have collected all the blast shards and dead drops, upgraded all my powers, and completed all the missions. Is there a reason why I'm 10% away from completion? I did evil Cole by the way.

I only have 85%, and I've completed everything except the stunts. I noticed other people saying they've only gotten 90% completion too.

[disillusion386]

Hmm, maybe those Gamestop gigawatt blades are necessary? That's weird though. I guess it doesn't really matter if I end up getting all the trophies anyway, right?

[craigbezzle]

Maybe there are more lynchings around town you have to intervene in? All I know is I don't know how I'm going to find these last 10 shards...any tips to combing the islands? I've rode the rails all the way around all 3 islands.

[lokizz]

there may be dlc down the line. or online didnt re5 have extra trophies you could only get through online?

[$hady]

Wow looks like i'm alot further along than I thought I was. I kept looking at my completion percentage which is 27% and thinking I had alot more game left but after getting curious and peeking at the IGN walkthrough it looks like i've just got 4 main missions left.

I'll never find all the shards and dead drops as i'll never even try lol i'm not obsessive. I've been focusing on the main story the last couple days after a couple days of screwing around beefing Cole up. Fun game but i'm ready for Uncharted 2 beta (thanks Rafael122) and Prototype and Ghostbusters and and and lol good games coming from all sides! :D

EDIT: damn I completely missed the more coming soon part, the story seems to be winding down and i'm almost done for real for real now.

[fizzywix]

Got my Home code in the e-mail tonight!

[woodcan]

Got my home code as well at 4am.

It states "Also, each claim code is unique and can't be shared." in the e-mail but I'm not sure if that really means it can't be game-shared, probably just not shared across accounts.

[Malik112099]

I just beat it as a good guy. Was pretty good. Liked the ending. Anyone that says they saw that coming is full of shit.

Anywho...gonna have to go through as a bad guy now...

[craigbezzle]

Well not the time travel per se, but I definitely saw Kessler and Cole being the same person.

[boba_fett300]

Just got an extra beta code :)

[pete5883]

Well not the time travel per se, but I definitely saw Kessler and Cole being the same person.
Ugh, WHY did I click on this..... :wall:

[Chibi_Kaji]

Hmm, maybe those Gamestop gigawatt blades are necessary? That's weird though. I guess it doesn't really matter if I end up getting all the trophies anyway, right?
Yeah, you only need to upgrade you Postie/Negative Karma powers to get those upgrade trophies.


I'll never find all the shards and dead drops as i'll never even try lol i'm not obsessive. I've been focusing on the main story the last couple days after a couple days of screwing around beefing Cole up. Fun game but i'm ready for Uncharted 2 beta (thanks Rafael122) and Prototype and Ghostbusters and and and lol good games coming from all sides! :D.
Actually finding the Dead Drops are pretty easy to find since when you're close enough to one your radar will tell what direction it's in(also you get as trophy when find all the Dead Drops in a district)... unlike the shards where you need to be pretty close to them in order to see them appear on your Radar.

Maybe there are more lynchings around town you have to intervene in? All I know is I don't know how I'm going to find these last 10 shards...any tips to combing the islands? I've rode the rails all the way around all 3 islands.
Check the water fronts and dock areas since alot of those places look the same it can pretty easy to think you already checked them. Then check all the Bridges(including the one where you fought the giant Golem on, there are like 2 just after you fight him.) Also you should climb every tall building(Dustman Tower, The Prison and that giant building by ground zero in the Historic District) again since you can't scan the top of them from the ground. And if you still haven't found them all after that your best better is to search block by block.

[fizzywix]

If the game automatically changed my difficulty to hard after I played the first mission and I haven't changed it, I'm not going to get the trophy for beating it on hard, am I? :[

[pete5883]

You will get it.

[bigdaddybruce44]

Well not the time travel per se, but I definitely saw Kessler and Cole being the same person.

Yeah...

...it was kind of apparent there was SOME sort of connection there, because of the things Sasha was saying.

[Sinistar]

Just got an extra beta code :)
Care 2 share? XD

[$hady]

Just finished it as a good guy but only had 47% complete since i'm not at all into looking for shards/drops no matter how easy they are to find.

Pretty fun game overall and I liked the ending, beat it on medium.

Back to Gamefly with you so someone else can enjoy! I'll watch the bad endings on Youtube one of these days. lol

[the_punisher]

I can't get the Have a Nice Fall stunt, any hints? I'm already 100% done with Neon, 50% on Warren.

[jalu6]

What exactly makes the good/evil meter move? I've picked good for every moral choice, but every once in a while I end up with evil after a mission after blowing too much shit up. Will that prevent me from hitting Hero? I'm about halfway through Warren and it looks like my meter is about to hit the 3rd level of good.

Also, if I run around for an hour healing people on the ground will that push me over the edge, or are the good/evil missions the only thing that makes it change?

[bigdaddybruce44]

I can't get the Have a Nice Fall stunt, any hints? I'm already 100% done with Neon, 50% on Warren.

Towards the end of Warren...

You and Zeke go the Dustmen Tower. There will be a couple of opportunities for you to fight multiple opponents here. Just keep trying to get three of them close together and then use the power. If you don't get it, just jump off the tower and keep trying.

[woodcan]

What exactly makes the good/evil meter move? I've picked good for every moral choice, but every once in a while I end up with evil after a mission after blowing too much shit up. Will that prevent me from hitting Hero? I'm about halfway through Warren and it looks like my meter is about to hit the 3rd level of good.

Also, if I run around for an hour healing people on the ground will that push me over the edge, or are the good/evil missions the only thing that makes it change?

If you blow up too much stuff during a mission you will end up with a lot of collateral damage to civilians that gives you bad Karma. So, when playing as a Hero you really need to be more deliberate and precise with your shots. I got full Hero status at the start of Warren. Also, yes healing people gives you slightly more positive Karma. If you accidentally down civilians in battle be sure and heal them afterward if they are not dead. Keep in mind if you look at the Karma meter in the top left it will either glow Blue for good or Red for bad Karma actions (i.e. when you heal someone the top quarter lights up and glows for a moment to indicate good Karma). In addition, when you get the XP text for your actions Blue text = positive Karma, Red text = negative Karma, Gray text = no Karma effect.

[bmachine]

I can't get the Have a Nice Fall stunt, any hints?

I'm having trouble with that one, too...I always seem to encounter 2 dudes on a rooftop instead of 3.

[disillusion386]

I found another opportunity for the Have a Nice Fall stunt while playing the evil side.

When you do the evil karma side mission in the Warren where you follow a bunch of reaper conduits to attack some Dustmen, it leads to a rooftop with a ton of enemies. The respawn point is perfect too because it's very near the start of the battle. I pulled a Thunderdrop on a bunch of them and while they were down I targeted three with the Shockwave. Took me a couple (read: a lot) of tries because of the hard difficulty, but I think you should be able to pull it off in one or two tries on normal or easy.

[DantheApe]

bout halfway into the warren and I'm about 80-% clear in reaper territory. I have never really played side missions in a sandbox before. I really do enjoy this one, probably even more so than crackdown (the last sandbox i really got into).

Any word on future dlc? I would love to have some tools like crackdown where you could spawn virtually anything just to play with.

[sotc1988]

Someone mentioned that the side mission called Dark Waters is good for Have a Nice Fall because there are usually three/four guys on a roof. Just make sure they're lined up and you get them in one shot.

[fizzywix]

Just finished the game being Good on hard, going to work on trophies before I start my evil game.

I can't say I predicted the ending, I was expecting Kessler to be Cole's father...so I was sort of close I guess :P I should've known when Sasha was calling Cole Kessler!

[the_punisher]

Towards the end of Warren...

You and Zeke go the Dustmen Tower. There will be a couple of opportunities for you to fight multiple opponents here. Just keep trying to get three of them close together and then use the power. If you don't get it, just jump off the tower and keep trying.

If this is the mission i'm thinking about, i kept trying to do it but couldn't, and one time i ended up beating the mission because the cops kill the rest of them :bomb:.

[Whambamm]

I got Have A Nice Fall after beating the game, but I found a relatively easy spot to get the stunt. Just southeast of Zeke's place is the red cylindrical tower where you find the first Dead Drop. There are 3 reapers that spawn on top of here and it's pretty easy to get all three in one shockwave.

[bmachine]

How long do you have to grind the railroad tracks to get the "Hotfoot" trophy? I know it says "25 kilometers" but that doesn't really mean anything in the game.

I did the last mission tonight and I still don't have that freakin' trophy. I road the rails around each island searching for missing shards and I still haven't traveled enough the get the trophy for it.

EDIT: Nevermind. I played for a bit tonight and got the trophy about 10 seconds after I hopped on the railroad tracks.

[ChibiJosh]

It takes a long time to get that trophy. I just sat and did like 5 loops around the neon at one point to finally get it.

[woodcan]

I'm having trouble with that one, too...I always seem to encounter 2 dudes on a rooftop instead of 3.

I found another opportunity for the Have a Nice Fall stunt while playing the evil side.

When you do the evil karma side mission in the Warren where you follow a bunch of reaper conduits to attack some Dustmen, it leads to a rooftop with a ton of enemies. The respawn point is perfect too because it's very near the start of the battle. I pulled a Thunderdrop on a bunch of them and while they were down I targeted three with the Shockwave. Took me a couple (read: a lot) of tries because of the hard difficulty, but I think you should be able to pull it off in one or two tries on normal or easy.

I can't get the Have a Nice Fall stunt, any hints? I'm already 100% done with Neon, 50% on Warren.

I got Have A Nice Fall after beating the game, but I found a relatively easy spot to get the stunt. Just southeast of Zeke's place is the red cylindrical tower where you find the first Dead Drop. There are 3 reapers that spawn on top of here and it's pretty easy to get all three in one shockwave.

Also, take a look here:
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=225787

The other very easy possibility is in Warren:
On the leftmost side of the huge cranes in Warren (bottom left of island where the 2 peninsulas stick out) and crane closest to land if you climb up to the control level there are like 5 dustmen standing there that you can easily blow off the edge of the crane

[fizzywix]

I got have a nice fall on some random side mission that spawned a bunch of enemies on a roof.

I think it was a black tar side mission.


I'm in a pretty odd situation with my trophies, haha. They weren't working up until I was about 75% of the way done with the game, then I fixed my trophies. So I have to get the ones I past again. For instance, I have the beat the game trophy, but only 2 of the karma decision trophies in the main storyline.

I also have the collect 50% of the shards, but not the 25% of the shards trophy :P

[Malik112099]

I started again as a bad guy and not being able to skip cut scenes is making me not want to play through again.....I dont feel the story will be that much different after making a few evil choices and the game is still on the same path as if you were doing everything good. Only diff that I can see is my shit is all red instead of blue and I will end up being what Kessler was trying to stop ... i dont think that's enough for me to play through it again

[craigbezzle]

Yeah, that's killing me too Malik. Well, that, and the fact that Uncharted 2 beta is live, glorious, and addicting.

[Malik112099]

just watched the bad ending on youtube and it doesnt seem to change the story at all. Just different shit after the credits. I think I am done with this game....

[diddy310]

Did i screw myself out of getting all of the blast shards? On one of the side missions I was given the good/evil choice of either rescuing the woman's brother from the Reapers, or just stealing the Blast Shards. I saved the brother.

[mguiddy]

Did i screw myself out of getting all of the blast shards? On one of the side missions I was given the good/evil choice of either rescuing the woman's brother from the Reapers, or just stealing the Blast Shards. I saved the brother.
Side mission shards don't count towards the 350.

[bmachine]

Now I'm having trouble finding a good spot to pull off the "Unquenchable Thirst" grind-four-rails stunt. I'll check out your thread, Woodcan...good idea.

Only need to find 6 more blast shards for that trophy, too!

Did i screw myself out of getting all of the blast shards? On one of the side missions I was given the good/evil choice of either rescuing the woman's brother from the Reapers, or just stealing the Blast Shards. I saved the brother.

I read somewhere (this thread, maybe?) that the missions where you get blast shards from the NPC's don't affect your total "found count" in the game.

[disillusion386]

Now I'm having trouble finding a good spot to pull off the "Unquenchable Thirst" grind-four-rails stunt. I'll check out your thread, Woodcan...good idea.

Only need to find 6 more blast shards for that trophy, too!



I read somewhere (this thread, maybe?) that the missions where you get blast shards from the NPC's don't affect your total "found count" in the game.

Use the train tracks. That's actually one of the easier ones to pull off. Even easier is when you have the hover ability unlocked.

[ChibiJosh]

Finished my evil, hard run last night. Now I have all the trophies except the stunts one (and the all evil power upgrades, but that's easy enough)

[bmachine]

All stunts complete! Thanks to those who provided suggestions on getting them done.

Now I'm just trying to finish the "Get Off My Cloud" trophy and find the last 4 blast shards.

[menikmati]

Just started playing for about an hour last night, liking it so far. I tried playing it more like a conservative shooter with my lightning but I realized that I could just spam it while jumping/running to be more effective.

Also, when I first booted it up, I saw that it was installing and assumed I had to wait ~10 minutes, but I got a drink and came back and it was ready to go. I thought my install fucked up, but I saw that Sucker Punch wanted to get people into the action ASAP.

http://www.gamercenteronline.net/2009/01/13/ces-09-infamous-installation-is-later-in-the-game/

[craigbezzle]

Yeah the quick install was definitely a plus. A quick piss and bam, I'm playing the game. Really irks me about not skipping cutscenes on a new playthrough, though. Anywho, between this and the Uncharted 2 beta, my PS3 is finally getting some decent play. I'm also trying to get back into MGO again...

[mguiddy]

I read somewhere (this thread, maybe?) that the missions where you get blast shards from the NPC's don't affect your total "found count" in the game.
:-s
Like... Post 560 in this thread... the one right before yours?
:lol:;)

[pete5883]

Any tricks to getting the trophy while riding on the train? Hard to aim + playing on hard makes it hard to take anyone down.

[FriskyTanuki]

Any tricks to getting the trophy while riding on the train? Hard to aim + playing on hard makes it hard to take anyone down.
Grenades.

[mguiddy]

Any tricks to getting the trophy while riding on the train? Hard to aim + playing on hard makes it hard to take anyone down.
It's real easy during the missions where you have to fix the trains. Just ride it, kill some enemies, kill yourself, kill the same enemies, kill yourself, etc, etc. :lol:

[Darknyss]

I don't think this has been posted here yet. It may help for tracking down shards.

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=v7ujbn&s=5

[mguiddy]

Interesting little glitch I found while looking for shards...
If you go to the end of that big dock on the far right side of the last island and try to jump on the, what looks like beams in the water on either side to get around the "barricade" of fence to try to climb the structure at the end, you'll fall through the world. :lol:

[Darknyss]

I fell through the world two or three times during my first playthrough. Luckily, I was able to get out each time by spam jumping.

[ChibiJosh]

Yeah. There's this one really tall building near ground zero that you can jump through pretty easily.

[brewin]

Has anyone else experienced the bug on Mission 10 (Nemesis Revealed) that makes it impossible to destroy the water kegs with shockwave? Im trying to play through my 1st run with all good karma, but this mission forces me to choose the bad karma option of overloading the towers. I have tried blowing the damn things up with shockwave for about an hour straight with no luck! Am I doing something wrong!?!? Its really pissing me off!

[John Hyperion]

Has anyone else experienced the bug on Mission 10 (Nemesis Revealed) that makes it impossible to destroy the water kegs with shockwave? Im trying to play through my 1st run with all good karma, but this mission forces me to choose the bad karma option of overloading the towers. I have tried blowing the damn things up with shockwave for about an hour straight with no luck! Am I doing something wrong!?!? Its really pissing me off!

Are you getting right in front of the kegs?

Either way, don't stress you'll have a chance to make up the karma anyway.

[Chibi_Kaji]

I don't think this has been posted here yet. It may help for tracking down shards.

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=v7ujbn&s=5
Thanks I'll have to use this to help me track down that last shard... It'll be a bit of a pain but it can't be helped.

[bmachine]

:-s
Like... Post 560 in this thread... the one right before yours?
:lol:;)

See, I knew I had read that somewhere. :razz:

I don't think this has been posted here yet. It may help for tracking down shards.

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=v7ujbn&s=5

Excellent...I'm having a bitch of a time finding the last 2 shards. Thanks!

Has anyone else experienced the bug on Mission 10 (Nemesis Revealed) that makes it impossible to destroy the water kegs with shockwave?

The only way to hit 'em with shockwave is to stand on top of the tower directly in front of the tar pump.

[Chibi_Kaji]

Am I the only one who think playing a "good" game is fun? I started an evil play through and as much fun as it is causing massive amounts of damage I find myself missing the powers you go from Positive karma... especially the upgrades for the lightning bolt and megaton hammer.

[craigbezzle]

I'll let you know in about a week, Chibi. I've started my good playthrough, but the Uncharted 2 beta keeps pulling me away, so I haven't put much time into it. Plus, I still have a few shards to find on my evil playthrough, and it's proving to be a bitch.

[pete5883]

I feel like the luckiest man alive for finding my final shard while doing one of the side missions. Thank god I don't have to slog around looking for it.

[KongaKing]

Can someone explain something to me? In the top left corner, you have your Karma or whatever it is. It's got 6 sections (3 top for good, 3 bottom for bad) and also an arrow pointing somewhere on that circle. What's the arrow mean? Is that your heroness? Or is that when you fill up each bar of blue? If the arrow points to your karma for where your next rank is, then what do you do with all the filled up power in the 3 sections?

[mguiddy]

The arrow points to your current general karma level, thug/hero/outlaw/infamous/etc though NOT the exact karma level.

[KongaKing]

The arrow points to your current general karma level, thug/hero/outlaw/infamous/etc though NOT the exact karma level.

Ok. And what's the other sections do?

[Darknyss]

The arrow points to how close you are to reaching the next level of karma. Once it fills up, your title will change.

[KongaKing]

The arrow points to how close you are to reaching the next level of karma. Once it fills up, your title will change.

What do the other 3 sections of color do? They fill up when you do good things, I'm currently full. Is it another way to meature karma or do you use that as a power at some point?

[ChibiJosh]

I have little idea of what you're trying to ask, but if you mean the red bars, those are for the bad karma.

[KongaKing]

If the arrow points to your rank, what's these 3 sections do? Just tell you how close you are to your next rank? Or something else? They don't seem to match up with the arrow and junk
http://i39.tinypic.com/23kpv2r.jpg

[ChibiJosh]

The arrow indicates your karmic rank, think of the bars themselves as experience meters. The more karma you get, the more they fill up (or empty if you do bad things). Once the bar fills up, you move to the next karmic rank.

[KongaKing]

The arrow indicates your karmic rank, think of the bars themselves as experience meters. The more karma you get, the more they fill up (or empty if you do bad things). Once the bar fills up, you move to the next karmic rank.

Thats what I thought but wasn't too sure. Thanks for the help!

[diddy310]

Finished the whole city with my good character, 261 shards and all stunts/dead drops done. I'm still missing the Casey Jones trophy as far as ones I can get without starting over. I do not recommend trying to ride on the train outside of the missions where you are powering them, the violent camera shaking will cause motion sickness (and i've never gotten motion sick from a game before)

[Ecofreak]

In my opinion, getting all 350 shards should be worth a platinum in-and-of itself. Most tedious task I would ever even consider.

Game is enjoyable otherwise though.

[MSI Magus]

Do you ever get to jump higher? And do the explosions get much bigger? I am playing the demo currently and its disappointing that you really cant jump that high. I heard so many comparisons to crackdown that I was hoping this game would really make me feel like a super human again but so far I really dont feel that way....feel more like im playing GTA since the shooting is similar and not overally impressive and the closest you have to a cool jump is the glide....which just feels like a hover pack not some kind of cool power since you fall so fast.

[Chibi_Kaji]

Finished the whole city with my good character, 261 shards and all stunts/dead drops done. I'm still missing the Casey Jones trophy as far as ones I can get without starting over. I do not recommend trying to ride on the train outside of the missions where you are powering them, the violent camera shaking will cause motion sickness (and i've never gotten motion sick from a game before)
I actually got that one after finishing the game. There was a area by the tracks in the Historic district where guys would always spawn on the rooftops. So I just keep going back and forth on the trains sniping 1 or 2 guys on each pass.

Do you ever get to jump higher? And do the explosions get much bigger?
Nope, you never get to jump any higher.

[MSI Magus]

I think ill still enjoy the game. Its just hard to enjoy these types of games after crackdown nearly as much if I cant jump really high or have some way to move very very fast. I just feel like im playing most open world games at a snails pace if its not on par.

[Darknyss]

Got the plat tonight!

This is a game that is totally worth playing twice. The story and action are really top notch. inFamous 2 is going to be EPIC!

[Chibi_Kaji]

I find that I'm really not enjoying playing the game as a bad guy(There are a few evil side-missions that are pretty cool). The powers just don't seem that fun to me. I find myself missing the guided Megaton Hammer and zapping punks with my lightning blot to get energy back.

[diddy310]

In my opinion, getting all 350 shards should be worth a platinum in-and-of itself. Most tedious task I would ever even consider.

Game is enjoyable otherwise though.


This is fun after finding all 1001 light seeds in Prince of Persia

[mguiddy]

The arrow points to how close you are to reaching the next level of karma. Once it fills up, your title will change.
The arrow doesn't point to anything except your current karma rank. As soon as you get a karma rank it points to the middle of the new rank. The arrow never moves unless you change karma rank.

Also... I never experienced the "falling through building" glitch until my second playthrough, now I've experienced it several times. :lol:

[bigdaddybruce44]

There are definitely far more tedious undertakings than the shards in this game. At the very least you can use your "senses" to see when you are close to them. How many games do you have no choice but to use a map and mark them off as you go? I know I simply gave up on Crackdown.

[naes]

Is there any other way to get the Gigawatt Blades? I just bought the game from Newegg for $50.

[ChibiJosh]

No

[diddy310]

343 shards and two more that i know where they are (fell through a platform in the water and decided to stop for the night)

[chuckywang]

THIS GAME IS HARD!!!

I'm stuck at the part where you have to destroy those hot air balloon things. I can't seem to jump on the last two ... those machine guns really do a number on me.

[Magus8472]

THIS GAME IS HARD!!!

I'm stuck at the part where you have to destroy those hot air balloon things. I can't seem to jump on the last two ... those machine guns really do a number on me.

You can glide with the shield up, might help you. Mostly that bit is about waiting patiently for the thing to go near a tall enough building.

[mwynn]

Or a building with a water tower. Take out the shield, user the tower for cover and take out the guns.

[pete5883]

THIS GAME IS HARD!!!

I'm stuck at the part where you have to destroy those hot air balloon things. I can't seem to jump on the last two ... those machine guns really do a number on me.
You can destroy the guns with a precision shot if the shield is down.

[John Hyperion]

Be a man, glide head on into the gunfire with your shield up.

[Chibi_Kaji]

Is there any other way to get the Gigawatt Blades? I just bought the game from Newegg for $50.
I wouldn't worry about not having them. While they are one of the strongest powers you can get, you have to get in close to use them and they use a nice chunk of energy.

[diddy310]

Gah, 348 shards, the last two are definitely not in the Neon after following Gamespot's guide around to all the empty spots.

[dimeadz]

Nice! I just got all the shards. I think they were easier to find than on Crackdown for 360. At least you can hit the L3 button to echo them out.

[DarkNessBear]

So... just beat the game on Hard (Evil) compared to Good (Medium). 1. The game feels EXACTLY the same on Hard (although the last boss was a tad harder) 2. I was totally bummed that the story was EXACTLY the same. And when you get to become "super powerful" as evil, all it does it makes your lightning black and a bigger lightning bar... oh joy... not any stronger.

The game is totally awesome, although Evil vs Good does not matter at all. Although as Evil you get to experience the joys of crappy ass powers. Damn, those megawatt missles (whatever they are called) seem like they are doing a lot (the whole screen explodes basically) but they never seem to kill ANYTHING. Not being able to redirect is a big minus. Also, the evil grenades are TERRIBLE - the little shards that pop off do NO DAMAGE and the good grenades that have the ability to lock whoever it touches to the floor is an instant win.

The only thing good about Evil is being able to fight along side those reapers (those guys are so cool).

[bigdaddybruce44]

I wouldn't worry about not having them. While they are one of the strongest powers you can get, you have to get in close to use them and they use a nice chunk of energy.

Yeah, I barely used them. It was a lot easier to just play this as a shooter. I rarely got close enough to melee, so the blades ended up being useless.

[Davestation]

Game was good, wish the two story lines where not so linear with each other. Also would have been able to start the game over after you beat it with all your shards. The counter-surveilance missions where probably the worst missions and it would have been nice if the stronger you get, the faster you can run. It would have come in handy in the "Balloon" Missions where you where all over the place. I also hated all of the side characters as well. Wanted everyone to die in it and just did not make sense that you have these bad ass powers but subcome to some chick FBI agent. Cole is the most pussy whipped hero I have ever seen. Game was way above my expectations and it ran very fluid. Will buy the sequel in a heartbeat and hopefully there can be two real story lines and be able to get across the map faster (you can get around pretty fast, but it was annoying on the balloon mission"

[DarkNessBear]

Yea I agree, in this game I hated every single side character. John seemed like the only decent one until, "Hey cole...25 seconds" "Hi" "I'm going to eat a hamburger ...15 seconds". SHUT UP!!!!

Zeke is probably my least favorite character in a game. They try to make you sympathize with him, but I just friggen hated him. I wish you could just kill everyone.

BUT ABOUT THE GAME: I can't believe I'm doing this, but I'm looking for all the shards... I'm at 324 right now. I've gotten every trophy but: 100% Shards, Stunts, BioDrain, All Evil Powers (I have no idea how I am going to get 12k experience to buy that last skill... I finished the game and you only get like 20 xp per kill).

Is it hard to do all the stunts? I'm not looking forward to it.

[pete5883]

I thought they were going to explain why John kept saying x seconds, but they never did. Did I miss it?

[jalu6]

I thought they were going to explain why John kept saying x seconds, but they never did. Did I miss it?

He says it during one of your first conversations with him. He's counting down the time he has to talk before the Feds can triangulate his position.

[disillusion386]

I hated all the side characters too, especially Trish. She was such a bitch!!! My first play through the game was evil so I was expecting that she might be better once I play as good Cole, but no, still a bitch.

I still enjoyed the game though.

Who else thinks that John, getting sucked into the vortex of the Ray Sphere, is the beast Kessler was talking about in the future?

[BlueScrote]

I hated all the side characters too, especially Trish. She was such a bitch!!! My first play through the game was evil so I was expecting that she might be better once I play as good Cole, but no, still a bitch.

I still enjoyed the game though.

Who else thinks that John, getting sucked into the vortex of the Ray Sphere, is the beast Kessler was talking about in the future?

Does that happen during both the good and evil choices (use/destroy ray sphere)? I kinda thought that would only happen with the good playthough (which I did)

[mguiddy]

Does that happen during both the good and evil choices (use/destroy ray sphere)? I kinda thought that would only happen with the good playthough (which I did)
Yes

[sotc1988]

Yeah the game cops out on a few moral choices where the results are the same no matter which one (good or bad) you pick.

[ferant316]

Do shards carry over? There was that side mission where you make the good choice and lose out on 5 shards. Don't know if I should keep gathering them on my Good character run through or if I will have to start over on Evil anyways to get those 5 shards.

[bigdaddybruce44]

The shards you can collect via side missions do not count towards the ones you "have" to find. Those are only the ones scattered through the city.

[fizzywix]

So i need 5000 exp to get the last good power upgrade on my good save, and I'm 100% cleared on the territories, haha.

I guess I'm going to be doing a lot of unquenchable thirst-ing on the railroad

[disillusion386]

So i need 5000 exp to get the last good power upgrade on my good save, and I'm 100% cleared on the territories, haha.

I guess I'm going to be doing a lot of unquenchable thirst-ing on the railroad


Just run around in the Warren to find that glowing Conduit that shits out those spider things. I did air strikes on those little things to bump the XP to 5 per kill. That's what I used when I had 100% on all territories with 3000XP to go for the last upgrade. It's going to take a long time no matter what.

[KongaKing]

For people who beat the game, can you tell me how far I am and how much is left? Just story missions, not side ones
Zeke just effed up at the jail and a bunch of cops died while keeping that old man in custody and I just got the phone call from Jon and I am going to meet him

[Doc Bacca]

Any one have any problems with freezing? I've been having some problems lately. I thought it was my room being warm but it happened this morning with my room being like 50 degrees (I left the window open overnight. Anyone?

[ChibiJosh]

For people who beat the game, can you tell me how far I am and how much is left? Just story missions, not side ones
Zeke just effed up at the jail and a bunch of cops died while keeping that old man in custody and I just got the phone call from Jon and I am going to meet him

There are 39 story missions.

Any one have any problems with freezing? I've been having some problems lately. I thought it was my room being warm but it happened this morning with my room being like 50 degrees (I left the window open overnight. Anyone?

It never froze on me.

[KongaKing]

There are 39 story missions.



It never froze on me.

Where do I find what mission number I am on? I just looked and it doesn't say anywhere how many I've done

[menikmati]

Woot, got all but one blast shard on the first island, going to call it a night and start the second island tomorrow.

[Magus8472]

Any one have any problems with freezing? I've been having some problems lately. I thought it was my room being warm but it happened this morning with my room being like 50 degrees (I left the window open overnight. Anyone?

Game froze twice over the course of 2 playthroughs for me.

[mguiddy]

Where do I find what mission number I am on? I just looked and it doesn't say anywhere how many I've done
The "Save/Load" system.

[TC]

Picked this up the other night. Can't wait to get started. :D

[diddy310]

I absolutely could not find the last 2 blast shards in my first playthrough. Started over to do my hard difficulty evil game and i'm marking them off on the map as I find them.

[pete5883]

Who else thinks that John, getting sucked into the vortex of the Ray Sphere, is the beast Kessler was talking about in the future?
Now that you mention it, this is probably definitely going to be true. I can't believe I spoiled a game and it's unannounced sequel by coming in this thread.

[bigdaddybruce44]

Who else thinks that John, getting sucked into the vortex of the Ray Sphere, is the beast Kessler was talking about in the future?

Well...

...I could definitely see John becoming some kind of arch-enemy in the next game, but I don't think he could be THE Beast Kessler talks about. They might even call him The Beast, but he's probably not the one Kessler was fleeing from. After all, this is now an altered timeline. Kessler comes from a future that will never happen.

[pete5883]

Well...

...I could definitely see John becoming some kind of arch-enemy in the next game, but I don't think he could be THE Beast Kessler talks about. They might even call him The Beast, but he's probably not the one Kessler was fleeing from. After all, this is now an altered timeline. Kessler comes from a future that will never happen.

...Or will it? There are plenty of time loop stories where everyone ends up back where they started.

[disillusion386]

...Or will it? There are plenty of time loop stories where everyone ends up back where they started.

Yeah I hate any form of time travel in fiction. It's always riddled with holes and inaccuracies when handled haphazardly. Maybe they'll pull a J.J. Abrams Star Trek altered time line that will end up similar to the original time line.

[bigdaddybruce44]

Yeah I hate any form of time travel in fiction. It's always riddled with holes and inaccuracies when handled haphazardly. Maybe they'll pull a J.J. Abrams Star Trek altered time line that will end up similar to the original time line.

Yeah, I hear ya. To me, time travel is fine, as long as you don't stretch it too far, and as you say, it becomes riddles with holes. I have no problem with what this game has established. You have Cole from the future come back and start a new timeline. Fine by me, as long as it doesn't get muddle from there and become a complete farce.

[disillusion386]

Yeah, I hear ya. To me, time travel is fine, as long as you don't stretch it too far, and as you say, it becomes riddles with holes. I have no problem with what this game has established. You have Cole from the future come back and start a new timeline. Fine by me, as long as it doesn't get muddle from there and become a complete farce.

I agree with you. So far it's okay, and I have a lot of faith in Sucker Punch since they really delivered on this game. Well, minus the characters who were a little too unlikeable. But yeah, it's time for the long wait for the sequel.

On another note, I just picked up the Platinum trophy for this one!! Great game.

[DarkNessBear]

Woot, got all but one blast shard on the first island, going to call it a night and start the second island tomorrow.
Oh, are you able to see how many blast shards per island you have?

[menikmati]

Oh, are you able to see how many blast shards per island you have?

Not that I know of, I do know that there are a total 147 blast shards on Neon, so I just went from there. Then I'm planning to get all the blast shards on Warren before moving on further.

[ManishaNoble]

hello hai good very nee
http://www.shoppingarsenal.com/stats/images/8.gif

[crunchb3rry]

Anybody else beat the game on Hard and didn't get shit for it? Does it unlock after you beat the end boss or do you have to 100% the game? You're supposed to set it to hard before finishing the tutorial, right? I don't know if I can stand playing through this again. I'm one Evil power shy of that trophy with all districts in the green (ie: no fucking enemies in large enough groups to gain decent XP), takes too long to track down enemies to Bio Leech too.

Can you just use a downloaded save on Hard at the end boss and beat Kessler again? I'm so fucking pissed I put 10+ hours into another playthrough for nothing.

[Magus8472]

Anybody else beat the game on Hard and didn't get shit for it? Does it unlock after you beat the end boss or do you have to 100% the game? You're supposed to set it to hard before finishing the tutorial, right? I don't know if I can stand playing through this again. I'm one Evil power shy of that trophy with all districts in the green (ie: no fucking enemies in large enough groups to gain decent XP), takes too long to track down enemies to Bio Leech too.

I had it on hard from the get-go; I started a game, switched to hard and then restarted so it was set to hard the whole time. Unlocked after the credits rolled, same time as the Good Finish trophy. Didn't bother with an Easy or Normal playthrough.

[fizzywix]

Anybody else beat the game on Hard and didn't get shit for it? Does it unlock after you beat the end boss or do you have to 100% the game? You're supposed to set it to hard before finishing the tutorial, right? I don't know if I can stand playing through this again. I'm one Evil power shy of that trophy with all districts in the green (ie: no fucking enemies in large enough groups to gain decent XP), takes too long to track down enemies to Bio Leech too.

Can you just use a downloaded save on Hard at the end boss and beat Kessler again? I'm so fucking pissed I put 10+ hours into another playthrough for nothing.

If it was your first playthrough and the game automatically changed the difficulty to hard after the tutorial, then you'll get it.

If it's a second playthrough I think it needed to be on hard from the beginning, not switched to hard after the tutorial

I could be mistaken on this though

[Darknyss]

Anybody else beat the game on Hard and didn't get shit for it? Does it unlock after you beat the end boss or do you have to 100% the game? You're supposed to set it to hard before finishing the tutorial, right? I don't know if I can stand playing through this again. I'm one Evil power shy of that trophy with all districts in the green (ie: no fucking enemies in large enough groups to gain decent XP), takes too long to track down enemies to Bio Leech too.

Can you just use a downloaded save on Hard at the end boss and beat Kessler again? I'm so fucking pissed I put 10+ hours into another playthrough for nothing.
Hard trophy unlocks after the credits roll and you are free to play on.

For the trophy, the game has to automatically up the difficulty for you to hard. You can't change it yourself.

One thing I noticed on my second play-through, is that the game started off at Hard and never switched like the first one. So I guess the game remembers what difficulty you played on before.

I ended up switching it to normal since I had already unlocked the trophy and was more interested in faster xp.

[DarkNessBear]

Yes - I was freaking out when I did not get my Hard Trophy. Man, I was so pissed. Then I was running around for a minute or so and it hit... PHEW!

I had to return inFamous though... (I got charged 65 bucks for having it to long) I was only 2 trophies away from Platinum and only needed about 20 more shards! Agh! One day... one day... Why do games have to be so friggen ass expensive?!

[BlueScrote]

Yes - I was freaking out when I did not get my Hard Trophy. Man, I was so pissed. Then I was running around for a minute or so and it hit... PHEW!

I had to return inFamous though... (I got charged 65 bucks for having it to long) I was only 2 trophies away from Platinum and only needed about 20 more shards! Agh! One day... one day... Why do games have to be so friggen ass expensive?!

For that much money you could have bought the game!

[DarkNessBear]

For that much money you could have bought the game!
Haha, they charged me that much so I could keep it. But, since I returned it - they refunded my money.

[KongaKing]

Just beat the game. It was FANTASTIC. Ending was awesome IMO also. Best game I have played this year. Totally going to be a GOTY contender for sure. It had some problems (Like the same side missions over and over) but about 70% hrough I skipped those and just did the story. I am looking forward to going back now and then to play side missions and get the shards, etc. Fantastic game

Also, I think the sequel should be called Infamous 2: Electric Boogaloo. Get it? Electric..har har.

[chuckywang]

I don't think this has been posted here yet. It may help for tracking down shards.

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=v7ujbn&s=5

PLEASE!! Does anybody know how to get to the bottommost shard?? It's at the part at the beginning of the story when you are trying to "escape" Empire City. I just can't seem to get to it ... I blast down all the lights to hold on to, but when I reach the 2nd platform, I can't seem to go any further.

[Davestation]

PLEASE!! Does anybody know how to get to the bottommost shard?? It's at the part at the beginning of the story when you are trying to "escape" Empire City. I just can't seem to get to it ... I blast down all the lights to hold on to, but when I reach the 2nd platform, I can't seem to go any further.

That is the first shard in the game that you get. Its right after you meet with Moyra and it shows it to you and explains shards. If you ping throughout the game you should have no problem getting all 350. I was missing eight when I first beat it but the only places I did not look and ping was around the docks in all districts and I found all eight there.

[Darknyss]

That is the first shard in the game that you get. Its right after you meet with Moyra and it shows it to you and explains shards. If you ping throughout the game you should have no problem getting all 350. I was missing eight when I first beat it but the only places I did not look and ping was around the docks in all districts and I found all eight there.
Lol, yeah when I was back-tracking with the map I died about 15 times trying to get to that spot. I finally just moved on and found the rest elsewhere. Then when I started my good playthrough I realized it was the first shard you get.

[chuckywang]

I'm working on beating the game on Hard mode. However, I switched to Hard mode when I was on the rooftop of Zeke's building at the beginning. Am I still good for the Gold trophy?

[whoknows]

Yeah, it switched me to hard mode like that and I still got the trophy.

[chuckywang]

I meant I manually switched to Hard mode before the game automatically did. Will I still get the trophy? Please say yes as I'm almost done with Neon.

[Darknyss]

Sorry, but you can not change the diffifulty manually. The trophy explicitly says this.

[whoknows]

Yeah, if you actually changed the difficulty I doubt you'll get it.

[ChibiJosh]

You cannot change the difficulty in the middle of the game and get the trophy, however, if you go to new game from a game set on hard, it will begin on hard and you can get the trophy.

[mguiddy]

I don't know if anyone knows for sure (as in, they actually tested it, not just guessing by what the description says), but I'd say if you changed the difficulty to hard before the game would automatically change the difficulty you'd be fine.

[rumarudrathas]

Finished the game a week ago.

I couldn't find the missions to finish off both the second and third island (on the 2nd island, the area by the long bridge, where you fought the last boss of the warrens, and the area on the 3rd island by ground zero). Is it a hidden package mission, or is it a mission that I can't finish, playing as the hero?

Oh, a slight educated guess on what may happen in inFamous 2, beating the game as a Hero: So, who's willing to bet that John will become "The Beast" that Kessler/future self talked, seeing as that it looked like he got pulled into a "portal" when the raysphere imploded?

Anyways, I'm trying to decide if I a) when I play the infamous/evil track, should I do it on hard or b) should I try to get all the shards before starting the evil campaign. I got 75+% of the shards collected, but I don't really feel like doing the easter-egg hunt anymore.

Also, do the Stunt unlock carry through to the next game? I've currently done 17 of the stunts, and I'm stuck at trying to shockwave 3 enemies off the roof, seeing as my map is almost free of criminals.

[rumarudrathas]

If the arrow points to your rank, what's these 3 sections do? Just tell you how close you are to your next rank? Or something else? They don't seem to match up with the arrow and junk
http://i39.tinypic.com/23kpv2r.jpg

Also, if you manage to "fill up" your Karma fully, in either direction, you could unleash a Karmic Overload, giving you unlimited energy for a short period of time. Afterwards, the bar will deplete ever-so-slightly, needing you to fill it up again, whether through good deeds or bad, to unleash another overload.

[chuckywang]

Also, do the Stunt unlock carry through to the next game? I've currently done 17 of the stunts, and I'm stuck at trying to shockwave 3 enemies off the roof, seeing as my map is almost free of criminals.

Nope, nothing carries over to a new game. If you want the Stunt trophy, you'll have to get all the stunts in one game.

[chuckywang]

I don't know if anyone knows for sure (as in, they actually tested it, not just guessing by what the description says), but I'd say if you changed the difficulty to hard before the game would automatically change the difficulty you'd be fine.

Yeah, that's what I figure. I guess I'll be the guinea pig if no one else knows ... I'm already halfway through the Warren.

[menikmati]

Just finished the game earlier tonight. Ended up getting all the blast shards in Warren, too.

Might get the remaining blast shards and side-missions tomorrow, not sure if I'll be able to do all the stunts though, as I have 13 remaining.

[mguiddy]

I couldn't find the missions to finish off both the second and third island (on the 2nd island, the area by the long bridge, where you fought the last boss of the warrens, and the area on the 3rd island by ground zero). Is it a hidden package mission, or is it a mission that I can't finish, playing as the hero?


They are probably hidden package missions.
Kill groups of enemies in the areas that aren't reclaimed.

[fatez]

joystiq is giving away a buncha codes for uncharted 2 today on twitter:

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/08/uncharted-2-get-yer-red-hot-multiplayer-beta-codes-bazing/

not sure if it's too late, but good luck...

source: http://twitter.com/joystiq

[menikmati]

Damn, I just got rid of my Home costume for $31.

[fizzywix]

Yeah, between reselling my game, selling my Home code, and using a gift card to pay for half the game, I made a nice profit on inFamous!

Can't beat that

[chuckywang]

Yeah, that's what I figure. I guess I'll be the guinea pig if no one else knows ... I'm already halfway through the Warren.

Small update: I just beat the game on Hard and got the Hard Finish trophy. That means that if you manually switch to Hard BEFORE the game automatically switches you, you are good for the trophy.

Also, are there trophies that you must accomplish in one sitting? I still haven't gotten the AC/DC trophy and I've beaten the game twice. I only play for a few hours each sitting.

[SoulReaver]

Damn, I just got rid of my Home costume for $31.
whaaaaaaa? damn i should've preordered this game.

[mguiddy]

Also, are there trophies that you must accomplish in one sitting? I still haven't gotten the AC/DC trophy and I've beaten the game twice. I only play for a few hours each sitting.
One sitting... no, but you need to draw a LOT of power for that trophy.
I boosted it about 2/3rds to 3/4ths of the way in the game by fully recharging my batteries (had most of them at the time) well over 20-30 times. It's easiest to get in the sewers because they have unlimited generator things in them. I've heard you don't actually need to have empty batteries to get it, which is scarier since I also sat there holding the button down for around 5-10 minutes before I started draining my batteries first.

[disillusion386]

Damn, I just got rid of my Home costume for $31.

WHHHHHATT? I redeemed that code because I figured, what the hell, why not use Home. I didn't know clothing codes are worth that much.

[woodcan]

Damn, I just got rid of my Home costume for $31.

Interesting, you just reminded me I had mine sitting unused in my inbox. I'll have to put it up on eBay and see what I can get.

[Ecofreak]

Damn, I just got rid of my Home costume for $31.

eBay here I come!

Guess it proves that people are, in fact, willing to spend money for Home -- and more than the occasional $1-$2 shirt.

[diddy310]

Just need the Casey Jones and full evil upgrades trophy for the platinum. Casey Jones is proving to be an issue because I get motion sickness from how violently the screen shakes (along with controller vibration) when I try to ride the train. Not the Cole powered Train missions, but the full speed train.

[diddy310]

Got it! Platinum :D I just focused on the radar and spammed grenades whenever I saw red dots

[Bavgate]

The Killzone 2 Home costumes were going for the same amount as the Reaper costumes right now. So if you still happen to have a KZ2 code, sell that crap!

I can't believe people actually buy that stuff.

[John Hyperion]

The Killzone 2 Home costumes were going for the same amount as the Reaper costumes right now. So if you still happen to have a KZ2 code, sell that crap!

I can't believe people actually buy that stuff.

I was intending on it but the KZ2 codes are expired.

[Bavgate]

They have expiration dates?! Wow, I never knew that. Good thing I sold it a week after I got the code. Sell your Reaper codes right now then! Just sold mine for $30.

[chuckywang]

I got the Plat tonight!!

Anybody know why I only have 95% completion? Here are my two saves:

Save #1:
Reputation: Hero
Completion: 95%
Powers and Upgrades: 48
Districts: 84 of 84
Dead Drops 32 of 32
Blast Shards: 350 of 350
Stunts 21 of 21



Save #2:
Reputation: Infamous
Completion: 91%
Powers and Upgrades: 48
Districts: 84 of 84
Dead Drops 31 of 32
Blast Shards: 272 of 350
Stunts 14 of 21

[mguiddy]

From what I've read, you need to have two saves with all stunts/shards/drops/districts/powers/upgrades, one on Hero and the other on Infamous to get 100%.

So if you did the last 7 stunts and picked up the last 1 drop/78 shards, your infamous save should be 100%

[Saint Noir]

Beat my first run through just now. Really cool game. I got all the trophies I could as I hero (save Bio-Leech, save that for evil). I did really well with the shards too. I had almost 0 back tracking or looking for lost shards. I will say I had two places left to look when I was at 349, and a tiny bit of panic snuck in. But it was out on a dock/pier in Historic, one of the few places I had left to check for sure.

Hardest stunt by far for me was the shock and drop from the air. I hate that one. I only did that once in the whole game.

Now to play through as a meanie... and wait impatiently for the sequel.

[Ecofreak]

I got the Plat tonight!!

Anybody know why I only have 95% completion? Here are my two saves:

Save #1:
Reputation: Hero
Completion: 95%
Powers and Upgrades: 48
Districts: 84 of 84
Dead Drops 32 of 32
Blast Shards: 350 of 350
Stunts 21 of 21

Congrats on the Platinum! :applause:

I'm too impatient to search through the city for all 350 shards. :-#

[MillerTime2523]

Whats the replay value for this game like?

[Saint Noir]

Well, there are different powers and missions for good and evil. So two full plays for sure, IMO. Beyond that, it would just be based on how much you like the game. I will be beating the game both ways, then after that I imagine I will play it again on down the road. But it would be awhile. I am definitely going to hang on to it though, as I really enjoy it. No multiplayer. So, if you like open world where you can screw around, yay. If not, maybe just rent.

Definitely worth playing though, either way you go.

[RudyPants]

Loved the game but I definitely won't be playing through it again. The side missions are too repetitive (similar to Assassin's Creed IMO), but it's tough to do the story missions without the necessary experience from the side missions.

It's awesome during the first island and towards the end of the third island, but the second island is pretty forgettable.

[DarkNessBear]

I got the Plat tonight!!

Anybody know why I only have 95% completion? Here are my two saves:

Save #1:
Reputation: Hero
Completion: 95%
Powers and Upgrades: 48
Districts: 84 of 84
Dead Drops 32 of 32
Blast Shards: 350 of 350
Stunts 21 of 21



Save #2:
Reputation: Infamous
Completion: 91%
Powers and Upgrades: 48
Districts: 84 of 84
Dead Drops 31 of 32
Blast Shards: 272 of 350
Stunts 14 of 21

Congrats! I will get it one day!

[pete5883]

Loved the game but I definitely won't be playing through it again. The side missions are too repetitive (similar to Assassin's Creed IMO), but it's tough to do the story missions without the necessary experience from the side missions.
Seriously? Unless you ignored the damage reducing upgrades, I don't know that any of the upgrades were really all that necessary to succeed. I skipped more than half of the side stuff, and I beat it on Hard.

[Magus8472]

I got the Plat tonight!!

Anybody know why I only have 95% completion? Here are my two saves:

Getting 100% completion is impossible as it requires you to buy all the good AND evil upgrades, I believe.

[Devil May Cry]

I don't know if this will help anyone, but for anyone with those last few Shards missing, there are 2 that won't show up on your radar. One is on top of the extremely tall building next to the blast site in the Historic District, while the other is on a broken pier on the east coast of the Neon. Neither of these will show up when you scan. Figured I'd throw this out there.

[naes]

After you play through all of the story missions, can you go back and collect all of the dead drops, blast shards and complete the rest of the side missions?

[gunm]

Bug alert: there's a few parts where I've fallen through the geometry of the world, but luckily the game can identify this and resets the mission to the last Medical Center or Zeke's Roof. Seems like a cheap fix, but at least you don't get stuck in an endless loop.

[Devil May Cry]

Yes, you can. I didn't overwrite my save though, just so I could face him again and just to be sure.

[Saint Noir]

Yeah. I like it when games do it as opposed to "it's over and here's what you got." At the end it gives you a nice message saying if you need more blast shards and side missions, feel free to go to it! OR just wander around.

[tcrash247]

Just finished it on hard as a Hero and I thoroughly enjoyed it, although I probably won't go back for a second playthrough. I just have too many other games that need my attention. I liked the twist at the end, I didn't see it coming. I'll definitely be getting inFamous 2 when that inevitably gets released.

[StrandedBrit]

Yeah I just finished this as a Hero. Great game. Great enough that I'll go through and do it on 'evil'.

I got all shards and dead drops on that play through. Not as difficult as I thought it would be. I think the stunts will be harder, but who knows. At least the 2nd run through will be a lot quicker.

[drobaby]

hey im selling infamous for 40$ if any one wants to buy it and you have to pay shipping also, just pm me

[Devil May Cry]

Yeah I just finished this as a Hero. Great game. Great enough that I'll go through and do it on 'evil'.

I got all shards and dead drops on that play through. Not as difficult as I thought it would be. I think the stunts will be harder, but who knows. At least the 2nd run through will be a lot quicker.
I recommend getting all the Stunts on Hero. The Hero Shockwave makes setting up stunts way easier because they stay in place.

[phdeez]

I know this might be a dumb question, but has anyone seen this game in Hollywood Video to rent? I swear I've called the store every week since it came out and the person on the phone is like "I don't even see that game in my system" even if I spell it out for her letter by letter.

They did get Prototype the week it came out though...

[bvharris]

Just finished my first playthrough on Hero. Mind = fucked. What a great game, I expected a twist though I didn't see that coming.

Going to start my evil game right away.

[Doc Bacca]

Just finished my second playthrough on inFamous.

Only need to collect 15 more shards and I have my first platinum.

[jmillion]

i just played thru Hero. what a fun game. i enjoyed thru out and the twist was cool. Right away i hopped right back in and starting playing thru so i can become "inFamous". i love that their are different cutscenes and reactions and everything for both sides.

[Serpentor]

Question, when you beat the game and start a new game, do you retain the stats (like # of shards or stunts)? How about the moves? Do you have to purchase them again using EXP points?

I find that NORMAL mode is descent, how hard is HARD mode? Like Crushing Mode in Uncharted?

Also, i changed from Thug to Guardian (purchased Thug's power too), can I still earn the Hero status? Right now I'm a Champion and it seems it stays there :( Do you mess up the Hero karma if you just accidentally kill a bystander?

[ChibiJosh]

No, you do not retain stats or moves. You have to refind the shards and repurchase the moves.

Hard mode can be pretty difficult in parts. It took me about an hour to beat the final boss on hard.

It takes a long time to move up karma levels, be patient.

[Magus8472]

Also, i changed from Thug to Guardian (purchased Thug's power too), can I still earn the Hero status? Right now I'm a Champion and it seems it stays there :( Do you mess up the Hero karma if you just accidentally kill a bystander?

In my experience the game seemed to cap max karma based on how many story missions had been completed. Try moving up in the storyline a bit. Also, minor karma losses are pretty unavoidable but won't have any long-term impact, so I wouldn't worry about it as long as you're not ranking all the way down to Thug.

[Serpentor]

Thanks guys!

[lolwut?]

I have a few questions; I didn't want to read through the whole thread so forgive me if they have already been answered. I think I have a good shot of getting the Platinum Trophy in this game, but I do need to know a few things about the blast shards in the game.

1) Is there any way to tell how many you have already collected and/or how more you still need to get?

2) Do the Karma moments effect your ability to get the 100% shard trophy? I'm playing through as a hero right now and while most of the time my good decisions have given me all the possible shards, there was side mission where I made the good choice to accept the citizen's offer of one shard (and give up the 3 or 4 others in the process).

Does anyone know if I will still be able to get all the shards despite my choice?

Thanks

[catabarez]

To tell how many shards you have just go to the save file, while you are at the XMB. Also, eventually when the meter at the top left reaches the max, it will tell you how many are left.

If you are a bad guy it is just faster to get them, if you decide to be good the blast shards the person had will just show up in the city, you can still get them all.

[lolwut?]

To tell how many shards you have just go to the save file, while you are at the XMB. Also, eventually when the meter at the top left reaches the max, it will tell you how many are left.

If you are a bad guy it is just faster to get them, if you decide to be good the blast shards the person had will just show up in the city, you can still get them all.

Awesome, thanks.

How many battery core's are there, and how many are left once you've gotten all the cores? I've got 21 so far and it still isn't capped

[catabarez]

Awesome, thanks.

How many battery core's are there, and how many are left once you've gotten all the cores? I've got 21 so far and it still isn't capped

Haha, sorry but i don't remember how many cores there are, but once you get to about 280 shards it will start telling you how many you need left

[ChibiJosh]

The blast shards you get from side missions don't count toward the trophy.

[lokizz]

does anyone know of someone who bought the special edition of infamous? i just read somewhere toys r us sold one that included the game, the gigawatt blades, a comic , a figure of cole and a steel case. was it some kind of foreign release or did it just come out in limied numbers here?

[gunm]

I believe that limited edition was for the UK/Euro market only.

[lokizz]

I believe that limited edition was for the UK/Euro market only.

damn that sucks youd think they would have released a few here.

[johnnypark]

The discussion for this game sure died down. Just beat it about a week ago after putting it aside due to moving into a new house, and after beating it started an evil playthrough practically the same day. I forgot how much work I had done initially, tore through the story in maybe 3 days the 2nd time around and was awarded my 1st platinum PSN trophy. As pointless as they are, it's kind of fun to get them.

[lokizz]

The discussion for this game sure died down. Just beat it about a week ago after putting it aside due to moving into a new house, and after beating it started an evil playthrough practically the same day. I forgot how much work I had done initially, tore through the story in maybe 3 days the 2nd time around and was awarded my 1st platinum PSN trophy. As pointless as they are, it's kind of fun to get them.


i got so annoyed by trying to find all the shards on my good play through beating it on evil felt like a chore. if theres a sequel i hope they do a better job of letting you know how much youve accomplished ( so far as to make it perfectly clear) and it would have been helpful if it told you when youd gotten all the shards in each of the 3 burbs. sucks that those chaos blades were worthless lol. wonder how long till they come out with a new sly cooper game?

[Thomas96]

Just finished my second playthrough on inFamous.

Only need to collect 15 more shards and I have my first platinum.

you are my inspiration! I think I might go and pick this game up from BB w/ the B!G1 50% off.

[Access_Denied]

Has anybody else encountered enemies they can't kill? Today, I was playing the mission where I have to get the bus to the hospital, and I came across 2 reapers that I couldn't kill. NONE of the moves would do anything. I could even beat them down. They eventually died, but I didn't kill them, other enemies did. It was weird and frustrating.

[KingBroly]

Yes, it's a glitch. They won't bother you, so don't bother them.

I also got a Platinum Trophy on this game last week. I made nearly 2 complete playthroughs in 5 days. Well, one was 100%, the other was like...50%, but still.

[Dahk]

Just finished my first playthrough. I chose the Evil route :twisted:

Awesome game and excellent story. I went Hard mode right from the beginning and I didnt find this game to be very difficult. Looking forward to a sequal.

Im still missing 10 shards and 5 stunts. My backlog is so massive though I dont know if I am going to play this again until after I finish some others first.

[Saint Noir]

Gigawatt Blades coming to everyone for free next week.

[IAmTheCheapestGamer]

Is it just me or does this game not have a 'quit game' option? I guess I'm the only person who likes to quit to the title screen before pressing the PS button to quit out of a game.

It seems like more and more games are doing this as of late too.

[Vanigan]

It's just an extra step that's not needed.

[mguiddy]

True, it's not really needed, and I don't usually use it when it's there, but I can see why some would like it, as I've fucked up save files before by initiating a quit right before the game decided it was going to save (never on the PS3, I did it on Burnout Revenge on the 360).

[pram12]

Screw Infamous 2, gimme Sly Cooper 4. Infamous sucks compared to Sly (in terms of overall quality). I'm gonna be soo pissed if the rumor Infamous 2 is being developed... though I do know how the ending of Infamous sets up a sequel amazingly easily.

[Vanigan]

Give Sucker Punch a break. They've been making nothing but Sly Cooper games for the entire PS2 generation. A few Infamous games under their belt to broaden their experience, and develop techniques and technology, and we'll get an amazing Sly Cooper game.

[guardian_owl]

I just hope they tweak the primary bolt attack to be less of a chore to use. It became so tedious having to constantly click the fire button to shoot enemies and depleted chargeable items to draw power from to refill cole's batteries (IE shoot object several times, suck energy, shoot object more times, suck energy; repeating until full)

[Vanigan]

Um, the primary attack costs no energy to use. You always have it available.

If you go the Hero route, you can use overcharge to get a full charge quickly from any item.

[Access_Denied]

I just hope they tweak the primary bolt attack to be less of a chore to use. It became so tedious having to constantly click the fire button to shoot enemies and depleted chargeable items to draw power from to refill cole's batteries (IE shoot object several times, suck energy, shoot object more times, suck energy; repeating until full)

And you can buy the upgrade to just release a stream of constant energy rather than short burst attacks.

Anyway, just got my 2nd platinum on this game. First was Crack in Time. Overall, I'm loving my PS3. I never actually liked any game enough on my 360 to go for a 1000.

[IAmTheCheapestGamer]

I'm probably going to dump this game on GS while the $20 promo is still going on since I've tried it and I hate it, but I'm letting my one buddy finish it before I get rid of it.

Hopefully, he'll stop procrastinating and finish the damn thing before the 10th, since I hated sitting there like a vulture the last time I let him borrow a game I intended to flip for cheap credit(Resistance 2)as he was trying to finish the game and get 100% in it.

Oh well. When it comes down to it though, it is still MY game and I'm free to do with it as I please.

[J7.]

Just picked this up by giving GS 2 games for $20 each! Any tips for a noob? How does this compare to other games?

[lokizz]

Just picked this up by giving GS 2 games for $20 each! Any tips for a noob? How does this compare to other games?


the gigawatt blades are a free download now on psn. if youre a trophy hunter get it done on your first playthrough because theres alot of crap to collect and if you get stumpped trying to acheive a stunt or something theres plenty of youtube videos. and playing evil is alot more fun than playing good but you will have to do both to get all the trophies.

[nbballard]

got 2 more trophies to get in the AM before I can flip this at gamestop. Hopefully I read that promo right and I can still do it tomorrow.

[IAmTheCheapestGamer]

Just picked this up by giving GS 2 games for $20 each! Any tips for a noob? How does this compare to other games?

Honestly, I preferred Prototype to this game, even though it seemed to be more or less just Hulk: Ultimate Destruction with new skins on the character and NPC's.

Then again, I lean more towards the games where you can cause all sorts of chaos and destruction versus a more linear type of title such as inFamous.

As for hints, keep clicking the right stick in to find sources of power to recharge.

[lokizz]

got 2 more trophies to get in the AM before I can flip this at gamestop. Hopefully I read that promo right and I can still do it tomorrow.


lol im trying to do that with uncharted still have to beat it on crushing.....i hate uncharted right now lol.

[J7.]

So far the game is okay, I hope it gets better with additional abilities. It's gone downhill a bit since the opening which was cool.

[DF3]

Honestly, I preferred Prototype to this game, even though it seemed to be more or less just Hulk: Ultimate Destruction with new skins on the character and NPC's.

Then again, I lean more towards the games where you can cause all sorts of chaos and destruction versus a more linear type of title such as inFamous.

As for hints, keep clicking the right stick in to find sources of power to recharge.
I rented Prototype but I didn't really like since it got repetitive after a while and the story came off as cheesy to me.

I haven't played infamous yet and was wondering if Id like it.

[bigdaddybruce44]

Having played both, I'll stick with inFamous. I recently rented Prototype, and it was an absolute blast. But the story was "blah" to me, and I felt more connected with Cole than I did Mercer.

[IAmTheCheapestGamer]

So far the game is okay, I hope it gets better with additional abilities. It's gone downhill a bit since the opening which was cool.

My buddy who I got this game back from last night stopped playing it 3/4's of the way through it and he normally loves shooters.

Honestly, I felt like the game reached it's crescendo within the first 10-15 minutes. Then the rest of the game is the same from there on out. Shoot enemies, help(or hurt) people, repeat ad nauseam.

[lokizz]

So far the game is okay, I hope it gets better with additional abilities. It's gone downhill a bit since the opening which was cool.


it will pick up as you go along. each ability adds to what you can do in the world and makes for alot of cool moments.

[cRodz]

Just finished this game.

The kessler ending was..something.
playing on hard, i never raged so hard on a video game in single player. lol

i loved the free-climbing of this game. The ability that my guy is hanging on ledges and climbing a building was awesome.
I should get Mirror's Edge i guess. :)

[lokizz]

Just finished this game.

The kessler ending was..something.
playing on hard, i never raged so hard on a video game in single player. lol

i loved the free-climbing of this game. The ability that my guy is hanging on ledges and climbing a building was awesome.
I should get Mirror's Edge i guess. :)


mirrors edge is awesome kinda short but an amazing game. its one of those games that you wish they would use that whole mechanic for other games like tenchu.

[johnnypark]

Honestly, I felt like the game reached it's crescendo within the first 10-15 minutes. Then the rest of the game is the same from there on out. Shoot enemies, help(or hurt) people, repeat ad nauseam.

I started it on Hard just to make it more challenging, and it definitely made it more enjoyable. When you start on the 2nd island, the enemies are so strong that going into the blackout areas is actually quite difficult and fun. There's a good variety with enemies as you progress, til you're fighting those huge guys near the end. If it wasn't for the (admittedly simple) experience & power system I wouldn't have enjoyed it as much. Between that and the story, I enjoyed it so much it's the only game I've ever gotten a Platinum on.

[nbballard]

i found it kind of stupid that on hard the Dustmen and Sons needed more than 1 headshot to be killed.