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Released

Jun 7, 2011

5,627 days ago
Platforms
  • PS3
Ratings

Release dates

North America dates
  1. Jun 7, 20115,627 days ago
    • PS3

About

Blamed for the destruction of Empire City and haunted by the ghosts of his past, reluctant hero Cole MacGrath makes a dramatic journey to the historic Southern city of New Marais in an effort to discover his full super-powered potential -- and face a civilization-ending confrontation with a dark and terrifying enemy from his own future. Gifted with extraordinary god-like abilities, Cole alone has the power to save humanity, but the question is-- will he choose to do so?

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How long to beat

HowLongToBeat ↗ · 647 players
Main story
12 h
Main + extras
17 h
Completionist
24 h

Reviews

Critics (IGDB)85/1006 reviews
IGDB players83/100292 ratings

Game info

Released
2011 · see every game from that year
Modes
Single player
Perspective
Third person

Editions, DLC & expansions

Studios

Age ratings

  • ESRBTBlood, Drug Reference, Language, Sexual Themes, Use of Alcohol, Violence
  • PEGI16Violence
  • CEROZCrime, Violence
  • ACBMNo content descriptors

Languages

1 language
English
LanguageAudioSubtitlesInterface
EnglishEnglish (US)

Themes & tags

Story & names

In inFAMOUS 2, people with superhuman abilities, called Conduits, exist. Since the creation of the first Conduit, Cole MacGrath, the emergence of others has unsettled human society. At the same time, Cole has learned from his future self, Kessler, that a powerful Conduit known as the "Beast" will rise to destroy the world and that only he has the power to defeat him. Story Following the events of InFAMOUS, Cole (Eric Ladin) and his friend Zeke (Caleb Moody) meet with NSA agent Lucy Kuo (Dawn Olivieri), who informs them that Dr. Sebastian Wolfe (Michael Ensign), the man responsible for creating the Ray Sphere that gave Cole his powers, has developed an even stronger version that would give him enough strength to stop the Beast. Before they can depart for Wolfe's lab in New Marais, the Beast attacks Empire City. Cole tries to fight him off, but even his most powerful attack proves useless. The group is subsequently forced to flee as Empire City is completely and utterly destroyed. Arriving in New Marais, Cole and his allies learn that energy magnate Joseph Bertrand III (Graham McTavish), an anti-Conduit demagogue, has seized control of the city. Aware of Wolfe's intentions, Bertrand has his private army, the Militia, destroy the doctor's lab. Rescuing Wolfe, Cole learns that he has developed the Ray Field Inhibitor, a device capable of stripping Conduits of their powers. Before he can help Cole locate the energy cores needed to power the RFI, he is killed by the Militia, who also take Kuo captive. While working to free her, Cole and Zeke meet Roscoe Laroche, a Vietnam veteran who leads a resistance movement opposed to Bertrand, and Nix (Nika Futterman), a Conduit with the ability to manipulate and ignite a black, napalm-like substance, who has been waging war on the Militia. Using intelligence gathered by Zeke, Cole and Nix locate a secret lab where Kuo, revealed to be a Conduit, has been forced to transfer her ice-generating powers to an army of human mercenaries controlled by Bertrand. The two free her, but also end up releasing the mentally unstable mercenaries into the city.

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Also known as

  • inFamous 2Alternative spelling
  • inFAMOUS 2Stylized title

Release dates by region

4 releases in 4 regions

north america

  • Jun 07, 2011PS3

europe

  • Jun 08, 2011PS3

japan

  • Jul 07, 2011PS3

australia

  • Jun 09, 2011PS3

The Infamous series

All 9 games
  1. Infamous: Precinct Assault2009
  2. Infamous2009
  3. This gameInfamous 22011
  4. Infamous: Festival of Blood2011 · Standalone expansion
  5. Infamous: Second Son2014
  6. Infamous Second Son - Special Edition2014
  7. Infamous: Second Son - Collector's Edition2014
  8. Infamous: Second Son - Limited Edition2014
  9. Infamous: First Light2014 · Standalone expansion

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Data from IGDB and Steam. Critic scores from OpenCritic. Dates shown for North America, in your local time zone.