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Infamous 2

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…

85 7 June 2011

Infamous 2 is an adventure developed by Sucker Punch Productions, released 7 June 2011 on PlayStation 3.

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What Infamous 2 is

Infamous 2 is an adventure game developed by Sucker Punch Productions and released in 2011. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Infamous series

Infamous 2 is the third of 15 entries we hold in the Infamous series. It arrived 2 years after Infamous: Special Edition. The next entry was Infamous 2: Hero Edition in 2011. Its critic score of 85 is 8 points above the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Infamous at 86.

See all 15 Infamous games in release order →

How it was received

Infamous 2 holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 17 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 83, across 291 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

A full completion run takes around 26 hrs.

What it launched against

Infamous 2 launched on 7 June 2011, within three weeks of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, L.A. Noire, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D and Dirt 3. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, L.A. Noire, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, Dirt 3.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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When did Infamous 2 come out?
Infamous 2 was released on 7 June 2011 for PlayStation 3.

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