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I'm getting teary-eyed. I'm way too late to be experiencing this.
I'm playing Infamous Second Son for the first time, and I'm just....wow.
It feels exactly like a modern game, but it also doesn't feel like a modern game, ya know? After playing so many games that bear the hallmarks of AAA publishing and commercialism carved into their cores, it's just... It shows. It really fucking shows. After playing all of that, and coming across a game where real fucking love got put into it? That shows.
Troy Baker is speaking to me with his full display of authentic voice acting talent, and it helps that he's using his "Kanji" voice a la Persona 4. The controls for the free-running are smooth, and aren't determined to be so realistic that they're restrictive--I can jump around and mish-mash against the environment and do all sorts of not-designed-for-that shit, but the game doesn't break for it. It just feels like the real double-jumping from before. Delsin and Reggie had an argument, and instead of two people angrily speaking one after the other in nice clean turns like you'd see from Ubisoft or Bethesda, they're actually speaking over each other, at the same time, both trying to be heard--it sounds like a real fucking argument. And Delsin, oh Delsin...he's a joy. Already so very real and tangible, he sounds like what Kanji would be if Kanji enjoyed being a delinquent.
And the story? It actually starts when you start the game, rather than taking an hour or two to really officially start. So fucking refreshing!
The best way I know how to describe this game is that it's the best parts of DmC Devil May Cry and modern Assassin's Creed put together, with none of the weaknesses.
I'm playing Infamous Second Son for the first time, and I'm just....wow.
It feels exactly like a modern game, but it also doesn't feel like a modern game, ya know? After playing so many games that bear the hallmarks of AAA publishing and commercialism carved into their cores, it's just... It shows. It really fucking shows. After playing all of that, and coming across a game where real fucking love got put into it? That shows.
Troy Baker is speaking to me with his full display of authentic voice acting talent, and it helps that he's using his "Kanji" voice a la Persona 4. The controls for the free-running are smooth, and aren't determined to be so realistic that they're restrictive--I can jump around and mish-mash against the environment and do all sorts of not-designed-for-that shit, but the game doesn't break for it. It just feels like the real double-jumping from before. Delsin and Reggie had an argument, and instead of two people angrily speaking one after the other in nice clean turns like you'd see from Ubisoft or Bethesda, they're actually speaking over each other, at the same time, both trying to be heard--it sounds like a real fucking argument. And Delsin, oh Delsin...he's a joy. Already so very real and tangible, he sounds like what Kanji would be if Kanji enjoyed being a delinquent.
And the story? It actually starts when you start the game, rather than taking an hour or two to really officially start. So fucking refreshing!
The best way I know how to describe this game is that it's the best parts of DmC Devil May Cry and modern Assassin's Creed put together, with none of the weaknesses.
