It's a disappointing mechanic that hinders any real sense of choice and locks out abilities until a second full playthrough. There's no in-between, just red versus blue at every juncture so players must make their choice at the beginning and stick with it to be effective. The limited Karma system of the previous games returns with Second Son and the few major decisions presented to the player involve choosing either the overtly good option or the insanely evil one.

It's up to the player to scour Seattle in order to build up powers to save Rowe's family back home, and how they do so comes down to a simple binary decision: good or evil, blue or red. employs their witch hunt against anyone and everyone suspected of carrying the Conduit gene. This specific event begins a journey for players that immediately takes them to Seattle - which like many cities at this time, seven years after the events of inFAMOUS 2 - is under strict surveillance and borderline Martial law as the D.U.P. Unlike other Conduits who typically have superpowers based around a specific element (ice, electricity, etc.), Rowe has the unique ability to absorb the powers and memories of others, first discovering this when a Conduit prisoner transport crashes through town and he comes in contact with someone who can control smoke - the ability showcased in most of the marketing and trailers for inFAMOUS: Second Son. Little does he know that he's a Conduit, a person with special powers who society views as 'bio-terrorist' thanks to the media and the propaganda disseminated by the Department of Unified Protection (D.U.P.), an organization tasked with rounding up Conduits and placing them in containment. Rowe is a 24 year-old Native American who spends his time as a self-proclaimed 'delinquent,' spray-painting graffiti in public spaces. The third game in the inFAMOUS series brings back the idea of super-powered individuals with a new protagonist in Delsin Rowe and a new setting in real-world Seattle, home of developer Sucker Punch Productions.

Sucker Punch's inFAMOUS: Second Son is the first major 2014 exclusive for Sony's PlayStation 4, the game fans have been waiting for since it was announced alongside the console early last year.

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