The control centres are hard to beat and the collectibles are all marked out. The activities required to do this are repeated and the side mission structure of the previous games is pretty well gone. The campaign consists of 20 missions and after that you must clear out all of the 13 Seattle districts from DUP control. Content wise, you can get around 25 hours out of the game, with both sides taking around 12.5 hours to 100%. The story only gets better as you get deeper, meeting more conduits and absorbing more powers (of which there are four). The story is more relatable than the original games' whole Beast 'thing' and Travis Willingham does a fine job alongside Baker as Delsin's kind- hearted brother, Reggie Rowe. With his tribe members sickened by evil DUP leader Brooke Augustine, Delsin needs tto travel to Seattle and absorb more powers if he is going to have any hope of defeating Augustine and her loyal band of soldiers. Delsin is part of a Native American tribe and his adventure begins when he absorbs the powers of an escaped Conduit. This is helped by Troy Baker's excellent voice acting (he seems to be in everything these days). However you will soon warm to him, as he begins to understand how serious his situation really is. He seems to be a bit of a hipster and the way he talks to himself and drops one-liners reminded me of Jason from Far Cry 3- he was the only thing I didn't like about that game. Delsin Rowe is easily better, yet this isn't highly apparent as you begin the game. He was likeable enough and began to get better in the sequel, but most of the time he had the personality of a wet sponge. The first two games had an alright protagonist in the form of Cole. First and foremost, the story is utterly gripping. So, is Second Son the essential purchase that everyone has made it out to be? In short, yes. This is in no small part due to the fact that it is a sequel to a popular Playstation series, has a unique set of gameplay altering abilities and (probably its most important hype grabber) is absolutely beautiful. Infamous: Second Son has been heavily hyped as the reason to buy a PS4.

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