There is nothing better than a good vampire movie right before Halloween. This title came out right before Halloween on October 25th. The incredible thing about Infamous 2 Festival of Blood is that this standalone downloadable piece does everything Infamous 2 the $60 installment does; but it does it better. Infamous 2 Festival of Blood is short(3-5 hours), semi open world, throws out all the good and evil powers, and the story is MUCH tighter than Infamous 2.
All of the problems with the Infamous Franchise have been addressed in Festival of Blood. One of the main problems with the Infamous titles is that they are a little too long. Festival of Blood starts quickly, has a nice middle, and then ends quickly. Which even with a little bit of fluff does a better job conveying the experience than the 20+ hours of Infamous 2. Festival of Blood drops the multi-island of New Marais. Which works really well to condense the experience into the allotted timeframe. What also works wonderfully are the somewhat gimmicky good and evil choices which the series at one time was all most based on. While some people might feel that this is a flaw. The choices all ways seemed artificial to begin with. The lack of them, allows the designers and writers to focus on the more important elements. Like tight game design and story.
Infamous 2 Festival of Blood is strangely a kind of honing of the Infamous Franchise into a sharpened stake. While the piece was definitely not meant to be a serious installment in the series the way that Infamous 2 was. After all, at the beginning of the game its just Zeke trying to pick up girls. The story, style, and mechanics of this piece are amazing. Sucker Punch shows what CAN be done more than what was or should be done. This is one of the reasons why this game is so important in the end. The biggest thing about this game is that for a small amount of money compared to Infamous 2 the player can not only experience some of the best parts of the $60 game but also get an incredible story in the universe of Infamous.
Festival of Blood has no SERIOUS additions here, but the writing was creative and cool. Without the need to convey something long and complicated; Sucker Punch knocks it out the park. The fact that this is a holiday piece, something that the game industry is pretty fresh on; just makes this game that much more amazing. Also, for the price of a Playstation Network Game no one is expecting a huge title with a lot of additions. Sucker Punch completely picked up the idea that less is more.
Festival of Blood shows that Sucker Punch should concentrate on the shorter tighter form rather than trying to make it with User Generated Content. Infamous 2 was a little too loose with it’s story and it’s open world while a little better than Infamous; still was a little too spread out and unfocused. The future of Sucker Punch looks very bright considering how well they have managed to evolve the Infamous Franchise. Hopefully, they will make a new engine for a new console and really bust the next one out of the park. The chances that Sucker Punch took alone, make this game definitely one of the best games of 2011.
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