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InFamous: Second Son has got to be more in love with Seattle than any game I've seen. Based on the trailer alone we get the Space Needle in the background and Nirvana on the soundtrack. The brief hands-off demo I saw tossed in the port town's landmark science museum. The new locale is great, but does Sucker Punch know what to do with those tossed salads and scrambled eggs?The answer is hard to determine at this juncture, but despite new protagonist Delsin Rowe's most basic powers like hovering and hurling fireballs (instead of lightning), he promises to provide a much more robust experience than the previous games' leading man, Cole MacGrath.
For one, he can go all Alucard and disintegrate into a plume of ash and mist to dash ahead short distances or even do the Mario and travel through ventilation pipes and pop out rooftops. He can also take the stealthy approach and slam into foes, knocking them out before they know what hit 'em.
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