inFamous

 PlayStation 3
  • Publisher: SCEA
  • Release Date: May 26, 2009
User Score
8.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1533 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,217 out of 1533
  2. Mixed: 252 out of 1533
  3. Negative: 64 out of 1533
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  1. TahaAxe
    Sep 11, 2023
    9
    I finished the game and it was awesome the story and gameplay was very good, the reason I took 1 point because of the enemies on the roofs they were too many and they were shooting at me everywhere I went and it made me angry
  2. GameMan2005
    Aug 29, 2023
    9
    Excellent game. Love the choice based system of whether you want to be the hero and villain and there's a lot of moral gray area involved in these choices.
  3. FrankCreeper
    Jul 28, 2023
    10
    A fantastic open world game with karma options and superpowers,gameplay nowadays is still amazing and story is absolutely unique with a fantastic character on both side (Evil Karma and Good Karma)
    The isnt aged very well nowadays but is still awesome to see and the amount of collectibles and secondary complete all experience of this amazing game
  4. KrOOb
    Jun 3, 2023
    10
    A perfect gem. InFamous had everything. A great story, great characters with a great variety of enemies and history arcs makes this story special do the ps3 era. A nice combat with cool powers, and the karma system giving you another version of those powers to your favor. The melee combat was unimpressive and underwhelming. Its by far my favourite game of all time. I genuinely recommendA perfect gem. InFamous had everything. A great story, great characters with a great variety of enemies and history arcs makes this story special do the ps3 era. A nice combat with cool powers, and the karma system giving you another version of those powers to your favor. The melee combat was unimpressive and underwhelming. Its by far my favourite game of all time. I genuinely recommend this game. It's a masterpiece even today standards.… Expand
  5. Jaidenbrkl1
    Apr 18, 2023
    9
    This game is extremely fantastic. Great gameplay, nice looking graphics, an addicting story, and overall, an great game that made Sucker Punch what they are today.
  6. ColeEngo
    Nov 30, 2022
    8
    A fun game that I never expected to like as a kid and opened me up to trying different games other than COD.
  7. DanielGG91
    Nov 14, 2022
    8
    Muy disfrutable, infravalorado para mí al ser una IP nueva del estudio, pero en mi opinión merece la pena. Divertido, y con una historia enrevesada pero genial.
  8. hector_bcn98
    Nov 9, 2022
    9
    En cierta parte innovó muchísimo con el sistema de heroicidad, pudiendo plantear dos historias diferentes en un mismo videojuego.
  9. Jdotdeedot
    Jul 3, 2022
    8
    A great game that has aged a lot. The gameplay and graphics don't hold up that well but it's great for it's time. Cole's electricity powers are cool but nothing too unique. A lot of the strongpoints of infamous comes from my own personal nostalgia. Playing this game as a kid was so awesome and I thought it was revolutionary at the time and I still think it is.
  10. HuevoAlce
    Jun 26, 2022
    9
    A breath of fresh air for the superhero video game genre. Infamous, while suffering frame graphical and gameplay glitches, is a welcome addition to the PlayStation family.
  11. 666SitiS666
    May 31, 2022
    10
    игра прекрасна как сюжетом ,так и геймплеем. К сожалению такого нельзя сказать про последние части
  12. JJ2FAS4U
    Dec 28, 2021
    8
    Atmosphere: 9
    Enjoyment: 9
    Gameplay: 7
    Graphics: 7
    Music: 7
    Story: 9
    Total: 8.00
  13. JoseManuel10_
    Dec 21, 2021
    9
    Infamous an action-adventure video game developed by Sucker Punch Productions and published by Sony
  14. tondobondo
    Oct 8, 2021
    9
    Played this game for the first time in 2021. Brilliant, full of action. God, those thunder drops
  15. BatmanTheNr1
    Oct 3, 2021
    9
    cooool game but damn it can get hard as hell, definitely one of the better exclusives
  16. yangfanhong
    Jun 8, 2021
    8
    A good open world action game with impressive story, though there are some details and technical problems needed to be improved.
  17. Reservater
    Mar 9, 2021
    8
    This game is truly one of the best games on the ps3, with great abilities, an interesting story, and gameplay, I would give it a 10 out of 10 if it wasn't for the sequels and expansions existing and the inconstant performance which should be more of a reason for this game to deserve a remaster with infamous 2 and festival of blood.
  18. ImArtem
    Feb 20, 2021
    10
    One of the best games on the PS3. Unique game experience which I recommend to have!!!
  19. YigidOx2
    Feb 14, 2021
    8
    The game that gave birth to the legend of the inFamous. 2 times better than Second Son. Elections are really difficult. It is not clear what will be connected to where. Apart from that, in Ps3 times, especially in Spider-Man games, are you a good hero or evil incident has been well handled. Still, it could be processed better. It's hard to get used to the gameplay. Other than that, whereThe game that gave birth to the legend of the inFamous. 2 times better than Second Son. Elections are really difficult. It is not clear what will be connected to where. Apart from that, in Ps3 times, especially in Spider-Man games, are you a good hero or evil incident has been well handled. Still, it could be processed better. It's hard to get used to the gameplay. Other than that, where the story is connected ... interesting? I think it's still a game for those with Ps3 to play.… Expand
  20. inFAMOUSisGood
    Feb 5, 2021
    9
    We've all heard it before, inFAMOUS's graphics sucks, no one will refute that, but that's not why it deserves a 9 out of ten. There are many reasons why it deserves a 9 out of ten, like it's great combat, awesome exploration and fun powers. By fun powers, I mean abilities like shockwave, static thrusters and induction grind, abilities which help exploration and help give combatWe've all heard it before, inFAMOUS's graphics sucks, no one will refute that, but that's not why it deserves a 9 out of ten. There are many reasons why it deserves a 9 out of ten, like it's great combat, awesome exploration and fun powers. By fun powers, I mean abilities like shockwave, static thrusters and induction grind, abilities which help exploration and help give combat versatility. By awesome exploration, I mean the fact that everything is climbable, which I loved, need to work on Cole's walking sound (traumatic flashback). Now where getting into the meat of it, combat, combat in inFAMOUS is down right awesome in every way shape and form. Stick to rooftops and gain a vantage point that will help with aiming powers like the grenades and rockets. Or do my personal favourite and enter combat by way of thunder drop, then back off to medium range, good enough to get headshots and shockwave those who get to close, walk forward as you fight and use the surrounding cars as explosions' for those too far or who cant quite hit. Then as enemy has been placed in a forced into a group, knock them on their backs with shockwave and either use grenades or lightning bolts to finish it. Those are two of the many approaches you can take to a battle, due to the near symbiotic relationship of climbing and combat, but now its time to get into difficulty, inFAMOUS's difficulty is near perfect for me, first and second playthrough I thought it would be too challenging to go beyond easy mode. Now on my third playthrough I'm playing on hard mode, bum rushing the enemy, and using the powers where the situation calls for. Used to think shockwave was useless, now it's my best friend. I used to spam grenades whenever possible, now I use them sparingly. Point I'm trying to make is that hard mode is great because it forces you to actually think in a combat situation instead of just mindlessly spamming megawatt hammers (lightning rockets) everywhere in hopes of hitting something. Sure hard mode is well, hard, and I die at least once every 10 minutes, but it's also where the game is the most fun. So in summary (ugh, PEEL what have you done to me) inFAMOUS has fun electrical powers that help add more versatility to both combat and exploration, awesome terrain that is completely climbable, combat that has many different approaches that don't just devolve to "different gun different fight". Then combining all those together with the perfectly crafted difficulty is just part of the reason why I think inFAMOUS deserves a 9 out of 10. Emphasis on part of the reason.… Expand
  21. Giornogiovan
    Jan 4, 2021
    10
    Un juegaso de PS3 yo la tengo en 2021 y este juego tiene gráficos muy buenos, también es entretenido a más no poder, tiene mecánicas de parkour eficientes de vez en cuando se bugea pero se entiende por el año de salida. en el segundo juego ya no son tan evidentes estos errores pero 100% garantizafo
  22. RomCa_99
    Nov 13, 2020
    8
    así empezó mi apego por sucker punch, un juego muy entretenidísimo y una de mis sagas favoritas en ps3... WOW COMO PASA EL TIEMPO
  23. NxtDoc
    Aug 14, 2020
    9
    inFAMOUS is a blast! Protagonist Cole McGrath is a great anti-hero, similar to Wolverine. But that's where inFAMOUS is great. You can also be a villain!

    Great gamellay, awesome soundtrack and sound effects. Infamous is a blast
  24. INU4SH4
    Aug 13, 2020
    8
    Fantastic super-hero game with extremely polished gameplay (although rarely a bit clunky) and a pretty good story to boot. At the time of release, this game felt it was ahead of its time. It felt like a shooter game reimagined and to this day I haven't found anything quite like this.

    Likable characters, good plot with different possible outcomes, and very satisfying gameplay and    Fantastic super-hero game with extremely polished gameplay (although rarely a bit clunky) and a pretty good story to boot. At the time of release, this game felt it was ahead of its time. It felt like a shooter game reimagined and to this day I haven't found anything quite like this.

    Likable characters, good plot with different possible outcomes, and very satisfying gameplay and exploration. If you own a PlayStation and you haven't picked this one yet, what are you waiting for?    … Expand
  25. frederik1478
    Jun 4, 2020
    10
    My favourite PS3 games, it is amazing what the guys from Sly Cooper has done, Singing and performing is good, I would say that the only bedtime about this game in has not a stable frame rate
  26. Jrson
    May 5, 2020
    8
    Very fun open world game. The plethora of skills you can use with you powers is very fun. The karma system is also a very novel concept. I liked it a lot.
  27. Thejodjeremie
    Apr 30, 2020
    9
    The story is great and the comic cutscene are cool. The gameplay is great. I especially love the karma system and how it affects the story, abilities, and how you look.
  28. Nomax
    Apr 19, 2020
    10
    Не скажу что здесь прям потрясающий сюжет, но играть было в удовольствие. Идет достаточно легко правда иногда напрягала боёвка.
  29. Borka
    Apr 15, 2020
    8
    The plot is quite easy ,but game play is very exciting. Moreover,2 ways in the game is a good idea ,because everyone gets his end
  30. JesterTRT
    Jan 11, 2020
    8
    This game was great, I loved the story and combat and the character. The power system was a lot of fun. It could do without the collectible crap. But the game was still fun. I didn't care for the comic book like cut scenes, however. I would have much rather actual cut scenes. I felt it was too hard to be absorbed into the great story that was there with just the comic style cut scenes.This game was great, I loved the story and combat and the character. The power system was a lot of fun. It could do without the collectible crap. But the game was still fun. I didn't care for the comic book like cut scenes, however. I would have much rather actual cut scenes. I felt it was too hard to be absorbed into the great story that was there with just the comic style cut scenes.

    But the story was still good enough to keep me absorbed into the game. This was an awesome Sony exclusive.    … Expand
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Awards & Rankings

31
#31 Best PS3 Game of 2009
5
#5 Most Discussed PS3 Game of 2009
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#13 Most Shared PS3 Game of 2009

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
85

Generally favorable reviews - based on 98 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 84 out of 98
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 98
  3. Negative: 0 out of 98
  1. IGN
    92
    Cole's powers are cool, the graphic novel cutscenes are stunning, the story is intriguing, and the city is alive.
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  2. IGN AU
    86
    Most importantly, the movement and combat mechanics are fantastic, while the firefights (and the starring role of electricity) are a true spectacle. In this game the city is both your playground and your plaything, and you'll feel like a bad-ass.
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  3. IGN UK
    90
    While not wholly original, the game's blend of open world ideals with superhero powers is done with a verve that’s unsurpassed, and the mesh of platforming and freeform combat is uniquely satisfying.
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