inFamous: First Light

 PlayStation 4
  • Publisher: SCEA
  • Release Date: Aug 26, 2014
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7.3

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  1. Mindkiller7522
    Mar 17, 2022
    7
    Not too bad! Compared to the other Infamous games it falters a bit and the story is kind of predictable. But it is fun to use Fetch's powers and targeting the weak points of enemies is a great idea. It's a pretty well done, DLC-sized game that is worth playing if you like the other Infamous games.
  2. HuevoAlce
    Jun 27, 2022
    7
    Infamous continues the great gameplay and graphics from second son. However, the character development remains a bit lacking.
  3. goodgriff33
    Dec 24, 2022
    7
    Answer: 75 characters is between 10 words and 19 words with spaces included in the character count. If spaces are not included in the character count, then 75 characters is between 12 words and 25 words.
  4. Warrior_of_Doom
    Jul 19, 2023
    7
    The overall score is based on how much fun I personally had with every component of the game
    and the overall experience.
  5. djrussell
    Apr 15, 2015
    6
    Finally got around to playing this. inFamous' stories have always appealed to me because they're generally pretty good. First Light for me is the least interesting in the series. The story feels weak, it's full of "filler" moments and the main character Fetch feels very much at home in a prison when she clearly has a problem with authority. It just doesnt make a whole lot of sense. I cantFinally got around to playing this. inFamous' stories have always appealed to me because they're generally pretty good. First Light for me is the least interesting in the series. The story feels weak, it's full of "filler" moments and the main character Fetch feels very much at home in a prison when she clearly has a problem with authority. It just doesnt make a whole lot of sense. I cant help but feel that if the story was better written and it got a few extra months of development time it would have been much better.… Expand
  6. aadms
    Feb 6, 2015
    6
    If you enjoyed the first Infamous games, you may like this one. My problem with it is the dull, sluggish combat. You blast the same enemies, this time neon-light instead of lightning, while they shoot back massive volumes of fire at you. It just seems incredulous how many rounds you take while you sluggishly blast back at them. Anyway, the whole game is this type of combat from oneIf you enjoyed the first Infamous games, you may like this one. My problem with it is the dull, sluggish combat. You blast the same enemies, this time neon-light instead of lightning, while they shoot back massive volumes of fire at you. It just seems incredulous how many rounds you take while you sluggishly blast back at them. Anyway, the whole game is this type of combat from one place to another as you unlock a very well told story. There are two side missions you can do in the open world of Seattle; racing and neon graffiti. Racing was dull, while graffiti was interesting, although painful with the return of the "sixaxis" motion that reared its ugly head again. These side mission give you easy points to help make your character more powerful. Graphics and sound are pure next-gen. One of the very few games this past year that blew me away. If you play it, play it for the story. After completing this game, it suggested I buy Infamous Second Son, which this is a dlc for, however, the dull game play gives me no desire to spend anymore money on this type of game.… Expand
  7. Underpants158
    Jan 8, 2015
    6
    This is honestly the first Infamous game I have played. It has never been a series that stuck out to me and my sensibilities-high octane action, b movie story, unlikable characters-never were the type of things to grab me. I hear that Fetch is the most likable character of the Infamous series and I am real sad to hear that. I liked her brother Brent, if only because he reminded me of theThis is honestly the first Infamous game I have played. It has never been a series that stuck out to me and my sensibilities-high octane action, b movie story, unlikable characters-never were the type of things to grab me. I hear that Fetch is the most likable character of the Infamous series and I am real sad to hear that. I liked her brother Brent, if only because he reminded me of the guy from SLC Punk. The story is full of moments that don't make sense. For instance the main bad guy has a hostage and you are destroying all his stuff because "you can't touch him, you need him alive." Well, yeah, sure but he can chop off a finger break a few ribs castration? As for the gameplay you shoot with your hands and bullet time(yay), punch, and have a kill-everybody-in-the-room button (that must be charged). You fight badies (no bosses really save a helicopter) in a open-world environment so you pick a few baddies off here and there until everybody is dead or you go ham and run into 20 guys. The former is the smartest route so you end up doing that, picking people off, but don't misunderstand it is not like the Batman Arkham games or anything. I mean you kill guys on the outter perimeter and run away and you do that a lot. The open-world!! Let me tell you about that. On the other I needn't. Nothing to say really. It's dull. Then again it is Seattle. Maybe dull is what they were going for. If you like high octane flashy action games and you don't question story logic then this may be your cup of tea.It's about 4-5 hours so keep that in mind.… Expand
  8. DeusXCom
    May 29, 2015
    6
    As a free form action game it works quite nicely, running around in pretty detailed open city, flying, shooting and overall being a neon-powered badass, it's fun and gameplay is nicely fluid. Visuals are also good (although judging from the highly increased fan noise it's juicing the PS4 to the max). There are some nice ideas such as hacking the police drone bots and seeking them by theirAs a free form action game it works quite nicely, running around in pretty detailed open city, flying, shooting and overall being a neon-powered badass, it's fun and gameplay is nicely fluid. Visuals are also good (although judging from the highly increased fan noise it's juicing the PS4 to the max). There are some nice ideas such as hacking the police drone bots and seeking them by their own security cameras as they are flying in the city. So there is definitely solid base for a good game. Unfortunately it all falls short thanks to pretty bad story which is borderline annoying, full of unlikable characters and stupid objectives, basically all you do is constantly shooting some random mafia thugs in sweat pants. In the end, after I finished this terrible and quite short (around 4h) story mode, I had much more fun in battle arenas, where you can enjoy this game's strengths of fun gameplay, enemies are more interesting and there are some fun challenges. First Light was my first meeting with Infamous series and while it was ok for a few hours I think that it was enough and it didn't really convince me to go and try out other chapters. 6/10… Expand
  9. lokezhao
    Dec 11, 2014
    6
    It's a OK DLC. The story is short and the ability is limited to one. But the movement is more fluent than second son. The side missions can not attract my attention. So I didn't finish all the side missions after the main story.
  10. tsakiym
    May 18, 2015
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I do not have to say anything. But i need to write one hundred and fifty characters. i think my score can describe it.................................… Expand
  11. Sky-Line___
    Apr 24, 2015
    6
    Just like Second Son, it's beautiful too watch, but I think inFamous games are repetitive. The fact that it was given with the PS+ is a good point, i played it a few times when I had free time.
    Once again, like I said for iF Second Son, if you never played inFamous, it can be an interesting game, but otherwise I'm not so convinced...
  12. Maxttvd
    Jun 17, 2020
    6
    Falta conteúdo que justifoque a existência do InFamous : First Light, jogo extremamente limitado, seria melhor se esse conteúdo viesse no jogo base por padrão.
  13. DenX
    Feb 25, 2018
    6
    A mediocre extension to Second Son.
    Fetch's character is not very well written and the game feels a bit rushed compared to what Sucker Punch usually delivers.
    The powers are fun though.
  14. archaim
    Jul 10, 2020
    6
    Главное слово, описывающее эту игру — посредственность. Геймплей, история, графика, мир, персонажи, всё — посредственноть. Можно купить только если остались очень довольны Infamous: Second Son и хотите ещё.
  15. Lonewolf97
    Aug 11, 2019
    6
    Infamous: First Light is a prequel game to Second Son that is fun to play but doesn't have much content packed in it.

    The story is centered on Fetch, a character seen in Infamous: Second Son, who possesses neon powers that let her move at high speed, blast foes , etc. Fetch, in the present day, tells Brooke Augustine, antagonist of Second Son, the events that led to her current    Infamous: First Light is a prequel game to Second Son that is fun to play but doesn't have much content packed in it.

    The story is centered on Fetch, a character seen in Infamous: Second Son, who possesses neon powers that let her move at high speed, blast foes , etc. Fetch, in the present day, tells Brooke Augustine, antagonist of Second Son, the events that led to her current situation of being locked in a prison for conduits (people with powers of all kinds). The narrative primarily take place in flashbacks, where Fetch tries to find her brother Brent who has gone missing after the former returns from a theft gone wrong. Fetch meets and begins to work with gang leader Shane, who is facing off against a rival russian gang and helps to search for Brent, as the latter works for Shane. Things go south for the siblings and Fetch is forced to work for a hostage taker, as her brother is the hostage. The main story is broken up with present day segments where Fetch displays new powers in the prison's arenas that can be accessed afterwards in the flashbacks.

    Gameplay has you using your neon powers for both traversal and combat. The dash function lets you blitz around and get you to your destination quickly, with boost gates on roads and rooftops to give you a temporary speed boost. Initially, you can blast neon projectiles and punch your enemies in order to kill them. However, through upgrades and story progression, you can enhance yourself and become more powerful, letting off homing rockets and firing stasis blasts to slow enemies down to gain the advantage. You can also pull off weakpoint kills, where if you shoot a glowing bodypart of an enemy, you instantly take them out. You also have the Singularity blast, where a black hole of neon is formed and sucks in all enemies to kill them. Foes can also be removed from battle by way of melee finishers, which instant kill foes and are earned by punching enemies to death. When aiming, time will slow down to allow you to pull off the aforementioned weakpoint kills.These upgrades are bought through earning skill points. They can be earned by completing challenges, finding neon orbs out in the world, finishing races, destroying drones and spray painting neon graffiti on select buildings. You also have access to three arenas after the story is finished, letting you play in two modes for the arenas: rescue, only available to the alpha and beta arenas, where you must save hostages while fending off waves of enemies, and survival, available to all arenas, where you must stay alive for as long as possible against incoming waves of enemies that get stronger in both games modes.

    The problems with First Light are mainly the story length and its map size. You can easily complete all side activities along with the story in only a few hours with little difficulty. There is nothing to do after you pick the place clean.

    In short, First Light is a decent prequel to Second Son. Combat is fun, especially in the arenas, and the side missions are good distractions. However, there is not much content to be seen after all the side missions and story missions are done, besides the arena. The story is short and has a familiar cliche and is mostly uninteresting, though the segments where Fetch talks about the times with her brother are somewhat engaging. Buy this game when the price of it is low.    … Expand
  16. Shtaketmaster
    Jul 14, 2020
    6
    Не осилил

    Мне понравился InFAMOUS: Second Son. Игра пусть и не является игрой на века, всё-же неплохо развлекает и рассказывает пусть и простую, но интересную историю. Увы, тоже самое за First Light я сказать не могу. Визуал игры остался без изменений, разве что фреймрейт стал чуть стабильнее. По геймплею персонаж теперь владеет только неоном, но его можно усиливать через прокачку.    Не осилил

    Мне понравился InFAMOUS: Second Son. Игра пусть и не является игрой на века, всё-же неплохо развлекает и рассказывает пусть и простую, но интересную историю. Увы, тоже самое за First Light я сказать не могу.

    Визуал игры остался без изменений, разве что фреймрейт стал чуть стабильнее. По геймплею персонаж теперь владеет только неоном, но его можно усиливать через прокачку. Выбор стороны убрали, что вполне объяснимо. В данном DLC мы играем за Проныру, где рассказывается её предыстория, которую можно услышать, проходя основную игру.

    Основной моей претензией к данному DLC является то, что в него банально скучно играть. В отличии от Делсина, Абигейл совсем не тянет своей харизмой на главного персонажа, да и история её скучна и растянута. Будь игра вдвое короче, играть в неё было бы интереснее в разы. Но увы - однообразные задания уровня побочных активностей оригинальной игры начинают надоедать уже в первой её половине, а урезанный геймплей только дополняет общую картину скуки. Добавили арену, но на ней совершенно не интересно выступать (разве что за Делсина с полностью прокачанными способностями, но тоже быстро надоедает).

    Из плюсов могу отметить лишь похорошевший фреймрейт и саму задумку рассказать предысторию Проныры, но минусы с лихвой перекрывают эти плюсы - игра жутко затянутая и в неё банально скучно играть, из за чего я её так и не прошел.

    Мой вердикт: 6/10, игра как самостоятельное творение - "проходняк", как standalone-DLC - слишком затянуто.    … Expand
  17. joel_tdl
    Jun 14, 2022
    6
    Entretenido pero muy debajo de Second Son

    JUGABILIDAD: En Second Son, yo hablaba de lo divertida y adictiva que era la jugabilidad; un mundo en el que había muchas cosas extras qué hacer y en el cual la rotación de los poderes especiales era primordial. First Light carece de ambas cosas. Ambas son compresibles: los poderes puesto que nuestra protagonista puede solo usar uno de ellos    Entretenido pero muy debajo de Second Son

    JUGABILIDAD:
    En Second Son, yo hablaba de lo divertida y adictiva que era la jugabilidad; un mundo en el que había muchas cosas extras qué hacer y en el cual la rotación de los poderes especiales era primordial. First Light carece de ambas cosas.
    Ambas son compresibles: los poderes puesto que nuestra protagonista puede solo usar uno de ellos (Neón), y los extras porque es una expansión (independiente, eso sí) bastante corta. No obstante, sí que lo anterior lo hace quedar por debajo de la historia de Delsin.

    La trama principal, como en su parte complementaria, es muy corta y simplona.

    Los retos de oleadas de enemigos pueden gustarle a muchas personas, a mí en particular no me interesaron mucho.

    GRÁFICOS:
    Visualmente está bien y la narrativa es decente. Los modelados de los rostros siguen siendo malos, pero como ventaja sobre Second Son tenemos que tiene menos problemas en la iluminación (supongo que debido a que la mayor parte del juego ocurre de noche).

    SONIDO:
    Nada especial, es probablemente el apartado más débil del juego.

    INNOVACIÓN:
    Carece de los mejores aspectos que hicieron, para mí, de Second Son un juego diviertidisimo. No es malo, pero si es inferior en todos los aspectos.    … Expand
  18. MeatGrindeR
    Oct 26, 2021
    6
    Если вам не хватило Second Son и хочется ещё, то First Light, как раз для вас. Сюжет такой глупый, неинтересный, как и в Second Son, некоторые персонажи сильно раздражали. Дополнительные задания стали только хуже, в Second Son задания с раскрашиванием стен при помощи баллончика были самые лучшие, но в First Light это сплошное разочарование.

    Плюс игры в том, что добавили арену, где можно    Если вам не хватило Second Son и хочется ещё, то First Light, как раз для вас. Сюжет такой глупый, неинтересный, как и в Second Son, некоторые персонажи сильно раздражали. Дополнительные задания стали только хуже, в Second Son задания с раскрашиванием стен при помощи баллончика были самые лучшие, но в First Light это сплошное разочарование.

    Плюс игры в том, что добавили арену, где можно испытать свои навыки. Проныра, как геймплейный персонаж сбалансированный, играть одно удовольствие, чего нельзя сказать о Делсине (да, у меня до сих пор бомбит с его способностей камня и дыма, играть этими так скажем классами на уровне эксперт невозможно).

    Графически игра выглядит также, как и Second Son, т.е. замечательно.    … Expand
  19. Elite_Soldier
    Nov 21, 2020
    6
    I'm just writing at least 150 characters because I wanted to save this review in a more convenient way to look back at scores that I had given stuff as a user
  20. EvgeniusBro
    Dec 1, 2021
    6
    Я так и не понял, зачем сделали эту игру, ведь глазную героиню и так хорошо раскрыли во «Втором Сыне», а тут по сути пересказали её историю. В плане геймплея есть не большие изменения в хорошую сторону, но по сути он остался таким же динамичным и ярким!Я так и не понял, зачем сделали эту игру, ведь глазную героиню и так хорошо раскрыли во «Втором Сыне», а тут по сути пересказали её историю. В плане геймплея есть не большие изменения в хорошую сторону, но по сути он остался таким же динамичным и ярким!
  21. F3T1W
    Aug 21, 2021
    6
    A very nice addition with the second most charismatic hero after the main character, limited to a neon ability, but with its own counters and shooting range
  22. Razorxide
    Nov 19, 2022
    6
    İlk oyunun aynısı ama daha sıkıcısı kısa ve üstüne bir şey katmamışlar yinede oynanır ama
  23. LaDix
    Dec 18, 2020
    5
    okay fun game, took only 4h to completed, but it was under 10€ so I will say it was okay fun for the that price.
  24. Galix
    Apr 15, 2020
    5
    Más de lo mismo pero manejando a Fetch en lugar de a Delsin. Recomendable para aquellos a los que les gustó Second Son pero sin mucho que ofrecer en general.

    Lo bueno: - Explorar la ciudad es muy cómodo gracias al rápido movimiento de Fetch. - La historia puede tener cierto interés para quienes les llamase la atención el personaje en el juego original. - El modo arena está bastante    Más de lo mismo pero manejando a Fetch en lugar de a Delsin. Recomendable para aquellos a los que les gustó Second Son pero sin mucho que ofrecer en general.

    Lo bueno:
    - Explorar la ciudad es muy cómodo gracias al rápido movimiento de Fetch.
    - La historia puede tener cierto interés para quienes les llamase la atención el personaje en el juego original.
    - El modo arena está bastante bien.

    Lo malo:
    - Ridículamente corto, incluso para ser un dlc.
    - Los personajes tenían cierto potencial pero el juego se acaba tan rápido que apenas da tiempo a aprenderse sus nombres.    … Expand
  25. hileger
    Nov 1, 2022
    5
    общее определение этому длс - словно хотели пришить член основной игре .
  26. Cevat
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    It is a playing that I find the story very bad and I have no fun while playing. It really disappointed me as someone who likes playing Second Son.
  27. William_Trigos
    May 14, 2023
    5
    It suffers from the same flaws as the base game Second Son, it's entertaining the powers are very cool but apart from that the story and everything else quite forgettable
  28. Jdotdeedot
    Jul 4, 2022
    5
    Story is waaaaaaaaay too short, now I understand why I the game is so cheap. The extra content with the battle arenas is cool but nothing I would go back to. I don't really care for the characters in first lights besides maybe fetch but that's mostly because of the bond you can build with her in second son. The gameplay is fine and is just as good as second son. But yea I don't really careStory is waaaaaaaaay too short, now I understand why I the game is so cheap. The extra content with the battle arenas is cool but nothing I would go back to. I don't really care for the characters in first lights besides maybe fetch but that's mostly because of the bond you can build with her in second son. The gameplay is fine and is just as good as second son. But yea I don't really care for this game that much and it's definitely my least favorite infamous "game" if you could even call this one a game.… Expand
  29. WalkerTXChicken
    Sep 15, 2014
    4
    This game is very easy to play. After a couple hours of play I got bored with the story and just turned off the game. The story is just not entertaining.
  30. Ozgur07
    Sep 13, 2019
    4
    I think tutorial is unnecessary and it is at least hard,but this game is good
  31. tufekciero
    Mar 12, 2021
    4
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  32. NerdGaming
    Jul 13, 2021
    4
    Ich weiß das es sich bei diesem Spiel nur um ein Standallone DLC zu Second Son handelt, aber First Light ist leider kein gutes Spiel, ich würde sogar weiter gehen und sagen, das eines der schlechtesten Spiele der PS Studios ist, die Protagonisten bleibt das ganz Spiel lang extrem blass und absolut uninteressant, das gameplay unterscheidet sich eigentlich kaum von dem von Second Son undIch weiß das es sich bei diesem Spiel nur um ein Standallone DLC zu Second Son handelt, aber First Light ist leider kein gutes Spiel, ich würde sogar weiter gehen und sagen, das eines der schlechtesten Spiele der PS Studios ist, die Protagonisten bleibt das ganz Spiel lang extrem blass und absolut uninteressant, das gameplay unterscheidet sich eigentlich kaum von dem von Second Son und auch die Geschichte ist wirklich absolut langweilig und vorhersehbar. Obwohl diese Spiel gerade einmal 3-4 Stunden dauert musste ich mich durch jede Minute quälen und das darf bei einem solchen Spiel nicht passieren.
    -NerdGaming    … Expand
  33. M1sfiT
    Sep 3, 2023
    4
    Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamessss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! infamous fl
  34. hamletmachine
    Jan 4, 2017
    0
    Bad BAD BAD, I got really mad, i paid 15 euro for such a small duration game ( i know its a DLC ). The game lasted 6 hours of playing. It was so easy and its not like second son that you might have left things unseen on the game. Really disturbing game. A Poor creation after Second Son!
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#79 Best PS4 Game of 2014
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#27 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2014
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#41 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2014

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 70 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 70
  2. Mixed: 39 out of 70
  3. Negative: 0 out of 70
  1. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Oct 29, 2014
    70
    It's just a pity Fetch doesn't break from Second Son's tired mission design a little more. [Nov 2014, p.91]
  2. Pelit (Finland)
    Oct 25, 2014
    82
    First Light is a solid expansion to the inFamous franchise, but it sort of wastes some it's potential. The storyline is almost painfully predictable. While Fetch's fragility is endearing, she comes off as a rather weak protagonist. [Oct 2014]
  3. CD-Action
    Oct 24, 2014
    65
    It’s more of a DLC than a real stand-alone product. Fetch is likeable and the game evokes some pleasant memories of Second Son, but I had no desire to stay in virtual Seattle any longer than I needed to finish the 3,5 hour long story. [Nov 2014, p.56]
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