

Not overly complicated so as to take focus from the other components, but interesting and exciting. One of the best stories in a game, I've played to date. Infamous 2 never really stops giving, so it's kind of hard to break the entire game down for review. Uncharted 3, the other of my Big 3, comes close - story, script, charrie development, music, setting - but the combat and travel let it down (I'm the biggest sucker for open world environments, I can't even begin to explain). Dragon's Dogma, another of my all-time favourites, is great in combat and setting, but really lacks character development and tends to fall-back on tropes to save time. Most games excel in one or two areas of expertise. Story, script, character development, combat, travel, setting, music - EVERYTHING. Like, stupid, gut-wrenching, what-a-stupid-game, stop-crying-I-can't, sobs. I should also mention that both endings left me in tears. There's just something so pure about making Cole a hero to these people. I've done both endings, but on my most recent playthrough, chose the Good Karmic alignment. I've now played through the storyline of this game three times over. So when I tell you that Infamous 2 features in, if not tops, my Favourite 3 games, I hope you understand what I'm saying.

I'm more inclined to dislike games than like them. Oh, where do I begin? Before I get into the real nitty-gritty, I want to make it clear that I'm very hard to impress.
