Befriending one or the other through your actions will eventually lead to the use of her special fire or ice-based attacks to add to your electrical arsenal. Completing certain quests in certain ways will also allow you to become closer to Kuo or Nix, two female characters that represent Cole's best and worst instincts. As you work to complete both types of quests, the city will become progressively safer, and you'll work further and further through the main story. Main missions advance the story, and completing side quests will eliminate hostile threats from a small section of New Marais. Heading through Infamous 2 requires you to work your way through a plethora of main missions as well as a slew of optional side quests. Naturally, working your way through New Marais fighting enemies with no objectives is fairly pointless, and that's where Infamous 2's primary focus comes into play. There are normal pedestrians who will rebel if you go the evil route to massive ice creatures looking to pulverize anything and everything. Plus, there are plenty of enemies to fight, with a more robust cast of foes in both type and size. There's real diversity in New Marais from the neon-lit red light district to the Katrina-like devastation of Floodtown, and it is all there for you to explore with the game's trademark parkour and climbing moves. New Marais is a totally unique location that is a more living, breathing locale than Empire City ever was. I certainly miss Cole's original voice, but the voice acting in Infamous 2 is still top-notch. The sounds of New Marais are also great, from the basic sound effects of a bustling city to the voice acting. Sucker Punch has created a telltale art style that fits perfectly in this series, and the game's overall look, including animations, is improved from the original. Aesthetically, Infamous 2 pleases both the ears and eyes.
And while melee combat isn't as strong as it could be (and in fact causes Infamous 2's most serious problems in terms of a wonky camera), fighting is still incredibly satisfying. The goal here is simply to make Cole even more outrageously powerful than he already is, as opposed to starting again from scratch. Certain skills you had to learn in the original Infamous, such as the abilities to float and grind, are already learned as Infamous 2 gets underway. Cole in Infamous 2 is a continuation of Cole from the original, so he should feel like a powerhouse, and he does. Cole handles smoothly, and better yet, he feels powerful. All of this boils down to gameplay that is superb. New Marais invokes New Orleans everywhere you go. And experience points can be used to unlock new, more powerful attacks, allowing Cole to inch closer and closer to the strength necessary to take on The Beast. You'll once again have the ability to use his superpowers as well as take advantage of his increased melee capabilities thanks to a weapon called the Amp. You'll once again control the electric superhero (or supervillain as you get to choose your moral alignment) in third-person.
Infamous 2's story is a deep, character-driven affair - Cole's best friend Zeke is back and joined by a new foil named Bertrand and his anti-Cole Militia - but what good would it be without great gameplay to accompany it? Infamous 2 plays nearly identically to how the original played, and that's a good thing. He gets his butt kicked and retreats to the American south to lick his wounds and follow-up on the very real possibility of becoming more powerful in the town of New Marais. Having survived his time in the quarantined metropolis of Empire City, Cole MacGrath - with powers imbued to him from a mysterious device known as the Ray Sphere - finally faces off against the prophesized Beast.
So you should definitely play the former before you play its sequel. Tangible allusions to Infamous are scarce in Infamous 2, and there's an expectation that you're already familiar with the events of the first game.
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