History VideoGame / InFAMOUS2

* TheChessmaster: Kessler came off this way in the first game, but it's subverted in the sequel where a lot of things indicate his grand scheme is much more [[XanatosSpeedChess ad]] [[IndyPloy hoc]] than it first appears,[[spoiler: despite his knowledge of the future]], with nearly disasterous results. For example,[[spoiler: he's got no idea John is the one who becomes the Beast]], which at best leads to [[spoiler: the death of almost the entire East Coast in ''inFAMOUS 2'']], and fails to give Cole the power needed to fight him by the end of the first game, which almost gets him killed at the start of the second. Hell, Kessler admits himself at one point he wasn't even sure that Cole ''would live through the initial Ray Sphere blast'' in the first place!

* ArtShift: ''2'' [[http://www.gametrailers.com/video/sdcc-10-infamous-2/701934 lost]] the ink spatter effect from the first game for a more "watercolor" feel, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JchgC23xMM4 like this]]. For consistency's sake, the opening flashbacks, in Empire City, use the first game's art style, even when they're all-new. It makes sense, the first game is in a grimy city, the second is in a flooded one.

* BrokenAesop: ''inFAMOUS 2'' has a fair amount of FantasticRacism in it, with one of the {{Big Bad}}s being a Strom Thurmond FictionalCounterpart who's constantly bleating that [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Conduits]] have to be [[FinalSolution exterminated for the good of humanity]]. Just before the final battle with him, Good Cole states that, "[[UsefulNotes/AmericanGunPolitics powers don't kill people. Oh no, it's the person behind the powers that kill people.]]" So far so good. Except, [[spoiler:the [[GenocideDilemma ultimate problem]] is that the same energy that empowers Conduits is lethal to non-Conduits. Cole has to either let the Beast KillAllHumans to activate every Conduit, or use the RFI to kill all Conduits and save humans. [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman Killing all the Conduits is considered the "Good" choice.]] And after that, [[UngratefulBastard humanity begins spreading rumors that Conduits were "different" from humans.]]]] The point may be that trying to apply normal human morality and ethics to superhumans is going to come up short.\\
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Despite that, Zeke himself gets a [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome crowner]] that doubles as a [[TearJerker real tear jerker]] in the Good ending for both mentioning, and then throwing such things out the window.
--> [[spoiler:'''Zeke:''' Sometimes, I hear folks talking about Conduits and humans like they're totally different. That's bullshit. Because there ain't nobody with more humanity than Cole [=MacGrath=]. I love you, brother, and I'm sure gonna miss you.]]

** A preorder power includes a 'lightning hook' which [[MortalKombat pulls enemies towards you.]] '''Get over here!'''

* BrokenAesop: ''inFAMOUS 2'' has a fair amount of FantasticRacism in it, with one of the {{Big Bad}}s being a Strom Thurmond FictionalCounterpart who's constantly bleating that [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Conduits]] have to be [[FinalSolution exterminated for the good of humanity]]. Just before the final battle with him, Good Cole states that, "[[AmericanGunPolitics powers don't kill people. Oh no, it's the person behind the powers that kill people.]]" So far so good. Except, [[spoiler:the [[GenocideDilemma ultimate problem]] is that the same energy that empowers Conduits is lethal to non-Conduits. Cole has to either let the Beast KillAllHumans to activate every Conduit, or use the RFI to kill all Conduits and save humans. [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman Killing all the Conduits is considered the "Good" choice.]] And after that, [[UngratefulBastard humanity begins spreading rumors that Conduits were "different" from humans.]]]] The point may be that trying to apply normal human morality and ethics to superhumans is going to come up short.\\

* CuttingOffTheBranches: [[spoiler: After some deliberation, Insomniac decided to treat the good ending from this game as canon while the Evil ending essentially becomes just for fun]].

* WoundedGazelleGambit: At the start of the game, Cole heals partiers injured in a collapsed church and is captured when one of them turns out to be a vampire faking being injured to get close to him.

* ThereAreTwoKindsOfPeopleInTheWorld: Zeke paraphrases GeorgeBernardShaw's ''Maxims for Revolutionists'' #124 just before the finale.

* BookEnds: The first thing the player does in ''VideoGame/{{inFAMOUS}}'' is press Start, [[spoiler: which activates the Ray Sphere and makes Cole into a Conduit. The last thing the canon Hero ending of ''VideoGame/{{inFAMOUS 2}}'' has you do is let go of all the shoulder buttons, activating the RFI and killing every Conduit alive, including Cole.]]

WoundedGazelleGambit: At the start of the game, Cole heals partiers injured in a collapsed church and is captured when one of them turns out to be a vampire faking being injured to get close to him.

'''''[=inFAMOUS=] 2''''' is a {{PlayStation 3}} ActionAdventure WideOpenSandbox {{Superhero}} video game and the 2011 sequel to ''VideoGame/{{InFAMOUS}}''.

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: ''2'' uses [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HHtjB4TfDE "Ichioku Bun No Ichi No Shousetsu"]] by Uverworld as the theme song in Japan.

** Kuo wears a standard business suit upon her introduction, and later switches to something a little more... distinctive. She also gets her hair done, and her skin coloring switches to look like some nice makeup. Still not exactly stripper-wear, but sexier than her old outfit. [[http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-karma-infamous-2/710914 Compare and contrast]].

** At one point Cole says "[[SpiderMan My Vampire senses are tingling]]".

*** The [[LittleBigPlanet Play. Create. Scare.]] trophy for playing user created levels.

** When Cole tells Zeke he's a vampire, Zeke jokes "[[{{Twilight}} Do teenage girls suddenly find you]] ''[[{{Twilight}} irresistible]]''?"
** Zeke defends his vampire comic book by saying "[[TheLostBoys that it's a guide to survival]]."

* AirplaneArms: The Harpies do this just like Nix. (Same code, probably.)