History VideoGame / InFamous

Cole [=MacGrath=] also appears as a GuestFighter in the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita versions of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken'' and in both his good and evil incarnations in ''VideoGame/PlayStationAllStarsBattleRoyale''. In 2011, a sequel, ''VideoGame/Infamous2'', was released.

Cole [=MacGrath=] also appears as a GuestFighter in the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita versions of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken'' and in both his good and evil incarnations in ''VideoGame/PlayStationAllStarsBattleRoyale''.

* TakeYourTime: Trish has informed Cole that a box of medical supplies has landed nearby and she needs him to protect it from the Reapers. And Cole gets right on it after doing a few side missions, finding some blast shards, locating a few dead drops, healing (or sucking the life out of) a couple hundred people. Even during missions where the character stresses speed, there doesn't seem to be any reason not to wander around and grab a few things.

* PlotCouponThatDoesSomething: The penultimate evil choice has Cole [[spoiler:activating the Ray Sphere a second time for a power upgrade. In actual gameplay, this power upgrade amounts to different-colored lightning and an extension on the energy meter.]]

* LeParkour: How Cole gets around. Pretty much anything can be scaled, and he can even ''grind on powerlines.'' Shamelessly justified in-game; Cole's hobby is stated as urban exploration and parkour. Also, electric forces allow stuff like climbing on various surfaces (see how geckos do it) and stopping him from turning into a pile of gore from a giant heights.

* AttentiveShadeLowering: When "The Voice of Survival" reveals that Cole [=McGrath=] held the Ray Sphere which exploded in Empire city and accuses him of detonating it on purpose people starting turning on him. Zeke gives Cole a look of suspicion while lowering his glasses but is still on his side.

* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Kessler has been following Cole is whole life. More specifically, he has [[spoiler:Trish]] killed to try ensure Cole will become a hero who will act for the greater good.

* ArtShift: Nearly all cutscenes use drawn comic book panels with simple animation instead of 3D models.

Cole [=MacGrath=], an average-joe bike messenger in the UsefulNotes/{{New York|City}} [[FictionalCounterpart stand-in]] of Empire City, gains a set of powers from an artifact called the "ray sphere" in a package he was delivering, gets trapped in due to a crime filled quarantine against a plague and gets ordered to find the ray sphere from a government agent, while a man named Kessler watch every one of his moves and tells him about a mysterious being known as "the beast". Cole must find the ray sphere while fighting against Kessler's minions.

* LightningCanDoAnything: Either that, or [[GreenLanternRing Cole can do anything with lightning]] - restraints, HealingHands, levitation, DeflectorShields...

No connection to the [[Film/{{Infamous}} 2020 crime thriller movie]].

In the first two games the adventure starts off with Cole [=MacGrath=], an average-joe bike messenger in the UsefulNotes/{{New York|City}} [[FictionalCounterpart stand-in]] of Empire City, where he gains his powers from the ray sphere in a package he was delivering, gets trapped in due to a crime filled quarantine against a plague, gets ordered to find the ray sphere from a government agent, destroys it, fights and kills Kessler the mysterious figure throughout the game that turns out to be his future self and finally learns that he is to destroy a mysterious conduit known as the beast.

In the second game Cole journeys to New Marais to gain powers to get the strength kill the beast which unfortunately is killing people across the U.S. including those in his previous city and what will eventually be the world. He encounters a dictator of the city named Bertrand who with his army terrorizes the city in addition to rallying anti-conduit sentiment.

* RareGuns: The Dust Men have extremely large quantities of [=WW2=] Sterling [=SMGs=]. The First Sons tote around FAMAS rifles.
** FAMAS rifles are actually pretty easy to find, being produced in huge quantities for the French military, so a secret paramilitary organization like the First Sons would have no trouble getting their hands on them.

'''Never''' [[DuelingGames to be confused]] with ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' -- believe us, the [[FandomRivalry fans sure don't]].

* AttentiveShadeLowering: When "The Voice of Survival" reveals that Cole McGrath held the Ray Sphere which exploded in Empire city and accuses him of detonating it on purpose people starting turning on him. Zeke gives Cole a look of suspicion while lowering his glasses but is still on his side.

** Cole's melee attack consists of punches and kicks instead of wielding and swinging melee weapons like in later games. First Light brings this back.

No connection to the [[Film/{{Infamous}}'' 2020 crime thriller movie]].

* {{Invisibility}} / InvisibilityCloak: Some First Sons conduits, some drones and the cloaking devices in one of the story missions.

* FlashStep / TeleportSpam: Kessler, rather annoyingly. To a lesser extent, the Reaper Conduits, UAVs, and some First Sons Conduits can even teleport while {{invisible}}.

In the first two games the adventure starts off with Cole [=MacGrath=], an average-joe bike messenger in the UsefulNotes/{{New York|City}} [[FictionalCounterpart stand-in]] of Empire City, where he gains his powers from the ray spear in a package he was delivering, gets trapped in due to a crime filled quarantine against a plague, gets ordered to find the ray sphere from a government agent, destroys it, fights and kills Kessler the mysterious figure throughout the game that turns out to be his future self and finally learns that he is to destroy a mysterious conduit known as the beast.

->''"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."''
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln'''

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Compared to the later games, the original is much darker, grim and less saturated due to the Quarantine, with a boat-load of government conspiracies and shady actions, including a possible shift in the way the United States are being run. Cole himself is also much more cynical compared to in the sequel. There's also the sudden [[spoiler:TimeTravel element introduced near the end]], which doesn't come up for the rest of the series.

* PhotoMode: ''VideoGame/InfamousSecondSon'' and ''VideoGame/InfamousFirstLight'' lets you save snapshots to the gallery with a variety of color grading options.