Infamous Second Son Crafted on PS4, Impossible On PS3

Horia Dociu, Art Director at Sucker Punch for Infamous Second Son, answered some questions on the official Infamous Facebook account. Amongst other things, he mentioned that the game would simply be not possible on PlayStation 3, since the advanced engine features that are behind the amazing graphics of Infamous Second Son are crafted specifically for PlayStation 4.

The game has been crafted from scratch for the PS4! The things we’re doing are just not possible on PS3. We’re really taking advantage of the Playstation 4! It looks beautiful!

After looking at the images and videos, I can’t argue with that, though part of the charm is in the artwork created by Dociu and his colleagues, and they posted some on Facebook.

Finally, I’ll leave you with another interesting tidbit on Infamous Second Son. Dociu said that while players will be able to behave in a good or evil way, there won’t be an extreme Darth Vader-like version of Delsin, unlike Cole in the first two games of the series.

He certainly looks different, but it’s not the extreme zombie-like evil level Cole reached. We wanted to make sure the character would still be relatable in all the new cut-scenes.

I feel that’s most definitely the right choice, some games go out of their ways to enable players to become super-evil looking characters which really don’t fit with the story and environment. Infamous Second Son is out in a month and a half from now, exclusively for PlayStation 4.