inFamous: Second Son in 10 Easy Steps - Introduction inFamous: SS Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

The inFamous: Second Son in 10 Easy Steps is a guide discussing the most important aspects of the game. Knowledge over them can be very beneficial, especially in the early game of exploring the city of the virtual Seattle. The First Section of the guide concentrates on the topic of area exploration, explaining how it can be improved by the proper usage of Delsin's powers. The theme of the Second Section are fights, including hints on powers and their application method, depending on the actual situation on the battlefield. The Third Section contains the collation of all the enemies appearing in the game. The Fourth Section discusses the types of tasks awaiting for you in the game and the ways to solve them. The Fifth Section is extremely important, as it explains how the karma system works in the game and the ways of accumulating both good and bad karma. The theme of the Sixth Section is the smoke, Delsin's primary power. This part contains information about the effective usage of smoke powers and how to replenish its supply. The Seventh Section concentrates on unlocking new powers and abilities, showing how it can be done and which abilities are especially worth unlocking early in the game. The two subsequent sections are about your city adventures. The Eight Section focuses purely on the additional activities available to you during your adventures in Seattle, and the Ninth Section on retrieving succeeding districts of the city, formerly under the command of the enemy forces. From the last, Tenth Section, you can learn more about the death of the character and the means to avoid it. inFamous: Second Son is a game from the Sucked Punch studio, in which we take control over a young man wielding supernatural powers. The main character is Delsin Rowe, who is able to control the power of smoke and fire, and the place of action is the rainy city of Seattle.

Step 1: Exploration

This chapter is fully dedicated to environment exploration, assisted by with a skillful usage of the main character's powers and selected elements of your surroundings (ventilation shafts, railway lines, cars, etc.).

Step 2: Combat

In this chapter you will find all the fundamental information about fighting, as well as hints about the effective usage of the main character's equipment and powers to ensure victory in subsequent challenges.

Step 3: Types of enemies

This chapter contains a collection of all of the most important types of enemies - soldiers, other, power-wielding characters, enemies using various means of transport (armored vehicles, tanks, helicopters, etc.) and bosses.

Step 4: Main quests and sidequests

A chapter describing the division into main quests and sidequests, as well as informing about the methods to approach them (reaching a specified starting point, free exploration, etc.).

Step 5: Karma

A vast chapter, explaining the way in which the Karma functions in the game and how it influences the further course of the game. In addition, this chapter contains the information about all the possible ways of gaining good or bad karma.

Step 6: Smoke

This chapter contains a detailed description of the main character's prime power - it's advantages and disadvantages, as well as its proper usage. In addition, this chapter contains information about the possible ways of replenishing your smoke reserves (without it, some of your powers are unusable).

Step 7: Delsin's skills development

This chapter is devoted to the main character's range of skills. In text contains information about various ways of unlocking them (core relays or purchase in exchange for the shards you've found), as well as the collation of the most useful abilities.

Step 8: Additional activities

In this chapter you will find the information concerning all the additional activities related to the districts of the city, such as finding the shards and security cameras, exposure of hostile agents, graffiti painting and the acquisition of audio logs.

Step 9: Assuming control over districts

By reading this chapter, you will learn how Delsin can assume complete control over the successive districts, getting rid of the enemies stationed there in the process.

Step 10: The death of the character

This chapter discusses the circumstances of the main character's death, and contains suggestions on how to avoid it. Besides that, this section contains the information about the process of saving the game and differences in gameplay based on the selected difficulty level.

Jacek "Stranger" Halas (www.gamepressure.com)