Are the Infamous games any good?

I'm really interested in hearing your opinions about Infamous 1 & 2, but if you have also played Second Son, then please do give your thoughts about that game as well. Would you recommend them or maybe not?

@worlds_apart: 2 is good, so is first light (DLC for SS but its a stand-alone game), the rest are meh.

I'd suggest you begin to try out First Light and see if it's something for you. Personally I liked Second Son!

It's one of my favorite Playstation franchises... I'd think if you like one, you'd like all of them. I wasn't as impressed with Second Son as the first two games, but it was still fun and a good first game to play on the PS4.

Played First Light and some of Second Son and the demos of the PS3 games, which you can probably still download. No, they're not good games.

I played the first one. Don't think I ever finished it though. It was fun enough.

I played the first one but didn't get into it.

I only played the first one. It was pretty "meh". I'm assuming (hoping) they improved on the formula

I like the first two games. They are very well paced compared to other games where you play a superpowered anti-hero. Your traversal abilities grow slowly enough for you to really appreciate them, as opposed to Saint's Row IV where from the get go your feet never really touch the ground. Definitely worth checking out. Unless you want to be Superman right away, then get Saint's Row IV instead.

One of the best games to buy. I underestimated how fun they would be and no regrets on any of them.

Looking forward to seeing more on this franchise

Infamous 2 is good,infamous second son is good,infamous 1(2009) in my opinion is kinda tiring and the graphics could be good for a 2009 game,but I don't like them at all.Infamous 1 is mostly good for understanding the story of infamous 2

I've enjoyed every one of them, it's a really great series.

@worlds_apart:

For anyone who has played games like Batman Arkham Knight or Spiderman ps4, Infamous is a perfect match for you. It has all the mechanics of a good superhero game. Also, the stories are always pretty interesting. Second Son was decent but I was kinda disappointed with it. Story wise, think of Infamous like an alternate universe for X-Men where the X-Men and Brotherhood never existed.

See, for Infamous 1 and 2: the protag had one set element and utilized it to the fullest. He basically the equivalent to Electro from Spiderman. He manipulated electricity but he always needed a source. In Second Son, the new protag was more like Rogue from X-Men. He could steal other people's powers but there was always a limited to what he could do. I didn't like that at all because that killed the idea of mastering his powers like in Infamous 1 and 2. First Light fixed that by letting you play as a different character but that was just a dlc episode.

So, yeah. If you're itching to try out Infamous then I strongly suggest that you start with 1 and 2 or First Light.

I found it great fun. Simple & oddly addictive. It plays a lot like the latest Spider-Man game.

I've seen them on Sony sales for months but never bothered. Infamous second son and first light now £9.99 in a bundle. Might be time to give them a chance.