inFamous 2′s “New” Cole Design Gets Electrocuted
One of the most shockingly-good reveals so far this year has been Sucker Punch’s anticipated inFamous 2 announcement. Influenced by Naughty Dog, the game is looking like a work of art in progress, but many gamers have been complaining about Cole MacGrath’s new look. Thankfully, the developers aren’t only great at making games, but are also great listeners.
Over at Comic Con, Sucker Punch devs have been showing off one of the most anticipated 2011 releases, inFamous 2. As reported by IGN, the development team for inFamous 2 have apparently been listening to fan feedback — Cole MacGrath has been changed to look more like the inFamous Cole instead of “pretty boy Cole”.
It’s good to see a videogame studio listen to fan feedback so early in a game’s development cycle. While the original Cole hasn’t been as iconic as the classic superheroes like Batman and Spider-Man, his “every man” look was part of what made him so original. Perhaps the new look will give Cole more of an identity this time around around and make him one of the premier mascots for the PlayStation brand.
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23 Responses to “inFamous 2′s “New” Cole Design Gets Electrocuted”
He didn’t look emo at all, I wonder who coined that failure of a term.
He looked more like a pretty boy, but if that was ever close to emo I must be really crazy.
l agree he didn’t look emo at all; the old Cole looked more emo but l don’t care. Indeed a failure of a term
Moderated. Point taken.
…I’ve given up on using the word “emo” because it has a range from being some guy who is in touch with his emotions and might play an acoustic guitar at a party, all the way to some wanna be goth kid in high school.
basically from John Mayer to My Chemical Romance.
(way to f*ck up the english language)
He doesn’t look emo (Thank God). But I really like the new look.
Thank god SP didn’t follow through with that new Cole look. It don’t really matter if you liked new or old Cole, but taking a character we were just introduced to, and totally changing him so soon would have been a mistake.
Cole needs time to develop into an icon. I mean I don’t mind minor changes over time, but what they were doing, they may as well made him a different person all together.
Anyways, glad to see they listened to the feedback.
Now I can’t wait to see the new “old” Cole.
I guess complaining does get you somewhere once in a while.
hello …
cool, as long as the game remain at the top …
cheers!
I liked the new look better, not the look of a shaved ape. it was actually looking good but you can’t base the whole game on a haircut–but it better be optional!
i always appreciate getting listened to as a consumer. big ups to sucker punch
Why can’t SP split the difference and give you the option to play as either? Like different skins.
I don’t see what the big deal is with that former redesign. Still, I don’t care. All that matters is if Infamous is a worthy purchase.
theHater was hoping news about the game was going to be about XGC. he is not happy. let it be noted.
Nice to see the title for this has been changed, if you wrote it I wasn’t saying you were a bad writer at all or anything, it was just really off honestly, no matter if it’s the stereotype or not.
And agreed Nuke, seems like a lot of gamers nowadays like to complain about nothing >.>
The game looked LOADS better, and more fun, which is all that mattered.
good deal!
I read this on IGN this morning. I may just reconsider my pledge to not buy this game because the new Cole looks like a tool. If the new “old” Cole looks more like the old Cole than the new one, I’ll probably give it a spin.
I guess I just looked at it the same as when a huge movie franchise or TV Series suddenly changes an important character…it’s just never the same as the original. The new Cole looked entirely different than the original Cole in a way that there is no way they could have been the same guy just with a different style and a little older. It’s fine to evolve a character, obviously Cole might try to look more the part after a while of having powers, but you can’t completely replace the old model.
That makes me happy. I couldn’t stand how they changed him so much.
much better now, thanks sucker punch.
Really… people getting upset over a dudes look…?
I actually preferred the new look. I am going to enjoy the game just the same though.
There was no real logical point to changing the appearance of Cole in the first place. It’s meant to be a sequel, so the character design shouldn’t change that drastically.
What if they had redone Kratos for GoW3? Even if the re-design looked good, would it make any sense to do it based on the story?
If Snake can keep a mullet in his character design, then Cole can keep his yellow jacket.