Intrepid, Incorrigible, 'InFamous' Quiz

Answer: Empire City

Empire City is modelled on New York City, and is also located in roughly the same area. The events of 'InFamous' begin after The Blast, an explosion which rips through Empire City and leaves it with a plague that isolates the city from the rest of the country.

At the heart of the explosion was Cole MacGrath, a courier who afterwards found himself with the power to control and manipulate electricity. Using his new abilities, he finds himself choosing between doing good and helping the citizens of Empire City, or embracing his new position in the society and becoming evil and dominant.

Answer: By powering up subterranean electrical substations

Cole can restore his energy by absorbing electricity from cars, generators, traffic lights, and lamp posts, amongst other things. Scattered across the city are manholes which allow access to electrical substations beneath the ground. Cole can restore the power to the substations and the district above by completing the circuits, and in doing so, can acquire new powers.

This is not to be confused with upgrading powers, which costs experience points. Experience points can be obtained by completing missions, performing stunts, and collecting Dead Drops.

Answer: Lightning Tether

The Static Thrusters allow Cole to hover temporarily, allowing him to cross gaps and traverse between buildings. The Induction Grind ability allows Cole to attach to power lines and train tracks and use their power to grind along at high speed. The Megawatt Hammer allows Cole to shoot a powerful, almost rocket-like, blast of electricity which can home in on targets with an additional bolt of electricity (good karma), or spit out miniature rockets which stick to nearby foes before exploding (bad karma).

The Lightning Tether, which acts as a sort of cable that Cole can use to pull himself towards buildings and other objects, appears in 'InFamous 2'.

Answer: Flood Town

The blast occurs in the Historic District, and Cole makes his way out of the blast site during a brief section at the beginning of the game, but the main part of the game begins in the Neon District, where Cole begins to master his powers and seek out those responsible for the devastation of the city.

As the game progresses, Cole finds himself travelling to the Warren, where he faces tougher enemies and more sufferers of the plague. The final section of the game is in the Historic District, where Cole can really witness the scale of the destruction brought about by the blast, and where he faces off against the game's primary antagonist.

Answer: Thirty-two

Dead Drops are pieces of equipment attached to satellite dishes on the top of many buildings. They transmit recorded audio messages by key characters such as John White and Moya Jones, and provide a fair amount of information about the back story of 'InFamous', which is not specifically explained in missions and side-quests.

The Dead Drops return in 'InFamous 2', but instead of being attached to satellite dishes, they are attached to birds which circle around buildings and can only be retrieved by hitting the bird with a zap of electricity.

Answer: DARPA

DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, was the organisation funding the construction of the Ray Sphere, which was headed by Kessler and the First Sons. The Ray Sphere was a device capable of unlocking the Conduit gene found in several people, most notably Cole, and was the source of the Blast in Empire City. Moya Jones' role in this was as a liaison between DARPA and the First Sons.

When she discovered Cole had the Ray Sphere, she attempted to get it back through lying and trickery, fearful that Cole might not believe the true purpose of the sphere and refuse to return it to her.

Answer: Saviour

Much of the game is centred around making good or bad decisions, and the population's perspective of Cole will change according to his level of good or bad karma. Completing side-quests which save civilians or vanquishing enemies will raise Cole's good karma, first to Guardian, then to Champion, then to Hero. Attacking civilians and completing negative side-quests will raise Cole's bad karma. Depending on Cole's karma at the end of the game, one of two different endings will be shown.

Answer: Reapers

Fuelled by the city's quarantine due to the plague, the Reapers quickly took control of the Neon District, using a black tar-like substance to corrupt citizens and contaminate the city's water supply. Cole fights their leader, Sasha, and almost discovers vital information about the First Sons, when an explosion rips through the area and in the ensuing chaos, Sasha is captured and taken away before imparting any information to Cole.

Answer: Initially girlfriend, then eventually ex-girlfriend

As Cole is being tended to after the Blast, Trish, Cole's girlfriend, discovers her sister was killed in the explosion. When the news and authorities report that Cole is a terrorist and responsible for the Blast, Trish blames Cole for the death of her sister, and subsequently ends their relationship. Kessler kidnapped Trish and suspended her off a building, along with several doctors. Kessler gave Cole the choice of either saving Trish or the doctors, and whichever he chose, the other party would be killed. Regardless of the choice, however, Trish is killed, and depending on Cole's karma, she either praises him for his good actions in her final moments, or scorns him and dies despising him.

Answer: Kessler

As the game progresses, it is revealed that the game's primary antagonist, Kessler, is in fact Cole MacGrath from an alternate future who travelled back in time to turn his past self into a powerful enough person to avert the disastrous future from which Kessler came. Sci-fi buffs will realise the somewhat paradoxical nature of travelling back in time to have the past self kill the future self to prevent the future self's future from ever existing.

Despite these circumstances, Kessler puts up quite a fight, and, having been a Conduit for many years, is an exceptionally powerful adversary.