The game follows Cole's journey to obtain the Ray Sphere in order to escape from the quarantine as part of a deal he made with an FBI agent during his failed escape attempt at the start of the game. After the explosion, the city was quarantined by the government causing organized crime groups within the city to seize control of Empire City from the local authorities. The Ray Sphere is an object of great power as it is able to consume the energy of the people around the user and transfer that energy to the user, making him immensely powerful at the cost of thousands of lives. Set in 2009, The game explains the origins of Cole MacGrath, a bike courier, who gained his electrical-based superpowers after surviving a large explosion in Empire City caused by the package he was carrying containing the Ray Sphere.
The choice allows the player to have a different mixture of abilities, as both good and evil have their own set of powers. The player is able to control the course of the game by having Cole and Delsin use their powers for good or evil. Morality, or Karma, is a major factor in the gameplay and storyline. Their powers come from a gauge which depletes whenever they uses various attacks, and refills when they absorb electricity or smoke, neon, video and concrete from nearby objects or bodies, such as street lights, nearby smoke sources,(such as vents or burning cars) or neon lights or video appliances or bodies of the DUP.
Cole, Delsin, and Fetch can use their parkour skills to jump and climb buildings throughout the city, along with their powers to help them fight enemies. In the first two games and the spin-offs, the player controls Cole MacGrath, later in the third game as Delsin Rowe and Abigail "Fetch" Walker, as they freely roam around the city, fighting crime or creating havoc along the way. It features American government agencies such as the FBI, NSA and DARPA, along with agencies fabricated for the series, such as the DUP (Department of Unified Protection), an agency with the sole purpose of stopping conduits, now labeled "bio-terrorists", from causing mass destruction similar to what was caused by Cole MacGrath.
is occasionally mentioned, and Infamous Second Son takes place in Seattle.
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The series takes place in the present-day United States with real and alternate versions of real cities such as the setting of Infamous, Empire City, which resembles New York City and the setting of Infamous 2, New Marais, which resembles New Orleans ( Infamous: Festival of Blood also takes place in this city).