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inFAMOUS: Second Son Announced. One Problem, Why? (WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS)

For the few people out there who read my blogs, I'm a die-hard inFAMOUS fan. I downloaded inFAMOUS off of PSN after the network hacking debacle as my first choice for a free full game, and I immediately loved it. The morale choice system, the powers and abilities you could unlock, and the sweet satisfaction of climbing every building around Empire City and jumping to the ground without having to worry about fall damage. It was great, and one of my top 100 games I've played of all time. I bought inFAMOUS 2 a year after it was released, and though it wasn't quite as good as its predecessor, it was still solid and had great gameplay, amazing voice acting, and beautiful cutscenes.

This brings me to the topic of the day. inFAMOUS: Second Son was announced for the PS4. I was excited at first, but then I've deeply thought about this for a very long time about one major flaw. I just have one question for Sucker Punch: Have you thought about plot holes in the story? For everybody who knows the inFAMOUS storyline thus far, you know exactly what I'm talking about. However, for those of you not familiar to the inFAMOUS series so far, I will break it down for you in a nutshell:

Cole MacGrath, a bike courier in Empire City, was given a mysterious package to deliver, which then exploded, wiping out a huge chunk of the city, and killing many people. Cole somehow survived and the explosions side effects gave him the ability to manipulate and control electricity. He finds out a man named Kessler was the one responsible for giving him the package. This package contained the Ray Sphere, a device that took neuro-electric energy from a large group of people and concentrated it into Cole, making Cole superhuman, or in this game's case, a Conduit. Cole finds out Kessler is actually his future self who traveled back in time to mold Cole into a hero so he could defeat "The Beast".

inFAMOUS 2's storyline follows right after Kessler's defeat. Cole encounters "The Beast", and is no match for it, and Empire City is reduced to ashes. Cole, along with his friend Zeke, and Special Agent Lucy Kuo travel to the city of New Marais to get Cole strong enough to defeat "The Beast". He meets Dr. Sebastian Wolfe there and gives him the Ray Field Inhibitor (RFI for short), which is basically an anti Ray Sphere that will take powers away when it's activated while fully charged. It was also created to cure a plague that's continuously spreading across the entire world caused by the Ray Sphere's initial explosion. Cole managed to fully charge the RFI and defeat "The Beast", along with curing the plague. But, every person on the planet who was a Conduit, including Cole, and all potential Conduits were wiped out. Thankfully the end justified the means. For the thousands that died, millions of people were going to live because the plague was gone.

That's the story so far, now here's the problem. They are introducing a new character named Delsin Rowe. He somehow has the ability to manipulate and control smoke. What I'm trying to figure out is how and why? Cole used the RFI to wipe out every Conduit on the planet. How is there still one alive? All I can say is that they had better be able to explain this horribly gaping plot hole because if they can't, then this great series will be tarnished just for milking the franchise for more money. All I can say to Sucker Punch is that you had better come up with a logical explanation as to why this guy has powers. Fanboy rage will be coming if you can't. I've seen some things, man, and fanboy rage isn't pretty. Magikmike39 out.