 The game was well received by the gaming press . It was praised for many of its elements , including the implementation of Cole 's powers and climbing ability , and the game 's content and mission structure . Reviewers commented on the repetitive nature of combat and enemies , limitations of the Karma system , and technical aspects in the graphical display . Infamous was compared to and contrasted with Radical Entertainment 's Prototype , a video game released the following month which had many elements similar to Infamous , including exploration of an open world @-@ style city by a protagonist with superpowers . The game was offered by Sony as a free download as part of their ' Welcome Back ' program , after the 2011 PlayStation Network outage . A sequel , Infamous 2 , was released on June 7 , 2011 . A third game designed specifically for the PlayStation 4 , titled Infamous Second Son , was released worldwide on March 21 , 2014 . 
