inFAMOUS Festival of Blood: A Critique & Analysis

InFAMOUS 2 was and still is one of my favourite games for the PlayStation 3. It did so much to expand on the first game from its characters, to its world, to its gameplay, and while the game wasn’t perfect, I’d argue it was quite close. Now with a game so financially and critically successful and based on the clear amount of passion the developers and fans had towards the character and the series, it’s hard to see a character as likeable as Cole get canned at the end of only 2 games. Thankfully this is where the standalone expansion, InFAMOUS Festival of Blood comes in. Released surprisingly only a few months after InFAMOUS 2, this is an expansion I don’t see many people talking about these days which is unfortunate because despite it being short on both length and ideas, it will still quench a die-hard's thirst for more InFAMOUS, but not much else.

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Want to see more inFAMOUS videos? Below you will find links to my critiques of every other inFAMOUS game!

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inFAMOUS 1 Critique:    • InFAMOUS: 11 Years Later | Is it Still Good?  

InFAMOUS 2 Critique:    • InFAMOUS 2 Is Almost a Perfect Sequel, Her...  

inFAMOUS Second Son Critique:    • A Critique of inFAMOUS Second Son  

inFAMOUS First Light Critique:    • inFAMOUS First Light: DLC Done Right  

Since this is a DLC, albeit a standalone DLC, I attempted to hold it to my own definition of what makes a good DLC, which I have outlined a few times before. Essentially, I’m looking for something that expands on the story, the gameplay, and the world of whatever base game it is attached to. Festival of Blood hits some of these notes, and while not the best game out there, I recommend any InFAMOUS fan give it a shot. Or, at least I would, if there weren’t so many hurdles in the way. Before we go any further I need to remind you that there will be full spoilers here for both this expansion and InFAMOUS 2, even the footage up to this point has been relatively riddled with spoilers since this DLC is only a few hours long. I also want to add that I was not able to secure this game on my PS3 and for that reason I had to record and play through this on my Playstation 5 through the use of PS Now. Because of that, there might be some parts of the footage here that are beyond unkind to the framerate, and resolution. From what I read online, this is an issue with the streaming service and if you are playing this on a PS3 it supposedly runs the same as InFAMOUS 2 did. There is a pretty noticeable delay that also comes with streaming so if I look like I’m playing while I’m shitfaced, it’s just the delay.

inFAMOUS Festival of Blood: A Critique & Analysis Chapters -

Intro: 0:00
Presentation: 3:25
Environments & UGC: 5:17
Gameplay & Powers: 7:28
Story Analysis: 20:30
Final Thoughts: 26:00
Post Script: 28:51


This is That Boy Aqua's inFAMOUS Festival of Blood Review. In this Festival of Blood Review, that is more akin to an InFAMOUS Festival of Blood Critique, or an InFAMOUS Festival of Blood Analysis. That Boy Aqua discusses the well-received InFAMOUS 2 DLC and discusses the InFAMOUS Festival of Blood gameplay, story, presentation and more. This game has a ton of charm from its beginning moments to the InFAMOUS Festival of Blood Ending. InFAMOUS Festival of Blood is disappointing in some cases but ultimately, Festival of Blood, is worth your time purely for the concept of an InFAMOUS Vampire game. Playing on PS Now is the closest we can get to a Festival of Blood PS4 or a Festival of Blood PS5 but it requires a lot of money, patience, and a stable connection. This should however, hold you over until we get an InFAMOUS Playstation 5 or if we are lucky, an InFAMOUS Festival of Blood Remastered or an InFAMOUS 2 Remastered that includes this DLC. This InFAMOUS 2 DLC Critique is the latest and final video in the That Boy Aqua InFAMOUS Critique series.