The game takes place over the course of a single night with a warning that you have only eight hours before sunrise after emerging from the catacombs in the game’s exposition. Using any of your vampire abilities will drain your Blood Gauge which will require you to feed off an unsuspecting victim or find any of the 100 Canopic Jars scattered throughout New Marais.
You also use your Vampire Sense to detect through a sort of infrared vision any vampires walking amongst humans, and when detected you can run up and impale them through the heart as they transform back into the hideous Firstborn vampires(think Man-Bat from Batman). Another new ability is your Vampire Sense allows you to see through things that mortal eyes are unable, such as hidden Vampire Glyphs which provide hints as to the direction of a set of collectible backstory-expanding texts known as Mary’s Teachings. This time around you have a couple extra powers due to being bitten by a vampire – you are able to turn into a swarm of bats and fly across the city rather than the conventional method of running or induction grinding along power lines around the city. Cole and Zeke then decide to investigate the grave of Father Ignatius with the hope of recovering the Barbed Cross before confronting Bloody Mary.įestival of Blood plays exactly the same as the prior two inFAMOUS titles, but in this side story the Good/Bad karma meter has been removed, allowing you to drink the blood of anyone in the city without any fear of getting the “bad” ending. The holy weapon used by Father Ignatius is known as the Barbed Cross – a crucifix created of pure silver and baptized in holy water before being blessed by the Pope himself…a vampire-hunter version of the BFG. A night of celebration and declaration that forces of evil would never again overcome the city has been held every year since as the citizens of New Marais dress in costumes of devils and other monsters to take part in the festivities this unfortunately provides more than sufficient cover for the army of vampires under Mary’s control as they begin to feast upon all of this within the city. Pyre Night is an annual tradition memorializing the date when the patron saint of New Marais – Father Ignatius gathered an army of upright citizens and brought Bloody Mary’s reign of blood terror to an end by driving a stake through Mary’s heart.
There just so happens to be an information center set up in a park located in the middle of the city which shows a film describing the history of Pyre Night and New Marais. Cole contacts his best friend Zeke regarding his newfound predicament before deciding that to defeat such a powerful enemy they will need to learn more about Bloody Mary. Another discovery is the fact that Mary herself can communicate with Cole telepathically as they share the same blood, the powerful blood of a Conduit nonetheless, with Mary informing him that by sunrise he will become just another of her undead army. Cole is able to fight his way out of the catacombs and out into the city, as he emerges from underground he faces the realization that he has been turned into a vampire and is horrified to find himself feeding upon an innocent passerby. Cole’s neck is cut and after just a few drops of blood come into contact with the corpse, Mary comes to life and descends upon the city. Just as Cole approaches the final victim he notices the sharp fangs protruding from their mouth but is not fast enough as he is bitten by the vampire before being brought to the inner depths of the catacombs where he is held over the preserved corpse of a head vampire – “Bloody” Mary. The story begins with Cole racing to the aid of those trapped in the dark catacombs beneath the cathedral of New Marais, he quickly rescues the unlucky individuals before hearing cries for help from one last person deeper in the catacombs. Players control electricity-powered protagonist Cole McGrath – “the Demon of Empire City”.
The swampy vampire setting of the game makes it very hard to NOT think of the cast of vampires and werewolves in True Blood. The city of New Marais and the surrounding locale very closely resemble New Orleans, the party atmosphere of Pyre Night also works as an allusion to Mardi Gras, where numerous people dress up in varying costumes and party all night on the streets of the city. Festival of Blood takes place in the fictional city of New Marais(where inFAMOUS 2 is set) during the city-wide festival known as “Pyre Night”.
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