The Therapist Gamer

Infamous: First Light is a spin-off of Infamous: Second Son.  It stars Fetch - a character from the main game whom Delsin befriends.  In Second Son, her storyline includes that her brother was killed by either drugs or a drug dealer, and when Delsin finds her she has been killing drug dealers as revenge.  First Light takes place before the events in Second Son and follows Fetch during her experience with the drug world.

 

In First Light, Fetch is actually imprisoned in a special facility for people with superpowers (known as "conduits).  She is being interrogated by a woman who would like to imprison all conduits, and much of the story is told through Fetch speaking with this woman.  She and her brother were using drugs and eventually got mixed up with some dangerous people.  Fetch's brother, Brent, is put in danger and Fetch has to do a variety of things to rescue him.

 

Much like the other Infamous games, the gameplay is very fun and takes place in an open-world setting (Seattle).  Unlike Second Son, you only have one superpower in First Light - Neon.  You do, however, have different neon abilities than you had with Delsin in Second Son.  There is not as much variety in side missions as in the other Infamous games, but to me this is excusable because it's a smaller downloadable game and not a full game.  There's an arena mode where you can compete with your friends or people around the world for high scores.  The arena has a "rescue the hostages" mode, and a survival mode.  I've included a video of what this gameplay looks like.

 

Like Infamous: Second Son, the game itself is quite pretty and has a "photo mode" which enables the player to freeze time, adjust the camera, and get the perfect screenshot.  I'm not a photographer, but I just love when games have a photo mode!  

 

Overall the game is short but well put together.  Considering it's a cheap download-only game, it's actually pretty big since it uses the same play space as Infamous: Second Son.  It's a joy to zip around Seattle with superpowers, and no game series does this quite like Infamous.