The Escape is the third story mission in Infamous.
Plot
While on the run from the angry citizens, Cole makes his way to Stampton Bridge to meet up with Zeke. They hope to escape the quarantine, and Stampton Bridge is the quickest way out of town. However, riot cops and barricades are blocking the path. Cole and Zeke must find a way to break through the riot police and barricades if they hope to leave Empire City. There are also angry protestors at the bridge's entrance, looking to escape the quarantine as well.
Karmic moment
Upon arriving at the first blockade that's guarded by a group of riot cops, Cole stops to think for a minute on how to best deal with the situation at hand. On one hand, he's already got half the city seething with rage over what happened at Ground Zero, and the less attention Cole draws to himself, the better triggering a riot seems as the best choice. On the other hand, though, while a riot will help keep the heat off Zeke and Cole, many civilians will end up mercilessly beaten in the process. Therefore, it might be better to take on the cops and keep innocents from being wrongfully beaten.
Good
Cole runs through the crowd to fight the riot cops head on and is successful in doing so. No one in the crowd is injured in the process.
Evil
Cole moves into the crowd of protesters and fires a bolt at the guards, causing a riot to break out, leaving Cole and Zeke to watch while the riot cops are dealt with.
Breaking through the quarantine
After the riot cops are dealt with, Cole uses his Lightning Bolt ability to open the first gate where he, Zeke and the protesters are met with more riot cops. Once Cole, Zeke, and the survivors make it along the first half of the bridge, Cole opens the final gate to unveil a wall of machine gun fire. All of sudden, all of the civilians are met with an untimely fate, and are killed by the barrage of bullets. However, Zeke and Cole manage to leap through a side gate. Zeke falls down into the river below, but Cole makes it through to a detention room to the right of the wall. When he comes around,
Cole meets Moya.
Cole finds himself in a detention room, with Moya Jones sitting behind protective glass. She tells Cole that she is an FBI agent and that she is looking for her husband John White (who works as a spy for a shadowy organization called the First Sons, who are responsible for the creation of the Ray Sphere; the so-called "bomb" that gave Cole his powers) whom she lost contact with the night of the blast. She promises Cole his freedom if he finds John, recovers the Ray Sphere, and brings them back to her.
Leaving the room via a trapdoor, Cole makes his way back to the city using the pipes under the bridge. Moya warns Cole not to go back on their newly formed partnership. On the way back, Cole finds his first Blast Shard, now making all of the other shards available. In addition, he also finds several Reapers busting up some pipes which intrigues Moya. After reaching land, Cole meets up with Zeke and the mission ends.
Trivia
- Once Cole makes his way back into the city, Zeke mentions how he is “no Michael Phelps," referring to the famous Olympic swimmer.
- Riot cops can only be found in this mission, making them the only mission-specific enemies in the game.
- There is a glitch that you can perform if you keep jumping to the left of the blinking LED light. You will end up jumping through the box without having to charge it, but the gate will open anyway.
- There's also another glitch at the end of the mission, where if you reach the end of the bridge, shoot Zeke to death, and get onto the street before the mission fails, the mission will end, and the camera will move as if Zeke is running towards Cole. From there, Zeke and Cole will engage in their normal conversation, but Zeke will be standing on the other side of the street, though his voice can be heard talking. If you reach him a little later, then the screen will go gray with the death music, but the mission will still end, and the same thing happens, albeit much slower.
- Cole doesn't have to shoot the riot cops for Evil Karma; shooting or hitting the protesters will count.
- Cole's karma rank will be at Thug if the evil choice is made, even if Cole made the good choice in the previous mission.
