The Face of Change is the 33rd story mission in Infamous 2.
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Sinking Ships[]
That's my boy. They haven't invented a machine you can't break.
― Zeke complements Cole's powers.[1]
Fighting the Ice soldiers.
Cole receives a call from Zeke who informs him that Joseph Bertrand has sped up his plans and is preparing to launch several cargo ships loaded with shipments of Forced Conduits. He tells Cole that he should get in there and stop them and that he can sabotage the ships by overloading the mechanisms controlling the anchors.
Cole makes his way to the first ship but quickly finds himself fighting a squadron of Vermaak 88 soldiers, as he fights Cole calls Zeke, and explains that the "ice guys" have the boat locked down. As Zeke begins to wonder if they knew what they had planned, Cole cuts him short, reminding him that he is in the middle of a fight. With the ice soldiers cleared from the ship, Cole drain the electricity, disabling the anchors. With the first ship slowly sinking into the harbor, Cole makes his way to a second ship, already loaded and prepared to depart. After fighting through even more Ice soldiers and Ice heavies, Cole makes his way to the ship bow to disable the anchors, only to have his way blocked by a Ice titan. After a difficult battle, the titan is defeated and Cole can disable the last ship.
The True Face of Change[]
- Cole: "What the hell?"
- John: "It's good to see you MacGrath."
- Cole: "John, you're dead."
- John: "You're right. I was. For a while."
- —Cole and John's first encounter after the latter's supposed death.[1]
John gives Cole a new power.
As the last ship begins to sink, there is a flash of red light and Cole is nearly thrown to his knees. Looking up he is shocked to see John White standing before him, seemingly back from the dead. John explains how after the Ray Sphere ripped him apart he had pulled himself back together. Asking why his former friend is there, Cole is weary as John says he "want to show you something" before touching Cole's forehead, mysteriously giving Cole the ability to see the plague when using Radar Pulse, and then disappears while asking Cole to follow him to the local Plague Ward.
John uses his "gift".
When Cole arrives at the plague ward John tells him that there is one person in the ward with the conduit gene and asks Cole to find them. After finding the potential conduit, John tells Cole to cure her, if he can. Reaching down Cole tries using Pulse Heal but nothing happens. John then steps in and unleashes his powers to unlock the conduit's abilities, revealing himself to be "the Beast".
Knocked out of the plague ward by the "Ray Sphere" like blast, Cole lands on the sidewalk outside. Looking up, Cole see the newly awakened conduit walking towards him, cured of the plague, but at the cost of every other life in the plague ward. The new conduit thanks Cole before taking a giant leap into the sky and flying away, leaving Cole to consider what he just witnessed.
Walkthrough[]
At the start, get on board Bertrand's boat, which is easy to spot. You'll have to be fully prepared for a fight as the Vermaak 88 have the placed locked down. There's several regular soldiers, as well as an Ice Heavy. If you want, take out the latter quick with several really fast bolts or take out his tower and melee him until you get a finisher. From there, bolt and melee the rest of them until they're all defeated. Stand near the ship's bow and look for the R1 prompt to disable the ship. The other one can be seen in the distance to the southwest, so go that way.
Just outside, more of the ice soldiers including the crushers will attack; use ionic powers, grenades, and rockets as usual to wipe them off before proceeding to the next ship's bow.
Energy sources here are infrequent so Bio Leech when you're about to run out of energy. On the boat is a Heavy and behind him will be an Titan. Get sort of close and chuck a Vortex to take out any soldiers with the ice heavy; for the Titan, while playing on evil karma, fire off Hellfire rockets to blow both his arms off. Then rush in, take his face plate off before retreating behind the crates to recharge, then go in and finish it off.
Once you disable the second boat, a cutscene will play; after that, go to the warehouse marked with a waypoint, also Cole's radar pulse is improved, allowing him to see the plague and, on some occasions, the conduit gene in the citizens of New Marais. When John sends Cole to the Plague Ward to find the Conduit, she can be found immediately to the left of the entrance. The plague shows up as masses of red around areas like the person's lungs, where as the Conduit gene shows up as a golden aura near the person's heart. However, Cole must pass through the entire Plague Ward before the objective will change and the cutscene will play where Cole attempts to heal her.
Trivia[]
- In this mission Cole's radar pulse is improved, allowing him to see the plague and, on rarer occasions, the conduit gene in the citizens of New Marais.
- The plague shows up as masses of red around areas like the person's lungs, where as the Conduit gene shows up as a golden area near the person's heart.
- When John sends Cole to the Plague Ward to find the Conduit, she can be found immediately to the left of the entrance. However, Cole must pass through the entire Plague Ward before the objective will change and the cutscene will play where Cole tries to heal her.
- After this mission, a mini-Ray Sphere like crater can be found next to the Plague Ward.
- During this mission-only, when Cole looks at people with the Plague, they will start to cough, when Radar Pulse wears off, the people will stop coughing.
- A rare glitch occurs if you defeat the Titan and immediately disable the ship, the giant pieces of ice used by the Titan will appear in the cutscene and will not disappear until it ends.
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