[Infamous Second Son] The Story of Delsin Rowe | 🔥Honest Gaming History🔥

It's finally time, Donte fam! You guys asked for an Honest Gaming History on Delsin Rowe, so I'm here to GIVE you an Honest Gaming History on Delsin Rowe!! Enjoy the story of the second protagonist of the Infamous series!
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I will only be covering the Paragon storyline since that's the canon
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Yo thanks for watching, fam! Let me know who else I should cover in future episodes of Honest Gaming History! 🔥

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Leo Kennedy

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Ryu Hayabusa from Ninja Gaiden!!

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They’re working on a different game so hope they work on it once that other game is done

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Maybe they'll work on one for the PS5

[@magma7332]

yeeessss they said after ghost of tsushima but im still waiting for ma guy delsin but idk if they just ran out of antagonists tho even i cant think of one

[@thedarkknight727]

Delsin Rowe it's one of few protagonist who became a more likeable and worthy successor of it's former protagonist. 😊

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Yeah. They did a better job than Prototype that's for sure lol

[@TheBigKaiju]

I like him about as much as I liked Cole. Wish they would've worked on a sequel for delsin story because I felt like they could've gone more in depth with the story concerning the state of the world

[@bigboibubba5528]

More likable, definitely. More worthy? I would say no, since Cole's story is even more tragic and almost like an old epic. Though I will say good-karma Delsin is absolutely more interesting as a person

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@@TheBlackMastadonte still tho i felt cheated since they didnt make any real connection to the last games like this was just a new story. Good game, just out here hoping for some moa coal bby

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@@TheBlackMastadonte James has his own appeal, but it's just not the same as Alex. Alex is a really interesting character to me. He's angsty, depressed all the time, but yet, he just has this melancholy charm that's really hard to describe. He's the perfect embodiment of Prototype. A massive ball of edgy darkness, with a small, but bright light deep inside. James was cool, and his voice lines were hilarious, but he just failed to capture what the series is supposed to represent. He feels like if you tried to put Samuel L Jackson in The Matrix. It just doesn't fit. Alex Mercer, in my mind, is Prototype. Also, quick rant. So, we all know that Prototype has the greatest movement system ever created, and Prototype 2's movement system is a pile of shit in comparison. But the one thing about it I never hear anyone talk about, is the slow ass run speed on walls compared to the first. If you've ever compared the two, you'll see that James is slow as fuck on walls, where as Alex is as fast as he always is. My question is why. Why, dear Radical, did you make the wall run speed so goddamn slow! It just completely kills the momentum, and the movement system already has enough problems! I'm usually an avid defender of Prototype 2, but this has always pissed me off.

[@maddoxsilvene3288]

Delsin and fetch hook up in a good karma play through too.You just don’t see them kiss in the bad storyline.

[@brunosouza2303]

maddox silvene you mean,in the good one right? I’ve just played the game on “bad mode” and they kiss.

[@maddoxsilvene3288]

Bruno Souza yeah I had a freaking seizure saying this what I mean is that Delsin and Fetch hook up in the bad karma ending too and you see them kiss in the bad storyline.

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Conscious: - he bacc - he attacc - he blacc and finally he bacc.

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Don't forget that he bacc

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Me coming out of my computer 7:01

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This is like a story of delsin turning from zero to hero by having a power combination of reaper from overwatch,neon powers,heaven and hell spawn and toph from avatar injected into delsin into a solid hero

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I'm still waiting for the next infamous installment

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I feel like we all are

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Wait till 2030

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Paper trail set up a possible sequel

[@Mr3DLC]

like the game? cause I'm not, if it's so damn short like second son was

[@thedarkknight727]

Delsin Rowe it's perhaps one of my favorite Protagonists in fiction. 😊

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Lol I can see why. He's a pretty cool dude.

[@squallthegriever]

Same broski

[@V_0777]

6:09 Pause right here, They hook up in both storylines. In the good storyline, you get a call from abigail saying how she woke up and saw that delsin was gone that morning. Isn't that wut happened? they just went at it even longer and HARDER in the evil storyline, HELLO

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[@domonator5000]

Don’t forget to mention that Delson is seemingly the only conduit who can absorb energy from blast cores/blast shards

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Wait but couldn't Cole do that too

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[@adolfogarzachaires394]

Reggie has a good developement, at the end is good to see how he calls "conduits" just people, even Delsin gets surprised by that, so god damn sad he died, i literally felt really bad for his death

[@stegoshark5116]

I definitely hope they bring delsin back in a future Infamous game. And if they do, he should keep all the powers from the first and get more/improved versions.

[@stegoshark5116]

and he should be dating fetch

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

That would be dope

[@Thatmangojo]

Im not gunna lie infamous second son wasnt my best infamous experience because i thought hank was cole McGrath in disguise.

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*The Black Mastadonte* MY G! You brought the character I have wanted to see in *H.G.H* series. Delsin Rowe's Good Karma path is more fulfilling than Evil Karma. And soon you'll have 100k. Soon my friend, soon. P.S: Can you do an H.G.H of Starkiller from Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 1 & 2? Just suggesting.👊

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[@JaimeD.]

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Haha thanks bro. More is coming!

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[@stevenfrost3469]

The reason Delsin went to the crash because he was gonna help people

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Great video, I've waited a long time for a Delsin Rowe video

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Sorry it took so long, bro

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I always assumed Reggie hated conduits because it was implied one killed their parents

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I may do a separate episode covering the DLC

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@@TheBlackMastadonte Sweet! And you also said you may do one for Last Light, which I was also hoping for. Also rewatched Bayonetta vid, and I have some suggestions for more female characters :Lara Croft, old and new, Samus Aran, Noriko from Heavenly Sword, Aloy from Horizon Zero Dawn, Senua from Senua's Sacrifice, and Claire Redfield.

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[@squallthegriever]

Dam i've been wanting you or any one to do some Delsin Rowe videos, sadly i missed out when you made it initially but glad to see you did it bro! I am a huge Infamous and Infamous lore fan, and yes I love Cole and even was able to relate to him but Delsin Rowe to me is special. He's a smart ass with more optimistic view of his powers ( i mean i understand Cole was moody like Batman and Snake cause, 100.000 people died as well) however Delsin just was relatable to me, loved his more energetic fuck the doops mentality. I found his immaturity appealing. We live in a age where most game protagonist are either moody bad asses, anti heroes, or the silent type but we dont have smart asses. I also appreciated that he was a Native American. Anyways thanks again.

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Nice video bro,thanks. A point that I would like to poit out is: The Delsin and Abgail bond is like very confuse and without details. I would love fo see something more withe these two.

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Those 3 dislikes are from: Hank, Augustine and a D.U.P soldier

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Hopefully this Saturday

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Good video. That being said, if you end up doing a video on Abigail (Fetch) in the future, do you think you could do one on Celia as well? The paper conduit from the paper trail? I know there wouldn't be a lot to cover, but I still think it would be worthwhile to make a video about her.

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I actually am planning on covering Abigail real quick next. I'll look into the other Conduit next

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Thank you! And yes I'm thinking about it

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Thank you! It honestly would be a three parter since all the games have SO MUCH content

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Yeah that’s true 😅

[@VentusMC]

Bro love the videos. Man gotta cover what happens when the evil karma goes on in the game. Both good stories how delson did everything. Till he went full kamakazi on his own tribe. Lol

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Thanks bro. I may do it later

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Copy

[@marek4177]

10:34 I think it was greatly explained throughout your gameplay and story. Your constantly healing normal people from what the DuP is doing to them. In the the fetch mission you help thos women, destroy drugs, and stop drug dealers. With Eugene your free those people from the DuP. Throughout the game you show them your not a terrorist and that the DuP are the bad guys.

[@ParaDX54]

Low key, Delsin is one of the most broken video game protagonist I’ve ever seen

[@tenkyu778]

Well I guess you haven't seen Alex Mercer or james heller from the prototype series

[@calvinslim1004]

Z3R0 I feel James is stronger than Mercer but delsin would stomp both of them with evil karma

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Facts! Next to Alex

[@darrylisaac9400]

@@calvinslim1004 nah delsin dies by bullets james cant get hurt by bullets and has 2 shields alex has an armor and a sheild

[@smallpapapoppintheyeetgod9301]

Darryl Isaac okay all of them have broken powers but delsin would stomp then with his quick speed and strength

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Glad to have my boy conscience back!!

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He's glad to BE back!!

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[@wizfanfall123]

So Augestine is kinda professor X but fucked up. She trained conduits she thought had promise, kinda sorta slowly making a conduit supremacy routine. That's why Fetch is so skilled with her abilities and is kinda "evil" from the start. She had a desire to kill those who wrong her or do bad things yes, but she also failed to see that she could help those who need it with her powers. She was basically blinded to the suffering of those weaker then her.

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Couldn't have said it better myself

[@4evachasing442]

You should do more vids like this and gameplays

[@creamydaddy69]

What really pissed me off in the game was the fact that after getting concrete powers, delsin for some reason couldn’t do a badass subdue on enemies with the new power

[@dsvetsgirl]

Can I point out that one part where augustine tells delsin that there are only two reasons someone should be nervous, either they are cowards or have something to hide? Well I have two MORE reasons, one being that it's not every day heavily armed dudes come into that little humble town of his, and two, he was basically pretty sure that he just watched her kill that dude. Those two things there would make pretty much anybody a bit nervous.

[@HorrorKidtheReviewer20]

Tbh, Second Son was actually my VERY FIRST forte into the inFAMOUS franchise so it’s obvious that I’m gonna have more nostalgia for Delsin the OP AF Conduit than Cole (even though I also like him). Hopefully Neon Waifu gets the same treatment, great video & maybe you can go over the Evil Karma side of Cole & Delsin (primarily Cole since the Evil Karma Ending in inFAMOUS 2 was originally gonna be canon)

[@TheBlackMastadonte]

Copy. I plan to go over Fetch in a bit then cover some character from different games. But I'm def gonna come back to Second Son

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Thank you, bro!

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Can you do a Honest Gaming History on the first two Call of Duty Black Ops games.

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DOPE!

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honest gaming history is baaaacccck

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YUP!

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i actually really like Delsin as a character

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He's a pretty dope character

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I’ve been missing the infamous series I just got PlayStation now to play infamous 2 and damn i really miss cole😭

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Shiiiiiit this vid should give u that push to 100k

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Lol perhaps, but that doesn't mean the work is gonna stop