It all more or less goes how you'd expect it to across it's 90 or so minute running time. Time only jumps forward whenever the story dictates it.The story itself is enjoyable thanks to the healthy dose of Halloween it's been drenched in during New Marais' Pyre Night holiday-essentially Mardi Gras mixed in with Halloween, with a slice of Bonfire night-though the actual narrative isn't particularly deep. This isn't an ever ticking clock, however. It introduces a similar time-frame akin to inFAMOUS 2, complete with a reminder every so often during the story of how much time has passed. Even with Cole's freewill mostly intact, he but only has eight hours before he'll eventually succumb to the curse and carry on as a permanent slave to Mary from then on. How this affliction came about was by a nasty bite chomp by the Bloody Mary herself. He details the time when the Demon of Empire City was bitten and infected with the vampirism virus, making Cole essentially even more of an utter power-house than he already is.
Much like Undead Nightmare, inFAMOUS: Festival of Blood is seemingly set within an alternate universe a ''what-if'' tale woven by Zeke as he attempts to woo a full fledged piece of cleavage-on-legs at a bar. Festival of Blood continuing inFAMOUS 2's cheeky brand of word-play
The timing couldn't be better, even if the game itself most certainly could have. In a style similar to Red Dead Redemption's Undead Nightmare expansion last year, Sucker Punch have anted up their game with a horror twist, just in time for All Hallows Eve. And when there are too many goddamn zombie-themed expansions in video games, Vampires will walk the streets of New Marais. When Hell is full, the undead will walk the Earth. Unfortunately no bonuses are gifted for the sake of any inFAMOUS 2 data on your hard drive, however.
Festival of Blood is completely stand-alone, and doesn't require a copy of inFAMOUS 2 to play.