I’m a huge fan of the Infamous franchise, but I have to be honest: Infamous 2, which launched on PlayStation 3, remains my favorite game in the series . It’s not to say I didn’t like Infamous: Second Son, which came exclusively to PlayStation 4 earlier this year. In fact, I thought it was a great game. It’s just that Delsin as a character didn’t do it for me. I liked (and still like) Cole more.

“ The good news is that there seems to be a whole lot more to do in First Light than there was in Festival of Blood...

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“ She’s extremely quick, able to jet across city streets, up and down the facades of buildings, and leap through the air with incredible rapidity.

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“ Speaking of Trophies, First Light is such a huge DLC expansion that it has a Platinum Trophy, therefore giving the entire Infamous: Second Son package two Platinums to its name.

But there were two standout cast members in Second Son, and both of them are returning in Sucker Punch’s upcoming DLC for their game, a stand-alone download called First Light. Those two characters are the neon-wielding Fetch and the devious Augustine, and thankfully, both will be back in full force when Second Son launches later this month. Better yet, even without Delsin, First Light promises to retain Second Son’s wonderful core gameplay, which is at the heart of the experience.First Light provides much-needed backstory on the mysterious Fetch, a powers-wielding Conduit Delsin runs into early in his journey. Unlike Delsin, who is endowed (at first) with fiery smoke powers, or Cole, who is best known for his ability to harness electricity, Fetch’s neon-derived skills are off the beaten path and rather abstract. That, along with her no-nonsense attitude and a wonderful vocal performance by Laura Bailey, made – and continue to make – the character so intriguing. First Light is her story, a prequel that erases some question marks that may have cropped up for you during Second Son’s campaign. Festival of Blood , only a portion of the city will be available to play through; not the entire thing. The good news is that there seems to be a whole lot more to do in First Light than there was in Festival of Blood, which could conceivably be beaten in a couple of hours. First Light, on the other hand, should take four or five hours to complete, and that’s really only half of the story (more on that in a bit).Much of the fun of Second Son was derived from running around Seattle, liberating it from the devious DUP by completing a bunch of little side quests, like destroying cameras, obliterating roving drones, or tagging walls with some of Delsin’s beautiful graffiti. Fetch can accomplish similar tasks, helping pedestrians being held hostage, completing special races, and partaking in some tagging of her own. She even has her own collectibles to find in the form of Lumens, pink-colored objects that act as her version of Blast Shards.Blast Shards, of course, allow you to upgrade your character’s abilities, which is exactly what the point of finding Lumens is. Fetch has eight different skills that can be upgraded – Drain Neon, Neon Bolt, Light Speed, Melee, Laser Focus, Stasis Blast, Homing Missiles, and Neon Singularity – and you’ll find her upgrade tree more straight-forward and far less convoluted than Delsin’s. But that could be because while Delsin ultimately had four powers at his disposal, Fetch is left with only one. Good thing it’s by far the best power available in the game.Now, I mentioned earlier that there’s another half to First Light, and frankly, it’s the part of the package I’m most excited about. There’s an arena mode tied intimately into First Light’s story that allows you to play Infamous in a more arcadey, score-based fashion. The arenas – plural – are based in Curdun Cay, the infamous (see what I did there?) prison where Conduits are locked away by the authorities. While First Light’s campaign takes place two years prior to the events of Second Son, Curdun Cay’s arena battles are based in the present, right before Delsin is unleashed on Seattle. It’s there that Augustine tries to interrogate Fetch, tempting her to give up information that would be extremely valuable to the DUP. All the while, she has flashbacks, hence the story portion of the expansion.Speaking of Trophies, First Light is such a huge DLC expansion that it has a Platinum Trophy, therefore giving the entire Infamous: Second Son package two Platinums to its name. Oh, and you don’t have to have Infamous: Second Son to download it and play it, though if you do, you’ll automatically unlock Delsin for use in the aforementioned battle arenas. Infamous: First Light launches exclusively on PlayStation 4 on August 26, and will cost $14.99. Stay tuned to IGN for our review. In the meantime, you can read our full review of Infamous: Second Son , watch the video review above, and check out the two trailers for First Light embedded earlier in the article.

Colin Moriarty is IGN’s Senior Editor. You can follow him on Twitter.