The most important thing about Infamous is the story! Great story, and good gameplay make it fun. The more you play the more powerful you get. Unfortunately, you have to collect things around the city nonstop. I am not sure why they had to have so many of these things, but man oh man, it's a time sink. Not only do you see the things all over buildings but then you have to climb them and fiddle with where they are. That's not too hard, but it's really time consuming. Just going to the side missions and story is more fun, the collecting things was just a dull stop.
I will never understand why they put this type of grind in games. Boring time syncs, giving you a job in a game. That doesn't make me feel like a hero. That makes me feel like a collector. I'm sure some people find this fun, but I do not. When i get off work I don't want to start a game that makes me work.
Infamous 2 was a bit annoying due to the player made missions, cool idea, but not implemented well. It's impossible to figure out how to continue the real story. I wish there was a way to turn those off. If there is, someone let me know.
Amazing story though, I absolutely love the stories. It was worth the purchase for the story alone.