I am a newer guy to VGchartz so I sadly cannot post my own thread on the matter, but I figure this being an Infamous thread its a good place to post.
I have obtained a copy of Infamous SS two days ago. I have a family member who works for Treyarch and usually knows people to get early copies of certain games. I will not be going into any plot spoilers here, if that interests you we can do so in private messages. I have only beaten the good storyline and it took roughly 10.5 hours (this was with little shard collection and very little side missions done). With both good/evil, shards, and side missions I can easily envision 25-30+ hours of gameplay total.
Compared to the 3 installments I would say the plot (or at least the good storyline so far) is the best of the 3, as well as the voice acting is easily the best in the series. My biggest gripe with the earlier games was the character development, I feel that issue is not present in this game. They go a great job with backstory of the characters and developing them throughout. I was also impressed with the size of the map. Also easily some of the best graphics in a game I have played.
So far this generation I would say Titanfall was perhaps the best AAA titles I have played, but this game is probably the first I feel is next-gen. There has been some good games lately, but experiences I feel could have been done on the 360/ps3 no problem. So in my eyes this is the first game that validates a next-gen purchase as I know it would not have worked on the PS3.
My biggest complaint so far is I cannot figure out how to change the day/night cycle. I know in Infamous 2 after beating the story you can die and reload to change, but that has not worked for me. No1 else I know who has played has figured it out either. The neon powers are a lot cooler in night, so I feel the lack of an option to change that is a slight disappointment.
If you have any questions for me feel free to ask.