Infamous 2 on-rails demo left me cold

SG: The on-rails 8 minute demo of Infamous 2 that I played at PAX Prime 2010, just felt awkward. Like a conversation with a really hot girl. It’s going to be awkward, but you keep going because she’s hot.

What was wrong and what was right about Infamous 2, after the jump.

First off, Infamous starts you out using melee combat constantly. I don’t get this at all. Why would you hit anything up close if you could just zap it with lightning? Seriously.