I never really understood why so many people disliked HLM 2. At first I can understand that people were disappointed with the narrative dissonance created by jumping across characters time and time again, but ultimately that left me wanting to know exactly what was happening with the different crews.

I agree with what others have said in this thread - if you take it as its own game, and don't bring HLM into the equasion, it's pretty darn good!