So I just finished the game, and while all the criticism it gets is justified, I don't regret buying it at all.

The final two missions were amazing, edge of your seat gaming. The feds are closing in fast and you can't just sit around making money at your own pace like you can in the rest of the game. The last few combat missions were quite challenging too (although I still beat them first go)

If the whole game had the tension and pacing of those missions then this would have been a much better game. As it stands, the majority is rather simplistic and uninspired but still manages to be fun.

Hey, I totally agree to that!

The last two missions were REALLY nice and I love the style of 30th in it´s representation in this game!
But, of cause, there´s no real sandbox mode at all!
I can understand why people were getting angry...


But good news:
We´ll get it!

http://forum.kalypsomedia.com/showthread.php?tid=18261

Wow! Rival gang/ is excactly what I was missing. This game may turn out to be great afterall :)

Holy crap! Thanks for the heads up, they're some really good changes coming up.

And I was about to uninstall the game too, but a rival gang is going to make this 100x better

I was thinking same thing, will let it sit on the hard drive a little longer then.

Whining is usefull, if we had not, the game would still be sold unfinished (I mean, enemy gang is to come).