I understand how you feel. For those who hate sandboxes, this is a useless game mode. But as always, I'm making an effort to please as many players as possible. That doesn't mean I'm going to give up my original idea for the game. The story mode will continue to be my main focus. But the sandbox mode can serve to deliver something in the months I'm not able to get a story update ready in time, as it's much easier to add content in this mode than in the story mode.
Also, I don't intend to make an amazing sandbox mode. Hardly a good sandbox game works without a lot of stats to grind before advancing. And that's not my intention for the game. The sandbox mode I want for Back to Freedom is just a bonus mode to replay past events, give players who don't have access to cheats a chance to make extra money, and add some extra content that won't be possible to add to the story. I've seen some criticism on other sites about this mode and it seems to me that people don't understand that it's just a bonus mode that doesn't have any impact on the story. I don't understand how a bonus can be something negative. In the recent past, many people complained that they couldn't buy a car. In the last update, I gave a car as a prize to whoever won the tournament, which wasn't that hard. Then players complained that they couldn't make enough money for in-game events. In this version, with the sandbox mode, I gave players a way to make infinite money. Still, some people keep complaining. Don't get me wrong. I'm not referring to you. Maybe I'm getting a little tired of so much negativity no matter what I do.