Wow! I have been playing this game for awhile now and so far the only "encounter" has been during the girls' gaming night. Otherwise it is "day-in, day-out". I don't mind sandbox games but when I can go for in-game weeks with nothing happening except the same dream sequences over and over, depending on the symbol chosen in the Cloister, I would have to say that the grind is just too much. Plus, it doesn't appear that my guy has gotten paid in a long time. Also, there was mention of a BBQ and nothing has happened on that front. The whole system of changing routes just seems to be a mechanism by which we, the player, never get to "the good stuff".
Or am I missing something?