Finally finished the 1.0 storyline and it only took me... 4 weeks.
Combat clicks
Characters click
Story and Setting click
Events (main culprit of my sidetracking) click

All that's pending for me is to get a feel for the exploration that they replaced tv mode with, but I'm still far off from reaching 2.0. Can anyone point me towards a gameplay video of the open zone? Is it fun?
Some other questions: Do main story missions take place there too or do they remain linear? Does the bangboo hackerman gameplay ever get anywhere interesting?