All this insanity talk, is there a casual difficulty setting?
Will this work with any of your earlier mods (like Viper Goddess and Tutorial Disabler)?
If the gangs in this build are so much tougher, then I imagine STAG is going to be downright beastly.
Taking a closer look at the concept art, I think they look more like Rivetheads. Industrial music has its roots all the way back to 1974 or 1975, and '70s Rivetheads almost looked like the larval stage between greasers and goths (definitely a far cry from the Ravers of the last decade). I think from the very beginning the devs wanted a cyberpunk themed gang, but they wanted a more nascent understated look in line with the genre's late '70s/early '80s beginnings (John Brunner's The Shockwaver Rider and William Gibson's Burning Chrome).
Does Phillippe Loren look any younger? I've seen some concept art and an E3 demo where he looked like he was about 40. Took down a Saints/Ultor security guard with a knife. I was actually kindof disappointed that didn't show up in the game as a cutscene, made him look pretty badass.