I get where you're coming from, we had talks about it in different threads, but sadly... it's kind of a lose-lose situation here.
The game has issues, the proper THPS4 campaign lacking, which is the most glaring issue (still have to see what will be there, apparently there are some objectives triggered by NPCs, but it's still all very blurry), but the BIGGEST issue for me, is the online.
They didn't learn anything from THPS 1+2, besides adding crossplay. THPS games need lobbies and custom hosted rooms. We need to be able to pick the map and game modes we play, we need text chat, that's how these games always worked online before. If you only rely on auto matchmaking where no one talks and you can't even pick the content you want to play, the online is already doomed... Thug Pro will remain the best way to play that it seems.
The reason I'm talking about lose-lose situation though, is that I love this series, and I've been dreaming about it coming back for so long (I'd like a proper new game more than a remake), and if we don't show support for this game here, the publishers will most likely understand it as "there's no interest for this franchise anymore", which is incredibly frustrating...
I don't know what I'll do, I don't like the state the game is in, but I also don't want for this franchise to be buried completely. But if we do purchase it, they'll also probably understand it as "they're fine with that, we don't need to do better", we can never win here...
It's the only game remaining in that genre, I would also love to see SSX come back, but that's dead too...
