I am also in the group who prefers SS1 to SS2. SS1 had a better and more sinister atmosphere IMO, and some of the SS2 enemies were very irritating to fight. And I didn't like the "RPG" features of SS2 that much.

I like challenge (not walking simulators), so I set everything to max on SS1... except that (I think) Story difficulty, as IIRC setting it to max would cause the whole game to have a time limit.

That is something I just don't want, being forced to rush through the whole game, especially in a game like SS1 where lots of the enjoyment came from exploring all nooks and crannies, finding hidden shit, hiding from enemies etc.

How irritating it would be to be near the end the game, only to find out there is no way you can finish the game in time. So what I was supposed to do at that point, replay the whole game from the start, just trying to be little quicker this time?

Time limits (and turn limits in turn-based strategy games) should be used sparsely, an exception rather than a rule. That is why I stopped playing also M.A.X., all its missions seemed to have a turn-limit, ie. you had to win the computer AI within certain turns. No thanks.

If China is funding SS3 then we can kiss the cool ghost scenes goodbye since you're not supposed to show ghosts in China. Tencent funding anything is never a good sign.

Which is odd, seeing as some of their manga(or is it from Japan?) is full of supernatural elements.

Also that always made me wonder: Why are the chinese seemingly so bothered (as of late) with ghosts in media?

Yes, most of the manga/hentai/anime is from Japan. And Winnie the Pooh is also banned, for obvious reasons. That's what you get when a static hive-mind rules :D

10c also funds a lot of movies, like Transformers: Bumblebee. They have their tentacles in everything that can considered entertainment, and that's also their mandate, both inside of China and outside.

That depends entirely on how your mind works, really ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdVFIFnDcrU

It's like with children, the more you fixate on something, the more the children will act/do it, like swearing or playing with matches/fire. Sometimes called the streisand-effect

I guess the teddy bear never realized that; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0Npdhst-qk

EDIT: And my previous harmless post was deleted... :)