Two questions regarding SH4 1.5 from a new guy

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

SH4 has no online requirement at all, unless you want to use multiplayer, and never has. That didn't start until SH5.

Strange, I can't launch SH4 unless I've got internet connection active. I bought SH4 via Steam, but previously had no issues launching any of the Steam games in offline mode. So either I'm not as bright as I'd like to believe or it's internet connection related issue.