Is this game worth it to play solo singleplayer?

[Livvy]

I am thinking about buying this game, however, I dont have many friends and I dont want to play with randoms. Will I get enough out of this game if I only play singleplayer?

[New Breakfast]

i play solo alot, and for me, i'll say it's still worth it, even though there are some thing you can't solo.

but if you do buy it, do give multiplayer a chance. even with randoms, the ones i meet usually are friendly and play seriously.

[Perkins]

It's a good game no matter how you play it, however, I would recommend playing through it in single player and then Move to multiplayer. don't worry about who you played with because you will be too busy shooting Bugs to worry about who else is there, shooting bugs , in‌ ‌fact, bug shooting pretty much makes up the entire game. ( point of note,there are other types of enemies. shoot them to. alot)

[makkun・マックン]

It is good if you want to play this by yourself, it's totally doable and fun. But in my experience, the multiplayer does not disappoint when it comes to communication between players. Most random players are supportive and not negative. If you want, you can even disable chat (voice and text) altogether, so you can only communicate via emotes.
Honestly, my experience in playing with randoms is never bad.

[BlueBomber]

Yes, main game is better in solo. Online multiplayer is for after you done all mission in solo and want to play with people also has higher difficulty because it scale the more player you had in squad.

[Livvy]

Thanks for all the replies, I might give this a try once its on some sale!

[ImHelping]

Yeah, plus EDF 5 has added QoL compared to 4.1 where all your pickups count towards ALL the classes, even if partial credit.

It's a big deal in the long run for deciding to do a replay with another class.

Hardest+ is an unlock in 5 for a reason, as they also polished up the drop tables to be more distinct. So now Hard drops are actually reasonable for Hard (Normal is still mostly awkward prototypes). While EDF5 Hardest has big boy guns at minimum for drops, rather than 4.1's "Hardest has a chance to drop level zero guns all the way to mission 40." maximum RNG.

I still love 4.1, but overall 5 is a net gain even if there are some aspects I miss.

[Ashlem]

I played single player at first. It was okay, but once I started playing online, it's a lot more fun when there are other players who if nothing else gives the monsters someone else to target, and can also rez you if you fall, instead of the mission ending the moment you die.

I've seen many instances where we were down to the last person. Sometimes it was me, sometimes it was another player. Struggling to survive, they manage to rez their party (you use up 1/2 your current health to do so), and together you manage to clear that mission. It's really satisfying to see that sometimes.

Just a heads up though, if you play online by yourself, the enemy health modifier is 3x their normal health, just as if you were in a full group of 4 people. The reasoning behind that is because they don't want you playing solo in the online games.

Until you unlock 70%, you're also stuck with level/hp limitations, so you can only use weapons that are normally appropriate for that mission, but again, with the enemy having triple health, you'll either die a lot, or spend much more time beating the mission by yourself than usual. So that's the only real benefit playing offline has over online for now.

Oddly enough, if 2-3 people are playing, then the health modifier is only 2x. So if possible try to play online with at least 1 other person.

[BlueBomber]

Originally posted by Ashlem:

The reasoning behind that is because they don't want you playing solo in the online games.

Until you unlock 70%, you're also stuck with level/hp limitations

Solo online with limiters off, its like offline solo but better

[Livvy]

It doesnt convince me much, its going to have to be on some big sale, I just dont like multiplayer in general, no matter how good is in this game, if its multiplayer I wont like it, so hearing that singleplayer is a bit limited and all, I will wait until its more than 50% off or something like that.
Thanks for the replies again

[Zeddy]

Offline solo isn't limited at all, they're talking about playing online solo, which is a good way to artificially inflate difficulty and disable pausing for no particular benefit.

[MundM]

I've never played an EDF solo campaign. I always just drop in multiplayer, it's so much fun. I usually start a room so I can set the requirements etc. then I do the dishes or make a sandwich etc. so I don't waste time sitting till someone joins me.

[Velarune]

You asked if the game was worth it just for the solo experience, yet every response has been talking about multiplayer.

I started playing this game series with 4.1 here on Steam. I very rarely play any games online with others so I will always go for the single player experience. That's exactly what I've done with the EDF games and they're extremely fun games. Some missions do come across as being more designed for multiple people, such as throwing like 50 enemies on you all at once and they're all attacking you since you're the only person. But with a little bit of strategy and abusing the AI, you can still get past those missions.

I would say the advantage of playing solo is you get to have fun with the AI squad mates. Listening to the story that's unfolding around you, interacting with them through emotes and stuff. The solo experience is definitely quite enjoyable. Don't let people convince you that these games are mandatory to play online. I would recommend though that you definitely wait for a sale, because you're clearly not sure if you will like these kind of games so you may as well take the plunge without spending too much money.

[Livvy]

Originally posted by Fenixx:

You asked if the game was worth it just for the solo experience, yet every response has been talking about multiplayer.

I started playing this game series with 4.1 here on Steam. I very rarely play any games online with others so I will always go for the single player experience. That's exactly what I've done with the EDF games and they're extremely fun games. Some missions do come across as being more designed for multiple people, such as throwing like 50 enemies on you all at once and they're all attacking you since you're the only person. But with a little bit of strategy and abusing the AI, you can still get past those missions.

I would say the advantage of playing solo is you get to have fun with the AI squad mates. Listening to the story that's unfolding around you, interacting with them through emotes and stuff. The solo experience is definitely quite enjoyable. Don't let people convince you that these games are mandatory to play online. I would recommend though that you definitely wait for a sale, because you're clearly not sure if you will like these kind of games so you may as well take the plunge without spending too much money.

Thats the awnser I was looking for mate, you made it much clear.
Thanks, like I said before I will look for some sale!

[Gralzeim]

You can solo the entire game. Only thing you can't do when solo is use the handful of Fencer missile weapons that need an Air Raider with a guide laser to mark a target.