Offline Mode?

[Thalinor]

After reading a few threads, I see I'm not alone in fact there are a lot of others talking about this, directly and indirectly (probably because steam mods now are out of control, something that's going to lose both steam and developers a lot of money if they continue. We can buy elsewhere if they want to keep up their anti-free speech non-sense.)

Looking for a response from the devs, this is not a troll post as I don't have the time to waste, unlike some people, on worthless internet posts.

What is obsession with co-op online only games out of this generation? I want to give you my hard earned money, but its "co-op" only.

The original generation of gamer's, the ones who buy games, don't want to play with a certain group of people, we're sick of them, were sick of their politics, sick of everything. I love SST, and would have loved to play with bots, not millennial's. The only reason companies keep making everything online "co-op" (there is nothing cooperative about this generation) is so they can shove microtransactions, lootboxes; the things those of us have been gaming since the 80's won't buy.

So sick of this nonsense and if steam looks at my account they will see I pay for games and DLC. I support this platform and developers. I would rather a $60 game that was offline than be forced to play with clown town cult. It's funny because SST was not made for "those" people, in fact they criticize/boycott this franchise all the time, just like they did the books.

Please, please consider adding intelligent AI bots offline mode so people like myself who have no desire to game (never mind even interact with) the snowflake generation can spend our hard earned (not sitting around drinking wine and doing yoga at work) money on a full price, full fledged game. I don't game to get stressed out dealing with these people, it's bad enough I have to interact with them IRL; I just want to game one my own without interacting with anyone.

The question so we all know up front what's going on in the gaming industry:

Is it so hard to develop offline or is it something else like publishers won't allow a developer to make a game anymore without a way to nickle and dime them afterwards? What's going on in gaming lately with nothing but online co-op games being released?

Is there any chance there will be offline mode?

Thank you for the response.

FYI: I'm not responding to anyone because it's just going to start something which is NOT my intent. I would have email this to the dev's and not make it public if that was possible, because I already know "that" group of people who haven't even read this far in the post, are already doing what there anti-free speech clowns do, which is cry until they are the only ones who can speak. I'm allowed an opinion too clown town. that's literally the definition of "inclusiveness" and "diversity", unfortunately it's no longer taught in schools, only to hate whats not like them.

Now lets see if this dev is actually a fan of SST; if i'm ban you know they are just using the title to make money. SST fans would not be banning anyone who just said what I said, if they do they have zero understanding of this IP, the books, its history, etc.

[breadman]

how would a 16 player online coop game ever have offline mode

[Thalinor]

Originally posted by breadman:

how would a 16 player online coop game ever have offline mode

Have you played unreal tournament, or ANY game that was made before 2000? They used to make these games online and offline. Not too hard.

[breadman]

Originally posted by Thalinor:

Have you played unreal tournament, or ANY game that was made before 2000? They used to make these games online and offline. Not too hard.

i don't see how those have any relevance here

so i ask again, how would a 16 player online coop have offline mode?

[Thalinor]

Edited for typos.

Originally posted by breadman:

Originally posted by Thalinor:

Have you played unreal tournament, or ANY game that was made before 2000? They used to make these games online and offline. Not too hard.

i don't see how those have any relevance here

so i ask again, how would a 16 player online coop have offline mode?

You clearly don't have experience playing a plethora of other games that were marketed as online co-op, which have offline against bots mode. If you did you wouldn't say "that's irreverent". Let me help educate you so you use the correct word next time.

"irreverent
ĭ-rĕv′ər-ənt
adjective

Lacking or exhibiting a lack of reverence; disrespectful.Critical of what is generally accepted or respected; satirical.Not reverent; showing a lack of reverence; expressive of a lack of veneration"

My point, that games which have been made for online co-op experiences in the past usually have an offline mode against bots. That is "reverent" to my question to the developer about offline mode.

Here is the thing, the types of people who try and force people to interact with them, even if they don't want to, eventually lose anyway. See if no one is playing because they can't stand to game with these people, than the online only games goes belly up. Clown town ruins everything, proven, as we have seen with so many online only games. It's creepy and shows real mental illness to try and force people to interact with, be friends with, or want to be around a group of people no one wants to interact with anymore. What these people don't realize is without us, the people who once stood side by side with their cause, now can't stand them, and are doing the RIGHT THING by not interacting with them (it's called walking away) there is nothing but ghost town's. They are the minority, they have just stolen our voices with oppressive mods who ban our speech so they think they are the majority, that everyone thinks like them. It's not true, they just ban anyone who speaks up. No one can force us to buy anything, and no one can force is to play with, interact with, or like these people.

This is why MMORPG's failed. When was the last WoW? When was the last EQ? UO? They don't exist anymore because no one plays them. The gaming industry (more likely the pencil pushers at the publishing company who DON'T GAME) keep pushing this online only "co-op" experience and when the game fails, they wonder why? Warhammer 40k keeps doing this and sees the same results.

I'll leave it at this and I'm no longer wasting my time responding to you. I know I will get a snarky replay because I know the type that needs to have the last word, like children. Feel free if that's what you need in life; not my fault or my concern.

Why are so many "retro" games (remakes or re-releases) doing so much better than games made today? Humm? Tell me? Use your big brain and explain why so many games made before the millennial's destroyed this industry, society, and the world in general, are so popular, sell so well, when "new" games keep flopping? The secret? They weren't made by the generation everyone hates and therefore not complete trash. People would rather re-play an old game from the 90's than anything made today by generation snowflake.

That should speak volumes, but it won't because the this generation was never taught to SELF REFLECT, they can't be wrong, it will shatter their fragile egos. They lack the ability to admit its them, and I'm starting to think its completely 100% psychological. The reason retro games sell so much better, why squaresoft can re-release Final fantasy games from the 90's and 00's with a fresh coat of paint having them sell so much better than anything they are releasing today is the influence from the current generations which have ruined games with their politics. That's the answer; like it or not. You don't have to like or even accept it, but its the truth and the $$$ don't lie. You would think money would talk and this would change the industry, but HR departments are run by "them" and until something is done about that, nothing will change.

I'm out unless a dev responds. Have a great memorial day, for those of you who actually know what it is and respect it enough to reflect today.

[Eudicots]

Why would this game need an offline mode currently? Its in early access and clearly has stability and performance issues. No reason to have an offline if they still need to work on online stability. Have the playerbase test servers till connection issues are worked out. Plus making an offline mode will involve the introduction of bots which is a big project in of itself.

[BathSaltShaman]

Originally posted by breadman:

Originally posted by Thalinor:

Have you played unreal tournament, or ANY game that was made before 2000? They used to make these games online and offline. Not too hard.

i don't see how those have any relevance here

so i ask again, how would a 16 player online coop have offline mode?

Are you 5 or...? Like...how do those two things just wooosh over your head like that? So game designers programming adequate opponents and teammates for multiplayer shooters for decades, a plethora of which were wave-defense coop like this, but you can't a connection?

[꧋ꦙSigismundꦙ꧋]

This game still lacking features but I hoped that some one actually make a starship troopers game that is multiplayer , and face off hordes. I hope we see more soon

[breadman]

Originally posted by Drugula:

Are you 5 or...? Like...how do those two things just wooosh over your head like that? So game designers programming adequate opponents and teammates for multiplayer shooters for decades, a plethora of which were wave-defense coop like this, but you can't a connection?

that has nothing to do with this game as this game is 16 player online coop

there are no bots and there is no offline mode and it wasn't designed with those things in mind

so yeah, "i can't a connection"

[Dominic]

Originally posted by Thalinor:

This is why MMORPG's failed. When was the last WoW? When was the last EQ? UO? They don't exist anymore because no one plays them. The gaming industry (more likely the pencil pushers at the publishing company who DON'T GAME) keep pushing this online only "co-op" experience and when the game fails, they wonder why? Warhammer 40k keeps doing this and sees the same results.

uh... mmos are still around and doing fine including WoW. since ya just bringing up multiplayer online games in general why dont you bring up DOTA2 or LoL? because those multiplayer ONLINE games are absolutely massive

[Warcrime Warren]

Originally posted by Thalinor:

1. So sick of this nonsense and if steam looks at my account they will see I pay for games and DLC.

2. FYI: I'm not responding to anyone because it's just going to start something which is NOT my intent.

First off: You privated your account so no-one can see. Second off: You've replied to people in this thread, so couldn't help yourself, eh?

[Halder]

I don’t know if this helps or not, but yesterday, I played a game as a Hunter armed with the TW202-1 Morita Hawkeye, and I just said to the group that I am going off to hunt bug patrols and for them to tell me when it was time to get back to the base, so I could return.

I was out there on my own for a good 15 – 20 minutes, doing my own thing. I was not defending the base, getting ore or gas, escorting operators or base building, just hunting bugs by myself.

There’s your single player element right there.

Just before they were ready to activate the arc, they let me know, and I headed back to base to help defend it.

I didn’t get any static from anyone about helping out or participating in the ore runs.
Maybe it depends on the group you get, but for over half the game I was playing by myself, and everyone was ok with it.

There was another player doing the same thing as me and he killed over a hundred bugs just on his own!! (or her own).

As for bots? There are certain advantages to playing with bots, but if you get the right people, I am not sure you need them.

When I was out there solo, had I got any criticism or “orders” to this or that, I would have just simply left the game.

[i o o r]

What even is this post? Why are you attacking us millennials?
Are you even aware that the youngest of us millennials are turning 27 years old this year?

I am certain you yourself are a troll, because there's "no way someone who started gaming in the 80's would use steam"

[BathSaltShaman]

Originally posted by breadman:

Originally posted by Drugula:

Are you 5 or...? Like...how do those two things just wooosh over your head like that? So game designers programming adequate opponents and teammates for multiplayer shooters for decades, a plethora of which were wave-defense coop like this, but you can't a connection?

that has nothing to do with this game as this game is 16 player online coop

there are no bots and there is no offline mode and it wasn't designed with those things in mind

so yeah, "i can't a connection"

"Bot's can't be added to the game because bots aren't already in the game." Thanks for letting me know I made a typo at least lmfao

[breadman]

Originally posted by Drugula:

"Bot's can't be added to the game because bots aren't already in the game." Thanks for letting me know I made a typo at least lmfao

not can't, won't

[kafersaft]

Made it to "anti-free speech" and realized the other 16 paragraphs are probably not worth reading.