Just a heads up, this is a online only game

[Santar]

Just a heads up for people who care. This is a online only game. The devs keep advertising their games as being playable offline and online, but if you play offline you can't even finish the tutorial. You can't unlock stuff, or progress in the game at all. It's the same for their Ghostbusters game too if you were wondering.

[robcram]

But you can play solo as advertised right?

[Buried in insanity]

Originally posted by Santar:

Just a heads up for people who care. This is a online only game. The devs keep advertising their games as being playable offline and online, but if you play offline you can't even finish the tutorial. You can't unlock stuff, or progress in the game at all. It's the same for their Ghostbusters game too if you were wondering.

thanks for that info i was about to buy it but thats a big nono for me

[Master Blaster]

Yeah thanks bud you saved me the hassle of having to buy and then go through the refund process. Take some points for your helpful info.

[St0rmwielder]

Originally posted by Santar:

Just a heads up for people who care. This is a online only game. The devs keep advertising their games as being playable offline and online, but if you play offline you can't even finish the tutorial. You can't unlock stuff, or progress in the game at all. It's the same for their Ghostbusters game too if you were wondering.

Can you elaborate on "can't progress" ? Been playing this offline only on Epic for 30-40hrs and i've been able to unlock skins, and progress through each level. Been a while though, things can change, hence why i wonder what exactly you're describing.

[Santar]

Originally posted by St0rmwielder:

Originally posted by Santar:

Just a heads up for people who care. This is a online only game. The devs keep advertising their games as being playable offline and online, but if you play offline you can't even finish the tutorial. You can't unlock stuff, or progress in the game at all. It's the same for their Ghostbusters game too if you were wondering.

Can you elaborate on "can't progress" ? Been playing this offline only on Epic for 30-40hrs and i've been able to unlock skins, and progress through each level. Been a while though, things can change, hence why i wonder what exactly you're describing.

I couldn't unlock anything or progress the story or even get quests when I played it offline.
And by offline I mean actually offline disconnected from the game server, not just playing solo while online.

[NormireX]

Originally posted by St0rmwielder:

Originally posted by Santar:

Just a heads up for people who care. This is a online only game. The devs keep advertising their games as being playable offline and online, but if you play offline you can't even finish the tutorial. You can't unlock stuff, or progress in the game at all. It's the same for their Ghostbusters game too if you were wondering.

Can you elaborate on "can't progress" ? Been playing this offline only on Epic for 30-40hrs and i've been able to unlock skins, and progress through each level. Been a while though, things can change, hence why i wonder what exactly you're describing.

Yeah I need solid info if this can be played offline and if players can host their own games?

[St0rmwielder]

Originally posted by Santar:

Originally posted by St0rmwielder:

Can you elaborate on "can't progress" ? Been playing this offline only on Epic for 30-40hrs and i've been able to unlock skins, and progress through each level. Been a while though, things can change, hence why i wonder what exactly you're describing.

I couldn't unlock anything or progress the story or even get quests when I played it offline.
And by offline I mean actually offline disconnected from the game server, not just playing solo while online.

The game has an offline mode literally in the menu. Why would you disconnect yourself from the internet in 2023? oO

[NormireX]

Originally posted by St0rmwielder:

Originally posted by Santar:

I couldn't unlock anything or progress the story or even get quests when I played it offline.
And by offline I mean actually offline disconnected from the game server, not just playing solo while online.

The game has an offline mode literally in the menu. Why would you disconnect yourself from the internet in 2023? oO

Why not. Some people live in the sticks and don't have reliable internet for one. Also game preservation is a big deal to those with brains.

[Santar]

Originally posted by St0rmwielder:

Originally posted by Santar:

I couldn't unlock anything or progress the story or even get quests when I played it offline.
And by offline I mean actually offline disconnected from the game server, not just playing solo while online.

The game has an offline mode literally in the menu. Why would you disconnect yourself from the internet in 2023? oO

Because I prefer to actually own my games and not just rent them until the servers go down and the game disappears forever.

[NormireX]

Originally posted by Santar:

Originally posted by St0rmwielder:

The game has an offline mode literally in the menu. Why would you disconnect yourself from the internet in 2023? oO

Because I prefer to actually own my games and not just rent them until the servers go down and the game disappears forever.

Bingo! You are one of those with brains that I mentioned.

[Aron]

Originally posted by Santar:

Just a heads up for people who care. This is a online only game. The devs keep advertising their games as being playable offline and online, but if you play offline you can't even finish the tutorial. You can't unlock stuff, or progress in the game at all. It's the same for their Ghostbusters game too if you were wondering.

Arcadegeddon has actually had a lot of progress made to Offline Mode over the past year with various fixes and improvements. Admittedly, the early days of Arcadegeddon Offline Mode was fairly bare bones and had a lot less features than it does now, but none of the statements you have made about Offline Mode are true.


You CAN finish the tutorial in Offline Mode.
You CAN unlock various character customization and abilities in Offline Mode.
You CAN progress through the missions and experience the story in Offline Mode.

You may have experienced a bug during the early days of Arcadegeddon which could cause players to become stuck during the tutorial, but that issue was fixed within a few days after it was introduced. We're sorry that your Arcadegeddon experience was impacted because of this issue and we hope that you can give the game another try.

If you encounter any issues with the Offline Mode or have any suggestions, we'd definitely like to hear about it.

[St0rmwielder]

Originally posted by Santar:

Originally posted by St0rmwielder:

The game has an offline mode literally in the menu. Why would you disconnect yourself from the internet in 2023? oO

Because I prefer to actually own my games and not just rent them until the servers go down and the game disappears forever.

But you do know that you don't own any of the games on Steam, right? They're digital and if Steam pulls the plug, they're all gone.

[Santar]

Originally posted by Aron:

Originally posted by Santar:

Just a heads up for people who care. This is a online only game. The devs keep advertising their games as being playable offline and online, but if you play offline you can't even finish the tutorial. You can't unlock stuff, or progress in the game at all. It's the same for their Ghostbusters game too if you were wondering.

Arcadegeddon has actually had a lot of progress made to Offline Mode over the past year with various fixes and improvements. Admittedly, the early days of Arcadegeddon Offline Mode was fairly bare bones and had a lot less features than it does now, but none of the statements you have made about Offline Mode are true.


You CAN finish the tutorial in Offline Mode.
You CAN unlock various character customization and abilities in Offline Mode.
You CAN progress through the missions and experience the story in Offline Mode.

You may have experienced a bug during the early days of Arcadegeddon which could cause players to become stuck during the tutorial, but that issue was fixed within a few days after it was introduced. We're sorry that your Arcadegeddon experience was impacted because of this issue and we hope that you can give the game another try.

If you encounter any issues with the Offline Mode or have any suggestions, we'd definitely like to hear about it.

I bought the game on epic store on April of last year and at that point offline mode was what I described in my opening post. If it has been fixed now to have all the progression and features of the online mode (including saving of progress) then that is great. I refunded the game so I can't check this for myself.

Originally posted by St0rmwielder:

Originally posted by Santar:

Because I prefer to actually own my games and not just rent them until the servers go down and the game disappears forever.

But you do know that you don't own any of the games on Steam, right? They're digital and if Steam pulls the plug, they're all gone.

Of course I know that, but at this point Steam has existed for almost 20 years. So I feel it is a very stable platform and out of all the digital stores it is the one I feel will be around the longest so I feel pretty comfortable in letting Steam store my games.

[St0rmwielder]

Originally posted by NormireX:

Originally posted by St0rmwielder:

The game has an offline mode literally in the menu. Why would you disconnect yourself from the internet in 2023? oO

Why not. Some people live in the sticks and don't have reliable internet for one. Also game preservation is a big deal to those with brains.

This however, is a more valid argument. But you could also just move out of the woods. Or convince your provider to get some work done. Again, it's 2023. Not that hard.

[PC GAMER]

Release the game, or even the "Offline mode" version, via GOG.

..though it should be the full game via Galaxy for the online part. Very easy and possible. I would buy it only there, solely for the SP part. That's right, I'm one of those.