Should I play in offline mode?

[captainducko]

I know very little about this game, but I know it's online and other players can build structures and vehicles to help the player.

Question is should this be played in offline mode? I've heard the game is too easy now with roads everywhere. From what people are saying it feels like the players have completed the game for me?

[Overseer]

No. Because you miss out on a substantial online feature you have in no other game.
And you have to connect the areas first before things appear from other players. So when you enter a new area it will be empty at first. And if something is stupid you can always remove it.

[Protoman]

No, play online. You'll miss a lot by playing offline.
About the roads, it's not so black-and-white, it's not like if other people build the whole road, you'll see it in your game too. Once you start, every player is allocated a certain amount of completion, and once you complete your road in your game, it doesn't complete someone else's, it just helps them. If you wait until other people complete the road on their own, it'll take a very long time.

What really helps are structures (bridges, ladders) people leave around. You'll see more of them during the first 10 hours, while later on you'll usually see signs hinting on what you should do, instead of completed structures.

[45]

no its part of the core experience and themes. Dont worry nobody can troll you. Also roads are fixed structures all that changes is they get done a bit faster you can abstain from using them. As long as a delivery isnt timed you can get the best ranks without ziplines or roads.

[Bucket]

Online mode makes the game too easy even on the hardest difficulty, everything is already built and you don't have to build anything by yourself. I recommend turning online mode if you plan to complete the game for the second time, the first time just go straight for story orders, the second run to 100% & online mode. But if you are not planning the second run - go online. But yeah.. like the people above said - the game without online is kinda.. boring and lonely I guess but you can feel the difficulty

If you decide to play in offline and feel very bored or too hard - you can always turn online mode.

[Imad Amjad]

I have 7 full playthroughs of the game. 3 of them fully offline.

For your first time playing you should play online.

However the game is way way better offline. It can get a little lonely if you are used to the online experience.

Oh and play on Very Hard; the game is already stupidly easy.