Solo Friendly?

[SaintsTufan]

bought the game today and I wonder if you can tell me if this game is ballanced for playing solo.
yes I can just find people to play with but not with my social akwardness (and my boldness)

[Derpykat5]

It's not. A lot of monsters are instant kills and if you die you lose all the scrap on your ship.

It's definitely still playable solo but I wouldn't say it's balanced for it.

[Shrub]

I met a chad that was pulling 1300 solo when 2400 creds was considered the epic pull. Very doable experience.

No lower monster spawns I think... The only balance change is the face-hugging monster will abandon you in a critical condition instead of outright murdering you.

I'll also add that if you find a lobby that accepts mic-less people, they've always been super accommodating of any whacky shenanigans I like to do (for those times I don't feel like VC). Running off solo/buying some things etc. A lot of people will immediately leave, so if you're willing to stay I think most people would ignore/accept anything else you might be concerned about.

Of course, do what makes you comfy and good luck~ :)

[oofmanIII]

It isn't exactly solo friendly, I'd say it's more solo neutral lmao, there's people like Insym who's just a beast at the game and can get to 3K quota solo whilst fending off nutcrackers and the likes, but if you aren't a beast, it's quite difficult to pull stuff like that off.

[SaintsTufan]

Originally posted by Shrub:

No lower monster spawns I think... The only balance change is the face-hugging monster will abandon you in a critical condition instead of outright murdering you.

Oh when you mentioned that I just got cought by one of them some games earlier but they did not kill me

[SaintsTufan]

thanks for your answers I got lots to do to get gud in this game

[Windows_Errorexe]

Once you learn how the game and enemies work the game can easily be done solo but you have to take a lot less risks because if you die then you wipe and that sucks lol. But,If you need someone to play with feel free to friend me! I love this game and want to show more people how fun it can be. I also need friends to play with lol,

[Jiffypop]

You can, but it's certainly not fun. Both in terms of what you're missing out (messing around with friends, the horrid cut off screams and whatnot), and with how the gameplay becomes. There's no real balance for single player. No scaling of enemies. You'll still get Brackened in one hit as if you were with four dudes. Only difference is now that when you die, there's no backup for you as there is in multiplayer. You're the only player, and you're dead. And when all players die, you lose all scrap in the ship.

It's a very high skill cap to play this game successfully on solo. But, like why? The gameplay itself is mildly fun with a somewhat interesting loop. The horror is meh after a while. But the entire point of this game is the coop it has. That's why it, and games like it are able to universally explode.

[SaintsTufan]

Originally posted by Jiffypop:

It's a very high skill cap to play this game successfully on solo. But, like why? The gameplay itself is mildly fun with a somewhat interesting loop. The horror is meh after a while. But the entire point of this game is the coop it has. That's why it, and games like it are able to universally explode.

I don't feel comfortable to play with people I don't know and my friends from my real life don't want to play it so I will adapt being alone on this one

[Kurt Cobain's Shotgun]

yes quit solo friendly but if you do have one friend who you really like play duo its way better and you can always play mic off

[SaintsTufan]

Originally posted by tkent429:

yes quit solo friendly but if you do have one friend who you really like play duo its way better and you can always play mic off

I don't have friends who I can play it with them and if so it shouldnt be an personal issue using my mic

[Netshadow]

Just to add to the above replies. In solo you don't have someone back at the ship to open security doors, disable mines, disable turrets, etc. So the difficulty can definitely ramp up if you get a bad map layout.