is this online only?

[The King Possum]

well is this game online only or can I play a story mode offline too?

[Cașcavalier]

u can play Story Mode but just online.

[FEZ. TF7]

Trion's server's go down you cannot play, online only

[mypingistoohigh]

Originally posted by Sith Olus:

Your internet goes down you cannot play, online only

[FEZ. TF7]

Originally posted by Kempster:

Originally posted by Sith Olus:

Your internet goes down you cannot play, online only

lol, this also

[Mr Tom the Cat]

If it's other people you're worried about rather than internet connectivity, don't worry - just do the storyline and you won't get any problems at all.

You could play the entire storyline and you might notice a few other players in the distance or at ammo refill spots, driving past and similar but noone will will bother you. At worst while you're fighting some outdoor mission someone else will be doing the same mission and will help kill a few monsters and you'll both get rewarded, but you can't damage the other player accidentally and noone will call you a "noob" even if you go down multiple times (there's points for reviving people and it even makes up part of an achievement to have revived 100 people in major arkfalls so generally don't worry - people will love to revive you if you get whacked by a boss at an arkfall). You probably wont see any chat at all (Defiance is like a weird silent culture) and other than in one very specific new arkfall fight you can't do anything or make any mistakes that will upset people[1] - it doesn't have kill stealing problems like other games, and you can't lock people in rooms or similar.



[1] The one exception might be Warmaster fights which are very rare and only at certain new content arkfall fights - might be worth googling tactics before doing one of those (a massively short and over-generalised version of pages of advice = get a machine gun, shoot the right arm, and respawn if down - don't wait to be revived). People get (silently - this is Defiance, noone talks in game for some reason) upset if you use Volge rifles in the warmaster fight as they create big bright visual effects and noone can see what their shooting at which causes a problem as everyone needs to be shooting at a specific spot in order to defeat the monster in time before he disappears. The official forums have lots of discussion on exact tactics.

[The King Possum]

I like games I can play without internet cause sometimes money don't allow for cyber space. thanks for the replies.

[Floki73]

I hear you on the money issue. But let me tell you, as a person that usually avoids MMOs, this game's changing my mind. It's nice to be in the middle of a mission, be outmanned and outgunned and discover someone else who started the same mission after you had. Make the missions more tolerable. :)