Can I play this Hitman from start to finish in Offline mode (No Internet)

[SirJarko]

I am simply asking this as I am interested in getting this game but I don't buy games with Always online DRM under any circumstances. So I am wondering if I can play this game from start to finish wihtout being connected to servers? If I do need to be connected for some things (Which I accept) what are they?

[Duckilous]

You can play the entire game offline but you won't be able to complete challenges which unlocks new weapons, tools, starting locations, etc.

[SirJarko]

Starting locations?

[SirJarko]

I take it thats where you spawn in the level at the start?

[DxSpark]

In short, you can't. Because if you do it offline, you won't unlock anything at all, won't have score and progress...

[Kunovega]

You can play the entire storyline offline from start to finish

What you can't do is unlock anything or complete challenges, so the replay value of the game will be next to nothing. You won't even be able to unlock profesional modes for the 6 main missions that have them (which is a higher difficulty level)

Originally posted by SirJarko:

Starting locations?

Some of the things you can unlock are starting points, places you can choose to infiltrate during setup, instead of always being at the default location. Some of those locations include already having a disguise. They come from mastery of the levels, basically the game assumes you've played enough to know how to get to certain locations and disguises and just lets you pick that as a starting point for replays

You also unlock new smuggling locations, so you can place certain weapon/items at a pickup point of your choosing.

And then of course there's the variety of tools and weapon unlocks

Thing is, if you just want to complete the game once through, you don't need any of that. The game is 100% completable with the basic suit and no items at all (you technically dont even need the equipment you start with, every level can be completed starting with nothing if you wanted to).

You would still be able to pick up disguises, weapons and equipment during a level (and none of those are needed either, they are all optional)

You just won't have the ability to unlock things for future playthroughs, which will minimize your replay value

You also won't have access to player made contracts (challenges made by other players) of which there are 1000's and give the game near unlimited replay value beyond the 16 missions it comes with

So, can you play it offline? yea, but there's less than 10 hours of content that way. Played online with a goal of doing all the challenges you could easily get 50 to 100 hours out of it, and if you like contracts, that's as many 100's of hours as you are willing to put into it

[SirJarko]

Okay cool. Thanks for the information. I honestly wanted to make sure iit wasn't 100% Always Online. So if I'm mid way through the campaign and the servers go down I'm not ♥♥♥♥♥♥. That and I do hate DRM. I can deal with being online for the rest of the other stuff I be it its really dumb and annoying but I can't/refuse to deal with it in the main Campaign. Thanks again you must of spent ages writing that.