Yet another FF game with no Offline Mode

[CheeseBoar]

I had my credit card out of my wallet, and I decided to see if Square Enix still didn't give two craps before I bought FFVI, and go figure, it looks like they don't. Square Enix, stop making the Internet a requirement for single-player games if you want any respect.

[Zimmm]

well how do u use steam without internet? why would u want to be offline mode?

[Killzone]

Not all areas have wifi access on the go when gaming on a laptop. Many reasons, its why offline is supported in steam by default.

Originally posted by Bird_the_Word:

well how do u use steam without internet? why would u want to be offline mode?

[Zimmm]

Originally posted by Killzone:

Not all areas have wifi access on the go when gaming on a laptop. Many reasons, its why offline is supported in steam by default.

Originally posted by Bird_the_Word:

well how do u use steam without internet? why would u want to be offline mode?

lol i don't play on laptop, stick to desktop, for travel rather just play something from my 3DS or play something on phone

[[OH] Cogglesz]

Originally posted by Bird_the_Word:

well how do u use steam without internet? why would u want to be offline mode?

Click steam at the top right and go to (Go Offline)

I had this problem with MGS V actually. A couple weekends a month i have to travel and work in a location without internet, i like to take my laptop with me to play some games and watch films at night when i'm not working, if the game doesn't have an offline mode it won't start and i'll not be able to play until i'm back home with internet. that kinda sucks, no excuse for a single player game.

[Killzone]

Thats you though, not those who prefer a laptop.

Originally posted by Bird_the_Word:

Originally posted by Killzone:

Not all areas have wifi access on the go when gaming on a laptop. Many reasons, its why offline is supported in steam by default.

lol i don't play on laptop, stick to desktop, for travel rather just play something from my 3DS or play something on phone

[CheeseBoar]

Originally posted by Bird_the_Word:

lol i don't play on laptop, stick to desktop, for travel rather just play something from my 3DS or play something on phone

If you choose to play something else when you travel, then that's fine. You shouldn't be forced into it, like people are in this situation.

[Stoibs]

Originally posted by Bird_the_Word:

for travel rather just play something from my 3DS or play something on phone

Which ironically enough is another example of why Square needs to do away with this online DRM garbage.
I've been interested in some of these Android FF games on my tablet for a while now specifically for when I'm 'on the go', and every time I view them on the store I am reminded that they have this online requirement for some arbitrary reason that defeats the purpose of why I would want to be playing said game on said mobile device in the first place, which is doing nothing but costing them sales.

Does this PC version seriously have the same form of DRM? Ugh..

[Phazon]

Originally posted by Stoibs:

Originally posted by Bird_the_Word:

for travel rather just play something from my 3DS or play something on phone

Which ironically enough is another example of why Square needs to do away with this online DRM garbage.
I've been interested in some of these Android FF games on my tablet for a while now specifically for when I'm 'on the go', and every time I am reminded that they have this online requirement for some arbitrary reason that defeats the purpose of why I would want to be playing said game on said mobile device in the first place, which is doing nothing but costing them sales.

Does this PC version seriously have the same form of DRM? Ugh..

In my honest opinion, the DRM on the PC port is worse. At least the mobile version only does an online check every 10-20 runs or so...

[Hansuke]

You can request a refund if it bugs ya that much.

[Peter B]

Urgh, thanks for the warning. I will have to get my nostaliga fix somewhere else.

[ACE]

This sucks. Since it´s the mobile version in an emulator, i hoped to swap savefile with my android version (CrossSave).
Couldn´t they at least use the SquareEnix cloud for both, like FF7 did?

[Mirko]

Can somebody, who owns the game, actually confirm this, please? I do not see anything on the store page about this, not even half hidden like it was with Lightning returns.

If this is true, I am really happy I already have it on Wii VC.

[TheDoctor]

Originally posted by Mirko:

Can somebody, who owns the game, actually confirm this, please? I do not see anything on the store page about this, not even half hidden like it was with Lightning returns.

If this is true, I am really happy I already have it on Wii VC.

if you try to load the game offline the game won't open

[[☥] - CJ -]

The others had an offline mode as cloud wasnt important..

But why they did it with VI is beyond me.

But yes, the game wont open if youre in offline mode.

[Mirko]

Originally posted by TheDoctor:

Originally posted by Mirko:

Can somebody, who owns the game, actually confirm this, please? I do not see anything on the store page about this, not even half hidden like it was with Lightning returns.

If this is true, I am really happy I already have it on Wii VC.

if you try to load the game offline the game won't open

Thanks, but just to be sure: Did you actually buy it and got a refund, or is this just what you heard? (It does not show you as having the game).

I don't like it if companies use such measures, and I really hope they fix this here and for LR.

Edit: Ah ok, never mind, just saw the other reply. This is quite bad. There really is nothing about this on the store page, or did I just not see it? Really shady (even more!), if it is not there...