Is the game worth it for singleplayer?

[wickeD]

It seems fun but being busy all the time I will probably be playing solo so how is this game by yourself? Is it still worth it or is the best experience online? I saw a lot of negative reviews recently too but are those also with singleplayer or online issues?

[Chisco]

If you mean singleplayer gamemode then you can basically adjust the game settings to however you like it so its not so bad. If you mean solo on a Official server it can get a tad bit grindy but doable. Just the game will be at a slow pace

[rincewind]

Can't speak for the latest update, because I'm just trying it, but I had lots of fun playing singleplayer only. Building my bases, exploring the map, catching NPCs, pretty fun.

And I love that you can adjust the settings to make it less grindy (or more, if that's your thing!).

[t4chy]

Best part of singleplayer: You are playing on your own machine. No rubberbanding or lag.
Downside: No friends around for shenanigans.

[ciceqi]

I mean, I liked it. You can customize the settings however you want, and there are a decent amount of mods to keep things interesting. The recent negativity has to do with a TON of recent changes, some of which could...definitely have been handled better. Most of them are strictly optional--anything to do with the Battle Pass and Bazaar--but the building changes and changes to the leveling system are not optional and people have mixed responses to those. The thing is, as a new player, you have nothing to compare these systems to, so unless you don't like them as they are right now, I wouldn't worry about it too much.

So yes. C:E worked great as a binge-and-ignore game for solo players (and still will if you're not into the BP), and also works great as a log-in-and-do-a-little game, with or without the BP (well...depending on level and re-rolls). With sliders and mods you don't need a full tribe, so if you like playing, say, Ark solo, C:E will be fine. If you're enjoying it, I'd say keep going. But as a busy player, I'd also suggest NOT buying the BP until you see how you're doing on the challenges. As I understand it, you can buy it at any time and work towards completing the challenges without having it bought, so if it's just not working out with your schedule and it's getting towards the end of the season, that'd be a good time to decide. (Honestly that's my biggest regret, because I KNOW to do that with mobile games, but I went for it anyway this time and wow, what a grind.)

[Warriorsage]

All of my 100 hours thus far have been solo. I would say: it depends.

Basically you need to ask yourself how badly you need a story in a grindy, building, crafting game with mediocre melee combat. For me personally, I've been enjoying the update because it gave me a head canon of being a resentful sorcerer bent on ultimate power and taking over the land, and that's quite a monumental goal for a solo player.

But don't get me wrong, the game doesn't have a story. It has some snippets of lore, which can be quite interesting at times, but your experience will entirely depend on whether or not you can live with zero real quests, and your ability to back off when you're in over your head and come back later.

That being said, with three button presses you can make yourself admin, and can have anything you want instantaneously, including immortality, teleportation, all items, even npcs if the experience becomes too much for you or you just wanna move things along. I really like the flexibility to do that when the game becomes bullsh*t. lol

[grrantu]

I play a lot of solo. I enjoy it. There is good base building. You get your companion to help you fight. I don't enjoy PVP so I don't miss that at all. It is funner if I have friends playing cause you get to share in the fun. But it's a solid game for single player as well.

[2st]

i got tired of playing on public servers. tons and tons of abbandoned building just sitting there lagging everything up. ugh. i only play solo or coop with friends and i like it very much.