How is the singleplayer vs co-op?

[Oblivious]

This game has been on my wishlist for a while, but i tend to avoid anything multiplayer. I like Warhammer but i don't want the immersion to be broken by 12 year olds screaming, or t-bagging each other, or lag.

Is there voice chat in the game? can you turn it off? is there a lot of griefing/game runing that goes on by others?

[Ghoul Hunter]

You can play with bots, but be prepared to level and collect a lot of gear to get them all maxed out.

If you get there, then you have a pretty competent team. They actually perform, in some ways, better than human players.

[Knight Commander Martellus]

Well let's see
Single = 1
Co-op = 2
Strength in numbers!

[GravePC]

the bots are retarded

[Morrtanius]

Originally posted by Grave:

the bots are retarded

If you stick to proper tactics and equipment guides, bots can be made useful even for legend full book runs. They still need to be babysat, they will sometimes do hilariousely retarded stuff, you will have to pull more than your own weight, but overall they will be consistent and mostly reliable.

[Neptune Towers]

Bots are atm just about unusable as the mod fixing them has yet to be updated to the new version of the game. Even once it kicks back it, there's no knowing if and how they'll be able to handle the new way difficulty works and the new enemies.

However, to answer the OP's questions, voice chat can indeed be turned off and you can always check your ping (turn numerical ping on from options) or host your matches if you want to. I don't think that in its current state the game is worth the money without human players, so if you intend to buy it, do be prepared for the best and the worst when it comes to human interaction.

[GravePC]

Originally posted by Morrtanius:

Originally posted by Grave:

the bots are retarded

If you stick to proper tactics and equipment guides, bots can be made useful even for legend full book runs. They still need to be babysat, they will sometimes do hilariousely retarded stuff, you will have to pull more than your own weight, but overall they will be consistent and mostly reliable.

they never revive you when necessary

[Vanacutt]

The bots are good, as long you know what equipment to give and the right skills.

[GravePC]

[Ghoul Hunter]

Originally posted by .xXx.W4R10KK.xXx.:

Bots are atm just about unusable as the mod fixing them has yet to be updated to the new version of the game. Even once it kicks back it, there's no knowing if and how they'll be able to handle the new way difficulty works and the new enemies.

Not really true. I completed a Cata run with them. You have to really be a unit though, and play tank.

[Deja Vu]

There is no single player.

You can play with bots, which kind of sort of technically allows you to play by yourself, but the game is a multiplayer game.

[The Drifter]

Originally posted by Grave:

Originally posted by Morrtanius:

If you stick to proper tactics and equipment guides, bots can be made useful even for legend full book runs. They still need to be babysat, they will sometimes do hilariousely retarded stuff, you will have to pull more than your own weight, but overall they will be consistent and mostly reliable.

they never revive you when necessary

Really? Bots always seen to revive me when necessary

[WhiteLezard]

Playing with bots is boring. With people the game is fun as hell, even with randoms.

[Demogorgon]

From a single player view: I don't think you'll enjoy the game.
The bots are not 100% reliable and tend to pull mobs when you least want them to.

P.S. Oh - I might teabag you from time to time. I'm just cleaning your face.

[Furboy]

When my group of friends aren't playing I exclusively play with bots. They're great as long as you're willing to level/gear them, which can be kind of a pain in the ass.

A good strategy I find is to let them clear the horde while you focus on sniping elites and specials.

[DryPuddle]

Originally posted by Oblivious:

Is there voice chat in the game? can you turn it off? is there a lot of griefing/game runing that goes on by others?

For an actual reply to your specific questions:

Yes, there is voice chat in this game. It is enabled by default (but mercifully defaults to Push-to-Talk), though it can be easily disabled as there is an option to do so in the options menu. Honestly though, because of the Push-to-Talk default you'll very rarely hear it used even if you keep it enabled.

As for griefing, I can't speak for the whole player base, but it's been very rare in my experience. This is a co-op game, not PvP, so that type of mentality is already less as a result of that. Friendly fire is disabled entirely on lower difficulties, and not generally a major factor on higher difficulties. Generally the worst you'll encounter is the odd person going AFK mid-match without explanation, or queuing up a match and AFKing, leaving you waiting for them to return to start the match (or get bored and quit to look for another match).

As far as co-op versus single player goes, yes, it is entirely possible to play the whole game single player - the game allows you to host private games so that only your friends can join (or nobody if you want to solo). You'll be given NPC bots instead of actual players. You can choose setups and loadouts for these bots as you like, and pick which characters the game uses for them. However, the game is balanced for multiplayer. So you will generally find that things are more difficult relying on NPC bots, as usually even the worst random players will have more situational awareness than the bots occasionally display, and aren't prone to the odd AI bugs you might see once per map or so.

Basically, on lower difficulties the game is perfectly playable as a single-player experience. But on higher difficulties, unless you're especially skilled, you might struggle. Legend difficulty is clearly not balanced with single-player in mind (although that's not to say it can't be done).