System Requirements: No internet connection required?

[Megiddo]

Good day! I'm wondering how this title really works. Internet connection isn't listed as a system requirement, but I'm seeing in the EULA that consistent internet connection is required. Is this only for multiplayer activities? Is a legit offline singleplayer mode available?

[MaximumEffort]

Yes. You can play offline without loss of content. MP is only for summoning players for bosses and PvP. But those are nearly non existant at this point.

[Madao]

Originally posted by MaximumEffort:

Yes. You can play offline without loss of content. MP is only for summoning players for bosses and PvP. But those are nearly non existant at this point.

not really, there seem to be plenty of people still playing online.

You just have to decide whether the threat of a cheater ruining your save file is worth the potential co-op or pvp

[SlusheeWolf2 (jRPG Wolf)]

The online is more of a novelty but the game does have an incentive for online play.

There are church bells that ring when another player online has completed the main objective of ringing the bells. The are PvP invasions of which most NPCs give you items to do so, such as Solaire's coin he gives you when you first meet him. You can summon other players instead of NPCs for boss fights.

An important covenant in the Darkroot Garden attacks you on sight if you aren't an active member and their whole spiel is to invade other online players who "cause harm to the forest". You can switch active covenants at any bonfire.

And the most important thing about online play it the soapstone messaging system where other players leave you important messages on the ground about stuff like fake walls, imminant high level enemies, and traps you might walk into.

You'll be missing out on these important messages without online play.

In other words, yes the game functions normally and is playable without internet but the game is designed around online play so you might miss out on very important features that the developers intended for you use.

[dcy665]

You must be "online" with Steam to have achievements register
Some of which have been a persistent PITA