How fun and complicated is it while playing solo?

[Ghost Face]

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[Smetrix]

It’s fun, when all of your ai crew mates are not being total morons lol.

Pro’s are that you have complete control over your sub and can play as any class, and you do not have to worry about somebody trolling you and ruining the whole lobby.

Cons are that the ai crew can be dumb as hell, and being that the ai has limited options for what they can do, it’s a lot more micro management on your part.

[DuckieMcduck]

https://steamcommunity.com/app/602960/discussions/0/3780248001147948753/

TL;DR solo is fun, but for learning the game it is extremely complicated because you are expected to micromanage every aspect of the game. And the game has quite a lot of mechanics, meant to be spread out in multiplayer.

[kkraft3214]

i get to brutally murder my crew with no repercussions when they do something dumb. i'm looking at you artie.

[Chimz]

I finished a campaign on multiplayer and another solo.

Solo is ♥♥♥♥. It's more than doable but it's half is fun as multiplayer, because you're always the one doing the important and specific things, and you don't get to do coordinated group tactics or even talk ♥♥♥♥ all the time and have fun.
You just become someone in charge of a bunch of bots that kill you if there's an enemy behind you.

I would NOT recommend solo to ANYONE.

[Maximum stupidity]

I have finished this game multiple times on solo and it works but multiplayer is better

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Originally posted by kkraft3214:

i get to brutally murder my crew with no repercussions when they do something dumb. i'm looking at you artie.

you leave him ALONE you MONSTER

but singleplayer is fun just like what everyone else is saying maybe stick to smaller ships because the ai can go full braindead sometimes. especially in workshop/custom ships you make because the pathfinding has to be just right or it WILL bug out at some point.

maybe join a new person friendly lobby first if you want to learn because its kind of a trial by fire in single player.

[PHOBIE]

it doesn't deserve the single-player tag. maybe playable for masochists.

[Doctor Darling]

Solo is fun, but if you hate having to pilot the sub most of the game, then it ain't for you.

[Coin786]

i like single player more for the simple fact that the ai listen to me and they also don't set the reactor on fire because they put 4 fuel rods in at once and overheat it and they also DO THEIR ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ JOBS

[Coin786]

but if you get good crew members it should be fine just watch out for the people who try to troll

[Quibz]

The challenge comes from managing the idiot bots in your sub. The final boss is a huge pain in the ass solo because the bots dont prioritize damaging it.

Otherwise I'd say the only thing that changes between solo and multi is that prisoner missions aren't really possible with a bot crew. As soon as prisoners start revolting the bots go for the kill instead of trying to reshackle them.

[lunaris80]

you can use your custom sub and it will be fine if you make it OP.

In multiplayer if your sub is too OP and other players get bored theres high chance that guy will blowup your ship.

[PHOBIE]

In a nutshell:

- It's very micro-intensive, you have to do everything, bot shows no initiative.

- this leads to missions becoming tedious or impossible, you have to work around mechanics to do boss or revolts

- you have to constantly be on the lookout for people in multiplayer trolling

- bots can be better than people to play with because they don't set the reactor on fire and do their jobs (if you make them, with excessive micro). what a joke.

- you can't use big ships and some workshop content because the pathfinding can easily bug out and then the AI goes full braindead.

- you can't do coordinated group tactics with bots. bots are dumb.

- the game doesn't explain itself well, and trying to learn it while ordering bots around, and trying not to die at the same time, is just so much work it's not fun.


Now we have these two choices that both seem bad:

- a) multiplayer is better because the excessive micro can be spread out to several players (but they will troll you, not do their jobs or ruin your lobby if they are mean, dumb or bored)

- b) single-player is better because the bots don't actively troll you, not do their orders or ruin your lobby: but you will troll yourself with bots that shoot you, don't take prisoners, and need to be told every little thing (unless they go completely braindead). they are always dumb.

The thing that seems off here is that these are playbility issues and bugs that persist for years with Developer showing no intention to fix them, and shipping the game without those core gameplay features in place seems shady.

The game seems a chore that only a fraction of players who bought it are willing to endure. But then also you get people who say "this game just ain't for you" if you dare to criticize it.

Probably the game is great, just playing it sucks a golf-ball through a garden-hose.

[DuckieMcduck]

I find this review words it quite well. The main idea of the game was to be a roleplay heavy "crisis simulator" akin to Space Station 13, where people are told to maintain a complex environment but stupidity and bad actors usually lead it to become impossible to salvage.

With that in mind, the PvE focus and Campaign were added as an afterthought to vanilla. I enjoyed playing it, personally, but it definitely is not for most people. If you have mates who share in the amusement then the game can be a stage for extremely unique and memorable moments.

What's better depends on whether you like the PvE or the improv RP/PvP. I enjoy the PvE in this game, because my schedules and that of my friends aren't too flexible, and if I were to roleplay with randoms I'd just play Space Station 13. But that game is much harder, and looks like a commodore 64 piece of software. The SS14 remake is on Steam for those interested, I highly recommend it:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1255460/Space_Station_14/

[Capybaralhalla]

Solo + 8 bots + Humpback fully upgraded and you gonna be fine all the run.