Play offline?

[BloodyVikings!]

Can I? I hate other people and just want to play games alone. I know I could on PS4 back when I played it there, but it doesn't look like I can now. Right?

I can't just unplug the ethernet because I need it for steamlink to my TV. I don't want to run an annoying HDMI-cable through my apt.

[teo20515]

You can block the game in your firewall. You will also gain a huge performance boost since the online mode is slowing the game down a lot

[BloodyVikings!]

Originally posted by teo20515:

You can block the game in your firewall. You will also gain a huge performance boost since the online mode is slowing the game down a lot

Why didn't I think of that? :-O Thanks for the help!

Btw, I have perfect FPS (60+) with everything maxed and 8xmsaa and 1440p. I have no idea why everyone else has poor performance. Maybe it's CPU bound? I have an i7 9700k at 4,8GHz so that could be why? I dunno. Anyway, again, thanks! :-)

[teo20515]

It is CPU bound and by a lot, or so it seems. Glad to help :)

[IndigoBlue]

You are free to do whatever you want with the game of course. But if you play the game entirely alone I dont think you are getting the experience out of that was intended. For me the game seems to only be complete with that aspect in there.
I will never forgot the amazing moments I had because of the other travellers I met during my Journey.

[nju]

Running Steam in Offline Mode (Steam -> Go offline...) worked for me. I just did that to complete some achievements and jump back to Chapter Select without abandoning another player who was hoping for a proper companion. Didn't encounter any other people and Steam still properly registered the achievements, so maybe try that?

edit: I just realized that I have no idea whether steamlink requires your client to be online, so that might not work for you after all in your particular case.

[BloodyVikings!]

Originally posted by TheKlikluk:

You are free to do whatever you want with the game of course. But if you play the game entirely alone I dont think you are getting the experience out of that was intended. For me the game seems to only be complete with that aspect in there.
I will never forgot the amazing moments I had because of the other travellers I met during my Journey.

I understand that. It's just that I don't want to play together with other people. I don't even want to with my friends. I'm that kind of person, you know? I just want to spend my time alone because other people take up so much of my daily life that games are an escape for me. The moment I saw someone in game it bothered me so much I felt ill and just quit. But my experience with it was a lot better after blocking it through the firewall.

Not every person like online games or want to play together with others, even if there's no way of communicating. Like seriously, I played WoW alone from level 1 to 120. I did some raids when I had to but I never talked to anyone. I just don't like other people, even if they're a mute.

Originally posted by nju:

Running Steam in Offline Mode (Steam -> Go offline...) worked for me. I just did that to complete some achievements and jump back to Chapter Select without abandoning another player who was hoping for a proper companion. Didn't encounter any other people and Steam still properly registered the achievements, so maybe try that?

edit: I just realized that I have no idea whether steamlink requires your client to be online, so that might not work for you after all in your particular case.

Yeah but doing so will block me entirely from using my steamlink like you said :-P Thanks anyway!

[asciss0rs]

Originally posted by BloodyVikings!:

Originally posted by TheKlikluk:

You are free to do whatever you want with the game of course. But if you play the game entirely alone I dont think you are getting the experience out of that was intended. For me the game seems to only be complete with that aspect in there.
I will never forgot the amazing moments I had because of the other travellers I met during my Journey.

I understand that. It's just that I don't want to play together with other people. I don't even want to with my friends. I'm that kind of person, you know? I just want to spend my time alone because other people take up so much of my daily life that games are an escape for me. The moment I saw someone in game it bothered me so much I felt ill and just quit. But my experience with it was a lot better after blocking it through the firewall.

Not every person like online games or want to play together with others, even if there's no way of communicating. Like seriously, I played WoW alone from level 1 to 120. I did some raids when I had to but I never talked to anyone. I just don't like other people, even if they're a mute.

Originally posted by nju:

Running Steam in Offline Mode (Steam -> Go offline...) worked for me. I just did that to complete some achievements and jump back to Chapter Select without abandoning another player who was hoping for a proper companion. Didn't encounter any other people and Steam still properly registered the achievements, so maybe try that?

edit: I just realized that I have no idea whether steamlink requires your client to be online, so that might not work for you after all in your particular case.

Yeah but doing so will block me entirely from using my steamlink like you said :-P Thanks anyway!

curious if you ended up playing through offline and if you enjoyed it? I'm contemplating doing the same. I turned it off as soon as I realized it was co-op by default.

[s p a c e j a n i t o r]

The game says "Play alone or in the company of a fellow traveler".

So how does the game intend one to play alone?

I just started and all of the sudden the level is being passed while i'm looking around... someone else is just taking over my experience of the game : /

[Wither]

Originally posted by s p a c e j a n i t o r:

The game says "Play alone or in the company of a fellow traveler".

So how does the game intend one to play alone?

I just started and all of the sudden the level is being passed while i'm looking around... someone else is just taking over my experience of the game : /

That's nut. One of reason I don't play ESO.

[Bomoo]

Works perfectly fine if you simply disconnect from the interwebs before you get to the stage where you're matched with other players. I.e. the broken bridge area.