How good is it for single player?

[Combat Blues]

I'm not really interested in multiplayer RTS games. I usually play them in a very casual way, just to chill and have fun at my own pace.

I understand this probably doesn't have a campaign mode but... Is the game too dependant on online battles? Or is it enjoyable enough against the AI?

[Fishy]

As it stands, there are very limited single-player options. There is a 'Survival' mode, rather than 'Versus', which has limited strategic depth and a pretty bad AI. And there are 'Challenge' missions, which take single turns from a game and let you replay that turn multiple times to see how good an outcome you can get.

Maybe things will change down the line, but right now the single-player modes are not even the same game, even if the AI was any good. They are very much just little add-ons to the main multi-player event.

With that being said, it's not an RTS, and although the rounds are timed, it's much closer to Turn-Based than Real-Time.

[Shakajolt]

Awful. "Survival" means YOU play like normal, keeping your units between rounds, and the AI throws a completely new random bunch of stuff at you each wave. So 0 planning, 0 thought, and *extremely* limited options in what you can even *do* on a given round.

[MutantBison, PhD]

Terrible. Do not buy this game if you are not interested in the multiplayer component.

Singleplayer exists purely as practice to help new players learn the game before jumping into multiplayer. It has poor AI, even at the highest levels, and quickly becomes repetitive and boring. (And that's only in regards to the skirmish mode. The survival mode is just a broken and unfun mess).

[Garuda One]

The survival game mode is one of the most embarrassing modes I’ve ever seen in any game. It’s an abomination. If you’re looking for single player experience this isn’t it chief.

[Combat Blues]

Thank you all guys.

I guess I will keep it in the wishlist and see if this adds some singleplayer content in the future.

I really enjoyed TABS so I would like to have another auto battle game. Does anyone knows any good one for single player?

[graphitepaddle]

Combat Blues, thanks for bringing up the topic. (GMTA) Have had reservations about the 100-second timer & lack of an undo button.

But now thinking even if the AI isn't enhanced, or new single player content added, it might be worth trying out, if it goes on sale. 5 to 10 hours of entertainment could be worth it, if the price is right.

[MutantBison, PhD]

Originally posted by Combat Blues:

Thank you all guys.

I guess I will keep it in the wishlist and see if this adds some singleplayer content in the future.

I really enjoyed TABS so I would like to have another auto battle game. Does anyone knows any good one for single player?

It'll be free to play when it comes out of early access. Should have some more or better singleplayer content then.

Don't know about any other decent autobattlers, though. Have you tried mods for TABS? Tons and tons of content that would extend the replayability of that game.

[Combat Blues]

Originally posted by LarryBoy101:

Originally posted by Combat Blues:

Thank you all guys.

I guess I will keep it in the wishlist and see if this adds some singleplayer content in the future.

I really enjoyed TABS so I would like to have another auto battle game. Does anyone knows any good one for single player?

It'll be free to play when it comes out of early access. Should have some more or better singleplayer content then.

Don't know about any other decent autobattlers, though. Have you tried mods for TABS? Tons and tons of content that would extend the replayability of that game.

Yes, I tried tons of mods, but after some point I just want to try a different game.

I checked a few autobattlers on the store, but nothing looks too impressive. I guess I will wait and check the store from time to time.

[puschit]

This game isn't RTS, though. Personally, I like RTS but it's too hectic and fast to play against human players. Nevertheless I really like Mechabellum, even against human players, because you don't do anything besides watching once a round starts.
If you truly watch for autobattlers, though, you don't need to wait much because there is no better one out there. You could wait for it to become FTP, though, which is scheduled to become a thing withon less than a year.

[Breakdowns]

This is probably because I'm bad but I'm getting a lot of mileage out of practice mode against the insane bot. I win more than I lose but then it'll do something wild and I have no idea what to do. lol

If you're too good I imagine the bot is pretty easy to counter, you can predict a lot of things it'll do and if you're better than me I'm sure it's not much of a challenge.

Hoping that these single-player modes get more love in the future.

[Antiga]

Survival is horrendous. There is no strategy or thought. No countering or anything other than playing against RNG. The RNG is a huge problem in this game anyway, you can never really do what you want and are pretty much guaranteed to not get what you need, at all times.
So in the end it's just trying to synergize the RNG thrown at you, which can lead to some fun results sometimes, but is usually just frustrating and annoying. Shame, as it's a fun game otherwise.

[puschit]

There are those puzzle like scenarios, though, and since they are player-made, we will never run out of them.

[Fishy]

Originally posted by puschit:

There are those puzzle like scenarios, though, and since they are player-made, we will never run out of them.

They're not actually player-made though, right?

[Eugen]

It's not a auto battler (I guess you sorted all of them in Steam store anyway) but you maybe like: "FTL - Faster than light" or "Into the breach" as a alternative.

[Mivo]

Originally posted by Breakdowns:

This is probably because I'm bad but I'm getting a lot of mileage out of practice mode against the insane bot.

I actually like doing that too for a stress-free experience. The bot largely ignores what the player is doing, and it's predictable (especially with flanking), but sometimes it does interesting things too. I could see them making it a worthwhile sparing partner with some tweaking.

To OP, as everyone else has said, it's largely a multiplayer game, but you can also approach it like a SP game by turning off the chat and just think of your opponents as bots! The only downside is the timer.