Is this always online or is there offline single player?

[Jenoh]

Indie multiplayer games always makes me nervous about spending money on it since imo theres a higher chance it will stop being supported.

If this does happen i would love to still play a pokemon game in offline.

[Jenoh]

Originally posted by B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t:

This is an MMO, it's always online that you can play by yourself or co-op with a friend. There is no single-player version but there are those of us that want one so keep asking for it and maybe one day they'll listen.

Yeah i really dont like the idea of having to sign in and connect to a server to play a game as single player.

[Skine]

Originally posted by Jenoh:

Originally posted by B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t:

This is an MMO, it's always online that you can play by yourself or co-op with a friend. There is no single-player version but there are those of us that want one so keep asking for it and maybe one day they'll listen.

Yeah i really dont like the idea of having to sign in and connect to a server to play a game as single player.

it takes like 1 min m8

[Rxproject]

Originally posted by Jenoh:

Originally posted by B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t:

This is an MMO, it's always online that you can play by yourself or co-op with a friend. There is no single-player version but there are those of us that want one so keep asking for it and maybe one day they'll listen.

Yeah i really dont like the idea of having to sign in and connect to a server to play a game as single player.

Like....all MMO?

[NinoDonDino]

i played the stress test yesterday and i just really hope that it will be better on release, because yesterday it was unplayable... staying there and disconnecting and reconnecting for like 10min or after opening a box i stay at a spot and can't move for 5min because its loading or something. I was like "♥♥♥♥ it, i dont even bother trying to play".
The problem could be that it was only 2h stresstest and many many people wanted to try it, so on release the people that want to play a more spread over the day and not everyone at the same time. But if this problem is the same on release... welp... the game would probably lose a lot of people.
Would be cool if there was a option to play offline for moments like that.

[Digihuman]

Originally posted by NinoDonDino:

i played the stress test yesterday and i just really hope that it will be better on release, because yesterday it was unplayable... staying there and disconnecting and reconnecting for like 10min or after opening a box i stay at a spot and can't move for 5min because its loading or something. I was like "♥♥♥♥ it, i dont even bother trying to play".
The problem could be that it was only 2h stresstest and many many people wanted to try it, so on release the people that want to play a more spread over the day and not everyone at the same time. But if this problem is the same on release... welp... the game would probably lose a lot of people.
Would be cool if there was a option to play offline for moments like that.

Of course it will be better on release. The entire point of it was to be a stress test. There would be far more worrying concerns if the game ran perfectly smoothly.

Additionally, it was a 3-hour stress test. Due to a major issue afflicting the first hour (a bug involving Max), they extended it by an hour. They did only announce that on Twitter though.

I do agree that I would also like an offline mode, or at least a spinoff offline game. But I do feel the fact that this is very clearly stated as an MMO makes the question "do you need to be online to play it" rather amusing and redundant, akin to asking if Lasertag requires lasers.

[Jenoh]

Originally posted by Digihuman:

Originally posted by NinoDonDino:

i played the stress test yesterday and i just really hope that it will be better on release, because yesterday it was unplayable... staying there and disconnecting and reconnecting for like 10min or after opening a box i stay at a spot and can't move for 5min because its loading or something. I was like "♥♥♥♥ it, i dont even bother trying to play".
The problem could be that it was only 2h stresstest and many many people wanted to try it, so on release the people that want to play a more spread over the day and not everyone at the same time. But if this problem is the same on release... welp... the game would probably lose a lot of people.
Would be cool if there was a option to play offline for moments like that.

Of course it will be better on release. The entire point of it was to be a stress test. There would be far more worrying concerns if the game ran perfectly smoothly.

Additionally, it was a 3-hour stress test. Due to a major issue afflicting the first hour (a bug involving Max), they extended it by an hour. They did only announce that on Twitter though.

I do agree that I would also like an offline mode, or at least a spinoff offline game. But I do feel the fact that this is very clearly stated as an MMO makes the question "do you need to be online to play it" rather amusing and redundant, akin to asking if Lasertag requires lasers.

True it is stated as an MMO but the way the devs describe gameplay it could also VERY easily be played offline, so easily in fact i felt the need to ask if there was an offline mode.

To me personally it feels more akin to what EA did with simcity, having to be always online in order to play a game you would play alone. Well, for me alone.

[Jenoh]

Originally posted by Skine:

Originally posted by Jenoh:

Yeah i really dont like the idea of having to sign in and connect to a server to play a game as single player.

it takes like 1 min m8

I don't like the idea of always online videogames. Same reason why I don't like Google Stadia.

[Dr0W]

Some games are like that, like Sim City or even Monster Hunter and Dark Souls, where while it feels like a full online game, it's hosted on your machine and people simply connect to your game for multiplayer features. I think even Pokémon for 3DS are like that, you can be 100% online if you want.

However this is not a single player that you need to be always onlnie. This is a full mmo, it's multiplayer and it's online. You might choose to not interact with other players, but it's not as you describe "akin to simcity". It's not just a choice to have a single player online, it IS online.

TLDR; It's not a "always online singleplayer" where you can request an offline singleplayer. It's a MMO, always online multiplayer.

[Jenoh]

Originally posted by Dr0W:

Some games are like that, like Sim City or even Monster Hunter and Dark Souls, where while it feels like a full online game, it's hosted on your machine and people simply connect to your game for multiplayer features. I think even Pokémon for 3DS are like that, you can be 100% online if you want.

However this is not a single player that you need to be always onlnie. This is a full mmo, it's multiplayer and it's online. You might choose to not interact with other players, but it's not as you describe "akin to simcity". It's not just a choice to have a single player online, it IS online.

TLDR; It's not a "always online singleplayer" where you can request an offline singleplayer. It's a MMO, always online multiplayer.

Idk when i read the early access description of Temtem it seems it could be an offline singleplayer game. In fact it feels like the MMO part is tact on.

[76561198158285252]

dude, we all waiting for temtem because it gives us the thing that we have always wanted for so long: a Pokemon mmo... and then you want them to turn it back to single player game again? cmon bro.

[Digihuman]

Originally posted by Jenoh:

To me personally it feels more akin to what EA did with simcity, having to be always online in order to play a game you would play alone. Well, for me alone.

I won't deny that this genre absolutely can be done single-player. But I don't think comparing it to SimCity is quite fair. With SC, they were taking a very established franchise and changing directions with it. TemTem is coming out of the gates as an online experience so there are no expectations on it.

(Plus, SC and TemTem's online are worlds apart in terms of functionality)

I think my main "hope" so to speak is that if they ever run out of money with TemTem, they retrofit it into a single-player game at the end of its life, maybe with the ability to connect with steam friends. That would be an amazing way to end an MMO of this genre's life - reincarnation into a new, lasting product.

Originally posted by Dewi Kwan Im:

dude, we all waiting for temtem because it gives us the thing that we have always wanted for so long: a Pokemon mmo... and then you want them to turn it back to single player game again? cmon bro.

Not everyone wants a Pokemon MMO. The idea is nice in principle but can be messy in practice, and MMOs come with some baggage, too. A lot of us just want a PC Pokemon experience, or in the very least, a Pokemon-like game made by a company with more sense and ambition than Game Freak do.

[Beldr]

Originally posted by Dewi Kwan Im:

dude, we all waiting for temtem because it gives us the thing that we have always wanted for so long: a Pokemon mmo... and then you want them to turn it back to single player game again? cmon bro.

Haven't tried it , but what advantadge doas a "pokemon" MMO even has?
Chat?
Seeing like 200 more people running in circles in som grass?
Seriously I am not criticising the game since I have not seen or tested it, but I see no advantadge or really anything at all that an MMO could bring to the table that a regular connect to battle or trade when needed game

[Digihuman]

Originally posted by Beldr:

Originally posted by Dewi Kwan Im:

dude, we all waiting for temtem because it gives us the thing that we have always wanted for so long: a Pokemon mmo... and then you want them to turn it back to single player game again? cmon bro.

Haven't tried it , but what advantadge doas a "pokemon" MMO even has?
Chat?
Seeing like 200 more people running in circles in som grass?
Seriously I am not criticising the game since I have not seen or tested it, but I see no advantadge or really anything at all that an MMO could bring to the table that a regular connect to battle or trade when needed game

Some people suggest immersion, but from my experience so far I actually find it immersion-breaking to see around fifty other people crowding around NPCs I'm supposed to talk to...or a town having 4 times as many tamers running around as it has local population. xD

[Beldr]

Originally posted by Digihuman:

Originally posted by Beldr:

Haven't tried it , but what advantadge doas a "pokemon" MMO even has?
Chat?
Seeing like 200 more people running in circles in som grass?
Seriously I am not criticising the game since I have not seen or tested it, but I see no advantadge or really anything at all that an MMO could bring to the table that a regular connect to battle or trade when needed game

Some people suggest immersion, but from my experience so far I actually find it immersion-breaking to see around fifty other people crowding around NPCs I'm supposed to talk to...or a town having 4 times as many tamers running around as it has local population. xD

So nothing gameplay related, just roleplaying then?

[Jenoh]

Originally posted by Digihuman:

Originally posted by Beldr:

Haven't tried it , but what advantadge doas a "pokemon" MMO even has?
Chat?
Seeing like 200 more people running in circles in som grass?
Seriously I am not criticising the game since I have not seen or tested it, but I see no advantadge or really anything at all that an MMO could bring to the table that a regular connect to battle or trade when needed game

Some people suggest immersion, but from my experience so far I actually find it immersion-breaking to see around fifty other people crowding around NPCs I'm supposed to talk to...or a town having 4 times as many tamers running around as it has local population. xD

True. I would love for the MMO part to be an option when you start the game at the main menu. I will always prefer single player or borderlands like coop.