Am I forced to play solo to unlock multiplayer quests?

[Echo]

Title. Can I only focus on playing online with my friend? As I heard story mode is single player only. I'm not interested in playing solo story mode as I never played this franchise before. Gameplay and some characters took our interest, so we just want to have fun together, hunt bosses and monsters.

[little brat]

have to do story to get all quests. if you skip cutscenes and play on easy you could probably get thru story in 6 hours maybe less. once you beat story you unlock hard difficulty quests and dats where progression really begins. youll have to do a bit more story then, done by doing multiplayer quests to unlock the proper ending.

but yea, if you absolute do not want to invest any time doing single player, then the games not for you

[Echo]

Originally posted by 死の幼女:

have to do story to get all quests. if you skip cutscenes and play on easy you could probably get thru story in 6 hours maybe less. once you beat story you unlock hard difficulty quests and dats where progression really begins. youll have to do a bit more story then, done by doing multiplayer quests to unlock the proper ending.

but yea, if you absolute do not want to invest any time doing single player, then the games not for you

Isn't it weird story mode is not coop? To me it's weird a bit but still can't say much as I don't know about this franchise. We will give it a chance, refund is an option. Game looks nice I want to try for 2 hours at least.

[Mishi Sho]

Its not weird since coop would allow for usage of the same characters and therefore would not really be that great for the narrative. even if this game isn't that story heavy it still make sense for it to have the solo only on story missions. you are forced to bring the main character in the party during these story quests.

[little brat]

its pretty faithful to the original granblue, where story progression is seperated from multiplayer. the game has a lot of dialogue and cutscenes and very setpiece like stuff which would make multiplayer kinda awkward. i dont want to spoil anything but some of the story gameplay would feel weird in multiplayer.

would i prefer being able to play it in multiplayer? well yes of course.

i will warn you tho, within 2 hours you will barely scratch the surface. game is super easy early on, especially if you play on easy to get thru faster. most gameplay mechanics are locked behind completing the main story. pretty much once you reach very hard/maniac difficulty and reach lvl 80+ the game just throws new ways of progression and build diversity at you.
you constantly unlock new stuff and difficulty is kinda low till you reach "legendary skyfarer" rank which ecompasses the last 2 difficulties (idk if theres more coming after, im currently halfway through the proud difficulty).

[Sharkinbear]

Originally posted by Echo:

Title. Can I only focus on playing online with my friend? As I heard story mode is single player only. I'm not interested in playing solo story mode as I never played this franchise before. Gameplay and some characters took our interest, so we just want to have fun together, hunt bosses and monsters.

No one has played any game in this franchise in the vein of a arpg. This is the first game like this. There is a mobile game but that's not in America I don't think and there is a lightning game. There's also the anime that's on fumigation right now but from my understanding this is kind of standalone. Maybe you might surprisingly enjoy the story but yea as everyone has said before you unlock the multi-player as you play solo. And after the game is beat, toy get access to the harder difficulties of quests.

[Echo]

Originally posted by 死の幼女:

its pretty faithful to the original granblue, where story progression is seperated from multiplayer. the game has a lot of dialogue and cutscenes and very setpiece like stuff which would make multiplayer kinda awkward. i dont want to spoil anything but some of the story gameplay would feel weird in multiplayer.

would i prefer being able to play it in multiplayer? well yes of course.

i will warn you tho, within 2 hours you will barely scratch the surface. game is super easy early on, especially if you play on easy to get thru faster. most gameplay mechanics are locked behind completing the main story. pretty much once you reach very hard/maniac difficulty and reach lvl 80+ the game just throws new ways of progression and build diversity at you.
you constantly unlock new stuff and difficulty is kinda low till you reach "legendary skyfarer" rank which ecompasses the last 2 difficulties (idk if theres more coming after, im currently halfway through the proud difficulty).

Thanks for your detailed information. When online quests starting to shown by the way? When you reach that general hub area that I've seen on videos? I've seen play online option there.

Originally posted by Sharkinbear:

Originally posted by Echo:

Title. Can I only focus on playing online with my friend? As I heard story mode is single player only. I'm not interested in playing solo story mode as I never played this franchise before. Gameplay and some characters took our interest, so we just want to have fun together, hunt bosses and monsters.

No one has played any game in this franchise in the vein of a arpg. This is the first game like this. There is a mobile game but that's not in America I don't think and there is a lightning game. There's also the anime that's on fumigation right now but from my understanding this is kind of standalone. Maybe you might surprisingly enjoy the story but yea as everyone has said before you unlock the multi-player as you play solo. And after the game is beat, toy get access to the harder difficulties of quests.

If it can give me some Monster Hunter vibes I think I can handle story mode and finish solo quests as soon as possible. Boss fights and general gameplay looks great to me.

[LostMyLeg]

Time to download a savegame somewhere :D