Is it playable offline?

[Voland]

I understand that servers are would be online after september, but still. If someday game become offline, what i loose apart from coop? Or they gonna update everything(apart from coop) would be accessible offline?

[gordonfreeman01]

I'd like to know this too as the store page states that one time online access is required for the campaign.

[stuntrock]

Yes.

[RoJo]

Originally posted by stuntrock:

Yes.

This

[Darkrayne]

Most of it is. There's some endgame content that probably won't be accessible if they ever disable the live stuff and don't release some patch that changes things. That includes almost all post-launch content too since you need to be online to download it and it says you need an active internet connection when you try to play the post-launch content in offline mode.

So..

Base game and most of the base game endgame = Yes

Post-launch content = No, unless they change something later

[gordonfreeman01]

Originally posted by Darkrayne:

Most of it is. There's some endgame content that probably won't be accessible if they ever disable the live stuff and don't release some patch that changes things. That includes almost all post-launch content too since you need to be online to download it and it says you need an active internet connection when you try to play the post-launch content in offline mode.

So..

Base game and most of the base game endgame = Yes

Post-launch content = No, unless they change something later

Interesting, is the story actually complete or does the post-launch content significantly expand upon it?

[Darkrayne]

Originally posted by gordonfreeman01:

Originally posted by Darkrayne:

Most of it is. There's some endgame content that probably won't be accessible if they ever disable the live stuff and don't release some patch that changes things. That includes almost all post-launch content too since you need to be online to download it and it says you need an active internet connection when you try to play the post-launch content in offline mode.

So..

Base game and most of the base game endgame = Yes

Post-launch content = No, unless they change something later

Interesting, is the story actually complete or does the post-launch content significantly expand upon it?

The base game campaign is pretty much a complete experience then there's a scene after the credits that justifies the post-launch stuff, much like most marvel movies do it.

The "one time online access is required for the campaign" that you mentioned in your first post just refers to the day one patch when the game launched. I'm pretty sure that patch is just supplied with the Steam install. When they announced the day one patch they said "Those who purchase the game digitally will receive the patch along with the game's initial download".

[gordonfreeman01]

Originally posted by Darkrayne:

Originally posted by gordonfreeman01:

Interesting, is the story actually complete or does the post-launch content significantly expand upon it?

The base game campaign is pretty much a complete experience then there's a scene after the credits that justifies the post-launch stuff, much like most marvel movies do it.

The "one time online access is required for the campaign" that you mentioned in your first post just refers to the day one patch when the game launched. I'm pretty sure that patch is just supplied with the Steam install. When they announced the day one patch they said "Those who purchase the game digitally will receive the patch along with the game's initial download".

Thanks, this is very helpful!

[Sgt. John Helldiver]

I would like to point out that they are moving the game from their dedicated servers to peer-to-peer connection. Not only is this the reason why they are giving away all the MTX DLC, because there will no longer be a way to authenticate them or sell them, but it also means the game will never truly be "Shut down" the way you think it is barring some world-ending event.

Games will be laggier but as long as one person is playing the MP will never actually be shut down or dead.

[Darkrayne]

Originally posted by Sgt. Rock Coxler:

I would like to point out that they are moving the game from their dedicated servers to peer-to-peer connection. Not only is this the reason why they are giving away all the MTX DLC, because there will no longer be a way to authenticate them or sell them, but it also means the game will never truly be "Shut down" the way you think it is barring some world-ending event.

Games will be laggier but as long as one person is playing the MP will never actually be shut down or dead.

You have a source for the peer-to-peer stuff? Not that a doubt what you are saying, just don't want to go around saying the same thing to other people without the source.

[Sgt. John Helldiver]

Originally posted by Darkrayne:

Originally posted by Sgt. Rock Coxler:

I would like to point out that they are moving the game from their dedicated servers to peer-to-peer connection. Not only is this the reason why they are giving away all the MTX DLC, because there will no longer be a way to authenticate them or sell them, but it also means the game will never truly be "Shut down" the way you think it is barring some world-ending event.

Games will be laggier but as long as one person is playing the MP will never actually be shut down or dead.

You have a source for the peer-to-peer stuff? Not that a doubt what you are saying, just don't want to go around saying the same thing to other people without the source.

In the article released by CD they say they are "changing how the game functions so that multiplayer is playable for as long as possible"- that is them changing it to P2P. Miller, the leaker who has proven 100% correct about everything, details that the game is now P2P with events on permanent rotation (in the game client itself rather than on the dedicated servers)
https://twitter.com/luke19812/status/1616566116083433473

If you also use a little game dev common knowledge, this is probably why all the skins are being given away free now. If you make the game all on locally hosted servers and take their dedicated servers out of the equation there's no longer any way to properly authenticate purchases.