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Angelv577 on 12 March 2016
Blob said:
Angelv577 said:

how so? so people get in and out randomly while you play solo?  there is no way to play solo all the time?

 

Well, i guess you can go solo the whole time now that I think about it, but the game is certainly designed for coop.

There is a segment of the Map that is a multiplayer zone, so if you enter it you'll be running into other players doing there thing. It's a lot harder in the multiplayer zone. Even when I was in there without playing solo I usually just played within site of  another group just so I wouldn't get outnumbered and overcome by the AI. 

Multiplayer zone aside the story missions are very similar to destiny. No respawn zones against bosses, with waves of enemies that can outnumber you became a bit frustrating by myself. You end up just joining a team because it's so easy to do, and the missions are definitely more fun that way. 

yeah, I figure based on gameplay that the best way to play this is with others, I mean, that's the way it was designed after all.  



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fatslob-:O on 12 March 2016

No you do not ...



Blob on 12 March 2016
fatslob-:O said:
No you do not ...

 

Oh really? Interesting. I assume that would cut out the dark zone completely then? 



fatslob-:O on 12 March 2016
Blob said:

 

Oh really? Interesting. I assume that would cut out the dark zone completely then? 

You probably don't get access to the Dark Zone along with some other game modes ...



Blob on 12 March 2016
fatslob-:O said:
Blob said:

 

Oh really? Interesting. I assume that would cut out the dark zone completely then? 

You probably don't get access to the Dark Zone along with some other game modes ...

 

Well there you go. Guess op can get the game after all. I will stand by my thoughts that playing it solo might be quite frustrating though. And the dark zone is pretty much the entirety of the end game currently. 



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Ruler on 12 March 2016
ArchangelMadzz said:
Ruler said:
A game that requires online cant be that good as you may think OP

 

Sure it's an unnecessary ball ache but that's a but of a weird statement. If TLOU required Internet it'd still be phenomenal 

 

Unless you were joking, then my bad..

would it still be phenomenal in 10 years when no one is playing it or when the servers are shut down?



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ArchangelMadzz on 12 March 2016
Ruler said:
ArchangelMadzz said:

 

Sure it's an unnecessary ball ache but that's a but of a weird statement. If TLOU required Internet it'd still be phenomenal 

 

Unless you were joking, then my bad..

would it still be phenomenal in 10 years when no one is playing it or when the servers are shut down?

Yes, it doesn't mean the actual game was bad? I would be upset the servers were shut down, that's bad. but that doesn't mean the actual game was? Of course not.

Edit: Because you can't play Halo and Halo 2 online on the Xbox now, means that it was bad and everyone was playing an awful game.



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Ruler on 12 March 2016
ArchangelMadzz said:
Ruler said:

would it still be phenomenal in 10 years when no one is playing it or when the servers are shut down?

Yes, it doesn't mean the actual game was bad? I would be upset the servers were shut down, that's bad. but that doesn't mean the actual game was? Of course not.

Edit: Because you can't play Halo and Halo 2 online on the Xbox now, means that it was bad and everyone was playing an awful game.

yes it was an awfull (not full game) game because it relied on the MP instead on actuall content. MPs are easily replacable ounce the community moves on to another game. Halo is actually the best example as Destiny has replaced it.



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ArchangelMadzz on 12 March 2016
Ruler said:
ArchangelMadzz said:

Yes, it doesn't mean the actual game was bad? I would be upset the servers were shut down, that's bad. but that doesn't mean the actual game was? Of course not.

Edit: Because you can't play Halo and Halo 2 online on the Xbox now, means that it was bad and everyone was playing an awful game.

yes it was an awfull (not full game) game because it relied on the MP instead on actuall content. MPs are easily replacable ounce the community moves on to another game. Halo is actually the best example as Destiny has replaced it.

Yeah but that's your opinion of the game it has nothing to do with the game not being available anymore. If all copied of Mario 64 got destroyed and all data erased and no one could ever play it again, it wouldn't make it a bad game because you can't play it anymore.

It sucks that the game is always online but it's pure ignorance to base that on the quality of the game.



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Rêveur on 12 March 2016

You can play the entire solo campaign without PS+, though the game does require a constant online connection. You even see other players running on your screen when you get to safe zones. I don't know about the Dark Zone, but I know for the beta, you could still access it without PS+ (though that's probably because it was a beta).

I too do not have PS+ and have no intention of subscribing to it, and the Dark Zone actually doesn't interest me (never been much of a PvP gamer).