One of VR’s earliest hopefuls no longer has VR on the agenda.
Expect the game to only work offline right now.
As we trend ever deeper into a world of games that require servers maintained by the developer or publisher, we see more and more games disappearing from the world. What happens when these games are shut down? What does it take for a game to survive beyond this point?
I was going to say that. Lol!
Actually, "Just ask Atari where ET is."
But basically the same joke.
Most modern games that have online components like destiny rely so heavily on co op between players that even if you had a full disc version popping it in and playing won't be a fun experience as you can't play the actual game after hitting a wall with difficulty levels of they even boot
But classic titles like vice city will still be the same in 2049 as they were in 2001 provided you play on a disc not stripped down digital versions that have the soundtrack cut out ten years later
Hawken, the free to play mech shooter has had its servers closed on Steam, but it will remain live on consoles.
This is exactly why only online multiplayer games won't last very long. It's important to have a single player campaign (a good one, not a throw-away trash story) or some kind of offline multiplayer mode.
it's doing well on console mostly because xbox gamers haven't had a good game for a few years.
I’ve played some great MP-only titles, so needing a SP isn’t really an issue, so much as it’s the developers needing to make the game good and offer content to keep people coming back.
When it's fighting Mechwarrior Online, another PVP mech game from a franchise with an established fan-base, it couldn't really compete. While MWO does have its issues, it has solid combat with a very generous F2P model, unlike Hawken, which forced you to use a starter mech and then buy every other one.
PUBG does not need a sp campaign. Never let me catch you speaking such rot again.
Hawken was never a very popular game, i think its peak concurrent user count was a little over 8k. There is plenty of other popular old MP games, heck the original Counter Strike has a pretty large user base lol.
Glad i never got it and now never will.
No VR = No Money, Don't Buy Please. We as gamers need to take a stand that this is not ok with us.
Another reason why I don't play on line only games.....
Played this game a couple of times because it was F2P and like most F2P games the polish was horrible and the UI confusing as hell.
I just don't understand how these F2P games all share these low qualities similarities.
Shame really as it was an amazing game. But i haven't played it in ages, and honestly if only "86" concurrent users are logging in to play then the cost alone to keep those servers up are not worth it. Hence why more games need to have offline singleplayer modes otherwise this game is going to go the way of MAG... unplayable.
This is why offline singleplayer experiences will never be "dead" as some people have been claiming in the industry.