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Looking for good single player MMO
Facelesscog
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Let me explain that subject... I enjoy the open world (and generally, the crafting systems) of a good MMO, but my internet connection is spotty, I'm not a fan of paying $15 per month to play and I need to be away from the computer periodically, so it's nice to be able to pause the game, which you can't do in an MMO. With that in mind, I'm looking for a good couple of games that have a similar feature set, but are designed to be single player or even multi-player over a LAN.
I enjoyed Fallout 3 and I'm currently playing through Prototype. Any suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks!
I enjoyed Fallout 3 and I'm currently playing through Prototype. Any suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks!
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They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
Both are from the developer of F3 and both are fantastic.
I really really want Borderlands but I have to finish my first set of games I bought. I have this stupid habit of buying new games before I finish my old ones.
do it if you like having fun
I take it you want a game that is similar to fantasy MMOs but is not? Any 'western RPG' would fit that description (more or less any game made by BioWare). Diablo II can do LAN as well but the online portion doesn't require the greatest internet connection or time consumption.
If you want actual MMOs that can be enjoyable solo and do not require $15 a month, both Guild Wars and Dungeons & Dragons Online are free to play.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/Cykstfc
Borderlands is what you need.
A very large world. Great FPS action, supported by an excellent skill tree. There are three classes, each with their own skill tree. Each skill tree has three branches, of which you have enough points at max level to become maxed in two. The action is great. Difficulty is almost perfect. Great story. Excellent music.
Also, Dungeons and Dragons Online is free, but I have heard people say that there is a reason it is free (it sucks!). Then again, these are also the people that look at me crazy when I say I dislike 99% of MMOs.
The perfect PS2 "single-player MMO" game is .hack//G.U., considering the setting is actually an MMO. I loved that series. The damn thing even had a desktop where you received and sent e-mails from and to your party members, a separate game you could access (card battle game; quite fun), wallpapers and background music to collect and set, and more. You could send them these cards you collected to spark up very large e-mail conversations, too.
The MMO .hack//G.U. takes place in is called The World, and it has everything you expect from a real MMO. There were guilds, guild houses, a PvP arena, random chances for special bosses and loot to appear, "PC's" running around you could interact and trade with, and just so much more. It's incredibly deep.
THat game was so damn pretty! Their art is just amazing.
That said, they have AI buddies you can have in your party to give you a snowball's chance in hell for the missions that advance the story (and the areas you can explore). Unfortunately, they tend to be terrible. They don't have good enough equipment to be competitive, and before the level cap (surprisingly low), their level is too low for the area.
Titan Quest is huuugge.
And is fucking awesome.
Shit! No!
*sigh*
Installing.
The game got a lot more solo friendly later in its life. If you buy the stand-alone expansion Nightfall, then a new henchmen system is introduced called 'Heroes.' These guys level up with you, cover all classes and can be customised (ie. their skills, skill points, equipment, etc). The 'expansion' Eye of the North introduced even more heroes to play with, but you need a copy of one of the stand-alones to play it.
I only ever played with one other 'real' person, the rest of the slots being taken up with the AI companions. The rest of the time I played on my own with Heroes and henchies. It's a little trickier in parts, but you can still play just fine once you learn how the AI behaves.
add S.T.A.L.K.E.R. to that and Batman Arkham Asylum.
(well, ok, Batman doesn't entirely fit but... it's Batman, and if you haven't played it yet, you should)
Anyways some suggestions:
Freelancer
SpaceForce: Rogue universe
Mount & Blade
Tales of Vesperia
Dragon Aqe
Oh god no.
No no no no no no no no no
fuck it's still installed.
see you in a few months everyone
I'm only saved by having a laptop that cannot handle the sheer computational power that this game requires. By the time I've set up the third station in my complex, the framerate slows down enough that I'm able to break the game's spell.
You can play the game single-player. Heck, you can even take your single-player character and drop it online later down the line, or take your character you started online, and move it into single-player. It's more like having the character stick with you, and going where ever you want with it.
That being said, early reviews (take them for what you will) indicate that the game isn't quite so much fun without four people shootin' shit up together.
Given that I've played the entire Prophecies campaign from start to finish with just the AI, I'd say this is wrong. Do they require careful advancement at times? Yes. But they're capable.
I'm so boned
I'll give another nod to Guild Wars. It's huge. It's free. And solo play, while trickier in some places than others, is quite possible. It's also a lot of fun. Also, plenty of people still play it.
Guild Wars is lovely, but the OP said his net connection is spotty. Don't know how viable an option it is.
I'm having a complete blast with my Mordecai single player run. Of course, Mordecai is kind of a lone wolf character, but I'm still enjoying myself immensely. I plan on single player running the other characters, too.
Deus Ex
There, that'll hold him til next summer or so.
Fixd.
FUCK.
Risen was good. 8/10 rating from me. I spent 50 hours completing Risen, and there's replayability. Try beating it as a mage, then a swordsman. I beat it as mage, which was relatively easy. I think the sword fighting vs the stronger humanoids and creatures is tougher than backpedaling while throwing fireballs.
I guess I'm lucky that I find both games painfully boring.
As to suggestions, Saints Row2/GTA4. Two sides to one coin, and both are days of fun just messing around.
The only problem will be updating the game. There's probably going to be about 2gb of updates to download. If the game is up to date, your internet connection can be as bad as it wants to be, and solo play will be fine (I had a friend who played with me through the campaigns and his dialup connection hit 3kb/s at best, and he still managed it). He needed to put it on my DSL connection regularly to grab updates though, but since the game has pretty much been put to pasture while they work on GW2, that should't be an issue anymore as long as you can get the initial updates.