Huge W. Maybe the Stop Killing Games campaign, combined with some very real market realities, will save more games like this from companies with the liberty to do so. Unfortunately, it sounds like multiplayer will likely still depend on Steam servers rather than supporting LAN (I’d be happy to be proven wrong), but this is way better than the game just dying.
Is there anything that was there before that is for sure not going to be there now as a result of this?
No more matchmaking/lobby’s. No more in-game store/MTX/battle pass Only solo/peer to peer/local game.
Well the MMO aspects. It is now single player game with optional co-op.
Nothing against single payer games. I just love me some MMO/MMO lite games.
But could it not still be the exact same game except without a server requirement?
You are asking if it could be same experience as an MMO-lite without being online. Think about it.
Core gameplay will stay, yes. And sounds like they changed quite a bit. But if you were promissed an MMO-lite and are getting a single player game…
I hope that it is notnthe exact same game but offline, because it will not hold up. There are different expectations from a MMO and single player game.