Morkonan wrote: ↑Fri, 19. Apr 19, 00:28
So, it's a multiplayer game, then?
No it is not a multiplayer game.
In full context:
Morkonan wrote: ↑Wed, 17. Apr 19, 14:55
- 2275 is even more bare-bone in term of online. All it offers is a global market where you can buy and sell your stuffs with a "fluctuate" pricing base on supply and demand. Not going online just mean the price revert to default and stay fixed.
And... why? They had to force you online to update your market prices because... why?
I was explaining to you how the online market in 2205 works. Your inquest is kinda like you are complaining about a game that is 99% Single, and a 1% online aspect comes from a leaderboard. It's like you complain about a SP shouldn't have a leaderboard, and complain about you have to log in to have your score upload, and then make a case why you shouldn't have to do it. That's why I thought it was a silly argument. If you don't care about that feature, you don't have to log in, what I read is you seem to want "I want to have my stat on the leaderboard but shouldn't require to go online to upload it". If that qualified as "multiplayer" to you, then yeah I guess it's a multiplayer.
The point is: if you don't care about that's online component, it wouldn't matter to you anyway. But if you care about playing online, then you should accept the requirement that come with it. But this is more like a case that you want to complain simply because it is "there". I don't like to complain for the shake of complaining.
Are you saying that if I played Anno 2070 offline I would get to retain the upgrades to my Ark ship?
https://anno2070.fandom.com/wiki/Ark
I assume that wiki is lying, since you can't be overstating something or clinging to a misconception in your zeal.
No, it's not lying. But here is the different between a man who eat a steak and know what it tastes like, and a man who watch a video of someone eating a steak and believe he know exactly how it tastes like. The Ark in Anno 2070 functions mostly an ingame cheat device.
- Storage: say you decided you "finish" with your current map and want to start a new game. You can load up items in your warehouse and carry them to your next game and get a head start. Against who? A bunch of non-existent AI. Really, I think it takes less effort to cheat 10,000,000 credits and it would accomplish the same thing.
-Upgrade: most of the upgrade you can carry with your ark around can still be acquire during a normal gaming section, you just have to research and craft them normally.
It's better to think it's more like an incentive to connect, rather punish you for not doing so. A fully upgraded ARK basically put you beyond the rule of the game, and I didn't care for it. Even without going online the Ark still functional, you can still slot it with upgrade, you can still request supply/reinforcement from it, it's just not easy mode. I'm a purist Annoholist, I don't care about "trading with other players", I don't care about "getting a head start", and I don't care about "have overpower boosters at the beginning". So for me it's not even "having minimum impact on gamplay", It's actually "having zero impact" on gameplay. I don't complain just because "it's there". 90% of my time with 2070 were played entirely offline.
So, you're saying this is a competitive multiplayer game that checks to be sure players aren't cheating?
Sigh, this is such a strawman argument that I wouldn't be able to remain courteous and answer it, so I won't. You're making a strawman argument and you know it. If your mind is set that way, I won't bother trying to convince you otherwise.
You know, even if you want that fully upgrade ark, you only need to connect it when you start your new game, after that you can yank the cable off your wall and the game won't care. I mentioned people even used Uplay offline mode to "cheat" the system and played pass the time when the Beta supposed to close, it has becomes that "lax" about it. In fact, out of the 3 platforms I have on my computer right now: Steam, Origin, Uplay is actually the least visible among them.
The reason Uplay got a really bad name dated back a long time ago, when their "always on" requirement was draconian. Not only you have to be connected to start the game, the game constantly check for connection, the moment it loses connection it kicks you out of the game, full stop. They faced intense backlash then, and rightly so. I wouldn't blame anyone if they decided to boycott it then, I was one of them. But like I said that was a long time ago, and these days some people still use that stick to beat up a death horse. And you know people always make issues sound 100x worse than it is when they presented it under prejudice. That's why you remind me of your other post, not because some conspiracy. The people you responded may have amplified their view into the extreme hyperbolic, but there a grain salt of truth to what they said, and there are valid reason for their view, it doesn't mean the views are reasonable. I wouldn't recommend anyone to play 2070 or 2205, because they are not good ANNO games. But if you end up playing them, I bet you would change your complains or at least have a new perspective about them, like "people made a big deal out of THIS" ?
I intended to replay to this a while back:
Morkonan wrote: ↑Sun, 7. Apr 19, 03:36
See, you're making the assumption that there are "other wonderful experiences of a camping trip."
Not "assume", know. Because I'm someone who actually went to the actual camping trip, and not just watch a video or heard someone talk about it.
Anyway. To answer your original post:
Morkonan wrote: ↑Tue, 16. Apr 19, 19:17
Is this title "Live" only? A cut-down version when you're not connected? If so, it'll never be on my PC and that's a shame.
You should gather enough so far from my replies that the answer to both your question is no. In fact, the historical trend clearly show they're moving away from it from each tittle. 2070 with the Ark things is probably most intergrated, 2205 is bare minimum (if you care about it), and so far 1800 you only go online if you want to play multiplayer.
Anyway that's it from me for this argument, I shouldn't even start it in the first place. I prefer talking about much I am enjoying 1800.
I think now I understand what cityplaner have to deal with when they try to build new project on developed land. At first I found that annoying. I ask "why oil has to be collected like this and not just like any other resource", I thought the game just try to be complicate for no reason. 
. At first I didn't think much about it, ships got blew up all the time in 1404, just build another to replace it. Except, it takes a long time to build, sent it across the ocean, load, and wait for it to cross the ocean again ... by the time the new ship arrive, the supply were long gone and my city were already in full crisis mode. I thought it would make a good "No deal Brexit" simulation. 
. I don't know what the Swiss was thinking about their recent decision of 
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