Helldivers 2 is the sequel to the immensely popular Helldivers, an interesting online cooperative gameplay experience. The main attraction of a series like this, apart from the graphics and the sci-fi plot, is the teamwork. This is a third-person shooter that makes it possible for you to enjoy the game with a team of players. While there is a dedicated campaign, the dev team left a lot of players confused with their always online announcement. What does always online mean? Can you even play single-player offline in this game?
Some of these questions were left unanswered until more information about the game came out. With this information, the community as a whole is in a better place to answer questions like, Is there an offline single-player mode? Games like this tend to have an always-online feature since it is a server-based game that encourages teamwork and coop play. That is mostly why the developers chose to stay silent about this. However, we are here to share all the details regarding the same.
HELLDIVERS 2: Can you play offline?
The answer to this question is a simple one: no. You cannot play Helldivers 2 offline. You will consistently need to stay connected to the internet to play this game. This is regardless of whether you are playing solo or with a team. All of this means that while it does have a single-player mode, you have to be connected to the Internet to play the game. This is a major bummer because it means you have to be online to enjoy this game, even if you want to do it alone.
Why?
Since we don’t know exactly why this is the case, we are going to play it safe and assume that it is because of the anti-cheat. Because this is a coop game, we assume the anti-cheat is going to be quite strong in this game. Since anti-cheat requires you to be online to sync with their servers and detect cheating, it requires you to always be online. This, in a way, also takes away piracy and offline modding since people tend to disconnect to mod and alter game files. Without anti-cheat or without the internet, you won’t be able to play Helldivers 2.
Is piracy and cheating really that much of an issue?
Well, yes. Game developers put a lot of hard work into these games. Very often, if the game has an offline single-player component, it is pirated or modded. This not only compromises the game itself but also makes a huge mess for developers to deal with if taken online. Requiring you to be online all the time is a good way to avoid this entirely. This is likely why the developers have opted to make it online only. Apart from this, we know little about why this decision was taken the way it was. If we go by the prequel and the decisions taken therein, it seems consistent with the series. Like the prequel, the emphasis is going to be on team play and it is likely the developers really wanted to emphasize this aspect of the game.
Well, that is all the information we have about Helldiver 2 and its offline single-player mode. If you found this article helpful and would like to read more such content, visit Android Gram daily.
