I know Helldivers 2 is primarily a multiplayer experience but as a Dad Gamer - I predominantly play solo or with randoms and that is how I review games. At the time of this video matchmaking was broken and therefore I could only add my opinions on this video based on playing completely solo. *edit: oh my... why are people so angry that I tested out a solo mode? If the game was multiplayer only then it would have launched with a matchmaking system that forced me into a squad. Think about it for a second, yeah?
I'm a huge fan if killing floor 2, a similar coop focused wave shooter. I okay solo ALLLL the time and love it. I enjoy multiplayer too, but as player count has dropped over time, in glad I can play alone. I would play HD2 mostly solo until they fix matchmaking as i have no friends. Is it worth getting now given my experience with similar titles in single player? Or wait until matchmaking is fixed?
@@stevenc9251right now they fix the servers and match making. Hope it last long. As more players join the more they have to keep updating it. It still worth buying and playing this game in my opinion.
Yeah I always play alone. There's nothing like surviving on bullets and strategy. Ive taken on 3 Chargers solo and made it out. That's just fun bro. Just takes experience and remember that you're doing it for Lady Liberty. And Warbonds.
It gets alot easier when you get to the higher levels, i could reasonably solo up to medium content until i had to quickplay, but when i got to lvl 15 i unlocked the arc thrower, 500kg bomb, and orbital laser which is SO good to take out those chargers and bile titans which are the worst offenders to solo run killers
See.. now this is where I wanted conversations to start going! I will work my way to unlocking those items and then give SOLO another run. Thank you for offering positive involvement.
The only things you need are light armor (scout), cluster bomb, orbital laser, shield backpack, railgun, breaker shotgun, redeemer pistol, 400dmg granade. This thing can do helldive solo. Its by no means easy and takes alot of kiting and situational awareness but it feels so damn good to solo helldives sometimes :) Can hatd carry every team with this too. 😂
@@Marauder2005 I am on unlocking those things as fast as possible unfortunately I've had crashes and/or teammates leave mid-game and have been wasting 2 hours a day with no XP progress.
@@iamthegamingnerd yeah i know this feeling. Yesterday the matchmaking was broken and solo or friends was the only way gaining something. Played 6 hours solo missions and hell is it exhausting in this game because of the swarms and last second extracts. But Was alot of fun also ^^' my typical Tarkov mentality shines here i guess xD For crashes. If you run a 7000series amd graphics card there is a driver update for download on their website. I dont think its in auto update of the adrenaline edition. It fixed the illumination, reflection and occulision crashes. Ran the game 1440p with everything cranked up on max yesterday without a single crash and 150fps avarage. Finaly... And for matchmaking problems i think the only fix is to disable crossplay still cause ps and pc players seem to conflict their matches somewhat and the game crashes so often on drop or extract. Duno why but after i turned crossplay off again it was fixed for me and friends and randoms. The servers run at max capacity and they dont register unlocks sometimes or rewards. They have to implement auto disconnects in the game cause there is players blocking slots for more then 12 hours when they sleep or work just to not have to wait in queue.
i play solo much more than co-op, because the game is well-made enough that i can do so. the challenge changes significantly in its nature so i can imagine why some might not enjoy it. for the record, stealth absolutely is an option, in particular when you wear armor that gives you remote detection of enemies and a shortens the range at which enemies can see you
I've been playing solo and while some times I hit road blocks (or get demoed by robots) I've been having fun with it. Learning strategies and that not every patrol squad has to be engaged:)
I've definitely seen an improvement and easier time as you unlock more things as you get more experienced (its just more of a slog) but yes... those invisible hunters are horrible too.
Yeah, it bummed me out too. I really wanted to play this game. But as a solo player, it’s just not for me. And that’s a good thing. I’m glad they have different games to match different people’s tastes. Have fun guys!
I've played for over 30 hours now and I can 100% confirm that if you play solo its a horrible slow grind slog to unlock anything worth having. Level 20 is the rank you want to unlock key items for much higher solo difficulty but even that it's a lot more of a sweaty experience - plus Solo missions net you around 200xp whilst squad missions can net you 600+ xp
It's funny. A LOT of people were whining about Starfield not being an MMO or having a MMO counterpart or future. Me? I'm crying that Helldivers doesn't base itself in/with a NPC option. I'd like a squad that could be recruited either as a start up page or inworld at a bar or in a barracks.
Not all light armors. Only some chest pieces have that perk. There are other perks you can have on light armor. And there is also difference in light armor where there is a even lighter one makes you run faster but with very little protection. There was a light armor in shop you can buy gives you extra nades and decreased recoil when crouching/prone.
I enjoy games that I can play with friends or grind solo. I refunded the game when I realized I would have to wait for my friends to be available to really play the game as intended.
I absolutely share your sentiment. Playing with randoms can be fun but I agree there are times where I don't want to play with anyone when I play games. Sorry it came to a refund for you though. Know you are felt and heard on this channel ✌️
Even with 1 friend + 2 randos, I can't see myself enjoying this. You'll really need a team of 4 friends for communication and I can't be bothered to orchestrate that and find the time where everyone is available.
Randoms actually can work together but yes there are missions where I spend 40 minutes with idiots and we don't really get anywhere. You still earn xp etc but just not as much as being successful
@@pieguy7057 I'm not very interested in the game in any case, so an obstruction like requiring 4 people to have the ultimate experience puts me off even more
@iluvmusicqwe depends what you call the ultimate experience, i did my first set of 3 missions on helldive solo and had a blast. Its not the game design thats bad its just you not liking the general gameplay with teammates or not. Especially now matchmaking is broken alot of ppl are playing solo and i dont hear them whining. And if the game is really designed poorly i dont think it would have more than 350k players online while the matchmaking is broken
@@pieguy7057 everyone's entitled to their opinion, just because theirs doesn't match yours doesn't make their opinion 'whining' ... a lot of players in the comments or discussions of these things need to remember everyone's experience is subjective and different.
Yeah. I had a game ruined before because someone decided to just keep killing all his teammates. Bit annoying when you've invested 30mins of gameplay and someone then gets bored.
love the gunplay, really dislike the missions as a solo player so far. I don't enjoy the mini puzzles at all and that strategem input system? Why? Just let me pick one of the grenades, this input mini game is so unecessary.
I was \ am debating on buying this but play solo player in all my games so I am not sure if i will pick this up I may wait to see if it goes on sale before I buy. it does look like all your doing is running around shooting blowing thing up which to me is repetitive and would get boring pretty fat
I like the solo experience. You should feel like a lone wolf on a suicide mission. I can easily do medium difficulty solo and I think if you could do it solo any harder it would be way too easy co-op.
@@iamthegamingnerd You should try use the mortar turret and the other ones. The mortar turret blows entire mobs of enemies away and lasts ages. The normal ones can mow down loads of them if you place them strategically.
@@iamthegamingnerd You should try use the mortar turret and the other ones. The mortar turret blows entire mobs of enemies away and lasts ages. The normal ones can mow down loads of them if you place them strategically. They can also take a bit of aggro from the enemies if they start to overwhelm you.
@@iamthegamingnerd Yeah, they are in the bottom section. They make solo much easier, it's like calling a teammate down to help you clear a nest or something. The mortar turret makes extraction super easy because it blows everything up before it gets to you 😂
@@realname2490 co op focused does not mean co op dependant. The game should be balanced for solo play to let people experience the whole game by themselves if they choose. This can easily be done without hindering the game when playing co op so idk why you insist on it being purely multiplayer
@@realname2490 take a breath there mouth breather. This game like many scale based on two things, Number of players and actual difficulty selected. Solo passed challenging is a nightmare unless running very specific boring ass equipment. "Play with randoms" is great, when it works 20% of the time still. Plus yall randoms i get grouped with at level 5 on difficulties you dont have equipment for, sont like carrying EVERYONE i play with
Also usually solo content in coop focused games isn't fun it's hard Take destiny for example Doing solo dungeons and raids and GM's is an absolute struggle and can be more frustrating than anything ... You shouldnt expect the solo aspect to be fun but super challenging and a difficult spike
@Targ100 is it. sure mp isn't an option in dishonored but even if it was it's still supposed to be a solo experience let's throw another example out there the left 4 dead games are meant to be played coop and sure you can play them solo without bots but it's going to be hell with the way enemies work in l4d
It’s quite different then the original helldivers solo experience (god I miss lvl 15 solo missions) but I think it still has that classic helldivers feel where it’s not mow em down its run in get the shit done as fast as you can and maybe run away with your life that was the standard helldivers experience in the first game it’s a lot harder with not being able to clearly tell what bugs are signaling for reinforce and yada yada but while I’m unsure if you can even attempt disengage by running away (Tbf in helldivers 1 the faster little goons would still be following) or if you are just not fast enough in the sequel anyways got this was a lot of rambling uhhh I think the solo experience has the difficulty and tension that the original did when running solo
@iamthegamingnerd hunters are quite a pain to deal with yeah, the best way to counter them is a shotgun (incendiary breaker or regular breaker work great for me)
While I think the above statement is true, I agree with that it's not the best to play solo. I also get that it is meant to be played multiplayer and it isn't a solo game. I can imagine that it gets old really fast when quickplay isn't working too. I would love the game to have a singleplayer mode with bot squadmates and maybe a solo conquest map like the old battlefront games. I think that would be cool and would help the game survive if it one day dies out. I think you did a great video man, people get mad when other opinions doesnt align with your own ;) I personally love the game and I really hope you get some good games in when quickplay is up and running. :D stay awesome man!
awww you too friend. And I agree with everything in your last comment - the game is fun, absolutely, I love it BUT I dont always want to play with other people who purposely sabotage extractions with stratagems for pure evil.
@@Ar_Ator matchmaking was down at the time - but I also play 'solo' in any game I join as I don't make a pre-made squad with friends. I just randomly matchmake as a 'solo' and so that's where my reviews and experience of the games I play come from.
@@iamthegamingnerd how is the matchmaking experience? I don't have an established group of friends I play with, and tbh the matchmaking experience is not something I remember fondly from my days playing Dota 2. You often ended up with very toxic players that threw the game if they did not get their way.
@@tetma18 not played for a while my guy... but when I did the matchmaking was OK the session objectives are quite easy to understand and silent players can get by easily.
Matchmaking is not broke its just janky lol if you spam the square button and clicking the other games that are going on it will eventually it will put u in a game lol
I can't fucking stand night missions. I turn my brightness up to max and still can't see shyt. On top of the fact that certain objectives have Zero explanation. - I'm on this "free the civilians" part, and after sifting through pitch black to a slightly glowing white diamond, it's supposed to activate the doors to the civilians, but instead it gives me "error communications tower damaged", then gives no pings to anything. Infuriating...
@pieguy7057 - Holding ur hand and giving some small ping as to what to hit next are different things. - Being in pitch black and also having no idea what to do, isn't fun either
@jvd3339 the no vision thing is a monitor issue, im perfectly fine in night missions. And after joining some random squads you will know how all the objectives work unless you are taking a walk in the park. After 10hrs i knew all the objectives and how to do them myself. And asking players is also an option, ppl dont bite
@pieguy7057 - I was playing solo. On my TV on its brightest setting. And I'm pretty sure it was bugged. I've done that type of event a few times before and after and it's always "Type the code, press the square, open the civilian cages for transport". It simply wasn't moving on past the password.
Hm. nothing about this game impresses me. Loons generic, sounds generic, has a generic story of being broken, having multimillion dollar budget, yet getting "indie" pass.
I genuinely believe this game is the best game of the decade... BUT... Running solo is genuinely hell, getting swarmed by tens of, if nots HUNDREDS of enemies and not being abke to fight back AT ALL and not even run away. Is a bit of an oof-
@@McNuggie_ don't forget 10x more time consuming. Which typically busy people that play solo cause they don't have time to "meet" people or enjoy the solo experience when gaming... dont want extra long gaming sessions.
Most people can't right now. Their server infrastructure has a hard cap of 360,000 players. Which means it's currently so overloaded people are repeatedly being DCed or rewards for multiplayer sessions just don't count at all. Everyone should be giving this game some time to fix the network issues first.
@@PapahCloud Ou, a False Equivalency. What a great way to start your argument. Solo/MP is not equivalent to the difference between RPG/FPS Nearly every Coop game is *more* fun with others but has a fully playable solo too. Easy example of this being Deep Rock Galactic which gives you a companion who is oftentimes better than random players as it can do everything but slightly worse than a normal player can.
The studio say the game is made for 4 and no bots will be adds just like the first game this video is useless just quick play and hope you got 1 decent player to help you
@@iamthegamingnerd i play the game for the last 4 day only yesterday server was crash for 6h, you can solo low level like 2/3 over that it just a pain and a wast of time
I know Helldivers 2 is primarily a multiplayer experience but as a Dad Gamer - I predominantly play solo or with randoms and that is how I review games. At the time of this video matchmaking was broken and therefore I could only add my opinions on this video based on playing completely solo.
*edit: oh my... why are people so angry that I tested out a solo mode? If the game was multiplayer only then it would have launched with a matchmaking system that forced me into a squad. Think about it for a second, yeah?
How’s your experience with playing the game solo?
It's all in the video buddy 😊
Thank you! I am mostly solo player too because of reasons. There is nothing wrong playing solo
I'm a huge fan if killing floor 2, a similar coop focused wave shooter. I okay solo ALLLL the time and love it. I enjoy multiplayer too, but as player count has dropped over time, in glad I can play alone.
I would play HD2 mostly solo until they fix matchmaking as i have no friends. Is it worth getting now given my experience with similar titles in single player? Or wait until matchmaking is fixed?
@@stevenc9251right now they fix the servers and match making. Hope it last long. As more players join the more they have to keep updating it. It still worth buying and playing this game in my opinion.
Yeah I always play alone. There's nothing like surviving on bullets and strategy. Ive taken on 3 Chargers solo and made it out. That's just fun bro. Just takes experience and remember that you're doing it for Lady Liberty. And Warbonds.
It gets alot easier when you get to the higher levels, i could reasonably solo up to medium content until i had to quickplay, but when i got to lvl 15 i unlocked the arc thrower, 500kg bomb, and orbital laser which is SO good to take out those chargers and bile titans which are the worst offenders to solo run killers
See.. now this is where I wanted conversations to start going! I will work my way to unlocking those items and then give SOLO another run. Thank you for offering positive involvement.
The only things you need are light armor (scout), cluster bomb, orbital laser, shield backpack, railgun, breaker shotgun, redeemer pistol, 400dmg granade.
This thing can do helldive solo. Its by no means easy and takes alot of kiting and situational awareness but it feels so damn good to solo helldives sometimes :)
Can hatd carry every team with this too. 😂
@@Marauder2005 I am on unlocking those things as fast as possible unfortunately I've had crashes and/or teammates leave mid-game and have been wasting 2 hours a day with no XP progress.
@@iamthegamingnerd yeah i know this feeling. Yesterday the matchmaking was broken and solo or friends was the only way gaining something. Played 6 hours solo missions and hell is it exhausting in this game because of the swarms and last second extracts. But Was alot of fun also ^^' my typical Tarkov mentality shines here i guess xD
For crashes. If you run a 7000series amd graphics card there is a driver update for download on their website. I dont think its in auto update of the adrenaline edition. It fixed the illumination, reflection and occulision crashes. Ran the game 1440p with everything cranked up on max yesterday without a single crash and 150fps avarage. Finaly...
And for matchmaking problems i think the only fix is to disable crossplay still cause ps and pc players seem to conflict their matches somewhat and the game crashes so often on drop or extract. Duno why but after i turned crossplay off again it was fixed for me and friends and randoms.
The servers run at max capacity and they dont register unlocks sometimes or rewards. They have to implement auto disconnects in the game cause there is players blocking slots for more then 12 hours when they sleep or work just to not have to wait in queue.
i play solo much more than co-op, because the game is well-made enough that i can do so.
the challenge changes significantly in its nature so i can imagine why some might not enjoy it.
for the record, stealth absolutely is an option, in particular when you wear armor that gives you remote detection of enemies and a shortens the range at which enemies can see you
I've been playing solo and while some times I hit road blocks (or get demoed by robots) I've been having fun with it. Learning strategies and that not every patrol squad has to be engaged:)
What difficulty have you gone up to?
there's people that have beat missions on the hardest difficulty solo
@@tracialx that's class! Must've been super hard.
@@iamthegamingnerd yea it's definitely hard but at least I know it’s possible, I just gotta get gud
How do I play solo?
It gets easier once you get access to lvl 20 and avoid scouts. my solo experience usually is objectives first and then any nests i can handle in time.
I've definitely seen an improvement and easier time as you unlock more things as you get more experienced (its just more of a slog) but yes... those invisible hunters are horrible too.
Yeah, it bummed me out too. I really wanted to play this game. But as a solo player, it’s just not for me. And that’s a good thing. I’m glad they have different games to match different people’s tastes. Have fun guys!
I've played for over 30 hours now and I can 100% confirm that if you play solo its a horrible slow grind slog to unlock anything worth having. Level 20 is the rank you want to unlock key items for much higher solo difficulty but even that it's a lot more of a sweaty experience - plus Solo missions net you around 200xp whilst squad missions can net you 600+ xp
It's funny. A LOT of people were whining about Starfield not being an MMO or having a MMO counterpart or future. Me? I'm crying that Helldivers doesn't base itself in/with a NPC option. I'd like a squad that could be recruited either as a start up page or inworld at a bar or in a barracks.
An NPC squad?
Light armor really helps as it gives you a bonus making it harder for you to be detected also sending out radar scans wherever you ping the map
Sounds great! 👍
Not all light armors. Only some chest pieces have that perk. There are other perks you can have on light armor. And there is also difference in light armor where there is a even lighter one makes you run faster but with very little protection. There was a light armor in shop you can buy gives you extra nades and decreased recoil when crouching/prone.
I was thinking about getting this but I primarily play solo or with randos so i dont know.
If matchmaking gets fixed and it's smooth - then randomly playing with others is still super fun.
I enjoy games that I can play with friends or grind solo. I refunded the game when I realized I would have to wait for my friends to be available to really play the game as intended.
I absolutely share your sentiment. Playing with randoms can be fun but I agree there are times where I don't want to play with anyone when I play games. Sorry it came to a refund for you though. Know you are felt and heard on this channel ✌️
Even with 1 friend + 2 randos, I can't see myself enjoying this. You'll really need a team of 4 friends for communication and I can't be bothered to orchestrate that and find the time where everyone is available.
Randoms actually can work together but yes there are missions where I spend 40 minutes with idiots and we don't really get anywhere. You still earn xp etc but just not as much as being successful
i hate to say it, but thats a certified skill issue
@@pieguy7057 I'm not very interested in the game in any case, so an obstruction like requiring 4 people to have the ultimate experience puts me off even more
@iluvmusicqwe depends what you call the ultimate experience, i did my first set of 3 missions on helldive solo and had a blast. Its not the game design thats bad its just you not liking the general gameplay with teammates or not. Especially now matchmaking is broken alot of ppl are playing solo and i dont hear them whining. And if the game is really designed poorly i dont think it would have more than 350k players online while the matchmaking is broken
@@pieguy7057 everyone's entitled to their opinion, just because theirs doesn't match yours doesn't make their opinion 'whining' ... a lot of players in the comments or discussions of these things need to remember everyone's experience is subjective and different.
I like playing solo but if anyone wants to team up give me a hit. I play on ps5
Is it possible to be in a group of friends and additionally find other folks through matchmaking?
Pretty sure. Yes. But untested as I don't have gamer friends 😅
Every Invoker player: Oh yes! Time use my skills.
Yeah. I had a game ruined before because someone decided to just keep killing all his teammates. Bit annoying when you've invested 30mins of gameplay and someone then gets bored.
Should I start solo until i learn the game and then move to multiplayer so I don’t screw up my team?
Haha no... screwing up your team at times is part of the fun. Deliberately sabotaging your team is just cringe though.
My question is: Can you play with random players on a matchmaking ? Or is just with pre-selected friends?
Matchmaking is a feature it's just currently in and out of a working state due to server capacity.
You can play with randoms, yes. It's called Quickplay.
love the gunplay, really dislike the missions as a solo player so far. I don't enjoy the mini puzzles at all and that strategem input system? Why? Just let me pick one of the grenades, this input mini game is so unecessary.
I was \ am debating on buying this but play solo player in all my games so I am not sure if i will pick this up I may wait to see if it goes on sale before I buy. it does look like all your doing is running around shooting blowing thing up which to me is repetitive and would get boring pretty fat
I like the solo experience. You should feel like a lone wolf on a suicide mission. I can easily do medium difficulty solo and I think if you could do it solo any harder it would be way too easy co-op.
Yeah it's definitely the number of enemies VS ammo reserves / reloading that eventually gets you.
@@iamthegamingnerd You should try use the mortar turret and the other ones. The mortar turret blows entire mobs of enemies away and lasts ages. The normal ones can mow down loads of them if you place them strategically.
@@iamthegamingnerd You should try use the mortar turret and the other ones. The mortar turret blows entire mobs of enemies away and lasts ages. The normal ones can mow down loads of them if you place them strategically. They can also take a bit of aggro from the enemies if they start to overwhelm you.
is this a stratagem?
@@iamthegamingnerd Yeah, they are in the bottom section. They make solo much easier, it's like calling a teammate down to help you clear a nest or something. The mortar turret makes extraction super easy because it blows everything up before it gets to you 😂
Some real useless comments lol. Yeah its best played with a group, it has solo as an option though and therefore should be fun that way too.
Thank you... someone that understand 🫶
@@realname2490 co op focused does not mean co op dependant. The game should be balanced for solo play to let people experience the whole game by themselves if they choose. This can easily be done without hindering the game when playing co op so idk why you insist on it being purely multiplayer
@@realname2490 take a breath there mouth breather. This game like many scale based on two things, Number of players and actual difficulty selected. Solo passed challenging is a nightmare unless running very specific boring ass equipment. "Play with randoms" is great, when it works 20% of the time still. Plus yall randoms i get grouped with at level 5 on difficulties you dont have equipment for, sont like carrying EVERYONE i play with
Also usually solo content in coop focused games isn't fun it's hard
Take destiny for example
Doing solo dungeons and raids and GM's is an absolute struggle and can be more frustrating than anything ...
You shouldnt expect the solo aspect to be fun but super challenging and a difficult spike
@Targ100 is it. sure mp isn't an option in dishonored but even if it was it's still supposed to be a solo experience let's throw another example out there the left 4 dead games are meant to be played coop and sure you can play them solo without bots but it's going to be hell with the way enemies work in l4d
It’s quite different then the original helldivers solo experience (god I miss lvl 15 solo missions) but I think it still has that classic helldivers feel where it’s not mow em down its run in get the shit done as fast as you can and maybe run away with your life that was the standard helldivers experience in the first game it’s a lot harder with not being able to clearly tell what bugs are signaling for reinforce and yada yada but while I’m unsure if you can even attempt disengage by running away (Tbf in helldivers 1 the faster little goons would still be following) or if you are just not fast enough in the sequel anyways got this was a lot of rambling uhhh I think the solo experience has the difficulty and tension that the original did when running solo
great insight - I found on HD2 that a combination of fast running enemies and stamina means you cant really 'get in and get out' of situation.
Just hope they add variety to this game. Fun gameplay but its the same thing over and over.
Beginning to feel it.
The variety comes late game and further you get into the higher mission difficulties.
Impossible to play solo at higher difficulties. Getting killed once means you loss, especially against the Automatons.
I think medium is about the limit. Once you get increases in enemies and then the tanks that need niche weapons - it's too tough.
@@iamthegamingnerd medium is a breeze solo, extreme is where it ends for me
@@pieguy7057 yeah I've changed my mind since progressing with stratagems. The difficult solo now is though effing hunters which is on challenging.
@iamthegamingnerd hunters are quite a pain to deal with yeah, the best way to counter them is a shotgun (incendiary breaker or regular breaker work great for me)
"A game for everyone is a game for no one." - Arrowhead studios
While I think the above statement is true, I agree with that it's not the best to play solo. I also get that it is meant to be played multiplayer and it isn't a solo game. I can imagine that it gets old really fast when quickplay isn't working too. I would love the game to have a singleplayer mode with bot squadmates and maybe a solo conquest map like the old battlefront games. I think that would be cool and would help the game survive if it one day dies out.
I think you did a great video man, people get mad when other opinions doesnt align with your own ;) I personally love the game and I really hope you get some good games in when quickplay is up and running. :D stay awesome man!
Agreed - they've confused everyone but allowing a solo player experience in their game if it was indeed - not meant to be played solo.
awww you too friend. And I agree with everything in your last comment - the game is fun, absolutely, I love it BUT I dont always want to play with other people who purposely sabotage extractions with stratagems for pure evil.
its a bad game if its not fun to play however I want
How are randoms in this game?? My friends don’t want or like these games. So I would maybe have 1 friend but randoms
They're actually pretty good. Not going to lie. Trolls are getting less and less.thr higher the rank I climb.
Just came upon this video, why would you play a co-op game solo?
@@Ar_Ator matchmaking was down at the time - but I also play 'solo' in any game I join as I don't make a pre-made squad with friends. I just randomly matchmake as a 'solo' and so that's where my reviews and experience of the games I play come from.
@@iamthegamingnerd how is the matchmaking experience? I don't have an established group of friends I play with, and tbh the matchmaking experience is not something I remember fondly from my days playing Dota 2. You often ended up with very toxic players that threw the game if they did not get their way.
@@tetma18 not played for a while my guy... but when I did the matchmaking was OK the session objectives are quite easy to understand and silent players can get by easily.
The robots defintely
Need to be tuned down there’s so much I could
Say need to be fixed but I would just be hating to most
Matchmaking is not broke its just janky lol if you spam the square button and clicking the other games that are going on it will eventually it will put u in a game lol
It was fully broken when I made this video though ✌️
I can't fucking stand night missions. I turn my brightness up to max and still can't see shyt. On top of the fact that certain objectives have Zero explanation.
- I'm on this "free the civilians" part, and after sifting through pitch black to a slightly glowing white diamond, it's supposed to activate the doors to the civilians, but instead it gives me "error communications tower damaged", then gives no pings to anything. Infuriating...
Hahaha yeah there are a few trial and error mission objectives and puzzles I agree 👍 😅
wouldnt be any fun if the game held your hand the whole time tbh
@pieguy7057 - Holding ur hand and giving some small ping as to what to hit next are different things.
- Being in pitch black and also having no idea what to do, isn't fun either
@jvd3339 the no vision thing is a monitor issue, im perfectly fine in night missions. And after joining some random squads you will know how all the objectives work unless you are taking a walk in the park. After 10hrs i knew all the objectives and how to do them myself. And asking players is also an option, ppl dont bite
@pieguy7057 - I was playing solo. On my TV on its brightest setting. And I'm pretty sure it was bugged. I've done that type of event a few times before and after and it's always "Type the code, press the square, open the civilian cages for transport". It simply wasn't moving on past the password.
My multiplayer experience of zelda isnt what i expected... dude dont buy a multiplayer game if its for playing Alone thats simple.
The people who bought it for multiplayer also have to play alone cause the devs don’t know how matchmaking works
I actually appreciate reviews like this since I love horde shooters but none of my friends do, so it's good to hear a solo player perspective
Wah wah wah. This review isn't for you either is it.
Your listening skills are poor. He said he plans on playing multiplayer when its actually fixed. In the meantime this is his take on playing solo
It allows you to play solo. Therefore it has a solo mode. Zelda isn’t multiplayer.
Hm. nothing about this game impresses me. Loons generic, sounds generic, has a generic story of being broken, having multimillion dollar budget, yet getting "indie" pass.
you sound upset
I genuinely believe this game is the best game of the decade... BUT...
Running solo is genuinely hell, getting swarmed by tens of, if nots HUNDREDS of enemies and not being abke to fight back AT ALL and not even run away. Is a bit of an oof-
Yeah - I agree. Having some kind of scaleability in place for a solo player would have been highly appreciated
@@iamthegamingnerd Fr, getting swarmed by 8 chargers and 3 titans isn't exactly... an easy feat 💀
@@McNuggie_ don't forget 10x more time consuming. Which typically busy people that play solo cause they don't have time to "meet" people or enjoy the solo experience when gaming... dont want extra long gaming sessions.
@@iamthegamingnerd 100%
Play with randoms if u don’t got buddies , but dude this shit is a co op game.
Most people can't right now. Their server infrastructure has a hard cap of 360,000 players. Which means it's currently so overloaded people are repeatedly being DCed or rewards for multiplayer sessions just don't count at all. Everyone should be giving this game some time to fix the network issues first.
@@Druarkstop the lies
@@mordakie3805 It's literally from their Discord announcements and on the Steam Forum. Stop being childish.
Tbf. Its a co op game
If u want a good single player experience buy a single player game simple… like buying call of duty to say I don’t like fps lol.
@@PapahCloud Ou, a False Equivalency. What a great way to start your argument. Solo/MP is not equivalent to the difference between RPG/FPS
Nearly every Coop game is *more* fun with others but has a fully playable solo too. Easy example of this being Deep Rock Galactic which gives you a companion who is oftentimes better than random players as it can do everything but slightly worse than a normal player can.
Hear hear @druark
The studio say the game is made for 4 and no bots will be adds just like the first game this video is useless just quick play and hope you got 1 decent player to help you
@@iamthegamingnerd i play the game for the last 4 day only yesterday server was crash for 6h, you can solo low level like 2/3 over that it just a pain and a wast of time
Agreed. So anyone who'd like to play this game solo are going to have a tough time with it.