Nightingale Offline: Is the Latest Survival Title Solo Ready?
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Does Nightingale support offline play? This article answers all your questions.
Nightingale is the much hyped neo-victorian survival title from Ex Mass Effect team led Inflexion Games, and there is news that the new gaming title will please fans of the survival genre. 2024 has seen many releases such as Palworld, Enshrouded and more, and Nightingale seems to join the trending list of survival games.
UPDATE: Offline Mode Coming
In a post on the game's Discord:
“We’ve seen a lot of discussion in recent days around our decision to make Nightingale online-only at our Early Access release. We understand that this can be frustrating for a number of reasons. Our vision for the game since inception was to create an interconnected series of Realms, with the idea of allowing for co-operative exploration in mind – a universe bigger than a single Realm or server. That meant we made a choice early in development between supporting co-op from day one or focusing development on an offline mode. Co-operative gameplay associated with having party members across multiple Realms was the more technically challenging problem and therefore the one we chose to tackle first. Looking back on that decision, we misjudged what some of you were looking for in your experience.
We are now prioritizing and developing an offline mode that we plan to release as soon as feasible. Keep an eye on our social channels and Discord for updates in the coming weeks alongside other things we're working on. Thank you to everyone who has stepped into the Realms with us so far – the journey has just begun and we look forward to sharing it with you all.”
Nightingale puts you in the shoes of a ‘Realmwalker’, and your job is to explore and survive through the various realms the game has to offer, and reach the city of ‘Nightingale’ The interesting premise of the game coupled with survival and crafting elements set in the Victorian time period has what garnered the attention of players across all regions.
There is a major question that has been plaguing players since the game was announced, Can Nightingale be played offline? Does Nightingale support a solo game mode that allows fans to play the game without an internet connection? This article answers exactly that question.
Nightingale Offline: Can You Play It?
No, you cannot play Nightingale offline. And the game doesn’t have an offline solo play mode, for now. However in an interview with ScreenRant, developer Aaron Flynn revealed that he would be”open” to the idea of offline solo play if “the fans demand it” further down the road. The Game is currently in its early access stage, and it is likely that it will remain in the early access for 10-12 months until the team at Inflexion Games feels like it is ready for a full fledged 1.0 release.
The server stress test held on February 4 was met with a positive response, with many players eagerly joining the server stress test' to try out the neo-victorian survival title. The game is solo-ready, but you need an internet connection to connect to the game’s servers and actively play the game.
Inflexion Games plans to utilize official dedicated servers that will power each specific “Realms”, allowing players and their friends to engage in asynchronous gameplay. The Respite Realm serves as the spawn point, enabling players to join the server at any time, regardless of others' online status.
“Yeah, I think so. In the sense that, when we engineered the always-online backend, it was in service of this vision of being able to always explore new realms, and we didn't know how to do that without a server being able to help manage all the data and stuff. But if we can do it for someone who just wants to play strictly solo, I'm very open to it.” said Aaryn Flynn regarding the possibility of ‘offline mode’ in an interview with ScreenRant.
For now, you need an active broadband internet connection to play the game with your friends, as the game is ‘online only’ for now. The game will remain in early access for a year, and the feedback from head honcho Aaryn Flynn has given fans hope that they can, if not surely, expect an offline solo play mode down the road. The idea of the single player survival mode in the game is very likely. But not for now, and not for the next 10 to 12 months, atleast, we’d say.
Nightingale, developed by Inflexion Games, is slated to release on February 20. The release date was February 22, but the developer team decided to push the date ,allowing the game to launch 2 days earlier. Check out the rest of our features where we answer your questions, does Nightingale support crossplay, is Nightingale coming to the PS5 and Xbox.
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With a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and Mass Communication, Sid has been writing about Esports since 2016. In times of crisis, Sid finds solace in movies and making art. Also, chocolate!