RA "Back in 2006 there was not much to play online with your brand new Xbox 360. You had Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter, sure, which was great, but other than that the online realm was pretty limited. That is, however, until the summer of that year came and SEGA and From Software's Chromehounds hit, an online-focused mech shooter that featured an ever-evolving three-way war, known as The Neroimus War. It featured a huge emphasis on customization, and each nation had their own distinct advantages."
An interview with piranha games president Russ Bullock about MechWarrior Online and MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries.
Expect the game to only work offline right now.
As we trend ever deeper into a world of games that require servers maintained by the developer or publisher, we see more and more games disappearing from the world. What happens when these games are shut down? What does it take for a game to survive beyond this point?
Most modern games that have online components like destiny rely so heavily on co op between players that even if you had a full disc version popping it in and playing won't be a fun experience as you can't play the actual game after hitting a wall with difficulty levels of they even boot
But classic titles like vice city will still be the same in 2049 as they were in 2001 provided you play on a disc not stripped down digital versions that have the soundtrack cut out ten years later
Yes it does!
Chomehounds was awesome I miss that game. Hopefully it makes a comeback some day. I'll buy it day one.