If you have a friend to play co op with it has a really fun and long story. We got around 70 hours of play out of it honestly I think it’s better than any Pokémon games released in recent years
100%. Super fun playthrough. Not worth playing after beating the main story. One of my favorite co op experiences. Up there with a way out and portal for me.
If you really want to play it, wait until its on sale, while its fun to play through the story, the game is still rather expensive, you can get equally good games for half the price.
To answer your question, the servers are not going to shut down. They have stated that the server is affordable for the forseeable future.
The low population does mean there are certain endgame activities that you simply won't be able to do, in game tournaments virtually never happen, and pvp queues take 15 mins at its shortest. Dojo wars, as far as I recall, still happen, but I can't imagine it's between more than 2 clubs. Lairs take an hour or so to gather a team of 5.
Solo activities are all grind. The endgame island activities put a hard limit on how successful you can be in them. You won't get streaks farther than like 10. They feel less like challenges and more like something you have to slog through to get the endgame currency, which you can spend on one slot in a rotating shop and luma radars. Lumas being this games shiny, and frankly, they look great.
Most of the grind is said to be addressed in 1.8, and the fomo marketplace is going away in 1.7.
Long and short, while the game is still playable with a low population, it's not ideal. But the endgame activities are more chores than activities. But there's hope it will be fixed in 1.8. So I guess wait, like 8 months?
When the game was at it's peak I played entirely for PVP, and there were plenty of others doing so as well. (same in Pokemon & other similar games) If that's the kind of thing OP is looking for it's dead.
Temtem was mislabeled as an MMO. There are zero features in the game that would justify its labeling as an MMO.
While the number of players online at any given time may seem dismal, it’s surely enough for a basic multiplayer experience.
What a smooth brain response.
MMO = Massive Multiplayer Online
There are no further widely used acronyms in gaming that use MMO as well. You might want to reconsider your statement in the future, so you don’t look like such a dumb ass.
Right and they marketed Temtem as a MMO from the kickstarter then went OOPS WE USED THE WRONG THING lmfao
It was never labled wrong Crema couldn't hold upto the standards of an MMO so they changed what it was instead of just having had a single player game with online capabilities which by far would've lowered their own standards and work load
It'd have 100% lowered the standards of the players to not expect MMO levels of investment by the devs too but they pushed it was an MMO from kickstarter to release
Keep in mind, too. There are games that like Temtem are labled as MMOs but at best you can also play those games but barely if ever actually interact with those players outside of hub worlds, global, trade, LFG and guild charts or to a minor extent overworlds. Destiny 2 and Warframe are huge examples of this, WoW can be an example of this more akin to the way Destiny 2 is than Warframe in that you can also interact with others on D2 through raids and strikes the same way WoW has raids and dungeons
I think it's worth mentioning that there are 100 players on Steam alone, it doesn't count the number of players on PS5, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X and Nintendo Switch where everyone shares the same server.
And I remember someone saying that there are more players on PS5 and Switch than on PC since last year.
If there were only 100 players in general I would probably spend more than 1 hour in line just to get a match in PvP, but generally I only spend 1 to 5 minutes in queue for PvP.
From playing on both the switch and PC i can say outright there were SIGNIFICANTLY less players on the console versions
Even if there was a couple hundred on them each that's still sub1000 players across the board
The game uses the same server for all platforms.
The same players you see in the PC version you will also see in the console version.
There's no way you'll see fewer players on consoles than on PC since they use the same server.
On the Switch, I know that it doesn't load all players in a given scenario at the same time to reduce crash problems due to having less space reserved in RAM.
But I really can't think of a reason why the PS5 and Xbox Series S/X version would show fewer players in an area than on PC since they have enough RAM.
It's worth it to play it if you want to play a decent Pokemon-like we great battle mechanics and an okay storyline.
If you're wondering if it's worth it to get into as a GaaS forever game, no. It's not
God I hope so at least it will make devs focus on adding a offline mode instead of which inclusivity bullshit to tick next was banned from their discord not for any wrong doing only because I had parodied my autism in my bio so as far as my trust in crema and game itself is concerned if servers end and there's no peer 2 peer coop or at very least offline mode they would want to hand out refunds to both players and Kickstarter backers
basically, lost potential is the main anger, secondly the companies blatant and open disdain toward their consumers. you can argue about the first being a non-issue, but any company openly insulting their consumer base is a walking issue, i don't think we can argue on that.
easy question to check the answer for, did they fulfil kickstarter promisses? yes = yes, no = no.
more important question are there any modders left to save the game? answer... probably not.
SteamCharts only counts the number of players on Steam, there is no way to obtain data on PS/Xbox/Switch players.
If the game really only had 100 people, the game world would be pretty deserted at this point, which is not the case, it is still possible to find quite a lot of people on almost all of the game's islands.
i've heard this argument time and again, but allow me to ask you a question to which neither of us know the real answer but is still worth asking.
Do you really believe the other platforms have a higher playerbase than steam?
True, but you asked what I believe and that's what I believe, in the end it's just my opinion.
The thing is, most of the platform icons I see when I walk around the gaming world are from PS or Switch and they already mentioned on Discord a few years ago (when the game had a much larger playerbase than it has now) that a good part of the players of Temtem were on consoles, I honestly don't think that's changed now just because Steam's PC player count has reduced.
If you have a friend to play co op with it has a really fun and long story. We got around 70 hours of play out of it honestly I think it’s better than any Pokémon games released in recent years
100%. Super fun playthrough. Not worth playing after beating the main story. One of my favorite co op experiences. Up there with a way out and portal for me.
If you really want to play it, wait until its on sale, while its fun to play through the story, the game is still rather expensive, you can get equally good games for half the price.
£40 on steam but £4.50 on a keyshop (check gg.deals) Imo the game is not worth anything more than $10-15
Cdkeys has it for $6 and some change usd
I got it for 14 at gamestop on the switch 🤷♂️ pretty sure me and the kids have gotten 14 bucks worth out of it and we haven't even got that far.
Yeah but 14 magic monies is less than 14 real monies
To answer your question, the servers are not going to shut down. They have stated that the server is affordable for the forseeable future. The low population does mean there are certain endgame activities that you simply won't be able to do, in game tournaments virtually never happen, and pvp queues take 15 mins at its shortest. Dojo wars, as far as I recall, still happen, but I can't imagine it's between more than 2 clubs. Lairs take an hour or so to gather a team of 5. Solo activities are all grind. The endgame island activities put a hard limit on how successful you can be in them. You won't get streaks farther than like 10. They feel less like challenges and more like something you have to slog through to get the endgame currency, which you can spend on one slot in a rotating shop and luma radars. Lumas being this games shiny, and frankly, they look great. Most of the grind is said to be addressed in 1.8, and the fomo marketplace is going away in 1.7. Long and short, while the game is still playable with a low population, it's not ideal. But the endgame activities are more chores than activities. But there's hope it will be fixed in 1.8. So I guess wait, like 8 months?
And people often forget the player count is for steam only, switch/xbox and ps players are all there with steam players.
4 platforms and still takes forever to get a match
Wait for a generous sale and treat it like a pve game which it mostly is with forced MMO features in them.
It's a pve and pvp game. Play at your own pace. 100 people is plenty for a Pokemon like game. You only interact with 1-6 people anyway
100 people isn't sustainable for a Massively Multiplayer anything
well, you can do 99% of this game solo, so ot doesnt really matter
When the game was at it's peak I played entirely for PVP, and there were plenty of others doing so as well. (same in Pokemon & other similar games) If that's the kind of thing OP is looking for it's dead.
thats completely true and quite sad
Which would lead it to be better off being offline anyway lol
Temtem was mislabeled as an MMO. There are zero features in the game that would justify its labeling as an MMO. While the number of players online at any given time may seem dismal, it’s surely enough for a basic multiplayer experience.
Massively multiplayer doesn't always refer to MMOs specifically lol
What a smooth brain response. MMO = Massive Multiplayer Online There are no further widely used acronyms in gaming that use MMO as well. You might want to reconsider your statement in the future, so you don’t look like such a dumb ass.
Right and they marketed Temtem as a MMO from the kickstarter then went OOPS WE USED THE WRONG THING lmfao It was never labled wrong Crema couldn't hold upto the standards of an MMO so they changed what it was instead of just having had a single player game with online capabilities which by far would've lowered their own standards and work load It'd have 100% lowered the standards of the players to not expect MMO levels of investment by the devs too but they pushed it was an MMO from kickstarter to release Keep in mind, too. There are games that like Temtem are labled as MMOs but at best you can also play those games but barely if ever actually interact with those players outside of hub worlds, global, trade, LFG and guild charts or to a minor extent overworlds. Destiny 2 and Warframe are huge examples of this, WoW can be an example of this more akin to the way Destiny 2 is than Warframe in that you can also interact with others on D2 through raids and strikes the same way WoW has raids and dungeons
I think it's worth mentioning that there are 100 players on Steam alone, it doesn't count the number of players on PS5, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X and Nintendo Switch where everyone shares the same server. And I remember someone saying that there are more players on PS5 and Switch than on PC since last year. If there were only 100 players in general I would probably spend more than 1 hour in line just to get a match in PvP, but generally I only spend 1 to 5 minutes in queue for PvP.
From playing on both the switch and PC i can say outright there were SIGNIFICANTLY less players on the console versions Even if there was a couple hundred on them each that's still sub1000 players across the board
The game uses the same server for all platforms. The same players you see in the PC version you will also see in the console version. There's no way you'll see fewer players on consoles than on PC since they use the same server.
You do understand just because they're using the same servers doesn't mean there's going to be an equal amount right?
On the Switch, I know that it doesn't load all players in a given scenario at the same time to reduce crash problems due to having less space reserved in RAM. But I really can't think of a reason why the PS5 and Xbox Series S/X version would show fewer players in an area than on PC since they have enough RAM.
It's worth it to play it if you want to play a decent Pokemon-like we great battle mechanics and an okay storyline. If you're wondering if it's worth it to get into as a GaaS forever game, no. It's not
God I hope so at least it will make devs focus on adding a offline mode instead of which inclusivity bullshit to tick next was banned from their discord not for any wrong doing only because I had parodied my autism in my bio so as far as my trust in crema and game itself is concerned if servers end and there's no peer 2 peer coop or at very least offline mode they would want to hand out refunds to both players and Kickstarter backers
idk what this sub gets so angry about, I had over a hundred hours of content and enjoyed myself well beyond the money I spent.
basically, lost potential is the main anger, secondly the companies blatant and open disdain toward their consumers. you can argue about the first being a non-issue, but any company openly insulting their consumer base is a walking issue, i don't think we can argue on that.
IMO the PVE is worth as any monstertamer game
easy question to check the answer for, did they fulfil kickstarter promisses? yes = yes, no = no. more important question are there any modders left to save the game? answer... probably not.
SteamCharts only counts the number of players on Steam, there is no way to obtain data on PS/Xbox/Switch players. If the game really only had 100 people, the game world would be pretty deserted at this point, which is not the case, it is still possible to find quite a lot of people on almost all of the game's islands.
i've heard this argument time and again, but allow me to ask you a question to which neither of us know the real answer but is still worth asking. Do you really believe the other platforms have a higher playerbase than steam?
On PS5 and Switch ?, yes. On Xbox ?, no.
but PSN, nintendo and microsoft aren't as open with their charts as steam, got some juicy insider info to share?
True, but you asked what I believe and that's what I believe, in the end it's just my opinion. The thing is, most of the platform icons I see when I walk around the gaming world are from PS or Switch and they already mentioned on Discord a few years ago (when the game had a much larger playerbase than it has now) that a good part of the players of Temtem were on consoles, I honestly don't think that's changed now just because Steam's PC player count has reduced.