Game mode: [Offline | Singleplayer]
Problem: [Crash | Bug | Misc]
Region: [EU]
Something has gone seriously wrong since the Hotfix, and for me is quite literally GAME BREAKING. I know that these words get thrown around haphazardly nowadays, but I mean it. It literally prevents me from playing the game. I am wondering if anyone else has had this issue too, especially EU players?
Im not even certain what could be causing this. As most of us console players would be aware, we have always had ‘true offline mode’, whereby unlike PC we did not need to be connected to the Internet to play Offline Singleplayer mode. However, since I downloaded the Followers II Hotfix I am unable to play the game offline at all anymore! If I try to load the game from the main menu it becomes stuck in an infinite loading loop. The load bar will fill-up completely and the loading screens will continue to cycle, however the game never ‘initiates’, even after 10-15 mins of continuous loading.
So I activate my very limited internet, and it loads like a charm every time, within a few minutes (which is how long it would ordinarily take it). However, the second I switch off the internet or the signal drops out the game instantly freezes/crashes.
I cannot possibly overstate just how problematic this is for me. As I have noted several times here on forum I live in a country where unlimited data is far from a given, and saying that the internet here is expensive and often unreliable would be putting it very politely. I quite literally NEED to be able to play offline as I always have.
I do not understand why after over 2 years of purely offline play this is now an issue? Surely this would not be an intended change would it…!? Could it be perhaps that since the hotfix was aimed at fixing the ‘patchy paint/colours’ issue on EU versions, that it has somehow messed with a ‘setting’ somewhere? @Hugo or @Ignasi can either of you please help…? I have advised my partner to not download the Followers II patch until this is resolved. Furthermore, I have tried to Restore Licenses but to no avail I am affraid. I cant even play the game…PLEASE HELP.
@Barnes could you please check if you have this issue or not too, or if you are able to replicate it? Can you offer any advice or recommendations?
Steps on how to reproduce issue:
SET A:
- Insert the disc, entering the CE application
- Select ‘Singleplayer/Co-Op,’ select ‘continue’, then ‘play offline’
- Watch the loading bar fill-up completely, and the load screens continue to cycle endlessly
- Observe that the game NEVER initiates/starts
- Either quit to the dashboard or enter rest mode to escape the infinite loop
SET B:
- Turn on the internet
- Load the game as one normally would, using the process outlined in Set A: Step 2
- Play the game normally
- At any given time switch off the internet or allow the signal to drop out
- Watch as the game freezes/crashes, becoming completely unresponsive