few questions before purchasing the game

[bufo]

actually im gonna buy the game either way; just wanna know if played as co op is it better?
anyone interested to play together? totally new player here.

thanks.

[Tycho]

Co-op didn’t really trip my trigger but I’m a miserable hermit anyway so YMMV

[tsuelue]

Grim Dawn is single player game with a multiplayer functionality.
But mostly single player. No dedicated servers. Unless you play with friends and/or level together, multiplayer in GD is pretty meh.
(Also: GD is moddable, so you might encounter cheaters online.)

[bufo]

ah alright. thank you for the replies.

gonna solo it i guess

[mammothhunter]

Multiplayer is actually fun if you play with people you know.

[eisprinzessin]

We’re not planning any content where you’d be required to play multiplayer to experience it. Some high-end content will be extremely challenging and fun to try to tackle in a group, however, in multiplayer difficulty increases, so that isn’t necessarily an effective way to overcome difficulty. I very much enjoy playing these games with friends but easily the vast majority of the time I’ve put into ARPGs has been solo, so I wouldn’t design something I couldn’t play solo.

A quote from from 2012

… and enjoy the game - with or without friends

[squelch]

Multiplayer is actually fun if you play with people you know.

This, 100%, especially crucible, I play with 2 friends very regularly and it’s a blast, plus you can power level each other’s new toons for builds you want to try with the mountains of loot you get.

[ASYLUM101]

MP in crucible makes it much easier and faster, thus more enjoyable.

MP in story mode, eh. It makes the game far too easy imo, at least on normal/veteran difficulty. Past that, no experience with it, I assume more or less the same though.