Excellent news skater punks: The just lately launched Steam model of Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater 1+2 is now playable offline. However in completely wack and bizarre information: This offline mode is just for Steam Deck customers.
First launched in 2020, Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater 1+2 is an excellent remake of the primary two video games within the iconic skateboarding franchise. It initially launched on consoles and PC by way of the Epic Video games Retailer. And for 3 years, the one manner for PC gamers to purchase and revel in THPS 1+2 was by means of Epic’s storefront. Final month, that modified, when Activision lastly remembered to convey the sport to Steam. Sadly, this model of THPS 1+2 nonetheless got here saddled with an always-online requirement on PC, similar to the Epic Video games Retailer version. As you’ll be able to think about, this pissed off many gamers. Nevertheless, a brand new replace added offline assist, however in a complicated and considerably unprecedented transfer, this characteristic is barely out there on the Steam Deck, Valve’s massively widespread moveable PC.
On October 18, a number of weeks after it lastly leaped to Steam, Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater 1+2 obtained a small 1.1 patch. There have been solely two notes within the replace’s tiny changelog: A keyboard overlay error that occurred on Steam Deck was mounted, and offline mode was added to that very same platform.
Followers nonetheless making an attempt to get across the bizarre requirement
In fact, followers assumed that they might dupe the sport and Steam into pondering they had been enjoying THPS 1+2 on Steam Deck even when enjoying on their desktop pc or laptop computer, and thus get pleasure from offline play with out utilizing Valve’s handheld. However to date, individuals are struggling to discover a workaround.
On Reddit, customers are sharing completely different concepts for console instructions that might trick the sport, however nothing appears to be working but. Meaning, no less than for now, that the one option to play the sport with out an web connection is on a Steam Deck. And even when (or extra doubtless when) gamers and modders work out correctly trick the sport and Steam into letting them play offline on a desktop, it’s weird that any of that is taking place in any respect.
Kotaku has contacted Activision in regards to the offline mode’s Steam Deck requirement.
I’ve not seen a writer do one thing like this on Steam Deck earlier than. Loads of video games don’t assist the moveable PC, and simply as many have been up to date so as to add graphical choices or tweaks designed to make the sport run higher on it. However I’ve by no means seen a recreation utterly lock out options or choices when performed on a desktop. Even Aperture Desk Job, Valve’s small Steam Deck recreation meant to point out off the hand held system’s options, is absolutely playable on desktop.
But, not so with THPS 1+2, which appears to be holding a much-requested offline mode hostage and solely letting Steam Deck customers get pleasure from it. Positive, it is sensible that Activision would need the sport to be playable offline on Steam Deck, because it makes it simpler to play the sport wherever and that results in extra folks shopping for it earlier than street journeys and the like. However to utterly lock that mode away from everybody else on Steam is sort of weird, and albeit fairly shitty.
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