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Need confirmation that you can play certain Arcade/Indie games offline

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  • ianpwilliams
     
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    Oct 12, 2012 5:11 am GMT

    Please can someone confirm that you don't have to be online to play any of these Arcade / Indie games? My nephew is bringing his Xbox round to buy the games, but then he will want to be able to play them offline. I would be surprised if any of them do require you to be online, but I've heard that there are occasional games that do.

    Bastion
    Black Knight Sword
    Capsized
    Torchlight
    Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
    Zeno Clash
    Minecraft

    Please can someone confirm that you don't have to be online to play any of these Arcade / Indie games? My nephew is bringing his Xbox round to buy the games, but then he will want to be able to play them offline. I would be surprised if any of them do require you to be online, but I've heard that there are occasional games that do.

    Bastion
    Black Knight Sword
    Capsized
    Torchlight
    Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
    Zeno Clash
    Minecraft

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  • ianpwilliams
     
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    Oct 12, 2012 5:47 am GMT

    Also, does anyone know if it's possible to transfer game update data from one console to another with a USB stick? Obviously Minecraft gets updated quite often, which would be a disadvantage with a console that didn't have internet.

    Also, does anyone know if it's possible to transfer game update data from one console to another with a USB stick? Obviously Minecraft gets updated quite often, which would be a disadvantage with a console that didn't have internet.

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  • TTDog
     
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    Oct 12, 2012 5:48 am GMT

    I believe you have to be online to play Indie titles... certainly the few I downloaded only worked when I was hooked up to the internet.

    I believe you have to be online to play Indie titles... certainly the few I downloaded only worked when I was hooked up to the internet.

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  • ianpwilliams
     
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    Oct 12, 2012 6:08 am GMT

    Ok, didn't know that. Although aren't they all Arcade titles? I don't know about Black Knight Sword and Capsized, because I can't find them, but I'm pretty sure the rest are Arcade.

    Ok, didn't know that. Although aren't they all Arcade titles? I don't know about Black Knight Sword and Capsized, because I can't find them, but I'm pretty sure the rest are Arcade.

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  • Blueresident87
     
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    Oct 12, 2012 8:03 am GMT

    As I understand it, as long as you have the liscence for the games you can play them offline.


    As I understand it, as long as you have the liscence for the games you can play them offline.

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  • SaintJimmmy
     
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    Oct 12, 2012 8:45 am GMT
    TTDog wrote:

    I believe you have to be online to play Indie titles... certainly the few I downloaded only worked when I was hooked up to the internet.


    is this new? because my friend had a large collection of XBLA games including indie titles and he lost internet for a long time so it was all he played
    [QUOTE="TTDog"]

    I believe you have to be online to play Indie titles... certainly the few I downloaded only worked when I was hooked up to the internet.

    [/QUOTE] is this new? because my friend had a large collection of XBLA games including indie titles and he lost internet for a long time so it was all he played
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  • ianpwilliams
     
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    Oct 12, 2012 9:00 am GMT

    I know about the thing where you can have a copy of a game on two consoles, one online and one offline:

    http://forums.xbox.com/xbox_forums/xbox_support/f/8/t/3692.aspx

    but I wasn't sure if you needed to be online with both licences for Indie games. It would seem a bit stupid if that was the case, but who knows.

    I know about the thing where you can have a copy of a game on two consoles, one online and one offline:

    http://forums.xbox.com/xbox_forums/xbox_support/f/8/t/3692.aspx

    but I wasn't sure if you needed to be online with both licences for Indie games. It would seem a bit stupid if that was the case, but who knows.

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  • Blueresident87
     
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    Oct 12, 2012 9:03 am GMT

    SaintJimmmy wrote:
    TTDog wrote:

    I believe you have to be online to play Indie titles... certainly the few I downloaded only worked when I was hooked up to the internet.

    is this new? because my friend had a large collection of XBLA games including indie titles and he lost internet for a long time so it was all he played

    It isn't new, I know in the past I have not been able to play certain arcade games w/o internet because I had to transfer the liscences because I got a new console.


    [QUOTE="SaintJimmmy"][QUOTE="TTDog"]

    I believe you have to be online to play Indie titles... certainly the few I downloaded only worked when I was hooked up to the internet.

    [/QUOTE] is this new? because my friend had a large collection of XBLA games including indie titles and he lost internet for a long time so it was all he played[/QUOTE]

    It isn't new, I know in the past I have not been able to play certain arcade games w/o internet because I had to transfer the liscences because I got a new console.

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  • TTDog
     
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    Oct 12, 2012 10:05 am GMT

    SaintJimmmy wrote:
    TTDog wrote:

    I believe you have to be online to play Indie titles... certainly the few I downloaded only worked when I was hooked up to the internet.

    is this new? because my friend had a large collection of XBLA games including indie titles and he lost internet for a long time so it was all he played

    Live titles are fine... but I couldn't play Avatar Golf unless I was online and I only recently bothered to pick up a wireless adaptar.

    [QUOTE="SaintJimmmy"][QUOTE="TTDog"]

    I believe you have to be online to play Indie titles... certainly the few I downloaded only worked when I was hooked up to the internet.

    [/QUOTE] is this new? because my friend had a large collection of XBLA games including indie titles and he lost internet for a long time so it was all he played[/QUOTE]

    Live titles are fine... but I couldn't play Avatar Golf unless I was online and I only recently bothered to pick up a wireless adaptar.

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  • mariokart64fan
     
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    Oct 12, 2012 1:55 pm GMT

    you should be able to play any non online multiplayer mode of any arcade/indie game as long as you have the license ie your using the original console hard drive and profile you downloaded the items on if your using another console hard drive or profile you only get the trial version - and can not play the full version , until you get back online or transfer all the licenses from your old to your new xbox360

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    you should be able to play any non online multiplayer mode of any arcade/indie game as long as you have the license ie your using the original console hard drive and profile you downloaded the items on if your using another console hard drive or profile you only get the trial version - and can not play the full version , until you get back online or transfer all the licenses from your old to your new xbox360

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  • ianpwilliams
     
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    Oct 13, 2012 1:09 am GMT

    I know you can have any content you download on two consoles, one of which has to be online (as per my link above). But generally speaking it seems like you can be offline for Arcade or Indie games, unless they specifically multiplayer games, and certainly if you don't do the two-console thing.

    I know you can have any content you download on two consoles, one of which has to be online (as per my link above). But generally speaking it seems like you can be offline for Arcade or Indie games, unless they specifically multiplayer games, and certainly if you don't do the two-console thing.

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  • k2theswiss
     
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    Oct 13, 2012 10:28 am GMT
    not sure about indi games but arcades games. You can play the game offline. as long as the license is on that xbox you are good to go and any Gamertag can play it. What i mean is the first xbox he buys the one that has license so as long as he i bringing his xbox and not a flash drive
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    not sure about indi games but arcades games. You can play the game offline. as long as the license is on that xbox you are good to go and any Gamertag can play it. What i mean is the first xbox he buys the one that has license so as long as he i bringing his xbox and not a flash drive
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  • leathaltaco
     
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    Oct 13, 2012 1:30 pm GMT

    it may depend on what game it is, i was able to play minecraft offline

    john 3:16

    it may depend on what game it is, i was able to play minecraft offline

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