Can I play without downloading the new update?

[Thrasador]

Is there any way I can start the game without actually updating it?

[WeR3Skulls]

I'm probably too late, but I was able to play by keeping Steam in offline mode so it didn't know the game had an update.  After I moved all my stuff from the Camp Office to Trapper Cabin, I went online and updated the game.

[Thrasador]

Yeah, I tried that but my controller which I am using through Steam Big Picture mode schitzoed out in offline mode, so I said screw it. Once it sees the update....that's it, offline or no, you are downloading that if you want to play again. Which I feel is BS....updates should NOT be mandatory. Sometimes patches can BREAK games. There are cases historically of downloading patches being a bad thing. So forcing you to update a game when you would rather wait a week or two for bugs to be hammered out SHOULD be an option....

For some people on some platforms Wintermute is NOT working as intended, and now they are stuck with it...