Downloaded. It's just a reskin of HIt, Evilbane, all the other "arpgs". Stage by stage, Clear 2 screens of enemies, fight a boss, collect stuff, repeat. If you love these games check it out. It looks and plays nice. If you don't, it won't change your mind.
It's feature for feature same as all the others. Down to the ui in stages and everything else. Donno what else to call it.
You're right and it's a shame. Most current ARPGs are all online-only, even if there is no multiplayer and it's just used for event quests and such. I hate it because there was a time when these types of games didn't need an online connection to function. Even Gameloft in their turn to making all games f2p, most of their games have an offline mode while still being able to prevent cheating and whatnot.