We used to be able to do multiplayer only without the need for official servers.

it’s a bit of a straw man from your side to act like the discussion is about multiplayer when we are discussing about single player campaign based RPGs or about multiplayer when the company deliberately shuts it down in favour of a new version that just milks players for more money; or about toasters that definitely don’t need internet connection to function.

don’t like that big companies don’t want to pay for technology even if it’s chump change

that’s the company’s problem. They made it too complicated.

in which part of the world can people build tents that won’t immediately be torn down or vandalized? You make being part of society sound like hell.