What are peoples thoughts on games requiring always online? How does it affect your enjoyment of those games?

Parellius@lemmy.world to Gaming@beehaw.org – 86 points –

I'm currently playing Diablo IV (and having a blast with it) but finding one small gripe which I only think is going to get worse and probably stop me playing it completely in the long run.

My girlfriend is currently pregnant. This means in 6 months time we'll have a newborn. With this in mind I'm expecting to only be able to grab a few minutes at a time to game and even when I think I'll have longer I may end up jumping off at short notice. This means I'll almost certainly come to rely on games which I can pause. Unfortunately this isn't possible with Diablo IV since it requires an always online connection even though I'm essentially playing it as a single player game.

What are other people's thoughts?

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Hate it as I have a Steam Deck so I just wouldn’t play it if it needed an online connection as I play a lot when travelling.

Happened when I was away with some mates and we tried to play FIFA which needed an initial online connection to Origin. Was infuriating trying to get it work with bad mobile connection

Imagine playing FIFA after knowing all the crap they've done.

Yeh that's fairs, haven't played seriously on FIFA for years now, only ever play when with some of my mates. Don't get how people shell out >£50 each year for a game that is basically the same year on year