[Belly Button]

I'm very glad to find others thinking along the same lines as myself! I agree - an internet connection or some sort of subscription shouldn't be needed to play a game. You've bought it and therefore should be able to enjoy it. Keeping on having to pay to make it work has never sat well with me and that's one of the reasons why I don't (and won't) get involved. This is why I've effectively 'retired' myself from playing and turned into a YouTube/Twitch spectator of games, now. 

The modern business of multiplayer games (completely dominating the market over single-player games or modes) and the heavy focus of being online has been quite a big personal bugbear of mine since, ohhh, the very late 00's now! It really is a subject I could moan on about all day.