10 Upcoming Video Games That Have Already Pissed Fans Off

10. Always Online (Even When Playing Solo) - Redfall

Easily one of the year's most anticipated Microsoft-exclusive titles is open-world multiplayer FPS Redfall - the latest game from Dishonored developers Arkane.

And while it's of course a given that you need to connect online for the multiplayer portion of the game, publisher Bethesda stoked the ire of the Internet when they recently revealed that the game would require players to remain permanently connected to the Internet even when playing solo.

Given that Redfall can be played in its entirety as a single-player experience, forcing players to stay online seems like an excessive measure of control, ensuring that players can't keep playing if they have connection issues or want to play offline for whatever reason.

And more to the point, it means that when Redfall's servers are eventually taken offline, the game will effectively become unplayable. Simply put, the always-online requirement is terrible for game preservation.

While publishers typically state that such measures mark an attempt to stamp out piracy, it feels like an especially lousy justification in this case given that Redfall will be launching on Xbox Game Pass and can be played for just a small subscription fee.