The IP adress and port forwarding may still be a problem.
As examble for modern multiplayer games: "Stellaris". I think personally, it is a true successor for Masters of Orion 2 and makes a lot of fun. But if I want to play multiplayer, I have to go over active internet connection to official game servers, get a host Server-IP, and only then I can open a game for the joining of my friends.
That is not exactly like the old good _offline_ lan mode in Baldurs Gate 1 and 2, or for another examble the brilliant offline lan mode from divinity original sin 2. I want to play with friends without internet connection and have my freedom. We meet in a cottage at a lake every summer. There is wood and nature, we go for fishing, swimming and beside much beer, we love to connect with our pc or notebooks like in good old times via hub and lan cable. There is no internet connection at all. Although we would like it, we are outside of civilization and we want to play independent and free.
Yk2?
