With initial hype but failed promises, live service games have gotten a lack of trust from players due to poor performance. Therefore, is it worth investing?
If it’s self-hostable, it absolutely is. I self-host Minecraft on my home LAN and my kids can absolutely play even if the Internet goes out. That’s by definition offline, though you can certainly put it on a public server if you choose.
And self-hosted servers are a thing. By “offline,” I mean “not connected to official servers.”
That is not what offline means.
If it’s self-hostable, it absolutely is. I self-host Minecraft on my home LAN and my kids can absolutely play even if the Internet goes out. That’s by definition offline, though you can certainly put it on a public server if you choose.