Bypass login?

[UberDAHnooB]

I just want to play the campaigns, I have zero interest in multiplayer. But now I start this up and it wants me to log in to microsoft. No. is there a way passed this so I can just play the game?

[countgrey]

No. Logging in does a few things:
1) It syncs your progress and achievements. So if you ever hop onto a friend's computer, you can log in and still have your gear, customizations, game progress*, etc.
2) If you want to play Campaign Co-op, you have to be hooked into the XBox Live system, which relies on your login info.
3) It's also DRM protection. If everyone who wants to play has to use a registered account, then Microsoft makes it harder for people to use cracked/pirated copies.

*Regarding game progress, it will keep track of which missions you've completed. You need Cloud Sync turned on if you want to be able to resume a game mid-mission on a different PC.

[UberDAHnooB]

Alright thanks fellas. The last time I played this(which has been a while), I wasn't forced to log in to microsoft. I get the idea when it comes to tracking stats and playing on other computers and all that, but that's just a bunch of additions and options I don't care about which is why I asked. I just want to play the campaigns on my computer....by myself lol. All this extra stuff we have to go through just to do that these days is irritating especially when it comes to 3rd party DRM while playing a game we purchased on another platform...while logged in to that platform. It's just a giant hassle, but that's my opinion.

[Define Brackish Water]

The game uses your Xbox User ID in a few files for campaign (post-game mission files are saved even though they can't be viewed in-game) and as a folder where custom gametypes and forge maps are saved.

I have one idea for a way around it but I have literally heard of nobody trying it and it's based off of an untested observation:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/976730/discussions/0/3417685728352737517/#c3417685728353702699