I kid you not, if they make Galaxy obligatory, I am out of here. I don't care if there are other customers who are too stupid to deal with anything else than a client.

i slept on this and you're absolutely right.

now there's no clear cut answer to a given developer for what "drm-free" even looks like.

it creates complete confusion everywhere along the chain.

good going, gog!

DRM-FREE to me is when a game doesn't have any garbage required to play/run. I can be offline, install the game-files offline, and go.

This means no typical DRM junk (SafeDisc, StarForce, Tages, Securom, Denuvo, ) and no client-app stuff (UPlay, Steam, Galaxy); no phone home crap when I finish a chapter (hey, Might and Magic X, I'm looking at you here); and none of that stuff is required for the content to work.

The game should just work, once I have the game-files and installed the game. THE END. PERIOD.

So, this includes all single-player content - content that I can play all by myself and NOT need any other players to work with to progress in the game.

Yes, this also includes ALL DLC's and Expansions that have single-player offline content.

And yes, in Hitman 1's case - that means everything for us probably should be unlocked that ships w/ the game, straight-up. Elusive Targets, Escalation Mission, Story Mode, all the progression stuff in Story Mode, etc etc.

The only time I should have to access IO's servers for online is actually trying to download new user-made content to download to actually get that stuff - which means once I want to boot any of that content once I go offline, that stuff should work while I'm OFFLINE.

I shouldn't need to phone home online or be online at all, to play any single-player style content that I should be able to play all by lonesome self.

Wow, now that's concerning

Thank you for your reply. Until you do, don't you think it would be more honest to update the banner at the top of the game page which currently reads:

"Please note: Internet connection is required to access Escalation missions, Elusive Targets or user-created Contracts. Story and bonus missions can be played offline."

You fail to mention the most important thing locked, which now that the topic has been brought to your attention, you surely know about.

Here is a suggested banner:

"Warning! Internet connection is required for all game meta-progression, such as unlocking weapons, disguises, starting locations, etc., which in a sandbox-like game such as this forms the bulk of the game. Additionally, internet connection is required to access Escalation missions, Elusive Targets (no longer available), and user-created Contracts. Story and bonus missions can be played offline, but only with the default loadout."

Godspeed.

thats nothing but , what is that stellar support it is talking about :O

Not really. According to Wayback Machine, the page has never mentioned "DRM-free" since it first appeared online, in 2017.

Assuming this is somehow binding for them, I don't think they could have had it in, even back then, because of Gwent.

This is taken from the Wayback Machine, it was saved in April 2017. There is no mention of DRM Free.

There were several core values in their statement at some point, "DRM free" is basically the only core value that is left,
I remember such discussions about this topic in the forum several years ago. It was around the time they dropped the "Good Old Games" name and the old gog.com logo or the Galaxy.release.

DRM has NEVER been mentioned on that page before
Dont spread misinformation dude.

Absolutely disappointing of GOG / CD Project to be removing reviews mentioning the DRM in Hitman.

This game should not be listed until it's fully DRM-Free

They still have a statement about DRM on their website, but it's not in the exact form of "DRM-free" and it's not on the page you guys are referring to.

Go to this page:

http://www.cdprojekt.com/en/capital-group/

to find this comment:

"We create cutting-edge innovative entertainment and, thanks to our proprietary distribution platform, provide gamers from around the world with access to a vast pool of releases, free of cumbersome DRM restrictions."


Obviously that sentence doesn't directly refer to GOG.com, and like said, the term in the exact form of "DRM-free" is missing. But clearly they are indicating that their customers should expect DRM-free releases.


How they manage to combine online requirement and "free of cumbersome DRM restrictions" is the big unanswered question here.
But because they use the word "restrictions", it would take some explaining to do how requiring an online connection isn't restricting the user.

Could you please post/pm me the link(s)? I only found mods for HITMAN 2 and 3.

That doesn't change the point that's being made in any way. The point is that CD Projekt doesn't see DRM-free as being something worth mentioning about GOG - whether they decided that recently or four years ago doesn't change much.

Fair enough. You don't have to convince me. I've been fully boycotting GOG since January this year, and partly since the release of Gwent.