it's your opinion.

i expect achievements with all the new games i pay for. especially if there are achievements for that same game on steam.

i tried talk to the devs here and on steam forums, but they ignore everyone. therefor the review will be visible for them. and they should know what customers have to say about their product.

The accents (and some unusual script choices like 'heck' and 'fireballs not candy') are my only criticism of the game.

The game is a little bit too American sometimes, which does break immersion for me as some of the voice actors accents are quite strong.

Using an Irish voice for a Dwarf isn't exactly changing things up either, unless the person auditioning voice actors can't tell the different between Irish and Scottish ;) The actors voice doesn't quite match the persona, Dwarves being quite stout with a deep voice. This guy sounds like the irish guy from Preacher, not a dwarf but he carries the role really well.

Doug (Geralt) is a great voice actor, but I've adventured with him for hundreds of hours, and he also break immersion for me as he's either trying not to be Geralt, which is jarring or he gives up and I realise he's given up, which is jarring. It's really unfortunate as I don't think Doug could be anyone other than Geralt know, which is horrible typecasting but he nailed that role so perfectly he deserves every voice acting award ever.

Regardless of my minor nitpicks, excellent game all round!

The people complaining about no achievements on the GOG version are right. If the Steam version has achievements, then so should the GOG version. Giving a better/fuller version to Steam but not to GOG is neither fair nor acceptable.

Looks absolutely stunning, definitely picking this one up :)

Giving the game 1 star out of 5 for lack of achievements is however just petty and stupid imho


Looking at reviews seems the only real negative comments seem to be about the bugs.......

People complaining about lack of achievements are entitled idiots. As far as I'm concerned, achievements devalue games on GOG. Should I complain about game HAVING achievements?

the delivery is a little angry, but I agree.

Of course, they are pretty easy to ignore. :P

1 - achievements are a thing that exits.
2 - some people like them (you don't. I don't like fish, but I don't call people who like fish idiots)
3 - if they want achievements (that that like) they will buy in the shop that gives it
4 - if the shop they like don't provide what they would like to have, they are free to say so without being called idiots
5- there is nothing stopping you from complaining about games having achievements, and if you do I would not call you an idiot, though I would most likely not agree with you

ps 6 - one versions has less 'things' than the other version, some people also like to have most complete versions of things, even though they may not utilize or like all of it .

I apologize, but that's because I am little angry. Criticism about game's release should be about bugs and lack of game important features such as multiplayer not being present in GOG release. Gaming achievements have ZERO gameplay affect in most games.

Also, I don't see anyone on Steam complaining about games not being DRM-free compared to GOG.

Well... I don't play multiplayer, and i don't like it at all. I think that people who are complaining about lack of multiplayer are entitled idiots

Not really, they have right to criticize whatever they don't like, and they also deserved to be called names for perceived stupidity, especially if they whine about it - i. e. not asking politely about it. If they want achievement, they can go to another store.

As I said, lack of DRM is also a feature, and much more useful one than achievements.

Also, your analogy about multiplayer is weak, because multiplayer actually affects the gameplay. Achievements don't.

Achievements don't affect your gameplay as you don't care about it, same multiplayer has no impact on my gameplay at all. In fact, it is an negative. For people who like achievements and actively plays towards them, it has a big impact.

Well, I do think sometimes the devs design around the achievements, so one could say they impact gameplay to some degree. I don't think most would put it in the concerning column though, let alone the get angry about it column. Also if you really love a game then getting all (or most) of the achievements can be a fun reason to replay it. I had a great time replaying Dishonored to get the ultimate stealth achievements, for example.

In any event if you care about achievements and timely updates and such I think Steam is the way to go for new games still. GOG keep improving with new release games though, right? Slowly but surely.

It is understandable that you got a little bit heated at the beginning but insisting you can call someone stupid because you "perceive" they are so is not right. If someone thinks you are stupid because they disagree with you I'm pretty sure you'd rather have them say why they disagree omitting the "you're stupid" part (most likely because you're not stupid, they just perceive you that way).

Also, warning others about the lack of features on a certain product, when the product is more expensive, is very important. Sure I don't care about archievements the same way I didn't care about the online feature in Dragon's Dogma but if I did I would've wanted a refund.

And lastly, in regards of the people that say that giving the game one start for this problem is petty and unfair I'd say it's very healthy since there's way too many people giving undeserved five stars to all the games and even with these "petty" one star reviews the overall rating won't balance out. I've never seen an industry where the consumers are the actual scammers overhypping games that are average, mediocre or even bad, luring other consumers to buy them. I don't think this game deserves one star but it's so far from five that's not even funny.

No mate, because I am smart enough to know:
1) What's objective value of the game as a product AND a work of art
2) What are my subjective preferences, which should have nothing to do with grading work of art
3) What are elements of games as a service

Achievements are elements of gaming as a service (which SHOULD probably go to hell, but hey), and have less objective value for games as book cover does for a book - bloody nothing.

Overall for achievements, great if a game on GOG has them, but if not whatever. OF COURSE customer has every right to reject buying a game for lacking achievements, but when he DEMANDS AND EXPECTS them, he is behaving like entitled, immature and petty person.