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General discussionPiggybacking off Cyberpunk 2077(232 posts)(232 posts)
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Posted August 18, 2021
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This offer isn't directly a DLC but something that doesn't influence the game experience of Cyberpunk 2077, which is DRM-free. Like I said, it offers a code for a map outside our Store and isn't a game or a DLC you can download and play.
Posted August 18, 2021
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SmollestLight: The Cyberpunk 2077 - Piggyback Interactive Map does not add any new content to the game itself. Instead, you get a code that you can redeem to get access to all the premium features of an interactive map offered on this website. You don't have to buy the DLC to use the map, and you can also purchase the premium version on the said website.
No GOG.

I suggest people add a review with their thoughts and also create their own community wish &/or vote:

https://www.gog.com/game/cyberpunk2077_piggyback_interactive_map

https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/make_cyberpunk_2077_piggyback_interactive_map_offline_drm_free_1
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/make_cyberpunk_2077_piggyback_interactive_map_offline_drm_free

Make our voice heard
Posted August 18, 2021
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SmollestLight: This offer isn't directly a DLC but something that doesn't influence the game experience of Cyberpunk 2077, which is DRM-free. Like I said, it offers a code for a map outside our Store and isn't a game or a DLC you can download and play.
None of which is relevant.

mqstout already provided a handy dandy picture of what is relevant:
https://www.gog.com/upload/forum/2021/08/45261db4d1ff534d811d6b5044e9bc2449e85129.png
Posted August 18, 2021
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SmollestLight: This offer isn't directly a DLC but something that doesn't influence the game experience of Cyberpunk 2077, which is DRM-free. Like I said, it offers a code for a map outside our Store and isn't a game or a DLC you can download and play.
Once again, all the more reason for it not to appear in the catalog at all.

Also, you're fibbing that Cyberpunk 2077 is DRM-free. It is not. It has DRMed content. Please don't try to gaslight your customers.
Posted August 18, 2021
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SmollestLight: This offer isn't directly a DLC but something that doesn't influence the game experience of Cyberpunk 2077, which is DRM-free. Like I said, it offers a code for a map outside our Store and isn't a game or a DLC you can download and play.
Makes no difference. The fact that GOG is even selling this makes it so that you are not a 100% DRM free store anymore by your own definition.

Also having "DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play." As a reason to buy it from GOG (listed on the store page for it), is misleading as it does need a internet connection.
Post edited August 18, 2021 by RoboPond
Posted August 18, 2021
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SmollestLight: This offer isn't directly a DLC but something that doesn't influence the game experience of Cyberpunk 2077, which is DRM-free. Like I said, it offers a code for a map outside our Store and isn't a game or a DLC you can download and play.
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mqstout: Once again, all the more reason for it not to appear in the catalog at all.

Also, you're fibbing that Cyberpunk 2077 is DRM-free. It is not. It has DRMed content. Please don't try to gaslight your customers.
While MY REWARDS requires connecting to your GOG account via GOG GALAXY it no longer requires an internet connection after the successful login. The in-game items received are purely cosmetic and in no way affect the single player experience of the game.
Posted August 18, 2021
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SmollestLight: While MY REWARDS requires connecting to your GOG account via GOG GALAXY it no longer requires an internet connection after the successful login. The in-game items received are purely cosmetic and in no way affect the single player experience of the game.
"It's just cosmetic" is not a legitimate excuse for there to be DRMed content as part of the game. And they (cosmetic things) absolutely affect the play experience, single-player or not. Else we wouldn't have had decades of cosmetics as rewards for single-player experiences, and we wouldn't have online services like Fortnight generating billions of dollars purely on cosmetics.

"The game has only placeholder textures, no sound, and all character models are a simple wireframe cube until you activate online" is also just cosmetic. Once there is ANY DRM, there's no exercise that can draw the line between acceptability and not. It's a binary thing. Cyberpunk 2077 has DRM.

There's no way to draw a line in between. There's no way to defend the "my rewards" program. It's 100% pure unadulturated DRM.

Once again, please stop trying to gaslight your customers. Instead, take this up with management to get the problem actually fixed.

EDIT: So I repeat -- it's no surprise that the premier game that highlights DRM on GOG (though not the only) also brings a 100% online-only account-based external service resold key to the product catalog.
Post edited August 18, 2021 by mqstout
Posted August 18, 2021
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SmollestLight: The Cyberpunk 2077 - Piggyback Interactive Map does not add any new content to the game itself. Instead, you get a code that you can redeem to get access to all the premium features of an interactive map offered on this website. You don't have to buy the DLC to use the map, and you can also purchase the premium version on the said website.
Who are the fuckers that thought that sell that piece of shit in here was a good idea???? Marcin Iwiński is doing the complete opposite of what gamers really want, just make another Witcher 3, a complete offline experience without this kind of shit, make all the GOG Galaxy content available through offline installers and make an enhanced edition of Cyberpunk 2077 once and for all.
Posted August 18, 2021
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SmollestLight: While MY REWARDS requires connecting to your GOG account via GOG GALAXY it no longer requires an internet connection after the successful login.
Wow, that's almost optional then! Most triumphant. Hey, I have an idea - I'll open a store where you have to get punched in the face to enter. But once you're inside, you no longer have to keep getting punched in the face. Sounds good, right?

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SmollestLight: While MY REWARDS requires connecting to your GOG account via GOG GALAXY it no longer requires an internet connection after the successful login. The in-game items received are purely cosmetic and in no way affect the single player experience of the game.
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mqstout: "It's just cosmetic" is not a legitimate excuse for there to be DRMed content as part of the game. And they (cosmetic things) absolutely affect the play experience, single-player or not. Else we wouldn't have had decades of cosmetics as rewards for single-player experiences, and we wouldn't have online services like Fortnight generating billions of dollars purely on cosmetics.

"The game has only placeholder textures, no sound, and all character models are a simple wireframe cube until you activate online" is also just cosmetic. Once there is ANY DRM, there's no exercise that can draw the line between acceptability and not. It's a binary thing. Cyberpunk 2077 has DRM.

There's no way to draw a line in between. There's no way to defend the "my rewards" program. It's 100% pure unadulturated DRM.

Once again, please stop trying to gaslight your customers. Instead, take this up with management to get the problem actually fixed.
This, 100%. Couldn't put it better myself.
Post edited August 18, 2021 by Breja
Posted August 18, 2021
Agree that this should not be sold here, you can promote it in a news article and link but people come here to avoid a constant Internet connection or needing to access a server at regular intervals.
Posted August 18, 2021
This is the most I have ever seen a staff member engage repeatedly on a topic where customers are rightfully criticizing GOG the company's apparent acceptance of DRMed content. That said, I can't say the apologetics being spun here in an an attempt to damage control are very convincing.

I was a bit lax on my boycott and wanted to believe GOG was going in a better direction (i.e., reversing course from their DRM direction). So much for that. I had said all along I will buy what I consider "must-haves" to get the DRM-free offline primary installers (what you guys erroneously brand as the "backup" installers).

At this point all I can see buying as true must-haves are Succubus and, if it comes here, Agony. And it is like I will be holding my nose if I do. This company's attitude of making excuses for DRM and client requirements stinks!
Posted August 18, 2021
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SmollestLight: This offer isn't directly a DLC but something that doesn't influence the game experience of Cyberpunk 2077, which is DRM-free. Like I said, it offers a code for a map outside our Store and isn't a game or a DLC you can download and play.
It's being sold as a DLC, who cares if it doesn't influence the game experience, you are selling a code for an online product, leave the devs sell it outside of your store and they will pay you the royalties. Take that shit down.
Posted August 18, 2021
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SmollestLight: While MY REWARDS requires connecting to your GOG account via GOG GALAXY it no longer requires an internet connection after the successful login. The in-game items received are purely cosmetic and in no way affect the single player experience of the game.
I cannot believe I've just read this.
Posted August 18, 2021
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If the free version of this map doesn't meet your needs, there are others to try:
https://cyberpunk2077-map.com
https://www.nightcity.io
https://www.purecyberpunk.com/map/

This reminded me of Prima Strategy Guides and the like, and sure enough, this company is selling official guides which include premium online map access.

I don't think this belongs in the store. It feels like CDPR is selling advertising space on GOG.
Posted August 18, 2021
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SmollestLight: While MY REWARDS requires connecting to your GOG account via GOG GALAXY it no longer requires an internet connection after the successful login. The in-game items received are purely cosmetic and in no way affect the single player experience of the game.
Unfortunately the same argument was made when we saw "But it's only cosmetic. I'm sure it'll stop there" mobile-game style lootboxes / in-game micro-transactions start to creep into PC games during the 2010's. Five years later, the appalling state of the AAA industry from accepting "incrementalism" is painfully obvious...

Likewise there was a time when buggy offline installers sold here that didn't work properly (example 1, example 2) would have been fixed. Then along came Galaxy, and half broken offline installers now remain permanently broken... Promoting stuff like this without fixing them comes across as "tone deaf" to many, to say the least.
Post edited August 18, 2021 by AB2012
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