Well, i got the game now in order to judge myself. No one was able or capable to inform me some technical stuff. The topic is just as always "full of political views"... simply the current age it seems.

However... the game is from another age, indeed.

I dunno why someone was rating it down on reviews for the sake of DRM or DRM agreement, forced online connection, slow download speed, or even refusing to be run (no matter Online or Offline).

I was actually not experiencing a single of those issues on my test. Yes, the game is trying to connect... if possible, but if firewall or a lack of connection is blocking it... it will simply start offline, so no "forced online", nope. There is as well the usual EULA (what, it is here... big surprise?) and it is asking for anonymous data collection, which can be denied... completely, so i see no issue here.

Download speed was over 100 MB/s and game was running smooth so far... even at max settings, so i can not find any issue so far (just the usual stuff).

Regarding the pricing, in theory i could have gotten the Gold Edition for 83 CHF on a PS5 BD, which would be nearly 10% cheaper for me, and the Lions Crest DLC is apparently included as well there (according to the shops descriptions). In the beginning the Lions Crest DLC was a "preorder bonus" and not available together with the Gold Edition. On GOG it seems it was a exception because we was lacking the option for preordering it.

Sure, in this term it is a "FOMO", but on GOG we got the advantage of still being able to get access to it for "non preorder buyers" (guess on Steam as well now, but not every platform it seems) by buying the GOG version, which is actually some kind "option", not always available on other games.

It will cost extra... sure... it was around 15% pricier on GOG vs. a PS5 Preorder Gold Edition, and pricier than the Preorder-Steam Gold Edition... (because it was included there) but, i still consider it was the "best version" so far, so i got what i was looking for. Pricing is neglectable as long as it can "deliver" the stuff the ones paying it was asking for. Publishers are free to charge what they feel is right to them, simply how it works.

Those not capable (or willing) of paying it simply will have to wait for a discount which usually happens, thats the trade off, but there are always plenty of other great games at any price range.

First review here: https://www.gog.com/en/game/kingdom_come_deliverance_ii
Not on the Gold Edition.

Again, as i am unable to verify the claim which has actually become the number 1 "review" and a very negative review.

I dunno on what base they made this review, the ACTUAL issue and no one was able to make any precise statement about their issue. Because for me, the game plays well offline, no issue playing it at all. I can not really verify a single point of it; as well i do lack any solid background.

My only complaint, which is NOT a GOG only issue... it is the general mentality of the industry, especially many "AAA-publishers" including the publisher from Kingdom Come Deliverance II: I have to pay a really crazy price bonus, even vs. US price i pay almost 30% more soon. If this "robbery"... i am sorry, this IS robbery... finish story, is continuing like that there will be counter measurements taken, because this is not fair anymore. Again, this is NOT a GOG only issue, GOG is simply taking over the Steam and industry-rules...

As well i want to spell out, this is not affecting every publisher. Some are perhaps 10% more pricey, some others 15% more... this is all in a range i consider OK by me, but as soon as it does exceed 20% it surely lacks any fairness. The only reason i still rarely buy such a game is because it was DRM free... else they would have zero chance making me pay this "bonus".

Anyway... again, it is a great game and this is my "only" issue, i got.

Some info on Steamdb... in order to understand "how it works", according to the industries wishes, mainly "AAA" but even many Indies are behaving this way:

https://steamdb.info/sub/1109733/

Yeah, blame Steam, as they was actually the ones creating this bloody pricing issue.

Besides: The minimum salary, widely accepted (there is no minimum by law... at least not in the countries i do compare it with) in the US is widely accepted around 25 USD a hour (it can be higher or lower, totally depends on location). In Swiss it is not that much different. In usual 30 CHF is the minimum they want, but it can still be way lower... like 20 CHF, because there is no law enforcing the exact amount! No, there is no law so, it is pretty much "everyone have to look at their own if their salary is alright".

Its not that much different... and a "average amount" is totally useless... it got very low meaning. Not even "median amount" is fair if we look at the individuals.

This is the "hard reality"; not a decadent bloated up high society who got in mind they can charge or pay almost any amount and whatelse... i hope even the industry should become realistic: Up to 30 coins more for a single game is a big difference, this is not "nothing". I could buy Croc, just by my price difference i pay vs. US.

The only reason i paid it... is because DRM free and GOG, else the chance would be zero; important to realize the fact and i am surely not alone.

The minimum wage in the USA, as established by federal law, is $7.25 per hour. (It does vary by state, but this is the federal baseline.) Switzerland doesn’t have a national minimum wage, instead it’s set at the cantonal level. For example, Geneva has a minimum wage of CHF 24.50 per hour, while Neuchâtel’s is CHF 21. Given the current exchange rate of about 1.2 CHF to USD, that means CHF 24.50 is approximately $29.70, and CHF 21 is around $25.40. So, compared to the U.S. federal minimum wage, Switzerland’s is roughly 3.9 times higher - not really a fair comparison.

In terms of average annual wages, Switzerland sits at around CHF 81,000, or approximately $92,000 USD. In contrast, the average annual wage in the U.S. is about $66,000.

(PS. The definition of robbery includes the words "by force". No one is forcing you to buy the game)

No use... i dunno how many decades back those "laws" has been set up by politicians of which, at the time of making it, was receiving 100 times more. No use for those laws. It is true that certain locations, US or elsewhere, has been set up a own minimum wage on certain locations. However... not every location is affected by it, and it can also vary a lot dependable on location. So it is a pretty "soft coded" thing, not "hard coded". Hard coded means if it is a general law affecting a whole country, this is the things truly useful to us because "soft coded" things got a lot of holes which can be exploited.

But even the "soft coded" ones are usually lower than what someone can life with, as in many cases it can barely cover their living expenses... and games are big luxury for them.

The hard coded minimum wage US got is even more outdated than many of their infrastructures and their paper money. It is nowadays useless, because no one, not even a ghetto-kid, can truly live with this wage anymore. De jure there is some "minimum wage" but "de facto", there is none. I told already, soft coded laws (location focused) are not a real law and companies can avoid them pretty good.

Geneva... it is a city full of bankers and alike... i mean, if you set up 25 there it is comparable to nothing, even the soft coded ones, and a hard coded one does not exist at all.

I am not taking those "average stuff" into account, not much use because it does not pay tribute to the individual and local situation... just throwing everything into the same pot.
No one is forcing them to do anything, starts at creating a game till the point they charge a different amount.
In fact they are not even forced to charge any money. But if a pirate is "stealing" something they may want to use force against them. So, in fact, there is a lot of force inside many of those actions... our behavior in which we handle each others is full of force in almost any direction. Perhaps it would be good if we try to implement more economical ethics instead of the sheer never ending "gender and diversity ethics" which in fact is just distracting from the real issues, yet making it look like "we do care ethics a lot"; while in fact... we may not care less.

It is just pretty dishonest on many spots and i hope we can move toward a path with a more humble and upfront attitude with each others, else... no wonder there will be a lot of force at almost any spot, which is not really necessary.

No, we should not talk about politics here but fact is... there is simply a lot of it involved, even very accurately targeting games. I wish it would be different, simply more gentle... more open minded and with a higher fairness toward everyone.

Well, you do remember when one-world-one-price was the second clear, specific pillar of GOG...
But if you want more reason to be unhappy with the pricing matrix, remember that the other wealthy non-EU EEA country, Norway, gets discounts. (KKD2 price, $59.99 US, $77.29 CH, $55.55 NO... and $65.80 for us over here, because we're so wealthy, ya know... and same even for non-EU Serbia or Montenegro)
And there's also the lack of exchange rate updates on GOG despite the USD falling recently, so paying in local currency is more expensive now. Your 67.99 CHF price would be 82.29 USD I see now, while 59.99 EUR would be 67.68 USD.

Time for a new playthrough, then (my 3rd!)