Please tell me where I told him to shut up in that sentence? I offered a suggestion... thanks for pointing It out again. Good day, I literally feel my IQ dropping a few points by continuing this.

Funny, I could swear we have quite a few free offline games here on GOG.

I do not care to provide counter-arguments. I do not care to argue over this. It's pointless. Only one who wants that is you... me personally, I again don't care.

I wasn't even originally talking to you or nightcraw1er.488.... I was trying to have a conversation with PaterAlf. So thanks for taking us down this road.

Nailed it ;)

Anyhow: "Free-to-play (F2P or FtP) refers to video games which give players access to a significant portion of their content without paying. There are several kinds of free-to-play games, but the most common is based on the freemium software model, thus free-to-play games are oftentimes not entirely free. "

Meaning that free game differs from free-to-play game cause the latest is not free

I don't have a problem if in this case Galaxy is required (meaning beta release as stated) but making the user thinking to download one file which in fact is a totally other file is wrong on so many levels. Reminds me of my favorite porn site in which the url shown does not show this family friendly nature movie but suddenly downloads some tool I never wanted or other crap.

My post was about GWENT and games alike. :)

Is that Destro? lol

Sooo, if I am getting this right, GOG.com isn't DRM-free because some games require internet connection in orderd to work/be playable. [sarcasm] Well, shame you on GOG.com, now I have to connect to internet in order to post on forum and purchase my games online. Could you please do an offline workaround for purchasing your DRM-no-internet-free games? Because, you know, I hate being online. [/sarcasm]

SUSU.... ;p

I’ll try out Gwent. Even if it’s crap, I’ll still most likely enjoy the free Witcher Enhanced Edition that you get with it. I’ve never played any Witcher games, so it’s probably a good deal for me either way ;)

Not quite, an Internet connection is something wholly different than a *network* connection. A network connection *can* be an Internet connection, but it does not have have to be. an ethernet connection can be strictly between different devices on a LAN, or *may* transcend the LAN to the Internet. Besides, I have plenty of datastreams between devices on my (V)LAN's that are entirely blocked from the Internet, some of which don't even use TCP/IP or UDP.

Anyhow, any pay2win/ microtransaction construction instantly makes me instantly loose all interest in the game. Maybe later, *if* there will be a user-server mode available, whether through LAN or as a player-hosted game on the internet.
The likelyhood is slim if CDProject Red debases themselves to the utter filth of free2play with microtransactions and an always-online requirement, even though this may only be true for the beta.

Yes, that reeks of deception, Still, I'm more inclined to think of this as an oversight by the developer. After all, the beta is not only aimed at us at GOG, they clearly want to reach a wider audience, but they seem to have made their client/ server network dependent on Galaxy. It would be more transparant to provide a link to the Galaxy installer instead on the website, stating that you will need this in order to be able to join the Gwent network. But it would be just another hurdle towards user adoption. Clearly, this strategy is devised by the marketing team, gladly sacrificing a deceptive filename in order to clear another bump in the road for the user so that they (CDPR, not the gamer) can be fed with the delicious stream of microtransactions.
That means that not only do they get free playtesting this way, they also secure a potential extra revenue stream.
Bloody brilliant (from a marketing standpoint, but not from the standpoint of PR).

... deleted the beta-file from my computer, which feels refreshing as if I just had a shower. ...

I have made an exception for The Witcher 3 to my "no-pre-order" stance, but after having seen how low CDPR will stoop, I have already decided to wait until their Cyberpunk game is released and properly reviewed.

The free to play model can be a very slippery slope.

Be very careful GOG, many publishers and developers have fallen because they thought they could balance the gameplay and microtransactions, most of them have failed.

Oh and can someone make a script to remove Geralt starring at me in the new front page header? He looks like he wants more from me then just cards. :)

To be honest - I don't know if "having to be online to play a game at all" is DRM or not. I know about all those old copy protections (several of them leading to the fact that I cannot use these games anymore even though I purchased them legally) like SecuROM and co and I do know that necessary clients like steam, uPlay, Origin ect. are counted as being DRM as well because the distributor is able to decide if it is possible to play the game or not. But imo it is not really that important what name you want to give.

I do think however that it is important to realize that one reason for people to buy games on GOG and not anywhere else is the fact that no matter if you have internet connection, login data or activations left at all you will always be able to play the game whenever you want. The wish to be able to play offline is reflected in the wish to have backup installers (which can be installed and played completely offline). The important word for people here is "freedom" and at least part of this freedom is gone when you are not able anymore to play whenever you want. This is not about refusing to download a game once but having to connect to the internet to actually enjoy the game is the thing many people don't like. That is the reason why those people are hoping for the (so far promised) offline single player mode because otherwise this is a game that would contradict this freedom.

Of course nobody is forced to play the game at all but that imo is not the point. Some people do fear that more of those games might follow and GOG unfortunately has proven many times over that they are pretty good at first losening their principles before dropping them completely. It's the same as with the Galaxy-Installer debate shortly: it's just not the best way to get back the community's trust.

"The game requires an online connection to play and offers optional in-game purchases."

An always online game with microtransactions on gog...