Posted September 23, 2021
high rated
...please ask for a refund.
The game is incomplete in its current state, and you've overpaid for a shareware version. As noted in the store page, Elusive Targets, User Created Missions and Escalation Missions are all locked behind an online requirement.
On top of that, player proression (which unlocks suits, starting points, guns, gadgets and other Hitman paraphernalia) are also locked behind an online requirement. This is not noted in the store page.
In detail: the core of the game, which is, in essence, unlocking gadgets to try different things in the sandbox world they place you in, has not been unlocked, as have the extra hours of content in the special missions noted above. I have played a few of the Elusive Targets missions, none of the user created ones, one or two of the Escalation missions and none of the multiplayer. The gadget unlocking alone has enabled me to spend 100 hours (30 on base game, and another 70 on the Legacy missions through the HITMAN 2 engine) on this game through Steam. Without that, the game on its own is probably between 3-6 hours long, as the objectives are pretty straight forward.
Even if the GOG version does not check for ownership, and you can install on different computers, yada-yada, the online requirement, though not DRM in its strictest meaning, is still a requirement that cripples the end-user's experience. In those 100 hours I spent on the game, I had to sit through countless of server drops and disconnects, with things not unlocking, and the Escalation missions not registering.
This is the most restrictive game on the GOG store. No matter what your definition on DRM, the fact that you are forced to unlock the rest of this "shareware" version by effectively registering with IOI's servers, while having already overpaid for the license to play the game, is an extra step not encountered on other single player games on GOG. Registering your copy was always optional since the big box games with mail-in registration forms. This is not optional, and you're locking yourself out of a good chunk of the game by not registering.
Please, refund the game and send a message.
Disclaimer: I am well aware that this has been discussed extensively since yesterday. I am also aware, however, that the front page of the forum is not filled with this type of threads. So, do your part. No need to reply to this thread. Start another thread, request a refund, let GOG know how hypocritical this is.
The game is incomplete in its current state, and you've overpaid for a shareware version. As noted in the store page, Elusive Targets, User Created Missions and Escalation Missions are all locked behind an online requirement.
On top of that, player proression (which unlocks suits, starting points, guns, gadgets and other Hitman paraphernalia) are also locked behind an online requirement. This is not noted in the store page.
In detail: the core of the game, which is, in essence, unlocking gadgets to try different things in the sandbox world they place you in, has not been unlocked, as have the extra hours of content in the special missions noted above. I have played a few of the Elusive Targets missions, none of the user created ones, one or two of the Escalation missions and none of the multiplayer. The gadget unlocking alone has enabled me to spend 100 hours (30 on base game, and another 70 on the Legacy missions through the HITMAN 2 engine) on this game through Steam. Without that, the game on its own is probably between 3-6 hours long, as the objectives are pretty straight forward.
Even if the GOG version does not check for ownership, and you can install on different computers, yada-yada, the online requirement, though not DRM in its strictest meaning, is still a requirement that cripples the end-user's experience. In those 100 hours I spent on the game, I had to sit through countless of server drops and disconnects, with things not unlocking, and the Escalation missions not registering.
This is the most restrictive game on the GOG store. No matter what your definition on DRM, the fact that you are forced to unlock the rest of this "shareware" version by effectively registering with IOI's servers, while having already overpaid for the license to play the game, is an extra step not encountered on other single player games on GOG. Registering your copy was always optional since the big box games with mail-in registration forms. This is not optional, and you're locking yourself out of a good chunk of the game by not registering.
Please, refund the game and send a message.
Disclaimer: I am well aware that this has been discussed extensively since yesterday. I am also aware, however, that the front page of the forum is not filled with this type of threads. So, do your part. No need to reply to this thread. Start another thread, request a refund, let GOG know how hypocritical this is.
