Got my refund.

It is a fun game but if you did want to play it I would just recommend the Steam version. The GOG version literally has no major advantage, since the biggest problem with the Steam version is here as well.

Another release on GOG of a game with single-player mode content (weapons, starting points and so on) locked behind an online-check DRM?
Ah sh*t, here we go again.

I don't think they'll do it right away. I think it will be the final gameplan, once people are properly disillusioned.

I mean, for content creators, Netflix essentially pays for pennies on the dollar. I'd pay at least a good 10$ for a movie when I bought it. I'm sure that when I watch it on Netflix, they are not earning anywhere near that for the movie that I watch.

In that sense, Netflix is fair (its not ownership, but it is fair).

But what they got right now when selling drmed games is a gold mine. They are raking in money, like if they were selling ownership, but they are not commiting to anything tangible in return. When some of those big stores take their servers offline, you better believe a lot of those people will be paying for those games again, probably rental-style at that point (trust in the fake "ownership" model will have eroded by then, justifiably so).

Not saying I'll stick around forever is a significant portion of their games become DRMed.

I'm not gonna buy my games from 10 different places and If I trust somebody else more and they are providing the goods, well...

And no, I'm not going with Steam, no matter what you say. At least, GOG (and some other stores I believe) states officially that their games are drm-free.

Steam does not even pretends this is the case. Whatever games are drm-free on Steam, its an unsupported quirk. If they remove it tomorrow, you have no right to complain. They never claimed it in the first place.

It's the same shit as steam. Not even sure why should anyone buy it here, it was much cheaper on steam a lot of time ago.

So now you are starting to define your
"DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play. "
By telling us "at least a bit of the game is playable"? Shame on you, GOG. DRM-free watered down even more than it was before. You call yourself a curated and DRM-free store - act like this or scratch the DRM-free with the consequence of losing a lot of customers. At least be honest.

I am a Galaxy user, but even I cannot ignore it when such a huge chunk of SINGLEPLAYER content is locked behind the internet connection!!! I can understand multiplayer requiring Galaxy, I can take minor cosmetics requiring Galaxy, but I cannot ignore SINGLEPLAYER game requiring constant internet connection for such a huge part of the game!!! What is this, GOG?! I am deeply disappointed, and I think I was one of the more tolerant people towards your recent choices. Unless you make this right and remove the online requirement for SP, or remove the game from the store - no more cash from me. Not needing the internet to play SP is why I choose you over steam. Shame on you.

I already have Hitman GOTY on Steam. Literally the only reason for me to buy it on GOG is if it were truly drm-free. Looks like it isn't. So, pass.

I'll just add to the voices before me, this is a disappointing release.
I'd go so far and say the description is misleading as there is DRM.

Should the publisher/dev decide to take the authentication server down one day this game ain't worth shit. So much inaccesible content...

Remove drm and I will get it.

Wow, I knew sh*t would hit the fan sooner or later, but this was a colossal dump in a giant wind turbine.

It doesn't come as a surprise for those who weren't burying their heads in the sand. After a member of Gog's staff stated Lift summed it up best when he said: Well, Good News™ ! Now we know that "major" extends farther than we ever imagined. BTW, does anybody here need a link for the Boycott thread?

(Edit: including a link to Lift's post)

It is beyond despicible if you ask me.

sh!t's f!cked yo. worth boycotting, though tbh I wasn't spending a ton of money here or on games in general

Hitman is a really great game.
Yet like so many others. I already have this on Steam, I have Himan 2 on Steam.

Why would I buy this here on GOG, to just have the same game I have on Steam?
If I have to connect to IOI servers still, I might as well just keep playing the Steam version.

Nope, not until the always online is removed.