Nobody ever lost their library here.
At the worst, you may be banned from the forum for some time.

"Review bombing" is the least of your problems. GOG is selling a product with DRM and it's game page says DRM-free.

It's FALSE ADVERTISING.

And you guys are hosted in a EU country. Where there are serious laws against this kind of behavior from companies.

This conversation isn't just happening here in the GOG forums. It's on Twitter, Reddit and many other internet forums.

So, dear GOG staff, let your manager know that it might be a good moment to give the legal team a call.

Well, it's easily averted: simply don't post things that get you banned. Easy as pie. I manage to do that since Sept. 2010.

And who are YOU to interrogate him like that?

It's a horrible symptom that people are so afraid to use their main accounts for simply telling obvious and harmless truth. Afraid for their legally owned game collections. Current atmosphere here is beloved store and community for many years have turned into Orwellian State.

Thank you for the reply. Best of luck to GOG and IOI in getting this sorted out. If you all can successfully offer a truly DRM-free edition, then I will be interested in buying it.

Good, good, I hope you can make this right!

You really tell us that this is a situation your company hasn't been aware of but something your customers had to bring to your awareness? Thanks for making me laugh. :) Someone in your company curated it, someone made a contract with IOI, a team must have reviewed the game as you received it and someone clearly wrote in smallish print on the shop page pinned to the top of your page, at first in very small print, later on up top DISCLAIMER, that some content is locked or only accessible by being Online. Was no one able to be honest about the extent to which content is unavailable?

You think by telling your customers you are 'looking into it' and updating them 'in the coming weeks' will cut it and people will stop complaining, waiting patiently until eventually you take your time to clarify and remedy the situation?

It doesn't take weeks, it doesn't even take days, all it takes is being honest. The storm will not be over in a couple of weeks or months as it is. It's basically on you to act now in favor of your customers which should very well be within your rights. The only course of action would be to remove the game from the store until this is sorted out. This doesn't take weeks or months but a mere seconds. Save yourselves the trouble if only for once and set things straight.

As far as negativ reviews are concerned, you know how the saying goes: wyrządzone zło powraca. It is a relevant piece of information for prospective customers to be aware of the fact, that if they come here to buy this game with the expectancy that it is indeed DRM-free, the full content is available to them without Galaxy or registration, that's not review bombing but stating facts helping visitors to make an informed decision whether they are willing to make that purchase. You can't expect anyone to read your forum and this discussion is all good and fine to you of course. Have your customers have their say because soon they will forget as if nothing ever happened. Which is increasingly hard considering how the last couple of months went and it's only getting worse. This is only the tip of the iceberg so better don't risk sinking the Titanic. ;-)

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Since maybe you will read this statement also take down Soul Saga and Plane Mechanic Simulator, both dead products, while you are at it.

ok. maybe.
but GOG says, they will not tolerate review bombing because it supposedly does'nt follow their review guidelines.
i would say it is justified! maybe i violate their forum guidelines only by saying my opinion.
btw. i'm not the reason for this shit.

Sheesh, dude...calm down. I wasn't aware I was using GULAG techniques here, that would invoke flashbacks in you.
Yeah, sure, dude...why not try and stay within the limits of reality? It's better for your blood pressure, too.

Btw: "obvious and harmless truth" has never been the reason to get banned here.
Maybe the way these "obvious and harmless truths" have been presented, but never the obvious and harmless truth itself.
Nope. See above.

Btw: they never released a game with fully intact DRM here..
and why are you attacking us here?

Afraid? What is happening here is just a suspicios account created to spread even more noise. And the horrible symptom is trying to justify such practices because you agree what he say when probably he is just trolling. Apparently the legit opinions aganst the HITMAN release in the current state are not enough. Noise, spam and trolling is needed.

Oh, you're one of those...I see. Sorry for "attacking" you.
I leave you alone now, so you don't get hurt anymore. Bye.

So, instead of giving an apology to this guy, like any honest person would do, you're trying to insult me with political BS? Sweet.
Now I see that this guy's worries are justified.

To anyone who tries to down play this saying it's "just one game".

Many developers and publishers do not like selling their games without DRM and only reluctantly put their games on GOG after their "cycle" on Steam and elsewhere is done. If Hitman in it's current state is acceptable, many other companies will want to do the same thing. And ultimately it will be the end of GOG because once games there have the same DRM as Steam there is no point.

By being outraged we are actually doing GOG and it's shareholders a favor.