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Posted December 15, 2022
As you most probably know, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s Next-Gen Update has arrived on GOG and is available for free for every owner of the game!

But besides all the amazing improvements that this update has brought to CDPR’s masterpiece (full list of changes HERE), there are also awesome in-game rewards waiting for you to redeem, like brand new gear for Geralt, which you can put to use on your monster-slaying adventures throughout the Continent!



These rewards serve as a thank you for buying or upgrading to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition and supporting CD PROJEKT RED.

With any version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt in your library, simply follow these steps to claim the related rewards:

Rewards for owning The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Launch The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition via GOG GALAXY 2.0 and start playing. Your rewards will be waiting for you in the Royal Palace in Vizima. Check the letter from Yennefer in your inventory for help locating them!



Rewards for playing GWENT: The Witcher Card Game
By playing GWENT, on whatever platform, using the same account where you own The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition, you’ll get instant access to these rewards!



GWENT in-game rewards
Start GWENT on your platform of choice, then log in using the same account where you own The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition and start playing. Your reward(s) will be waiting for you in your collection.



And that’s it! Now go claim the rewards and slay some monsters with it! And if you don’t own The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition yet, it is now on a -80% Winter Sale discount, available until January 2nd, 11 PM UTC!
Posted December 16, 2022
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1Byte2Bits: The big problem is how this developer had the gall to include DRM content retroactively to a game people have owned for years through a mandatory forced "update".
You mean they went to the house of everybody who previously downloaded the game and deleted their offline backups of the previous version ?

I always find it funny that some peoples seems to totally miss the main interest of DRM-free.

DRM-free doesn't mean that thing will never change and that the game you purchased years ago will never be removed, censored, altered or simply changed in the future. No, DRM-free means that even if it is ever removed, censored, altered or changed in the future then the offline backups they made of it will still work and will still be untouched.

And if peoples didn't make any backup then it's 100% on them...
Post edited December 16, 2022 by Gersen
Posted December 16, 2022
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Syphon72: The main fear is cyberpunk 2077 still has a rewards system, there is not a big chance they will remove it for Witcher 3. I still feel most people should start sending in support ticket letting GOG know there upset. But this is all just my opinion.
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1Byte2Bits: The DRMed content for Cyberpunk 2077 is the reason why I've never purchased that game, even though it's something I would love to play. So that issue did not affect me much personally (other than not getting to play that game, of course).

The big problem is how this developer had the gall to include DRM content retroactively to a game people have owned for years through a mandatory forced "update". This does affect me personally now, as I don't want my game library on GOG associated with DRM garbage. Absolutely incredible how they thought this would be a good idea, when their sister company is operating a "DRM-free" store...

Sad day.
I feel CD Red get's to push GOG around. I bought the cyberpunk and did a refund shortly after. It was just boring to me.
Post edited December 16, 2022 by Syphon72
Posted December 16, 2022
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Syphon72: The main fear is cyberpunk 2077 still has a rewards system, there is not a big chance they will remove it for Witcher 3. I still feel most people should start sending in support ticket letting GOG know there upset. But this is all just my opinion.
With luck we might get a similar response as we got back then which was something like this:
"Our "partner" CDPR decided that the rewards are tied to the use of Galaxy and we have to respect this."
Funny how much respect they have for their "partners" and how little respect they have for their customers. It is actally amazing since GOG would still be non profitable with thousands of partners as long as they don't have any customers. I wonder if they will realize this someday.
Posted December 16, 2022
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neumi5694: There are download links for the GOTY, but currently they don't work. We'll see if GOG fixes that or removes them.
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racofer: The links have been fixed, including the missing Part 8 of the installers which remained broken.
Just checked it (d/led already a week ago), yes at least it's a decent move from GOG to leave the old version accessable.
Post edited December 16, 2022 by dyscode
Posted December 16, 2022
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neumi5694: Except gamejolt, fireflowergames, zoom-platform, indiegala and itch.io, which admittedly are not the biggest stores around.
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StingingVelvet: Not about how big the store is, it's about what games it sells. I think the difference there is obvious.
You said no other store is even trying to be DRM free which is false. That is what neumi5694 was trying to point out. Also there are games on several of those websites he mentioned that aren't on gog so it goes both ways.
Posted December 16, 2022
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Gersen: DRM-free doesn't mean that thing will never change and that the game you purchased years ago will never be removed, censored, altered or simply changed in the future. No, DRM-free means that even if it is ever removed, censored, altered or changed in the future then the offline backups they made of it will still work and will still be untouched.

And if peoples didn't make any backup then it's 100% on them...
Wow. You're going to blame gamers for not downloading/backing up the game sooner, when GOG has made a conscious choice to add DRM to their flagship game, despite styling themselves as a 'DRM-free store'? What about GOG's supposed 'DRM-free principles'? What about those who haven't purchased it yet, but might do so in the future?

Does 'DRM-free' to you mean: "We'll sell you a game DRM-free, and then switch it to being DRM-free later on, whenever we feel like it"?

What about all the other games that GOG is currently selling DRM-free? How can I have confidence that a similar thing won't happen with those? Why should I trust GOG with anything?

Your continued, shameless attempts to bend over backwards to try to absolve GOG of any responsibility to stick to their promises are frankly nauseating.
Posted December 16, 2022
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StingingVelvet: Not about how big the store is, it's about what games it sells. I think the difference there is obvious.
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Truth007: You said no other store is even trying to be DRM free which is false. That is what neumi5694 was trying to point out. Also there are games on several of those websites he mentioned that aren't on gog so it goes both ways.
No. GOG is our saviour and is not to be criticised, or you're an ungrateful, toxic hater and should whip yourself with uncooked pasta for your sins.
Posted December 16, 2022
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Post edited December 16, 2022 by foad01
Posted December 16, 2022
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foad01: It is interesting who is coming back here after a long time and is directly antagonizing other users.
Ah ... and here comes that other user. The one that only participates in the forum when GOG needs to be defended against detractors, or when there is an inconvenient thread, which GOG needs to be derailed and locked.

;-)
Posted December 16, 2022
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foad01: It is interesting who is coming back here after a long time and is directly antagonizing other users.

I will closely follow now this thread to see whether people associated with other stores are derailing this thread.
Thank you for that helpful information. Now we know we have to look out for you.
Posted December 16, 2022
While I haven't yet played W3, I did purchase it some time ago.

With this new news I took a look in Galaxy at the "offerings" listed under Extras there.

I see a "Witcher 3 GOTY Classic" (split into a bunch of files).

What is that?

As a "I haven't played it" noob - my guess is it would be a version that doesn't have the "big problem" of introducing DRM content retroactively to a game people have owned for years through a mandatory forced "update". (a complaint earlier up-thread).

But I don't know - is that the case? Is that "Classic" version free of the "big problem" noted upstream?
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Post edited December 16, 2022 by foad01
Posted December 16, 2022
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neumi5694: Thank you for that helpful information. Now we know we have to look out for you.
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foad01: LOL. I am not associated with or don't work for another store.
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Martek: While I haven't yet played W3, I did purchase it some time ago.

With this new news I took a look in Galaxy at the "offerings" listed under Extras there.

I see a "Witcher 3 GOTY Classic" (split into a bunch of files).

What is that?

As a "I haven't played it" noob - my guess is it would be a version that doesn't have the "big problem" of introducing DRM content retroactively to a game people have owned for years through a mandatory forced "update". (a complaint earlier up-thread).

But I don't know - is that the case? Is that "Classic" version free of the "big problem" noted upstream?
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foad01: The classic version is the previous game version 1.31/1.32.
Indeed. That much is discernable from the Galaxy listing.

But doesn't address the question...

Thanks though!
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Post edited December 16, 2022 by foad01
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Martek: Indeed. That much is discernable from the Galaxy listing.

But doesn't address the question...

Thanks though!
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foad01: The classic version doesn't have the reward with Galaxy authentication.
Thank you!


Then I do not understand that complaint up-thread (the one I quoted) - since, from your report, both versions are available (one with, and one without - that "DRM"). That would seem to moot the issue satisfactorily.
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