It's a BETA it's not feature complete product, it is mentioned on the game page, it's not being sold or anything it's only there for peoples who want to try to game and, more important for CDP, help test and debug the multiplayer part and the balance before the game release.

When the game is released and the single player is nowhere to be found or requires you to be online, then complain all you want and guess what... I will probably complain with you.

But complaining that a non-feature complete open beta is... not feature complete... is kind of silly.
Like I said it was mentioned when the game was originally announced, the close and open beta being about the MP part only it's kind of understandable that they didn't mention the SP part except for saying that it's not in the game yet.

The last bit of info concerning the SP that I managed to find was this old article where they mention the SP being offline : http://www.pcgamer.com/how-gwent-became-a-competitive-card-game-with-singleplayer-campaigns/

But like I said earlier the best would be for a blue to clarify that part.

I give up. We're going in circles. I say it's not DRM-free, you say it's a BETA... and one has nothing to do with the other. You are not contradicting me. What you have is not a counter-argument. It's a statement of unrelated fact. This is a product that is not DRM-free. It should not be here if the DRM-free only policy is unchanged. We had in-dev titles here before, and they were still DRM-free. If you don't have a problem with this change in policy that allows non-DRM-free products to be here on some kind of "as long as a DRM-free version might be coming eventually (or not)" basis, that's your prerogative. But it IS a change in policy, and IT IS DRM. Plain and simple.

Here is a question.

Would the people defending this title still do so if the game was being released be EA or Activision instead of GOG/CDProjectRed?

I ask because people can let there loyalty for a company blind them (Valve fans are a prime example)

That would be great. Most of us would probably shut up, if one of the blues comes here and clearly says: "Don't worry folks, the singleplayer mode of the game will be offline, won't need Galaxy and won't include micro-transactions.".

Okay so that's the crux of the matter - people want to know if they can play upcoming single-player without Galaxy? (because, again, it's absurd to complain about multiplayer requiring Galaxy at this point, given how many other multiplayer components require Galaxy)

I can understand that being a concern.

My 5 cents, there migth be a chance gog staff hasnt written all the information regarding the game on the game page
Hell, its even a possibilty the information is wrong.
It woudnt be the first time that has happened and probably not the last either.
We really dont know before the hollydays are over.
Hopefully they wont take a loong weekend off from work.

Here's the thing- there was a time when I would probably have even forgiven Gwent being here online only. As long as it was accompanied by a statement "listen guys, Gwent is a super important title for our company, and we just can't not sell it in our own store. By it's nature, this game is online only. We assure you, this is a once-in-a-lifetime exception to our DRM-free rule. We hope that the revenue and increase in customer base it brings will help the store and our DRM-free catalogue grow. We are sorry if you find this problematic, but we aim to prove to you that there is no need for concern by continuing to provide the best possible service for all our customers."

But that boat, of GOG being trustworthy enough for me to give them any benefit of the doubt, has long sailed. And even if, this would still require comunication skills far beyond anything GOG has ever been capable of. Instead we have a obviously false statement about the DRM-free policy being unchanged (if it allows DRM, even in BETA, it obviously has changed) and zero information about anything other than how awesome GWENT is you guys.

Bwahaha, they don't even remotely care enough to invest the minutes you did in writing this statement.
These days all we get is some new BS slammed on the table and a "Deal with it!" that went through a (quite bad) PR-speak translator.

Except it ISN'T, the policy always was that the single player part of games were DRM-free, here we have a multiplayer only BETA, where the single player part is not released yet, and it is not even an "InDev" games as it is not "sold" here, doesn't have the "InDev" logo, it's just a free beta that can be accessed through Gog/Galaxy.

I can't. I just can't.

I download GWENT public beta , But GOG Galaxy tell me: server problem ,No matter how many times I try ,GOG Galaxy all told me server problem ,How can I solve this problem?

Play the single player games which are ACTUALLY included in the beta.

Oh, wait, you also need internet for that.... sorry.

Regardless of the Beta state this game's in - In game micro transactions are a big no for me, regardless if it's just for cosmetic items. I will not bother with this game, let alone acknowledge it even exists.

Unless: If they made it with a Single Player campaign + LAN/DirectIP/Galaxy multiplayer + A Linux port, and without the stupid microtransactions, then I would gladly pay a one time fee. Then I would gladly buy this game.

Dear Marko, F2P online feature isn't DRM or any other name giving of definitions and people cannot call it and argue about it. They are not arguing about multiplayer, they are arguing about using Galaxy and internet connection and all-of-sudden non DRM-free policy which has nothing to do with anything. I wonder, how many of you play online games? Do you protest against all multiplayer components in all your GOG games or GOG does not support multiplayer, because internet connection required to play online content is something you are all against?

When Gwent was announced, what did you all think it would be? Yu-Gi-Oh, compete against AI characters and reach the top and be the numero uno between you and yourself? People knew from the start that the game would be F2P. Any other format would be complete loss and waste for CDPR.

This is really simple matter. Don't like it , don't play it, don't use it. We are arguing here against the windmills. GOG and CDPR don't really care for this hundred and so comments, there is a large portion of people recently arrived and arriving to GOG Galaxy exclusively for Gwent, people who play F2P games (Hearthstone, LOL, WoT, TES:Legends, etc) and there are those among them willing to pay 60€ or more for in-game-purchases. And there is nothing our arguing can do about it. Some people seems to fail to understand this but can't help to spill their hatred for this situation. Look at the bright side... This game will just help CDPR to make CyberPunk even better. :)

I can't even play this public beta.
I launch the game through GOG Galaxy then eventually it complains that GOG Galaxy should be running in the background (especially if I hit Shift+Tab), I'm stuck on the flame animation and nothing ever happen.