People in the comments are debating about whether this is DRM or not. :D

Pretty normal unfortunately, even here threads about protesting DRM devolve into wars between users about the definition of what DRM is leading to people on the same side of the issue going after each other leaving GOG relatively unharmed.

It has been replaced by FCK YEAH DRM!

Best thing GOG can do.,.

Remove this DRM Infected Game ASAP and say "Sorry, we will not do that again" .. otherwise i not gonna Trust GOG for releases anymore...

Well said. The entire point of DRM-Free games isn't to sit around arguing over what is "technically DRM" or not. People generally want DRM-Free builds for a less bullsh*t experience vs using the DRM'd ones, not the same (or more) restrictions with a different coat of paint. Online / middleware dependencies or "but it's optional / only cosmetic" lame cop-out excuses are not what people care about. We've seen with Dishonored, Bioshock Infinite, etc, games include not just all DLC but even pre-order exclusives into the base offline installer, there's no excuse for other games not doing the same. GOG need to either have Hitman fixed up properly and re-released, or if Hitman really is that broken by design, just remove it and stop insulting people's intelligence with "The GOG DRM-Free guarantee has 'evolved' from 'single-player games' to 'core single player content'" dumb 'moving the goalposts' word games.

If I can't access content - then the game is Digitally Managing my RIGHTS. When it manages my rights digitally someway - that's DRM.

I know many like to think of DRM as the disc-check or say client-app stuff - but to me, anything stopping me from using content, that's DRM right there...especially when it has to deal w/ online-required crap to do Single Player stuff.

Doesn't matter if it's classic disc-based DRM (Securom, Tages, etc); online versions of DRM w/ online activation over a server required; client-app required in the background to run the game type of DRM (like Steam, UPlay, Origin, and others use); DLC's don't work when offline for some reason; certain portions of the game only work when online; account-required DRM; etc etc - if it's stopping me b/c of any of these reasons, it's DRM.

So, yes - needing to go online on IOI's servers to access content is DRM.

And this to me is especially the case, when it comes to Single-Player content.

Not a huge outlet, but still gets the news out there.

https://www.techraptor.net/gaming/news/hitman-game-of-year-edition-gog-review-bomb-underway-due-to-drm-disagreement

Having already betrayed all their principles, GOG betrays the last and most important of them, the promise that all games sold here are DRM-free, and then proceeds to threaten people who are unhappy with it and say they're "tolerating" their customers. Great job ruining your reputation completely.

Thanks for clarification - glad to hear it.

Well apparently GoG's HtmnGOTY DRM fiasco has made it to Eurogamer, so our voices are indeed being heard, hopefully, the resolution will be to nix the DRM from the game!

Dammit, I should have refreshed the page before hastily posting this news, but still, glad to know that at least 2 publications have taken this seriously enough to print!

I'd like to thank the staffer or moderator who shamelessly memoryholed my comment along 100 posts with it.

Certainly, I was about as subtle as a wooden club being swung, yet the read of the phrasing "in the coming weeks" is incredibly poor.

IOI and GOG are presumed to be run by professionals, and while I won't edict a schedule; I feel it'd be an embarrassing wait if we were left hanging for weeks.

Hey. That is a GREAT idea. I would LOVE to have a healthy CONTACT with GOG. Now please tell me the secret how I could go into a dialogue who absolutely refuses to talk with me because of the past?

It may not be traditional DRM, i.e. checking for ownership of the license.

Needing to create an account, even a false one with multiple burner accounts, to unlock basic functionality, and being forced to remain online just so I can access a good portion of the game on a store that claims we get to own what we buy is a form of control akin to traditional DRM. Sure, it can be bypassed with false accounts, but that goes against what is advertised here.

In the Hokkaido map, you can roleplay as a ninja, among other things. It adds another layer to the game, and even if it's not a curve-ball, it's a welcome change and adds a lot to your sandbox experience. That part is not available to you if you don't progress through the game while being always online. That part is only available if you request access from IOI. Is it DRM? Not in the traditional SecuROM, Denuvo, code-wheel sense, no, but you, the user who's paid for the license still need to request access from IOI even if you've already paid for the license on a store that claims you own what you buy.

Synopsis: it may not be traditional DRM, but it still requires you to register to their servers to release the hostage that is the rest of the game (guns, gadgets, starting locations, outfits, etc, that enhance the game and enable you to roleplay, adding countless hours to what is essentially a very short game).

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Wait. mods did delete your post (or worse: multiple)? Please tell me that I misunderstood you.