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General discussionThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition’s in-game rewards!(320 posts)(320 posts)
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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 27, 2022
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HappyPunkPotato: Didn't they also give the first Witcher away only to people using Galaxy at one point?
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adamhm: Yes. Although I don't really have any issue with that (plus The Witcher has been given away so many times in so many different ways already that they might as well just make it one of the regular permanently free games).
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mqstout: Yes. While shitty, it's OK. That's only an odd condition for purchase. Not install or use.
Wasn't trying to say it was a condition for use, just that it was another way they are rewarding Galaxy users over other users which I think is similar to other issues like Galaxy preloading of Cyberpunk.
Posted December 27, 2022
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GOG.com: 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!
And what about people who do not use GOG Galaxy all the way, hello?! This is basically some sort of DRM-Unfree Online-locked DLC stuff. If the GOG store had any sort of independent oversight that was checking the policies like "being DRM Free" are obeyed, the stunt like this would likely make the watchdog organization bark'n'bite with setting a big fine for such an outstanding violation made by no other than the store owner itself.
Post edited December 27, 2022 by SilentBleppassin
Posted December 27, 2022
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Winwood113: This is actually part of a response I was going to post to something you said recently that I decided against posting. Given what you've just said about that survey I thought I'd let you read it anyway and let you make your own mind up about it:

"What people are not taking into account is that CDPR and GOG are no longer the companies we used to love. They may have been started by people who had a genuine passion for gaming, but now they're large enough that they're beholden to shareholders. That means the focus has shifted from providing a quality product to simply making as much money as possible with the least amount of effort.

As for "Galaxy", the reason this is being pushed so hard is that for those at the top this is only a games organiser and launcher as it's secondary function. It is first and foremost an information gathering and marketing tool. This is why some basic functionality, such as the "Recently Played" section, is gated behind online information sharing. As for Trophies/Achievements, etc., the order people get them in, whether there are types they actively avoid, if they obsessively try and collect them all, these are all useful for personality profiling. This sort of data is worth a small fortune to the advertising industry, and while they say they never sell your data they do say they share it with "trusted partners" and say nothing about whether or not they share it for other considerations, such as premium advertising space. This is also why they've placed adverts on the main page of all games in the form of the "Similar to this" section. Anyone doubting this should just do a search to see how much such data is worth to information brokers. People may think some of this dlc is "free", but they're paying for it in other ways.

It doesn't matter any more if the staff at GOG genuinely care about keeping GOG DRM free as they're no longer in charge. Instead the people running the show almost certainly have the same long term goal as everyone else in the industry, which is to create a rental only subscription service where you only get to play your games as long as you keep paying. CDPR wanted to get their foot in the door with Cyberpunk 2077 online, but we all know how that turned out. That's why it's so important to keep pushing back against this sort of thing, because the moment they do get their foot in the door they just keep pushing forward."
Good post.

Sadly it's been pretty obvious for quite a while now that they aren't the companies they used to be. It is quite possible - even likely - that growth and turnover of personnel at GOG has resulted in people being put in a leadership position who are lacking in principles and/or simply don't give a shit about DRM-free (or are even personally opposed to it), and might just be pure businessmen who don't even personally care about games/gaming at all.

You can see how they've become more like most other companies with regards to community interaction. It used to be that GOG staff would join discussions on the forums & be a part of the community. Then at some point this changed... someone posted a message on Twitter that a few overly sensitive people got offended by and suddenly people were getting fired and GOG evidently banned all of their staff from interacting with the community from then on.

According to some posters the survey questions are a bit loaded, which could indicate mere laziness and/or incompetence or it could mean they're fishing for justification for an upcoming move they have planned (if it's the latter then restricting the survey only to people still spending a lot here after their recent actions would certainly skew the responses in the direction they want as well). We'll find out soon enough I guess...
Posted December 27, 2022
This really sucks ass. This isn't a reward, it's an insult.
Posted December 28, 2022
It appears that the biggest threat to GOG is not Steam but GOG itself.
Post edited December 28, 2022 by SilentBleppassin
Posted December 28, 2022
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SilentBleppassin: It appears that the biggest threat to GOG is not Steam but GOG itself.
Look account that Registered: Dec 2022. This is interesting .
Posted December 28, 2022
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Syphon72: Look account that Registered: Dec 2022. This is interesting .
C'mon. What is "interesting?" We have a proverb, "don't judge the book by the cover," the same here. Let's move on, no silliness.
Post edited December 28, 2022 by SilentBleppassin
Posted December 28, 2022
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Syphon72: Look account that Registered: Dec 2022. This is interesting .
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SilentBleppassin: C'mon. What is "interesting?" We have a proverb, "don't judge the book by the cover," the same here. Let's move on, no silliness.
I'm pretty sure you're an alt, given how much you're posting and being so invested in the DRM situation for being so new, but that's okay.
Post edited December 28, 2022 by tfishell
Posted December 28, 2022
I had started main game at end-2019 and finished main and Hearts of Stone by spring-2020. Then I took a break of about 1 year (!) playing other games and played Blood and Wine around spring-2021. My point is, even if there are new quests in the game, I'm not in the mood to re-play it so soon. Now that I think of it, even if I was in the mood, I couldn't play it with my current PC specs!

Edit: Witcher 3: GOTY was the reason I subscribed in GOG and the first game I bought from here.
Post edited December 28, 2022 by CarChris
Posted December 28, 2022
GOG is refusing a refund. But, worse, is attempting to state that the title is DRM-free.
Posted December 28, 2022
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mqstout: GOG is refusing a refund. But, worse, is attempting to state that the title is DRM-free.
You knew they'd refuse the refund. At least I knew they would. Unless you're in Australia, there isn't a law that would allow it. As far as claiming the title is DRM-free, you know it meets what passes for their standards on the matter. I never expected them to claim anything else once they said that DRM on parts of the single player experience doesn't disqualify a game as DRM-free as long as you can get to the end of the game.
Posted December 28, 2022
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mqstout: GOG is refusing a refund. But, worse, is attempting to state that the title is DRM-free.
Very interesting.

I have still had no decision. Do you have a source for this? I would be most interested in hearing how gog are handling this.
Posted December 28, 2022
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mqstout: GOG is refusing a refund. But, worse, is attempting to state that the title is DRM-free.
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lazydog: Very interesting. I have still had no decision. Do you have a source for this? I would be most interested in hearing how gog are handling this.
From CSM:
We offer a fully DRM-free game, and while the additional digital content requires connecting to your GOG account via GOG GALAXY, after a successful log in, internet connection is no longer required.

However, the in-game items received are purely cosmetic and in no way affect the single player experience of the game.
Please also consider checking our official statement about such optional, digital content here:
https://www.gog.com/news/bgog_2022_update_2b_our_commitment_to_drmfree_gaming
They're using the erroneous "if you can start the title and have the end credits roll, it's not DRM" definition. Basically they reserve the right to cut out anything and everything and gate it behind online activations andor Galaxy and call it "not DRM"
Post edited December 28, 2022 by mqstout
Posted December 28, 2022
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lazydog: Very interesting. I have still had no decision. Do you have a source for this? I would be most interested in hearing how gog are handling this.
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mqstout: From CSM:

However, the in-game items received are purely cosmetic and in no way affect the single player experience of the game.
Please also consider checking our official statement about such optional, digital content here:
https://www.gog.com/news/bgog_2022_update_2b_our_commitment_to_drmfree_gaming
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mqstout: They're using the erroneous "if you can start the title and have the end credits roll, it's not DRM" definition. Basically they reserve the right to cut out anything and everything and gate it behind online activations andor Galaxy and call it "not DRM"
Maybe I am missing something butI can't see anything there about refusing a refund or stating that the witcher3 does not include DRM.
Posted December 28, 2022
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lazydog: Maybe I am missing something butI can't see anything there about refusing a refund or stating that the witcher3 does not include DRM.
Missed the first paragraph in my copy/paste. It's there now.
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