So as long as they label something a "Reward", it's ok to slap DRM on it? Got it. Next time there will be a "Reward" side quest, but it's ok. It won't be a core part of the game.

If only IO Interactive knew that all they had to do to avoid the drama was to rename their needlessly-online challenges and progression system to "Rewards". Then it wouldn't have mattered. Heck, GOG's curators were certainly satisfied with that!

And why are Galaxy users being rewarded anyway, while offline users get squat? Did they pay more than the rest of us? No. Wasn't Galaxy supposed to be optional? Not any more, apparently.

Ignoring it does not make it not DRM.

16 with more on the way. And they're not just skins. Weapons have stats. Last time it was 5 items. Everyone dismissed it as insignificant and now it's 16+. How much longer are we supposed to keep dismissing it for? How large does the item count have to grow, before it becomes a problem to you? 100? 200? 1000?

Even 1 item is a problem, because that means that the game is not 100% DRM-Free from a company that preaches DRM-Free gaming. They get to be held to a higher standard then the rest because of that. BG3 can dabble in launcher-bound Twitch junk and get a pass, because they do not preach DRM-Free gaming, even though it's still just as bad. CP2077 does not get to have a pass. CDPR must lead with example and generate offline installers for this stuff. If it's as insignificant as you say, why protect it so?

I don't even mind the stupid twitch drops in an of themselves. It's a form of an indirect micro-transaction, which is bad, but that's a separate topic that I do not wish to conflate with the topic of DRM. What annoys me is that, even after participating in their stupid "sponsor a starving Twitch streamer" programme, I still do not get an offline installer for this stuff! I ignored your stupid stream for 2 hours. I paid the annoying streamer. Give me my offline installer now! Why drag Galaxy into this?

This is what gets to me about the bitching that these people are doing. These are a handful of promotional items that, quite frankly, will be replaced in the first ten minutes of the game, like most preorder bonuses or promotional items. They wanna make promotional items for a game, it's hardly the same as what happened with Hitman (a game you really couldn't play without being online).

Seriously, this shit is why gamers aren't taken seriously. They'll find the most insignificant shit to bitch about and make it their hill to fucking die on.

That imo is a very important point that many fail to see. This is the sister company of GOG and they basically invented the idea of DRM-free gaming. Even on Twitch the lead dev thanked GOGers for buying their DRM-free copy. They are well aware what this means and they preach it because DRM-free is all about freedom so name it as you like but having to subscribe or use a client is not the freedom they preached and are so proud of. So you either believe in a certain idea and you act accordingly or you don't. Nobody can tell me that CDPR is thinking nobody would be interested in these rewards anyway - otherwise they would not call them "rewards" but rather "nice to have but useless junk" - which probably would not sound as good from a PR point of view ;) So they know that GOGers want to have their freedom and they know that (most) GOGers don't want to be forced to use a client or subscribe ... they also know that these rewards will be wanted which means they are aware that they don't reward the typical GOGers - instead they almost punish them by pushing them to drop their principles in which they so believe in according to many interviews they gave ...
You could also see it the other way: the industry is the way it is right now because so many people dropped their principles and eat everything they feed them. CDPR is not acting according to their own principle which they said to believe in. No, DRM-free is not just about being able to launch the game - it is about being free fom all those constraints and still having the same experience. So why on earth did CDPR even WANT GOGers to do what they think is wrong ... meaning subscribing to a service or having to use a client? If they think this is not good why are they doing exactly this? For me there's only one answer to this question: they don't really believe in what they have preached for years - it's basically a selling point and has nothing to do with believing in freedom of gaming.

P.S.: You could use some nicer language if you want to be taken seriously yourself.

And you know what gets to me? People who do not research before they argue. The weapons are iconic and thus can be upgraded to the very top and still be very much in use at the end of the game. Now that armour is gained via Cyberware, any clothing can be used at any point in the game, including the ones granted via "My Rewards".

They're not junk items to be sold off in the first 10 minutes.

Also we do not resort to cursing to get our point across.

And what excactly does your bitching achieve?

Yeah, it's not the same as Hitman but it's getting more and more. At what point will it be too much for you?

The exact same hill that GOG like to pretend they still care about. If it's all so insignificant, why did they go to the bother of creating "My Rewards" in the first place?

I comment bacause DRM-free is somethig I'm passionate about. Is people bitching about insignificant shit something you're passionate about?

Just visited my first neo hawaian funeral.... what an experience

cudos to the designers....

i probably did not need patch 2.01 to experience this like they way i did it now but... maybe i did ;-)

Now can you guys please fix the lack of pants and dresses available..... I have literally no dress, at all..... and don't get me even started on pants.... where are my hipsters, the cargo's.... the sweats!!!

cmon cdpr, you know you can do better than this!!

!!!!!!

That is one thing, yeah. There's plenty of street wear, but very few formal options, and a notable lack of skirts for female characters.

How's the selection of skirts for male characters?

Shame that it loads *before* your main game save when you clear it, not keeps going.

It saves *after* the end of Phantom Liberty and lets you go on and play while you wait for Reed, but if I do the original endings I can't come back for the "cure" later on...

Right now the only satisfying ending is to get King of Wands, then go on to do All Along the Watchtower.

I suppose that does make sense, though...

No happy endings in Cyberpunk, at least not ones that last.

They deleted it because it is no review if you just say that you won't buy the game.

Honestly I'm surprised GOG even allows reviews without owning the game. At least they mark the owners though.

Otherwise it would not make any sense. The new ending (which you will only get in 50% of the PL endings) is an alternative to the the endings you could get in the base game normally. Given how the choices are here at the very end the additional ending would not make any sense at all.

It does help, since a lot of games were released on Steam years before here, it lets owners of the game review it witout buying it again since getting a GoG copy of a former Steam exclusive via "Connect" is something I've not seen in a very long time.

It also lets a lot of trash reviews in, but some of the best ones are from people who don't own the game here.

I am not sure which part of Cyberpunk is affected by the Galaxy-only quasi-DRM, but the basic game V 2.01 is still playable using a installer. The affected part is probably addon only. So far i did not get me this addon and so far i could care less because many bad policies involved... and it seems like there is even more worse policies. So far i am not impressed at all... i hope CDPR will move out of this hole soon.

If they dont... they will not see a single of my coin anymore. They probably care less, since Steam and consoles are their big "saviors", and who cares maybe 5% lesser income... just a few people who value coins more than their cockily braincells.

If they continue like this, it is probably better Epic Games is buying GoG, using some solid tech overhaul on the entire platform and try to make real DRM free going to happen once again. CDPR at this point could lurk into the "palms" of those other saviors and follow their rules... guess this would work even better. But who knows, perhaps they may still wake up and remember whats really important in the end. To be authentic, not being the big almighty ruler of the market. Might can only go that far, but at some point no one can avoid the truth of the heart.

This part. See attachments.

See the FAQ as well.
Is MY REWARDS also available on the local version of Cyberpunk 2077 — which can be downloaded via GOG and installed separately from GOG GALAXY?
Because MY REWARDS requires an internet connection, the local version of Cyberpunk 2077 that you can download via GOG will not support MY REWARDS.