Hitman: Game of the Year Edition recently became available on GOG at a discount, but players are not happy and have been giving the game low scores.
Since the franchise was rebooted a few years ago, Hitman has been going from strength to strength. With Hitman 3 surging past its predecessor in terms of sales earlier this year, it seems as though there is still a lot of life left in the series, even though the studio is taking a break from the capers of Agent 47 to concentrate on a new IP.
However, despite the popularity of the reboot, there are some gamers who have been less than pleased with the 2016 installment and have been making that known.
The review bombing took place during the weekend. Currently, Hitman – Game of the Year Edition sits at a ★1.5/5 rating in GOG. Several users expressed their concerns about the game’s online requirement despite being on a storefront that supposedly hands complete control to users over their games.
“This is completely shameful, on both the side of the publisher, for not working an actual DRM-Free version and on the side of GOG, for selling this as a ‘DRM-Free’ version, when its clearly not the case,” reads one user review from Neurus_Ex. “This game should’ve never gotten past GOG’s curation,” claims another from ZireaelPC.
Addressing the issue on the community forums, GOG said it was looking into the matter and would offer an update in the coming weeks, before calling out review bombers and indicating it will be removing posts that don’t follow its guidelines.
“Thank you for bringing this topic to our attention,” said a GOG spokesperson(as spotted by Eurogamer). “We’re looking into it and will be updating you in the coming weeks.
In case you have purchased Hitman and are not satisfied with the released version, you can use your right to refund the game.
At the same time, while we’re open for meritful discussion and feedback, we will not tolerate review bombing and will be removing posts that do not follow our review guidelines.”
At the time of writing, the Hitman: Game of the Year listing still contains reams of negative user reviews and continues to tout the title as “DRM free.”
