Am I the only one that doesn’t like GOG ?

[Vile]

I had it for a few days and nothing caught my eye with it. I’m a huge retro console and PC gamer and so I was intrigued by a website that sold old games and I checked out their offerings and was like “They have games that are low quality retro games, lol”.

Their “deals” are the same price as Steam’s deals, but even then Steam has bundle deals for better savings. Doom 2016 is $7 and Wolfenstein II is $20. I wanted both and so I ended up getting the Never Say Die Bundle for $22. So basically I was getting Doom 2016 for $2 instead of $7, great savings.

People throw around the DRM thing and honestly if that’s your only defense then come on. I’m not bothered at all about DRM and I’m not worried about Steam shutting down anytime soon. Plus didn’t someone at Valve once say that if Steam was to shut down that they would release the game license ownership to the players ?

I think that the GOG Launcher is fairly ugly and even fanboys say that the new launcher is underwhelming. So all in all, I was unimpressed. I went into GOG all excited only to walk out and say “I’ll think I’ll stick with Epic Games Launcher and Steam’s Launcher.” I’m looking for unique gaming platforms and GOG isn’t for me.

[Dweller Dark]

GOG allows you to buy games that are outside Steam's ability to distribute for some reason. Like Mortal Kombat 1-3 and rare games that everyone forgot about back when good games were being churned out like crazy.

[secuda]

Atleast GOG acknowledge region pricing.

引用自 Deadsea_1993：

Imagine if a company promised retro Nintendo games and majority were NES shovel-ware when you were expecting Super Mario or Zelda or Kirby.

Kinda pointless, when Nintendo barely does it.

[🍋 Lemonfed 🍋]

unlike epic games GOG does have a good and large selection of games and they're actually more strict then steam on what kind of game they allow on their stores ... I don't agree that they have shovelwares at all.

[KW17]

I like them because they provide some much needed competition in the market. A monopoly is never a good thing

[laff]

引用自 Deadsea_1993：

I was using that as an example. If a website was offering retro games, like Nintendo games, you’d be excited. Then you see the selection is shovel-ware compared to awesome titles, you’d be disappointed.

If they didn't promise Nintendo games then I don't know why you'd expect them or whatever else. I don't know what they sell that you consider shovelware, but if you don't like shovelware in digital stores then I'd imagine you'd have more of a problem with Steam than with GOG...

引用自 Deadsea_1993：

Not sure what you mean since DRM has been in nearly every PC related game platform for many years now. People that brag on GOG immediately mention the free DRM thing when I don’t mind DRM. I’m looking for unique games and unique stuff that separates a gaming platform from the rest and GOG isn’t for me.

Also note when I said that classic PC retro games are on Steam for better deals. Hence why I picked up Doom, Wolfenstein, AVP, and Quake on Steam. The bundle lots save you more money.

If you really don't care about DRM, what do you think about DRM that requires an internet connection? Surely you'd want play to your games even when your internet is disrupted, when the DRM servers are disrupted, or after the DRM servers are shut down when the publisher no longer cares to pay for them. Will it be a better deal if DRM prevents you from accessing your purchase?

[Exiled Alchemist]

引用自 Lemonfed：

unlike epic games GOG does have a good and large selection of games and they're actually more strict then steam on what kind of game they allow on their stores ... I don't agree that they have shovelwares at all.

I agree with this, and thus is one of the reasons I buy some games from them. Unlike other PC game stores where they just sell anything, and just about everything under the sun. GOG focuses on the quality that goes into the games that are being sold. If they didn't think a game would sell they wouldn't even add it to the store in the first place. Most of the games they add are because of the community requesting these titles. They have a section dedicated to this, and is a big reason as to why they sell the games that they do.

Another big bonus is they actually patch old games to make them work properly on modern hardware. Heck they even pay modders to allow the inclusion, and sale of third party patches that they have worked on. Even when the modders don't want the patches sold with the games they still respect them enough to add links to these patches on the community forums. Heck Valve doesn't even have that much dedication when selling old games.

OP must have odd tastes then if they think GOG only sells low quality, and shovel-ware games. I don't see Diablo, Warcraft 1 & 2, The Suffering, SimCity 2000/3000, Gangsters: Organized Crime, Dungeon Keeper 1 & 2, ect. being sold on too many other platforms. Sure they sell a good number of niche market titles, but as I said the community has shown a demand for them.

[ErickaUnlimited]

引用自 Deadsea_1993：

Also I was unaware that CD Projekt owned both GOG and Epic Games.

You're probably unaware that they own Epic Games because they don't own Epic Games...

[HeartoftheTiger]

I love them, actually. Because, at first, they catered to the market of making Retro games work on modern systems. And they up the ante with the swag: manuals, maps, original soundtracks and other goodies that came with the original game way back when.

Sadly, I haven’t seen any retro titles on their upcoming list for a long time and it kinda depresses me.

[Vile]

引用自 ErickaUnlimited：

引用自 Deadsea_1993：

Also I was unaware that CD Projekt owned both GOG and Epic Games.

You're probably unaware that they own Epic Games because they don't own Epic Games...

Sarcasm.

引用自 ExiledAlchemist：

引用自 Lemonfed：

unlike epic games GOG does have a good and large selection of games and they're actually more strict then steam on what kind of game they allow on their stores ... I don't agree that they have shovelwares at all.

I agree with this, and thus is one of the reasons I buy some games from them. Unlike other PC game stores where they just sell anything, and just about everything under the sun. GOG focuses on the quality that goes into the games that are being sold. If they didn't think a game would sell they wouldn't even add it to the store in the first place. Most of the games they add are because of the community requesting these titles. They have a section dedicated to this, and is a big reason as to why they sell the games that they do.

Another big bonus is they actually patch old games to make them work properly on modern hardware. Heck they even pay modders to allow the inclusion, and sale of third party patches that they have worked on. Even when the modders don't want the patches sold with the games they still respect them enough to add links to these patches on the community forums. Heck Valve doesn't even have that much dedication when selling old games.

OP must have odd tastes then if they think GOG only sells low quality, and shovel-ware games. I don't see Diablo, Warcraft 1 & 2, The Suffering, SimCity 2000/3000, Gangsters: Organized Crime, Dungeon Keeper 1 & 2, ect. being sold on too many other platforms. Sure they sell a good number of niche market titles, but as I said the community has shown a demand for them.

I don’t like any of those games you mentioned. Hence why I said Gog isn’t for me.

引用自 Miss Ann Thrope：

引用自 laff：

I don't know what they sell that you consider shovelware, but if you don't like shovelware in digital stores then I'd imagine you'd have more of a problem with Steam than with GOG...

Exactly. It's very odd to complain about shovelware on GOG, when Steam is absolutely flooded with it. I assume the OP simply isn't familiar with a lot of classic PC games from pre-2000's, apart from the popular ones he mentioned like Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein.

Not a fan of Hexen and a few others.

引用自 secuda：

Atleast GOG acknowledge region pricing.

引用自 Deadsea_1993：

Imagine if a company promised retro Nintendo games and majority were NES shovel-ware when you were expecting Super Mario or Zelda or Kirby.

Kinda pointless, when Nintendo barely does it.

Again I was using Nintendo as an example

引用自 laff：

引用自 Deadsea_1993：

I was using that as an example. If a website was offering retro games, like Nintendo games, you’d be excited. Then you see the selection is shovel-ware compared to awesome titles, you’d be disappointed.

If they didn't promise Nintendo games then I don't know why you'd expect them or whatever else. I don't know what they sell that you consider shovelware, but if you don't like shovelware in digital stores then I'd imagine you'd have more of a problem with Steam than with GOG...

引用自 Deadsea_1993：

Not sure what you mean since DRM has been in nearly every PC related game platform for many years now. People that brag on GOG immediately mention the free DRM thing when I don’t mind DRM. I’m looking for unique games and unique stuff that separates a gaming platform from the rest and GOG isn’t for me.

Also note when I said that classic PC retro games are on Steam for better deals. Hence why I picked up Doom, Wolfenstein, AVP, and Quake on Steam. The bundle lots save you more money.

If you really don't care about DRM, what do you think about DRM that requires an internet connection? Surely you'd want play to your games even when your internet is disrupted, when the DRM servers are disrupted, or after the DRM servers are shut down when the publisher no longer cares to pay for them. Will it be a better deal if DRM prevents you from accessing your purchase?

I have great internet, I don’t mind DRM stuff at all.

[Exiled Alchemist]

引用自 HeartoftheTiger：

I love them, actually. Because, at first, they catered to the market of making Retro games work on modern systems. And they up the ante with the swag: manuals, maps, original soundtracks and other goodies that came with the original game way back when.

Sadly, I haven’t seen any retro titles on their upcoming list for a long time and it kinda depresses me.

They've been releasing a few retro games, and some remasters by surprise as of late. So you may need to look at the new releases page instead of the upcoming page. Like they recently released Warhammer 40k: Fire Warrior without any advanced warning. So it's a thing that happens sometimes.

[Vile]

引用自 Miss Ann Thrope：

引用自 Deadsea_1993：

Not a fan of Hexen and a few others.

I'd recommend broadening your knowledge of 80's and 90's games before dismissing them as "retro shovelware". So far, you've only mentioned the most popular mainsteam games from that period. There are a lot of classics on GOG, many of which aren't available on Steam, or are better optimised to run on modern hardware.

https://www.gog.com/forum/general/list_of_gog_games_that_arent_available_in_steam/page1

Actually I’m liking answers here. Really looking back, I was too quick on the draw here. I’m surprised no one said “You had it a few days ? How do you know if you like it or not if you haven’t tried it for at least two weeks. If you like Epic cause of “exclusives” ignore everything else on GOG other than retro games. Plus you can always get a free game or two.”

I didn’t know about the free games part. That’s one thing I like about Epic Games cause I’ve downloaded the newest two games and last week I got Limbo and I’ve actually had that on my radar for awhile.

[gugnihr]

I don't know if you are the only one but for sure I like GOG, and being DRM free is extremely important for me.

BTW I don't think that Steam will ever release the games on Steam without DRM if they decide to shut down, they will just make sure that people will be able to still play them downloading the latest Steam version available.
This is why Steam DRM are fine, they are not too much invasive and annoying and they don't force pointless anti consumer crap on their customers, so it's fine, but those games will still have their DRM.
But not everybody do DRM in the same way, just because Steam has done it in the best way possible that does not mean we should trust everybody else. Don't let them fool you. Don't think that DRM are always the same as the ones you are used to on Steam.

[Arnie Rimsy BSc.SSc.]

I do not like multiple libraries, BUT the fact that they make A LOT of games work well with modern PCs is really cool.

[Vile]

Just bought Killing Time for $2 on Gog. Thanks to Miss, im giving it another chance and using it as my unique retro store

[RRW359]

I don't buy from GOG as much as I probably should, but I do have a lot of respect for it. Even though it's (hopefully) never going to be an issue, the fact that they trust consumers enough to sell games without DRM is commendable. They also had refunds before Steam or Origin, and I think it's something like 30 days from when you purchaced it and there's no playtime limit or anything like that. As I said with DRM, I doubt anyone will ever need a refund policy that flexable, but it's nice to see a distributer give that much power to customers.