Thoughts on GOG?

[Chaosolous]

There's a game I'm interested in that's only available on GoG. I hate the idea of splitting libraries. If I buy a game on GoG do I have to log in each time to play it or will it just boot up? I heard they have no DRM or something.

Am I just buying the game at that point? With the GoG account just there for transaction purposes?

[Thermal Lance]

You can usually download an offline installer that dosen't require GOG galaxy. Which game is that?

[Paratech2008]

Games on GOG don't require a frontend like Steam.

You can install it and make a desktop shortcut.

You can download a back install and copy it to an external hard drive or other device to install at your leisure.

[ModWorld]

Originally posted by Chaosolous:

There's a game I'm interested in that's only available on GoG. I hate the idea of splitting libraries. If I buy a game on GoG do I have to log in each time to play it or will it just boot up? I heard they have no DRM or something.

Am I just buying the game at that point? With the GoG account just there for transaction purposes?

GOG Galaxy is your answer. All storefronts in one.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by Chaosolous:

There's a game I'm interested in that's only available on GoG. I hate the idea of splitting libraries. If I buy a game on GoG do I have to log in each time to play it or will it just boot up? I heard they have no DRM or something.

Am I just buying the game at that point? With the GoG account just there for transaction purposes?

GOG has DRM free games, with stand alone installers.

GOG Galaxy is optional, except for some online aspects of some games.

You can add the game to the Steam Client as a non-Steam game, if you wish to have it accessible with all your other games.

[Haruspex]

GOG is awesome. If I'm going to split my library, I don't mind splitting it with GOG so much.

The launcher, GOG Galaxy, is entirely optional, but if you do install it, you can connect it to Steam and manage your entire GOG and Steam libraries together from one place.

[SargeSmash]

Heartily recommend GOG as well. If you don't want to use their client software, you don't have to, and you can just create a shortcut to the installed game in Steam. (Galaxy is pretty solid, though.)

[HE❌EN]

I don't care for GoG. Don't even have an account there. It ... exists.

[Zarineth]

I am using GoG for old games, that you can't get on Steam. What kills GoG for me, is how many games are missing from their store.

[J4MESOX4D]

Originally posted by Zarineth:

I am using GoG for old games, that you can't get on Steam. What kills GoG for me, is how many games are missing from their store.

It's a real pity they don't do more to source older titles left in limbo especially ones that have been heavily requested by the community. Real big opportunity missed that would benefit all parties. There's a lot of frustration because people have been enquiring about games for years and there is just no feedback on whether something has been explored or if it's even possible. Everything just seems to fall on deaf ears.

In the long run, GOG will just end up stagnated with their ever-familiar range of older titles you can't get elsewhere with the only fresh elements being the newly released games they can offer DRM free you can get anywhere. If you aren't using GOG for this purpose and have seen all they have to offer in terms of older games then their USP is majorly diminished and they become just another regular store.

They do some good giveaways and Galaxy is a perfectly good launcher but the rapport and hope the site once had seems to be evaporating all the time.

[Xautos]

GoG is not likely to see out the decade without support, but it's better than EGS for sure.

[BloodShed]

Originally posted by ModWorld:

Originally posted by Chaosolous:

There's a game I'm interested in that's only available on GoG. I hate the idea of splitting libraries. If I buy a game on GoG do I have to log in each time to play it or will it just boot up? I heard they have no DRM or something.

Am I just buying the game at that point? With the GoG account just there for transaction purposes?

GOG Galaxy is your answer. All storefronts in one.

The Galaxy client is crap. Almost all integrations are broken and not been updated in a year.

[Crazy Tiger]

It's a store which is mainly good for older games, since in the past they bought up rights to modify those games. Been doing that less and less, so in that aspect their relevance is fading.

I always download the offline installers and install the games from there. No need to use their launcher or so.

Originally posted by J4MESOX4D:

Originally posted by Zarineth:

I am using GoG for old games, that you can't get on Steam. What kills GoG for me, is how many games are missing from their store.

It's a real pity they don't do more to source older titles left in limbo especially ones that have been heavily requested by the community. Real big opportunity missed that would benefit all parties. There's a lot of frustration because people have been enquiring about games for years and there is just no feedback on whether something has been explored or if it's even possible. Everything just seems to fall on deaf ears.

In the long run, GOG will just end up stagnated with their ever-familiar range of older titles you can't get elsewhere with the only fresh elements being the newly released games they can offer DRM free you can get anywhere. If you aren't using GOG for this purpose and have seen all they have to offer in terms of older games then their USP is majorly diminished and they become just another regular store.

They do some good giveaways and Galaxy is a perfectly good launcher but the rapport and hope the site once had seems to be evaporating all the time.

A pity, sure. But also not as profitable as people hope it is. Which is the main reason they shifted their focus on less modifying older titles and more getting newer titles on their store.

It's also not as easy as people think to get the rights to sell modified games. In many cases it's almost impossible to find the correct IP-holders, for example. But that's information that falls on deaf ears with the community, oddly enough.

A store has to earn money to stay affloat. Being idealistic rarely is actually profitable. It's only logical that GOG had to change their business model.

[Ganger]

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

A store has to earn money to stay affloat. Being idealistic rarely is actually profitable. It's only logical that GOG had to change their business model.

Since 2020, we have seen many businesses reverse course due to being idealistic or just being political correct is costing them money.

In the case of GOG, gamer's will cheer and applause GOG's good consumers polices but yet won't spend a penny on GOG's store. We saw this with the release of cyberpunk 2077, but when it came to the crunch, the ones cheering the loudest ended up buying the game on steam.

I called a few forum users out this hypocrisy at the time but got nothing but excuses.

[J4MESOX4D]

Originally posted by Ganger:

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

A store has to earn money to stay affloat. Being idealistic rarely is actually profitable. It's only logical that GOG had to change their business model.

Since 2020, we have seen many businesses reverse course due to being idealistic or just being political correct is costing them money.

In the case of GOG, gamer's will cheer and applause GOG's good consumers polices but yet won't spend a penny on GOG's store. We saw this with the release of cyberpunk 2077, but when it came to the crunch, the ones cheering the loudest ended up buying the game on steam.

I called a few forum users out this hypocrisy at the time but got nothing but excuses.

A company can have good ethics but it doesn't mean everyone has to use them or should be penalised for not doing so. At the same time, GOG has to maintain its viability and remain attractive to consumers. Steam also offers DRM-based features that GOG doesn't and that's what some users may be looking for.

[Satoru]

Unless you are desperate determined to have DRM free games, gog is functionally worse than Steam in every possible way

gog galaxy has been pretty much a train wreck. The core functionality of a single library DOES NOT WORK because they have outsourced all of the useful integrations like Steam to users. So yeah have fun with your library being totally broken for months because the one guy who worked on Steam integration dropped off the face of the earth. They hilariously gave the one guy who decided to pick this up after it being broken for literally months, a bunch of free games. As opposed to you know MAKING THE INTEGRATION THEMSELVES