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?

[strandd505]

You can add game to steam in bottom left corner and never think about it again

[Satoru]

Opprinnelig skrevet av cinedine:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Nebsun:

Just to have all my games in one place.. there are also DRM-free games on Steam, that can be launched without Steam running, but if I have Steam open anyway it's nice to have it all there.
It also adds the Steam overlay and friends / chat, etc.

You could also add your Steam library to GOG Galaxy, which is way quicker and it allows you to also easily add EGS games.
At least for the "all in one place" part of the problem. I am fairly sure it doesn't allow cross-chat yet.

This 'feature' has literally been broken for a year.

You cannot add your Steam library to GOG

Unless you slum through a YEAR worth of GOG forum posts, and try to figure which actual plugin works. Because the one that comes with GOG DOES NOT WORK. And has been broken for over a year and GOG absolutely positively does not care about it at all. To the point they bribed the one guy who decided to 'fix' this problem with some games on GOG. You cant search for it on the GOG client because it just comes back with the one plugin that is utterly broken.

This feature does not work out of the box. You cannot use this feature. Period. Has always been broken. Has never been supported by GOG. And GOG has officially washed their hands of it. Uplay syncing also doesn't work either and has been broken for even longer

[Satoru]

Opprinnelig skrevet av SPG:

Just bought the Gog Humble bundle and I was so used to getting game keys from them that I didn't even notice the message about linking Humble and Gog accounts. So, I also didn't realize that you don't get keys when you link accounts. So now I'm stuck with 4 games that I don't want or are repeats. lessons learned.

I will be unlinking my accounts and NEVER buying from Gog again. I am fed up with institutions and companies removing more and more of my freedoms to choose. It's also so stupid as giving my extra keys to others may have created new customers for them.

It's buyer beware these days.

At least for steam keys they giveyou the option of either getting a steam key, or to gift the game via an email link you can send to someone. I'd sort of assume that would be the same with GOG's Oauth2 methodology, because that's how it worked back when Steam alos used OAuth2 to register games directly to your account from Humble

[Ganger]

Opprinnelig skrevet av crunchyfrog:

I go to several supermarkets to do my shopping - Sainsburys, Morrisons. I put all the same food in the same cupboards.

You shop at sainsbury... you rich or something

[crunchyfrog]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Ganger:

Opprinnelig skrevet av crunchyfrog:

I go to several supermarkets to do my shopping - Sainsburys, Morrisons. I put all the same food in the same cupboards.

You shop at sainsbury... you rich or something

Nah far from it. They're not bad at all.

I only use them as where I live in boring flatland, we have the hoice of Tesco, Morrison or Sainsbury's. Sainsbury's is the closest and best run of them and for what I eat, they're the cheapest across the board. Not that I eat ♥♥♥♥, mind. I just can cook so I don't buy a lot of pre-made meals or frozen.

Although, with not going out, not smoking or drinking, it does leave more cash for nicer things ;)