GOG.com

[ds]

I personally had 3 games disappear out of my gog library - two I could retrace from looking through my purchases and only got them back after writing to the support. the third I still don't know what it was.

Interesting - even more reason to save standalone installers instead of relying on Galaxy.

also, yes, the sole use I have for gog nowadays is to look at the section of newly released games. I don't follow any gaming websites, youtubers or anything. how else should I know what's being released?

From recommendations on prestigious internet forums. Or other places where you can interact with real human beings instead of algorithms and influencers. To be honest I don't really follow what is being released that much.

 

[ds]

Valve has also threatened me with unspecified account restrictions twice

How come?

One was when they tried to get away with refunding the steam dick deposit to my steam wallet instead of the original payment method and I told them that that would not fly.
The other one was for repeatedly filing refund requests for one game until someone with the authority do do anything other than reply with provably false scripted responses would look at it.
So not unprompted and also not entirely unexpected but still soured my opinion of Valve.

 

[Popot]

Useful tool to archive your GOG library:
https://github.com/Kalanyr/gogrepoc
Also if you have problems with Galaxy there's Heroic Game Launcher:
https://heroicgameslauncher.com/
Both projects are multiplatform.

 

[racofer]

One was when they tried to get away with refunding the steam dick deposit

And to think there are people complaining about hentai games on GOG.

 

[Alienman]

Valve has also threatened me with unspecified account restrictions twice

How come?

One was when they tried to get away with refunding the steam dick deposit to my steam wallet instead of the original payment method and I told them that that would not fly.
The other one was for repeatedly filing refund requests for one game until someone with the authority do do anything other than reply with provably false scripted responses would look at it.
So not unprompted and also not entirely unexpected but still soured my opinion of Valve.

I keep getting passive-aggressive lectures that refunds is not used to test games, lol.

 

[Bad Sector]

the downloads are divided into 4 gb parts, which is incredibly annoying for modern size games. for the entire game to download with one click you need gog galaxy or a third party browser application. in the past I used the gog downloader, but sadly it doesn't exist anymore. I just don't get chosing the gog galaxy client over the steam client, so I don't intend to use it.

The 4gb parts is a bit annoying though at least it does help with downloading games partially instead of in one go if you have a slower connection. Though IMO it is only a minor annoyance.

There is a tool to download your GOG library though, linked by Popot - assuming you don't mind installing Python and using the command line.

On the other hand I also don't get the bitching over what crap GOG/Steam push on their storefronts. Do people seriously use those for discovery? Why???

I use the Steam store for discovery because it has a lot of features for discovering games in the search page. Though i use it with the Augmented Steam addon which allows for further filtering than the functionality Steam itself has (but even that is way more functional than any other store). I've found many games i didn't knew about (mainly indie stuff) from that.

Though that is for discovering games, once i find a game i often check if it is on GOG (or Zoom Platform or itch.io) afterwards or there are plans for it to be released there. Depending on the game i might just buy it on Steam if there isn't a GOG release available or planned - indie games rarely have any DRM so while i do not get a fancy installer, i can just ZIP the game directory. Though i avoid that for new releases because unlike with GOG you don't know when patches/fixes/etc were made.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

Sega publisher sale.
https://af.gog.com/en/promo/2024_sega_publisher_sale?as=1649904300

Of note

Alpha Brotocol 20% (first discount since release on Magog)
https://af.gog.com/en/game/alpha_protocol?as=1649904300
Alien Ibrolation 80%
https://af.gog.com/en/game/alien_isolation_collection?as=1649904300
Brokuza: Like a Bro 80%
https://af.gog.com/en/game/yakuza_like_a_dragon_hero_edition?as=1649904300

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Sega publisher sale.
https://af.gog.com/en/promo/2024_sega_publisher_sale?as=1649904300

Of note

Alpha Brotocol 20% (first discount since release on Magog)
https://af.gog.com/en/game/alpha_protocol?as=1649904300
Alien Ibrolation 80%
https://af.gog.com/en/game/alien_isolation_collection?as=1649904300
Brokuza: Like a Bro 80%
https://af.gog.com/en/game/yakuza_like_a_dragon_hero_edition?as=1649904300

Brofisted for brosploitation

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Coming soon:
Capes
https://af.gog.com/game/Capes?source=news&as=1649904300
Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy
https://af.gog.com/game/swordhaven_iron_conspiracy?source=news&as=1649904300

 

[CootKeeper]

I can't remember the last time GOG released a game I want to play

where are:
- northern journey
- arthurian legends
- dread delusion
- lunacid
- outer wilds
- cultic
- chants of senaar

Also, I was looking at the number of people on /r/gog and /r/steam. one has 45K members and the other 3.1M. that's a big gap

I really hope GOG won't fold

 

[NecroLord]

I can't remember the last time GOG released a game I want to play

where are:
- northern journey
- arthurian legends
- dread delusion
- lunacid
- outer wilds
- cultic
- chants of senaar

Also, I was looking at the number of people on /r/gog and /r/steam. one has 45K members and the other 3.1M. that's a big gap

I really hope GOG won't fold

I agree.
It's just terrible stuff lately.
And about the "GOG won't fold" stuff, yeah...

 

[Hell Swarm]

I can't remember the last time GOG released a game I want to play

where are:
- northern journey
- arthurian legends
- dread delusion
- lunacid
- outer wilds
- cultic
- chants of senaar

Also, I was looking at the number of people on /r/gog and /r/steam. one has 45K members and the other 3.1M. that's a big gap

I really hope GOG won't fold

GOGs done a bunch of woke shit in the past that upset many of it's old customers. It's already lost a lot of it's fanbase through poor curation and upsetting people's sensibilities really didn't help. If you're going to be the 'no DRM platform' you have to assume your audience is going to lean in the no censorship area of things and they're not going to stand for people being fired for wrong think. Reddit's pretty bad for judging that crowd as well since they aren't going to use a platform like Reddit either. Same reasons as they would avoid GOG in the past few years.

It will undoubtedly fold sooner or later. Probably be bought up by one of the bigger publishers for brand recognition like Humble Bundle was.

 

[Semiurge]

Who got fired and for what?

 

[NecroLord]

Who got fired and for what?

Do you even want to know at this point?

 

[CyberWhale]

Despite the controversy and initial Codex butthurt, expanding the library to new games was the right move. However, curation (and a poor one at that) and DRM releases (Hitman) have basically made me give up on the platform long term. I don't remember when I have bought a game directly from GOG, The Witcher 3 was probably the last one IIRC.

 

[NecroLord]

Despite the controversy and initial Codex butthurt, expanding the library to new games was the right move. However, curation (and a poor one at that) and DRM releases (Hitman) have basically made me give up on the platform long term. I don't remember when I have bought a game directly from GOG, The Witcher 3 was probably the last one IIRC.

Nothing strictly wrong with expanding the library and selection of games, but all the rest of the problems...

 

[Fronzel Neekburm]

Who got fired and for what?

Happened in 2018 when the rot really started to become noticeable at gog. The hashtag #wontbeerased was trending on Twatter at the time. Gog's community manager/social media expert threw together a tweet that said something to the effect of "Classic games #wontbeerased on our watch! How's that for some use of hashtags?" Turns out, #wontbeerased was some troon rights thing and RetardEra threw a hissy fit. The community manager saw the error of his ways and the tweet went down within >5 minutes of being posted, but it was too late. Some stuff had to be pulled from the catalogue (notably the "The Gamers" series of "movies"). Nothing of value was lost, but the community manager - already on thin ice over a previous "incident" where the guy tweeted a screenshot of Postal 2 in which the player takes a leak on a gravestone marked "Games journalism", which IIRC prompted Phil Fish to have Fez removed from gog - was fired.

 

[NecroLord]

It's always the same pattern:
New company with relatively small but tight knit staff tries to do the right thing and business in an honest manner, to make oldschool games accessible to gamers, THEN it becomes kind of a big thing, more staff members and employees get hired AND then comes the Woke stuff and the virtue signalling...
Money changes people (and companies).

 

[TalesfromtheCrypt]

Sadly this is how it goes. However despite its faults, GOG is one of the few places that allow you to back up your games and "own" them (besides itch.io, are there others?).
Of course, that advantage has only real meaning if you actually back up your library, otherwise what's the point - if you are relying on their hosting you might as well use Steam, which is better in all regards.
Kalanyr/gogrepoc is a great tool for that.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Sadly this is how it goes. However despite its faults, GOG is one of the few places that allow you to back up your games and "own" them (besides itch.io, are there others?).

Humble Bundle, up to a degree. I bought a game through there recently (~6 years ago) because they were the only outlet offering DRM-free downloadable installers for it.

Though I had to pester them to get them to update the installers for recent patches.

 

[Baron Dupek]

Fallout Tactics on the bestseller list?
is it really that bad at GOG when THIS game is on top?

 

[racofer]

Fallout Tactics on the bestseller list?
is it really that bad at GOG when THIS game is on top?

It was free for Amazon Prime users recently. Maybe they count redeemed codes as sales?

 

[Hell Swarm]

Sadly this is how it goes. However despite its faults, GOG is one of the few places that allow you to back up your games and "own" them (besides itch.io, are there others?).

Humble Bundle, up to a degree. I bought a game through there recently (~6 years ago) because they were the only outlet offering DRM-free downloadable installers for it.

Though I had to pester them to get them to update the installers for recent patches.

Problem with all the services now. Half of them are abandonware and multiple patches behind. Steam is usually the platform the least managed. So many games have outdated versions there or don't function right and have been fixed on Game pass or Ubi/EA store.

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

Sadly this is how it goes. However despite its faults, GOG is one of the few places that allow you to back up your games and "own" them (besides itch.io, are there others?).

Humble Bundle, up to a degree. I bought a game through there recently (~6 years ago) because they were the only outlet offering DRM-free downloadable installers for it.

Though I had to pester them to get them to update the installers for recent patches.

Problem with all the services now. Half of them are abandonware and multiple patches behind. Steam is usually the platform the least managed. So many games have outdated versions there or don't function right and have been fixed on Game pass or Ubi/EA store.

Nah, that's usually the case in Steam vs Gog. Some of GOGs' games have been outdated for close to a decade now. Steam gets the latest patches.

 

[NecroLord]

Some of GOGs' games have been outdated for close to a decade now.

Old games were originally GOG's specialty.
And then it became what it is now.
Of course, some abandonwares you still gotta acquire in your own way...