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steam vs gog, which game store to buy from? (szmer.info)

submitted 1 week ago by Igilq@szmer.info to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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Hey, so for some time now i had this problem... I have been buying games from both gog and steam... No drm option is good on gog but there are some festures missing from what steam has, for example being able to buy games from trading cards... What should i do? Focuse on buying games from gog and if there isnt a game then buy it on steam? Or maybe just buy games on steam?

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[–] dr-robot@fedia.io 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I prefer Gog. I don't need cloud sync, I just want to download the installer and start playing. I hate the idea of needing a really heavy launcher like steam to play my games. I play via Lutris on Linux. DRM-free is important to me as a principle. I also happen to prefer Gog's UI when shopping around. I keep steam around for games I bought before I made the full switch to Linux and the occasional game that is not available on Gog.

[–] Pazintach@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago

I prefer GoG's UI too, It's simpler and easier to navigate. Steam's main page has become more confusing over the years. It's another reason for me to prefer buying from GoG. The same goes for Steam's client, it's so full of stuff. Sometimes it feels like you have to open a monster to just play a casual game, it somewhat put off your desire to play that mini casual game.