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You don't need Galaxy. Use Heroic or better yet, don't use any launchers. GOG games are DRM-free.
Having a client that's actually integrated with your account, with the ability browse, purchase, and download games, is going to be a requirement to complete with Steam
I have a GOG library specifically because it's not tied to a stupid Valve Epic Games Uplay Launcher. This is their competitive edge. Plus, all of what you mentioned can be done with GOG through any semi-modern web browser.
I suppose but the only reason I use gog is to download games without having to use a goddam launcher
I’m sure many people want a launcher and as long as I can keep not using it I won’t care
But not using a launcher is the reason I have a gog library
TBH the only reason I even want a launcher is that game achievements require it. AFAIK this is possible with other launchers like Heroic, but I never bothered setting it up for the GOG games I do own.
Ah well imo achievements have been a monumentally bad thing for gaming and culture so I have to say I hope they disappear anyway
LOL, I'm sorry, what? :D
Please elaborate!
I like achievements. Outside the feeling of completion, they allow me:
Thankfully achievements can typically be ignored, at least in single-player games that I play. So not sure what's so radically bad about them.
But, the funniest achievements system that I've seen was in the original ‘Assetto Corsa’, the racing simulator. It goes like ‘win with this car on this track against these other cars’, and then seven hundred of these, vaguely mirroring the pseudo-career mode that the game has. I had a chuckle seeing that, and paid no attention to the achievements again. The cherry on top is that basically no one plays the original ‘career’, driving mod cars on mod tracks instead.
Can't say that you're wrong ...
You're right but the good point of the HL is the convenience and fast of use. On my Deck is the best way to have all my GOG and (freebie) Epic games with one click, dlc included.
but I want it
Nah, wine prefixes are good
I guess since GOG doesn't have an official launcher, we will be like, very totally unable to create and use wine prefixes. No siree.