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My favorite part is the installers.
I just installed a 2004 sierra game (Arcanum - very hard solo, def made for co-op) and the installer threw me back to the early noughties, and it was just lovely. That green progress bar and the wildly outdated game ads were hugely pleasing.
I don't like how it insists on admin privileges
I love old keygen software and fucking 2000/xp era aesthetic so much
I need a second HDD for storage of the GOG installers I have and it's killing me that I can only run a handful of games at a time. Stupid small SSD. Currently have two installed, NMS and Zero Dawn and I'd love to finish the Witness at some point in this century. Ugh.
Are they compressible? You might have luck gzip or bzip2 compressing the .exe files.
Factual and heterosexual
I pretty much only buy my games from GOG, or Itch. I think I've bought ~1 game per year from Steam. Proton has been great for linux gaming, and I love my SteamDeck, but GOG lets me keep my games, and doesn't give me shit for wanting to "play 2 games at once" like Steam does.
GOG is the GOAT, it's the only game marketplace that I know that allows you to OWN your games. But sadly a lot of games aren't there and I have to go to steam as backup
Where GoG-deck?
I have that, but on the steamdeck
Have your ever tried GoG... on STEAM....?
Me want GoG-deck!
Now if only they stepped up on Linux compatibility, I'd actually be using their launcher like I used to on Windows.
What is this nonsense about Linux compaitibility? They have tons of Linux compatible games. On any game you own they let you download a Linux version if it exists.
They don't have a Linux version of their launcher, and don't have a system to automatically configure Wine/Proton for games without native Linux support, which is most of their library. There's nothing in the licence of Wine or Proton that would stop them just reusing Valve's work, which is why third party launchers like Heroic can do it.
Fair enough, I've never really thought of GoG as a launcher, to me it was always more of a storefront.
I actually play most GoG games on Steamdeck through Heroic Launcher and only ever had minor issues with the games not registering SD controls.
Oh, I'm using Heroic for that too, it works well enough. But I was using GoG launcher before switching to Linux, even for Steam games and other storefronts. I would like to keep using it on Linux, hence my previous comment.
I appreciate the enormous work Valve has done for Linux gaming, but I'm also somewhat concerned about Steam being the only storefront that also combines with a Proton-compatible launcher. GoG could be a real competition if they added that option.
real. facts. no notes. i fucking love gog. and as linux support is finally growing, it will only get better and better.
they've been saying for over a decade they're gonna build a linux GOG Galaxy client. I'll believe it if it happens.
Personally, my favorite thing about GOG is that I don't need a client at all. I can access my whole GOG "library" without a storefront launcher app installed on my computer. Since I keep the installer files backed up, I don't even need to sign into an account. If I wanted a storefront/launcher app in between me and the games, Steam is a better one. GOG is for launcherless DRM-free games.
hope they dont vibe code the client, or smth idk, idk if they are gonna do it.
Why not just use Heroic? Has GOG support
This comes up every time GoG is mentioned. I feel the need to say that I am sorry that this is important to you and not getting attention, NAD also that it doesn't matter to me at all.
I heard it doesn't localize prices as great and that's the only actual criticism I can physically think of.
(if true)
They do, but their regions are not aligned with Steam, so for a lot of people in many countries, it's 3-4 times more expensive than on steam.
It does not matter for AAA titles, as those scumbags charge the same price across all regions in steam anyway.
But for many mid tier and indie games, it's a tough ask to get someone to pay 10% of their monthly income for a game they can get for 3% of their income on steam.
It's the only thing stopping me from buying on GOG
physically think of I loved this misuse of intensifiers. Not shade-throwing, was just a legit lol for me :D
I see no wrong opinion there
Also make a little wrapper script around steamcmd and you can have your modlists however you like. No update breaking it, just playing.