>think about buying a game on gog
>just buy it on steam instead
What's the point of playing a videogame if my friends can't see I'm playing it?
I know gog galaxy exists but no one fucking uses it.
>>340266445
>f riends
you either don't know where you are or you're trolling.
>>340266445
>What's the point of playing a videogame if my friends can't see I'm playing it?
https://www.gog.com/connect
Steam is shit now. Even if you still use Steam, give them some competition so they won't fuck you over further.
>>340266445
>What's the point of playing a videogame if my friends can't see I'm playing it?
How does it feel to be 15? Go back to facebook dumb underage clown
>DRM-Free
But I already play DRM free games on Steam.
What makes the GoG client so special?
>muh friends
What are you, a jrpg protagonist
>>340267343
>DRM free games on Steam
Steam is the DRM you nignog
Obvious bait aside, GoG goes through the effort of selling their games with patches/fixes so they can actually function on modern hardware.
Stuff like the older Fallouts and Oddworlds won't work unless you get a patch for them.
Granted if you understand how to install patches its not a problem but its still retarded how Valve just sells games that don't work
>>340267516
Yes, they go through the effort of packaging in the community patches and calling it their own
>>340267343
Post the image
>>340266445
>>think about buying a game on gog
>>just buy it on steam instead
So you're retaded.
>>340267343
Copy your Steam games onto a USB stick and transfer them to your laptop and then play them without an internet connection and let me know how that goes
>>340267603
>Yes, they go through the effort of packaging in the community patches and calling it their own
How are they calling it their own?
They sell the game and apply the fixes (and sometimes makes their own) so make sure the games you buy work.
Please tell me how this is inferior to the way Valve is doing it?
>>340267343
clock likework
>>340267501
>>340267704
There are DRM free games on Steam and you can just copy them like you said. KSP is one example. Sadly they're the vast minority and you still need the client to download them in the first place.
>>340266823
you guys might as well do this. GOG will be decent competition for valve in a few years and you're going to regret not getting free shit
>>340267769
I'd rather patch the game myself than have some random stuff put in
>>340267501
>mfw summer is here
If only GOG somehow could give steam keys with their purchases I'd buy from them every time.
I don't know how gog haven't worked something out with steam while those shovelware developers who just make rpgmaker games to then give away and make a profit off cards can get thousands of keys for their games
>>340267881
>random stuff put in
They make sure the games work, that's it. If you're so autistic you have to apply the patch yourself and thus prefer Steam DRM over it then you're simply stupid.
>>340267947
>If only GOG somehow could give steam keys with their purchases I'd buy from them every time.
Why the fuck would you buy something from GoG but then want to get a Steam key?
You're literally asking for DRM over no DRM.
>>340267929
Steam is DRM by fucken definition, you idiot
>>340268032
No, it's not.
>>340268032
Lurk more
>>340266445
>What's the point of playing a videogame if my friends can't see I'm playing it?
i dont know, maybe coz you like the fucking game instead of being an attention whore? poser
>>340267343
Man, I already miss it. Even if the games on sale are shit, the threads are fun
>>340268032
>implying
>>340267343
The games are fine, plus none of them will be hooked into steam apis that prevent them from running without it(yeah, there are some games you can just run right out of the directory, but far more than you can't.)
GoG galaxy isn't special though. Galaxy is an unambitious, undermaintained, very unspecial piece of shit. Use it to update games and nothing else. Maybe not even that.
>>340267704
I tried that, most games just freak out and crash from missing files.
The whole point of buying shit on steam is to flaunt your tastes. I bet all the gogfags here have steam profiles with "No information given" and a question mark avatar
>>340266445
>What's the point of playing a videogame if my friends can't see I'm playing it?
Gamer girl go home!
How does something like Steam still have fanboys?
I could only understand it if they began funding/developing stuff for PC like they did in the past.
GOG walks the extra mile to make things work. Origin/uPlay/Windows Store all have vastly superior customer support and fund their own high-budget games.
Why do some people love Steam so much?
>>340266445
>if my friends can't see I'm playing it?
They are not really your friends. You barely even chat with them. And they certainly don't care which games you play
>>340268301
To be fair, Steam was a complete piece of pointless shit at launch. They could be relevant in a few years if they play it right. Might as well make an attachment to GOG itself for now with the GOG connect thing.
>Not having a GoG account for the occasional free games
>think about buying a game on Steam
>just buy it on GoG instead because they actually use good EU prices
what's the point of games if i don't even own it
>>340268590
>asks why blind fanboyism exists
>on /v/
>>340268590
It's a gamer Facebook, especially among weeaboo trash the ERP
>>340268590
I like Steam because I have loads of games on it, the few online friends I have are on Steam, it has good discounts.
I'll buy games on GoG if they're cheaper, but if it's the same price as Steam then I'll get them on Steam so I don't split up my library more than is neccessary.
I don't like Origin and uPlay since I'd have to run those too to play shit and having games there too would split up my library.
>>340268590
Valve is the only reason why PC gaming exists today and where else can we play the most popular PC games on the planet like CS, Dota 2, TF2 and Garry's mod huh?
>>340268812
>Valve is the only reason why PC gaming exists today
>>340267343
>DRM free games on Steam
wut?
All these guys thought he was serious, dohoho
>>340268590
Community, plus resources, plus ease of game management and the largest pool of available games by a fucking ridiculous margin.
I don't use steam for fucking anything but playing my games, but there's actually a lot of functionality in it, that ties together well with the social aspects.
"Making things work" isn't really an issue for modern games, and like it or not, older titles is a much more niche market. It is absolute bullshit how valve just lets assholes fire and forget them on the service without ensuring that they actually run on modern systems though. Valve should be sued for that.
>>340268879
Wow you must be underage, before Half Life came out PC gaming was nonexistant but thanks to that and HL2 is the reason why everyone started to play PC games.
>>340268812
>Valve is the only reason that console ports are on PC today
Ftfy
>>340268812
>Valve is the only reason why PC gaming exists today
>>340269014
>implying that's not the same
>>340268651
Steam was at least intent on going somewhere. Galaxy, they aren't even foresighted enough to realize people might want/need handles, and not use actual account names as user names.
The team handling galaxy are complete shitters with no ideas, no ambitions, and lazy bastards who took fucking forever to add a basic thing like pausing and resuming file transfers. It's possible it might turn into something neat, yeah. But it's about as likely as hillary clinton soul kissing donald trump on live debate television.
>>340268997
yeah, because no one totally played anything on PC before, Doom was really unpopular.
the only thing Half Life gave us was shitty cinematic shooters and force Steam on us for if we wanted to play
>>340268997
>Half Life came out PC gaming was nonexistant
>>340266445
this is literally the reason steam is so popular
it's full of console kiddies
>>340266445
>What's the point of playing a videogame if my friends can't see I'm playing it?
>Want to pirate game
>so used to steam that I feel like it's a waste because steam won't record my hours played
How did it come to this?
>>340268590
>Windows Store
Top kek mate, top kek.
>>340266445
simply go to the bottom of your library and click "add a game" then add a non-steam game to your list.
done. now you can buy games on GoG AND show them on Steam.
>>340269297
I was afraid this thread would go without this image. Nu/v/ has life left.
>>340269458
Can't you just say "add none-steam game" and then it'll record your hours?
>>340268997
>before Half Life came out PC gaming was nonexistent
This thread is full of great material
>>340269531
the steam client doesn't track non steam games, its just so you can have the overlay in them.
>>340269569
Yeah but it's not just that, is it? Achievements as well. If you play a game without achievements you literally haven't achieved anything.
>>340269643
Oh anon, I feel sorry for you
>>340269636
No it does. A fucking idiot tranny I knew would constantly show as playing monster girl quest. If toy mean it doesn't track achievements or put it on your profile then holy shit who gives a fuck.
>>340269636
If the idea is "wah wah my friends have to see me play it!" though, it works for that, and shows what you're playing.
Doesn't have to be from GoG, or even be a game at all. It'll show the playing non-steam-title thing for fucking anything you put in there.
Why'd you steal my post, OP?
https://boards.fireden.net/v/search/text/%22I%20know%20gog%20galaxy%20exists%20but%20no%20one%20fucking%20uses%20it%22/
>>340266823
GoG Won their fanbase on having no DRM.
Now they have Galaxy which is Optional DRM.
CDPR Confirmed for moving the goal posts and their Fans still blindly follow them while in denial.
Steam Master race forever.
>>340269643
Run GoG Galaxy at the same time and it will pop up achievements for you. =^)
>>340269750
*if you
On phone
>>340266445
GOG galaxy is pretty shitty. Add a nice overlay (last thing I've seen was a bad overlay that you add as dlc for The Witcher 3), add a browser to that overlay and add fucking cloud save. There is absolutely no point in using Galaxy beyond the more comfortable download (downloading all those individual parts without galaxy is annyoing).
>>340269781
But it's totally optional. That's the point. They're only doing it for Players who want the convenience of Steam.
>>340269781
>Now they have Galaxy which is Optional DRM
Are you the same idiot spouting Steam by itself is DRM? Please go read up what DRM means.
Here' I'll even give you a helpful link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management
>>340269781
There's no optional DRM about it. It's just a front-end.
Are front-ends for emulators pirate DRM?
>>340269781
How is Galaxy optional DRM?
>>340269297
>took nearly an hour for this to be posted
>>340269781
Galaxy isn't even fucking drm. It's just an interface you can use to interact with and auto update your games. Even if you have galaxy you can start it up without it straight from the .exe without launching galaxy or anything.
>>340269912
>>340269916
>>340269923
>>340269931
>>340269954
GoG is for the Zog never forget.
MUH DRM christ you children dont know a superior service when it'swinning
>>340266445
>if my friends can't see I'm playing it?
>>340270082
>Steam
>superior service
Come back when you had to deal with their customer support.
>>340270082
You stupid fucking bitch I didn't even argue against steam I only said galaxy isn't drm. Steam doesn't even have drm in all its titles. You can straight up run some games without steam.
>>340266445
>>What's the point of playing a videogame if my friends can't see I'm playing it?
GEET OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT
>>340269476
What's your point? Like Origin, it's got way way better customer support than Steam.
>>340270228
Dealt with them for 11 years, and damn I feel good to have no complaints about their stellar service what so ever.
>>340270313
>dealt with the customer support for 11 years
And your problem still isn't fixed? Sounds like stellar service all right.
>What's the point of playing a videogame if my friends can't see I'm playing it?
>>340270172
MAKE UP YOUR MIND
Alright you fucks so how do I install this Galaxy thing on my steambox?
>buy game on Steam
>constant updates
>bug fix patches arrive within a day or two
>direct communication with developers
>exclusive extra content
>sequels guaranteed to arrive
>buy game on GoG
>no updates
>fixes are repackaged community patches
>official patches turn up months late, if ever at all
>no additional content
>devs shy away from the place
>games rarely get sequels released there
There's a reason people pick Steam.
>>340270364
Twisting my words.
Go back to Origin Zog fan boy
>>340266445
why not both?
>>340270440
I told you to come back when you had to deal with the customer support, you told me you had to deal with the for 11 years. I'm not twisting anything.
>>340270487
Just proof they're getting desperate having to hand out free games like ea
>>340270082
Are front ends for emulators pirate DRM?
>>340270487
It's a nice idea, but when you look at what games they're actually offering, you can't really help but chortle.
I think two worlds is only on there because it's on every other bundle/list/package/free shit/giveaway/bdsmfetishprofile/webmdadvice/wikieditwar on the internet, and the devs couldn't handle the idea of it not being given away again somewhere.
>>340269569
I think it records only current session, not overall time.
I wish i knew how much time i spent in neverwinter nights.
>>340270730
I'm surprised witcher 2 isn't on there. I can understand 3 not being, sort of but that would be their biggest draw
i dont get why people try to compare gog and steam. when i want to play old classic games or cdpr products i'll use gog. if anything gog is a companion piece to steam.
>steam
>internet required
>can also play games offline
>automatic updates
>DRM
>doesn't require to have installed steam or having a steam account
>no internet required
can put games on usb and put them in other computers
>no automatic updates
give me one reason why should i use DRM games,they doesn't seem to be worth it because no automatic updates
>>340266445
>the greatest thing about Steam isn't playing the games, it's showing everyone online that I did
>>340270817
It might be because they gave it away already awhile back. I forget what the occasion was, but that's when I got my gog copy of it.
Could be their stats showed most users already have it.
>>340270882
It's for when I reformat my pc, and all my saves are stored in the cloud.
It's a wet dream steam these days
>>340270817
You can redeem your Steam Witcher keys on GoG, they had this option for a year or two now.
>>340270882
do you mean gog when you say drm?
gog has an autoupdater client, it's optional
>>340270980
>not backing up your files
Leo Laporte taught you nothing.
>>340271045
yes,i mean gog
but for updating the games you need online anyway
>>340271061
Leo'd be happy just knowing two people even still remember him.
G4 destroyed too many nice things, and what wasn't destroyed went on to pretend podcasts were relevant.
>buy old game on Steam
>Store page says "Win XP or better"
>Doesn't actually work on Win 8 or 10
>No patch ever
>>340271096
kind of?
you could manually download the patches from gog through say, your phone's internet connection, and then send the patch files to the computer lacking an internet connection via usb
i mean i don't really get how else you'd expect to get patched without being "online"
the scenario doesn't make sense
>>340271183
>pretend podcasts were relevant
I thought they were? I haven't ever followed any though.
>>340271219
What game?
Insomnia when?
>>340272509
Probably in a year.
Last one really seemed to be off.
>>340272509
they just did one in march.
