Why are fans of this platform so cultish? >NO NO NO YOU HAVE TO BUY IT ON GOG OR ELSE YOU DONT ACTUALLY HAVE THE GAME ITS A FAKE GAME IF YOU BUY IT ELSEWHERE ITS ONLY A REAL GAME IF YOU BUY IT ON GOG Holy shit shut the fuck up.
>>737866856They get really pissed at pirates when nobody else really cares.
>>737866856>Holy shit shut the fuck up.NO NO NO YOU HAVE TO BUY IT ON GOG OR ELSE YOU DONT ACTUALLY HAVE THE GAME ITS A FAKE GAME IF YOU BUY IT ELSEWHERE ITS ONLY A REAL GAME IF YOU BUY IT ON GOG
You vill own nosing. Und you vill be happy.
>OP makes up a ghost in his head>Makes a thread about it>SamefagsWhy is this so common, seek help OP.
>>737866856because any other service can just shut your games off retard
>>737866856>t. OP
but they are not
>>737866856It's just autistic obsessive people, which you will see a lot here.
CD Projekt tongues my anus
>Things literally nobody has said: a thread
>>737866963>because you can just have a heart attack and die retard
Why are fans of this platform so cultish?>NO NO NO YOU HAVE TO BUY IT ON STEAM OR ELSE YOU DONT GET NECESSARY FEATURES LIKE TRADING CARDS AND SOCIAL MEDIA ITS A FAKE GAME IF YOU BUY IT ANYWHERE ELSE ITS ONLY REAL GAME IF YOU BUT IT ON STEAMHoly shit shut the fuck up.
>>737867089Retard
>>737867105Dick-licker
>>737867126Ultra retard
>>737867152Ultra dick-licker
>>737867176>N-No u
>>737867095I have exactly six (6) games installed on steam. All steam seems to sell is shovelware. There aren’t any good multiplayer games on steam except the ones made by valve
>>737867195>I have exactly six (6) games installed on steam.That's more than I have installed on my entire computer right now.
>>737867095This but unironically. MUH TRADING CARDS MUH ACHIEVEMENTS MUH MUH
>>737867021Real talk owning less things is very convenient. I transferred all my books to digital files (free) on a kobo and I no longer have to worry about bringing a giant ass shelf full of books whenever I move.
There are other reasons to buy on gog rather than steam.For instance, gog has a certain STANDARD for old games, and will make sure the game launches and works properly on modern hardware. Certain old games just don't have this support on steam.If you're buying a hentai game, get it on gog 'cuz the uncensor patch is hosted on gog too, gog'll let you know the game has a patch on the store page. Compare this to steam, where they're weird as hell about it. (devs can't upload the patch on the store, and they can't link to it in any way either)
>>737867284Ok, brocolihead
>>737866856Oh uh, steamie melty.
>>737867307This is actually a problem sometimes when GOG pre-installed a fan patch that you don't want. Then people have to make an un-patcher so that you can then patch it with the fan patch you do want. They should have two options available: raw original game files, and their patched version. But they don't because they're gay poles.
Why are you faggots trying to force some retarded tribalism? I use both.
>>737867346Brocoliheads don't know how to pirate.
>>737867429This is ideal.I don't think anyone's saying to fully switch over to gog, 'cuz gog doesn't have ALL of the games steam has, but gog is a good option to HAVE, it's smarter to buy certain games on GOG over steam.
>>737867504It's strictly smarter to just pirate the gog installer.
>>737867429Something is either completely flawless and the best thing ever, or such absolute worthless garbage that I can only envision its fans as engaging in coprophagia.
>>737867415how bizarre
>>737867552you know what I mean.
>>737867592Steam is flawless though, never had a problem in 15+ years.
>>737867552It's even better to pirate Steam games so you don't have to put up with Steam's bullshit, or even install their launcher.
Steam once copied Wizardry 7 GOG screenshots, when it was still in the store. I was the same set of screenshots with characters named Gogcom, Tola and Lolek (these two are from a Polish animated series)
>>737866856Why would I buy a GOG game when I can easily get it for free with 0 downsides? You don’t even need to torrent or buy a VPN for GOG games, they’re just freely available for download. Meanwhile you HAVE to buy a steam game to get it fully integrated in your library, get the trading cards, etc
>>737866856I've never seen GOGfags say anything remotely like this. You're having schizoid hallucinations.
>>737867664Lol people actually like Steam though. It’s fun fleshing out your library, it has achievements, trading cards, you get a little icon next to your name in the Steam forums, etc.
>>737867429This. I can collect tons of games I will never play on both.
>>737866856What fans? This pathetic pile of shit has stooped to patreon begging just to stay alive since no one uses their store and they have utterly failed to live up to their promises of selling and preserving old games.
>>737866856Actually most pc users aren't retarded like you and they just buy games from both steam and gog, depending on what they want from the game because both platforms offer different things
>>737866856The ONLY reason begogers lie about only buying games if they're on gog is because they want to go on gog-games and pirate it for free thanks to no drm. It's literally the only reason, they aren't even buying the games they're practically begging for these games to be free.
>>737866856Why do GoG threads only get past twenty posts when it's a thread about how much OP hates GoG?
>tranny is still triggered at people liking GOG over SteamKEK, this one tranny has been seething every time people mention GOG on /v/ and encourages people to pirate GOG games specifically. Peak faggotry. Good thing is its easy to farm him for (You)s. Just mention how much GOG is better than Steam and how you're buying only from GOG and he comes seething with foam around his mouth.
>>737868512It's mostly Europeans that use GOG and there aren't that many Europeans posting on /v/ anymore.
>>737866856I buy all singleplayer games on gog if they're available there.
>>737868603There are a lot of multiplayer games that work perfectly fine on GOG. I played DOS II co-op trough Galaxy. Some people organize on the GOG forums and play older multiplayer games trough Hamachi.
>>737868547that ain't foam...
>>737868602I figured Euro's used rindotru if they were pirating. I just go GoG if it's single player and Steam if it's multiplayer. Seemed like the smartest way to play to me. I don't use any of Steam's facebook functionality.
>>737866879because people say they buy steam games and pirate gog onesand thats just cucked
>>737866856>Why are fans of this platform so cultish?but enough about snoy/nintendo/steam/xbox
>>737867984reddit has also these fun features unlike this site, maybe you should go back
>>737866856>YOU HAVE TO BUY IT ON GOGI see a hell of a lot more>no steam no buythan anything else. It's not even close. Because I've literally never seen that sentiment expressed for anything but Steam.
>>737866963>download game>copy to another directoryI'd say roughly 7-8 out of 10 steam games just werk this way, no DRM. Even if steam wants to delete the game for some reason after that, the client has no idea where the fuck it is anymore and doesn't scan for it.Idiots have been told this over and over again and it just never clicks though. Can lead a horse to water, but all you find out is there's nothing else for it but to push their head in and hold it there.
>>737870179>I'd say roughly 7-8 out of 10 steam games just werk this way, no DRMNobody cares about indie shit that can't afford to pay for DRM.The majority of games people actually want to play on Steam have DRM.
>>737866856What a dumb strawman
>>737866856It does surprise me it goes steam then gog rather then steam then itch io. itch has custom revenue split and no default drm.
>Buying games>In The Big '26Lmao
>>737866856I just buy on the cheapest legal platform. If it happens to be gog, the I get to enjoy having offline installers incase the plug gets pulled.
>>737868782I don't pirate GOG versions because they suck 99% of the time
>>737867052They don't own it anymore.
>>737870269Delete the fucking steamapi file from the directory, there you go, DRM-less game. Not exactly back breaking labor
>>737870694I just tried it and got an error when attempting to launch the game telling me to reinstall.
>>737866856I've not heard anyone saying this. Do you have a source on these?
>>737870627What's wrong with them?
>>737870796Then use Goldberg for games where that doesn't work. The DRM argument doesn't work when Valve said multiple times that the "DRM" is deliberately made to be easily circumvented and turned off if they ever shut down Steam
>>737871109I just tried to circumvent the Steam DRM and now I got another error about authentication failed.
>>737867552Not unless I can confirm its hash to official source.
>>737871213Can you just not figure out how to install Goldberg? There's a readme right on the site
>>737866958/V/ needs IDs
>>737871310It needs wordfilters, IDs and a r9k bot. It would fix this shithole overnight.
>>737871273I installed it fine. This is another error from different software. I'm guessing it's the third party DRM.Also>Valve said multiple times that the "DRM" is deliberately made to be easily circumvented and turned off if they ever shut down SteamThis is bullshit. Valve never said that even once, much less multiple times. Valve tried for many years to make their DRM effective and there were many updates but it kept getting defeated so they just stopped bothering and told devs to use third party DRM.Valve's official stance of Steam shutting down is you lose everything and no refunds. Gabe once made an offhand comment about how there being "measures in place if Steam should stop operating to enable continued access to games" but that was like 20 years ago and it's never been their official stance.
>>737871109LOL shut up Steam tranny. You're full of shit because Steam allows third party DRM that is extremely cancerous. People that glorify Steam are all incredibly dumb.
>>737866856No DRM, no problems.
>>737866856We want GoG to be as successful as possible so it has more games to easily pirate.
>>737871310And flags. In fact every board should have flags
>>737870179>play copy on directory>it asks me to log on to steamwhat do
>>737870796The full process is to swap the steamapi dll with goldberg and use Steamless to crack the exe. This should work for any game that doesn't use third-party DRM.
>>737871361>Gabe once made an offhand comment about how there being "measures in place if Steam should stop operating to enable continued access to games" but that was like 20 years ago and it's never been their official stance.I don't see how some unnamed statement is more trustworthy than the words of the head guy in charge. Especially when the words are "we've tested it and it works", meaning some form of the system has to exist otherwise there would be nothing to test.
>buy game on GOG>still have to hit up the fucking PCGW to fix a problem or two, or a means of forcing windowed mode onto itIs my main complaint with them for anything not DOS-BOX'd. Hell, was trying to play Moto Racer 1 recently that I got the collection for a buck, and its controller support is broken, and it sets your PC volume to 100% upon loading for some fucking reason when I keep my speakers around 30%.
>>737867429>I use both.
>>737871728>I don't see how some unnamed statement is more trustworthy than the words of the head guy in charge.The subscriber agreement is the legally binding thing and that says nothing other than "You're fucked".
>old gameBuy on GOG>modern gameBuy on Steam. Simple as.You even get retarded shit like GOG doing a release on their storefront DRM-free, and then the Steam release comes a year later with extra DRM slapped on top. (hi Capcom).
I like cloud saves, auto-updates, achievements, and SteamInput. Galaxy has the first three but they limit the size of your saves, and a bunch of achievements are broken.
Since GOG has good relationships with Capcom I wish they could get the original Resident Evil 4. This would be so great
>>737871986It's such a fucked version though. At worst, put the original Steam version on there w/ the Ultimate HD as an option.
>>737871913>The subscriber agreement is the legally binding thingThe agreements bind jack shit, they just want you to think they do. I can't think of any case where a company tried to cover their ass with "well but it says this in the agreement no one reads" and it actually worked, though you're welcome to provide examples showing otherwise
>>737871928>modern game>Buy on SteamTranny. Silksong is DRM free on GOGSteam was only cool back in 2010 when it got all COD games with only Steam DRM
>>737867429I use none.
>>737872057>I can't think of any case where a company tried to cover their ass with "well but it says this in the agreement no one reads" and it actually worked, though you're welcome to provide examples showing otherwiseYou are beyond retarded.Terms and conditions are pretty much always upheld by courts as legally binding. This is just basic contract law. It's very rare for a term to be tossed and it's usually it's just because the term is illegal in the respective jurisdiction. Very rarely an activist judge will toss a term they considered "egregious". 99.999999% of the time they are enforced by courts. Anyone who thinks they're not is just an idiot.
>>737872052>original Steam versionWhat there is no such thing… I‘m talking about the Resident Evil 4 Ultimate HD Edition made in 2014 from CAPCOM and not the trash Ubisoft 2007 port
>>737871359But then how would advertisers shill their latest garbage here?
SKG will kill GOG by the way.
>>737866856If anything valve-cultists go ballistic whenever I suggest that GOG is the better store or that I bought something on GOG over buying it on Steam.
>>737871928It's funny, I was about to buy a modern FMV game on GOG after enjoying the cracked version, but for whatever reason I decided to pirate it in advance along with others. It was not only a few versions out of date (and gogdb confirms I'm on the latest) and in turn still had a bug where voice toggle was broken, it has a 10 second hang up on boot to check for the stupid galaxy client and then a prompt asking if you're ok without it. Meanwhile, the cracked steam version just works in its offline mode.
>>737872208Explain.
>>737866879Nah, I use both this and steam, and still pirate either release when I want.
>>737872315>modern FMV gameWhy are you gae?
>>737872079>Tranny. Silksong is DRM free on GOGThere's too many cases of 'modern' games on GOG not being up to date with the latest version, especially in the indie realm.>>737872165>What there is no such thing…Ultimate HD was added after the fact with an update. You can still select the branch of the older version on Steam which is a third of the filesize.
GOG is a piece of shit with outdated games
>>737872414Quite the opposite, actually. It was fun, I used to scoff at these too.
>>737872057It's is on Steam too. You just need to move it out of the Steam folder and it'll automatically fall back to DRM-free mode. You need to delete the SteamApi dll too or it'll fuck up the internal achievements list, but you don't need goldberg.
>>737872479>muh updatesDoesn't matter for single player games
>>737872502meant for>>737872079
>>737866856>downloadable installers>fully optional client when running games>no DRM or other shenanigansObjectively the superior platform and that's not even up for debate.
>>737872682Then why did it flop so hard
>>737872695Steam is too entrenched at this point and it has the whole social element attached to it which is the one of its main draw in my opinion and why other platforms like Epic also failed (not to compare Epic to GOG of course).
>>737872364No.
GOG updates old games so they work on modern systems but in doing so they break compatibility with the original OS/hardware they were designed for. Kinda ironic considering their supposed mission of "preservation." They could easily allow you to download the original unmodified exes, but they don't.
>>737866856>sony implements the most anti-consumer scummy DRM that have ever existed>snoyfags are having a melty defending it and are creating fake scenarios of people shilling GOG, objectively the most consumer friendly games distributor out there
>>737867095>>737867195>>737867239hi timmy
>>737872995Uncanny.
>>737872391This
>>737866856You can buy it wherever as long as it's DRM freeYou can lease it from steam. I personally don't
>>737872695>devs delay patches or dlc>shitty forumsI wish I could just connect GoG games to steam, aka buying on one platform also granted game on another
>>737873321>>devs delay patches or dlcApparently that is on GOG and not the devs.With Steam the devs control updates and DLC publishing. With GOG it's handled by GOG staff. You make a submission and wait for them to get around to fixing it up for you.
Isn't the prevailing narrative that you don't own GOG games either? Even if they have no DRM, you can't sell them, so legally they're not your property. You can only own physical games.
>>737872856>They could easily allow you to download the original unmodified exes, but they don't.I heard their actually can't do this automatically, because their backend is a mess. Sometimes they do this manually, like with Gothic 1.
>>737866856GOG and gog users could literally do anything and act like anything, as bad as you can imagine, and they'd still be in every single way superior to subhuman steam cattle.
>>737873470Technically you don't own a physical copy of the game either. But there are certain things about it guaranteed by law and that includes lending and selling it to other people. The premise behind this is there's only one copy and you can't make anymore and the implicit license is inherently attached to that one physical copy and is transferable so if the physical copy moves from one person to another the license goes with it and the original owner has nothing to say about this. It's called "first-sale doctrine".The thing about GOG is just it has installers extremely decoupled from third party software, especially third party software that requires an internet connection, so it's just a lot easier to keep an offline copy and use it without having to first "check in" to get permission. Obviously you still don't own the software though.
>>737873470>Even if they have no DRM, you can't sell themYou can in Europe just not piece by piece. You have to sell your whole account. You can also add them as a part of your childrens inheritance. Not that anyone is ever going to buy your account when everyone that wants to own games on GOG simply waits for the GOG winter sale and buys 100~200 classics each for less than 2 dollars each. I literally bought like 20 recent games for something like 100 euros this winter GOG sale. That's why even tho it is legal in the EU to sell your GOG account people are not doing it. Games are just so cheap during the Winter and Summer sales that there is no reson to get a second hand account and risk it being flagged for toxic behaviour etc.>inb4 but what if the account is really cheap Still not worth it. All games on GOG are DRM free. If you are really poor you're going to be pirating them. People that buy games on GOG want to own them on GOG and support the platform.
>>737874965>Mordheim is currently 2 euros>Shadow Warrior 1 and 2 are each 3 euros>The Surge 1+2 4 euros and 40 eurocentsSo for 12 euros and 40 eurocents you can be set with game for the next few months. I am looking at the games that are currently on sale and those are great game i already own so i can recommend them. 12 euros for more than a hundred hours of entertainment.
>>737866879>renting games on steamwouldn't be me
>>737875247>Shadow WarriorAre those like doom?
its weird how vehemently its defended. its got drm on its platform, making it essentially, indistinguishable from steam. the only practical difference is that gog has a higher ratio of drm free games then steam does.if your stance is "i wont use drm products or services that use drm", you wouldnt use GoG. yet, people will bend over backwards to explain how GoG's drm isnt drm.
>>737866856you can just ignore ithide thread, problem solved.
>>737875938like you di-oh wait
>>737872695steam is a cult
>>737875487More like Duke Nukem.
>>737876118t. snoy
>>737866856I respect GOG users. I never really bought a game there, but I know it's one of the best platforms to get your games for sure. I'd never speak ill of GOG and it's users, they do the right thing. Steamies need to calm down. If you arent using DRM free options or physical media, don't try to argue with GOGchads.
>>737867095>all my games are on Steam>the interface is comfy>the download speeds are faster than any other store>other stores lack games, family sharing, and other things I care about>other stores may realistically foldWhy buy elsewhere? What benefit do I get splitting up my library?
>>737866856No drm. If the game doesn't have mods worth downloading then GOG is the obvious choise, otherwise it's steam
>retarded thread has 100+ retarded repliesretards
>>737876684now 101 retarded replies
>>737876652You can download mods for GOG games from mods sites. GOG even started hosting some popular big mods.
>>737866856You do not even own your games on GOG.
>>737878154You can't really own anything, even your body can be confiscated by government
>>737877307Not for some games. Paradox grand strategies in particular have most of it's mod scene on steam with marginal part of mods uploaded on paradox mods and other modding sited
