Fair enough.
I’ll have to take a look at GoG anyway… I don’t remember but I heard it’s like an aggregator of some sort too, right? Like, you can access games from your steam account too or something?
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TootSweet@lemmy.world 6 months ago
what’s the issue with Epic
Enshittification.
why should I go for Steam
Not sure you should.
or GoG?
I hear GoG tends to be less DRM-y.
ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world 6 months ago
B0NK3RS@lemmy.world 6 months ago
GOG Galaxy let’s you combine most of your game library in to one but it has it’s issues. GOG, Epic and Microsoft Store all work great but the other clients aren’t officially supported.
ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Epic doesn’t have the game time sync, but that’s an Epic issue I believe.
brawleryukon@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I don’t remember but I heard it’s like an aggregator of some sort too, right?
GOG the store is just that - a store. They only sell games that have no DRM at all, which means a couple of things. One, they almost never get AAA games at release (the exception being games developed/published by CD Projekt, as CDP owns GOG), and two, there’s a high likelihood that GOG will offer game versions that are out of sync with or missing features from the same game sold on other platforms (for example, if a game uses Steamworks for its multiplayer, many devs will just strip out multiplayer altogether for the GOG version rather than patching something new and store-agnostic in).
What you’re thinking of with the aggregator is GOG Galaxy, which is their (completely un-required) launcher software. Unlike Steam and EGS, GOG’s DRM-free nature means you can just buy games on their site, download the installers directly, and go on about your business. Downloading games, starting games, etc., is all just done manually. If you want a dedicated launcher software similar to the Steam and EGS clients, that’s what GOG Galaxy is for. And as a value-add, they implemented aggregator features where you can have it pull in your library from Steam, EGS, EA/Origin, Ubisoft, etc., and just view and launch everything from the one spot. I’ve generally found Playnite to be a little better at being a one-stop launcher, though everyone’s mileage will vary of course.
SaltySalamander@kbin.social 6 months ago
They only sell games that have no DRM at all
This isn't really true anymore.
Cybersteel@lemmy.world 6 months ago
What installer? You mean like apps?
brawleryukon@lemmy.world 6 months ago
The actual .exe that installs the game.
ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Playnite looks interesting.
Does it have support for linking Backloggd accounts or similar such platforms?
Carighan@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yeah after using both Playnite is better but GOG works a bit better as a ready made experience tbh. Both are great!
mateomaui@reddthat.com 6 months ago
Playnite is a better free option for a library manager and the steam integration doesn’t break constantly.
ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Edit 2: (replied because I got some error when editing comment a second time…) Okay nevermind. Thought it was too good to be true… why open with an in-app browser?
B0NK3RS@lemmy.world 6 months ago
This is to be expected and don’t let it turn you off using Galaxy. Once set up you can automatically launch (and close) the game and client from here without seeing the other apps.
It does work with Steam, Ubisoft etc but the login will expire every week and need reconnecting.
ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Oh yeah. No, absolutely not… I logged in…
I installed one game, uninstalled another.
Waiting to get time to play using GoG soon.
Also, do we know if there’s any integration with services like IGDB?
Carighan@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It’s the only way they can ensure it works, I suppose. They might need to control specific cookies and reported supposed clients depending on plugins, and so a packaged in-app browser for the login is easiest. Playnite does the same thing.
MudMan@kbin.social 6 months ago
To be clear, it's not less DRM-y, it's straight up DRM-free.
They had a poll at one point asking the community whether they were fine with DRM-enabled games and/or modern releases. As I understand it, the community said yea to modern games, nay to DRM, so now they do games of all ages but only if they're willing to give up on DRM.
I'm amazed they haven't turned back on that, because a couple years ago they were bleeding money and you can tell they really need to cut costs or increase revenue somewhere. But hey, at least you can back up your library.
EternalWarBear@lemmy.world 6 months ago
GoG isn’t terrible, but is a little bit of a pain with Linux. They don’t have native support with the desktop client. Although, there are things like “Heroic Launcher” and “Lutris” that work well as a substitute. Granted most of my experience with those are on my Steam Deck. And it just caused too much pain to get CP2077 working for me. That I got it again on Steam when it went on sale.
nave@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
You cant enshittify something that wasn’t good in the first place.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
They’re trying to enshittify PC gaming.
key@lemmy.keychat.org 6 months ago
We’re in the phase of the meme where use is broadened more and more until it ceases to have any connection to its origins.