So, my dad’s expressed interest in playing Baldur’s Gate a bunch since it’s come out and since I’ve been telling him about my play through. I also have great memories of playing Baldur’s Gate Dark Alliance with him when I was younger on Game Cube so it would mean a lot to me to play BG3 with him. The issue comes down to his setup and stubbornness with privacy (I’m hoping Lemmy will have some good suggestions on this front).
The first hurdle is that he only uses Apple and doesn’t want to get a windows machine just to play games, which IMO is reasonable. This doesn’t seem too bad since, as far as I can tell, BG3 is available on Mac. The issue comes down to the fact that he doesn’t want to download Steam and give them his credit card. He already has Epic because that’s the only way he can play MTG online and he doesn’t want to download another game client. Also, he has it in his head that you have to play all your games through steam. As in all your data goes to Steam before going to the game and you have to be online in order to play games on Steam. I think I’ve convinced him that this isn’t the case, but he still doesn’t feel comfortable giving them his CC. To be clear, he plays MTG without any in-game purchases so he hasn’t given Epic his CC so he feels less bad about that although he’s still not super thrilled about having to go through Epic just to play MTG.
My solution at the moment is to have him make a Steam account and I’ll buy him BG3 for his Christmas present. Is this the best solution, or is there another way to go about it? I know BG3 is available on GOG, which he feels a bit more comfortable about, but I can’t get a solid answer if the GOG version works on Mac OS.
Thanks for any help!
123@lemm.ee 6 months ago
GOG store page says it works on Mac.
On a separate note, with all these excuses maybe he’s not wanting to play it as much as you think he does. Or, the man is stuck in his ways and needs to read up on basic computer security. I guarantee Steam is keeping his cc info a lot more secure then his work probably handles his PII.
jmchrist@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Oh that’s awesome, must not have read the GOG page carefully enough, thanks!
And on that other note, he’s the one that keeps bringing it up, he just wants my help to find the best way to get it for him. I agree he’s a bit stuck in his ways, he doesn’t use anything that needs his CC or address (unless my mom signs up for it first lol), and doesn’t like downloading anything that he’s not 100% trustworthy of.
Thanks for your help, I think GOG is the way to go!
Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It’s a pretty common mindset in the neurodiverse community. It’s partially based on black and white thinking, and partially based on a type of anxiety that causes a sense of pre-dread before doing almost anything, once you break through and actually start it, that type of anxiety goes away. To be replaced by whatever other types of anxiety the individual has, lol.
And of course with most of these it’s more accurate to say it’s a result of the trauma of growing up with these cognitive differences in a world where they aren’t standard.
It might be a bit frustrating trying to navigate his defenses, hopefully you end up getting it all worked out.