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[–] Nomorereddit@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago

Gog is awesome? But it has a game launcher now i have to use if I wanna play homeworld cataclysm.

[–] sbf@feddit.org 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I wish games would host their own downloads like Factorio. Managing keys and such is probably not worth it since they can use Steam, GOG, or even Itch, buts it’s just so nice to be able to download stuff without a middle man.

I’m just glad I only play 2 games instead of the hundreds I’m reading about in these comments. I didn’t even know that was a thing people did!

I don't play hundreds, but I do play dozens, and yeah, being able to just set 5 or so to download in the background when I'm running low is nice. I mostly play through single player games and uninstall when I'm done.

That said, I also really like how Factorio did it. I bought it directly from them way back in 2012 or something, then they gave me a Steam key, and I can still play the game today with all the updates more than 10 years later. They only made one DLC in the meantime, and that's basically a new game, so I'm totally happy with that.

[–] thax@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Factorio devs are goated for their no-bullshit, high-quality product. I make damn sure I have a recent copy secured on my server, just in case. Inspirational humans like this keep me from the doldrums.

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I love gog. Sure it means I need to pay (a small amount) for some decades old stuff, but it will work perfectly every time.

[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I would love to buy all my games from gog, but they lack steam's regional pricing in my region, so most games are 4x the price on gog.

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[–] banazir@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 day ago

GOG does have its issues and controversies, but it's still the only online gaming store with conditions I find acceptable. If the game is not available DRM Free, I don't need to play it.

[–] bobzer@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 day ago (3 children)

No regional pricing though. GOG is outrageously expensive in my country compared to steam.

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 44 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Half or more of all the games Amazon gives away through Prime are actually just GOG keys. If you already have Prime for some reason or another, you should be redeeming those free GOG keys.

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago

I wondered why some guy on my Discord kept giving out tons of free GOG keys. Guess it's probably that?

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 12 points 1 day ago

This.

I hate Amazon, but I'm subscribed to Prime and I'm getting a lot of free GOG keys.

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[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If only they gave a shit about their users enough to respect their requests for official Linux support. Various forms of this made 3 of the top 5 requests on their community wish list. Which they casually deleted and told people to use wine/proton.

This is not a consumer-friendly company. It just so happens that their consumer-oriented decisions led to profits. The moment this is not the case, they immediately change course every time. Same might be true for Valve, but at the very least we can clearly observe them sacrificing extra profits for a tiny minority of Linux users.

GOG is still mostly fine for Windows builds of games. You can support the devs and get DRM-free copies to store indefinitely. However, we shouldn't blindly praise them and ignore the obvious bullshit they take part in.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I imagine that we Linux users are a very small share of their users. I don't see anything malicious in it.

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[–] bob_lemon@feddit.org 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Same might be true for Valve, but at the very least we can clearly observe them sacrificing extra profits for a tiny minority of Linux users.

Considering the Steam Deck exists, which necessitates Linux support, I'm fairly certain Valve is actively making profit from Linux support.

Which is a perfectly fine thing to do, and I really like it. But it's not exactly altruism that's driving their investments

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[–] CaptainHowdy@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago (5 children)

It really is great if you're on Windows, but I've run into issues installing GOG content on Linux.

[–] pipes@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

I almost always used the windows version on Linux too. Personally I install via the exe installer like a caveman lol, but you can add your GOG account on Lutris and other programs to make it easier. Just found out about Minigalaxy, looks nice might try it.

It ain't great that there isn't an official Gog Galaxy for Linux. But we're still super grateful for the lack of DRM.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago

I haven't. Works great with Heroic Games Launcher.

Just about everything works fine with the default settings in Lutris.

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[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

TBH I'm too addicted to achievements to use GOG (AFAIK you can get achievements on GOG if you use their launcher, but it doesn't work on Linux). I'm going to regret that later for sure ...

[–] Anafabula@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

There is a reimplementation of the Galaxy Communication Service that allows you to get achievements, leaderboards, etc.

Heroic Launcher has it bundeled automatically.

https://github.com/imLinguin/comet

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[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

games should just make an in-game achievements checklist that coorsponds with what steam would have shown. that's all steams in anyways, a checklist.

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[–] Wigglesworth@retrolemmy.com 7 points 1 day ago (13 children)

I'll buy when there's a native linux client.

Until then, "arr, maties!"

...and no, I'm not having a morality discussion about piracy. I do it full-well knowing it's wrong.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 10 points 1 day ago

Just use Heroic. A native linux client would just be worse and proprietary.

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[–] nixus@anarchist.nexus 17 points 1 day ago

Seriously. I pretty much only buy things off GoG nowadays. I can back it up to my own storage, and take it wherever I want. High-five to GoG.

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've only bought one game from GOG. It was Morrowind and I'm playing via OpenMW. Good experience over all. Though I didn't use the installer or the executable that came with the game.

I really want to see more FOSS reimplementations of game engines come into existence. Wine is fine and all, but I'd much rather have a native FOSS engine.

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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's just how games used to be before the age of enshittification began

[–] missphant@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Maybe I'm not old enough but I don't remember a time before game DRM, when it was physical games they required you to have the disk inserted to play. The only difference was they were easier to crack and less invasive without online requirement.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I remember everyone freaking out when Spore was gonna have SecuROM that limited it to like 5 installs on a disc, and you were gonna have to ask EA for more if you needed them.

Some of the oldest DRM was weird little cipher wheels or puzzle books required to answer a challenge every time the game booted before it would actually start.

I dare say what GoG is doing is better than we've ever had it!

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