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Game devs praise Steam as a 'democratic platform' that 'continues to be transformative' for PC gaming today (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I like gog the site not the gog galaxy app. I always have to look too hard to start a game up.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    @JulesTheModest Er...How do you mean? The Galaxy app has its issues, but I've not run into this one.

    Biggest issue I ran into was years back trying to point it to my existing directory of GOG games from before Galaxy to get it to recognize them without reinstalling them, but eventually I just decided to reinstall whenever I felt like playing them again (and uninstall from old location).

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Wow, internet where you live must be great

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's decent enough to consider it, I'll give you that.

    Something worth adding, I think:

    I mainly play smaller games (like ≤ 10 GB, often below 5 GB at that), with few bigger ones in the mix, which is why I even considered this method.

    Also back when GOG Galaxy was being introduced, GOG had fewer big games, I think. If not then it's that I lean towards smaller and older games in general.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I wish more games were small. Talos Principle 2 is 70 gigabytes, first one was more like 10. Bigger games is a problem for people in poorer areas.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I agree, and strive to remain cognizant of how both game size and digital only games serve to widen the digital divide.

    Appreciate your reply compelling me to elaborate, as without I see where it can read like, "why not redownload several 50+ GB games" which unfortunately is increasingly people's situation with games. 😟

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    No need to use the app at all. The games on there are drm free. Run the game any way you want. That said, I like gog galaxy cos it keeps all the games I own on every platform together, and I use the search function to find the game I want and hit play. Or just hit view all and browse.

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