Posted January 19, 2016

Barefoot_Monkey
invertEd
Registered: Sep 2008
From South Africa

mike_cesara
Registered: Jun 2013
From Poland
Posted January 19, 2016

Habanerose
Killing is Fun
Registered: Oct 2014
From France
Posted January 20, 2016
Honestly never understood why people would want to remove games from thier library (even freebies) to begin with. It's not like they take up real space (as boxes and discs) or there is any negative side effect of having them.
But guess some people are just weird in that regard (at least when it would come to games on GOG, for Steam I could somewhat understand that you'd like to remove X amount of impulse purchased shovelware / early-access never finished games, or just that nasty gifted copy of "Bad Rats" you inadvertantly accepted because it was a free gift...)
But if you absolutely want to, just follow the steps mentioned by Konrad.
Sidenote: Keep in mind that Dragonsphere is no longer free, thus if you change your mind, you now would have to actually buy it.
But guess some people are just weird in that regard (at least when it would come to games on GOG, for Steam I could somewhat understand that you'd like to remove X amount of impulse purchased shovelware / early-access never finished games, or just that nasty gifted copy of "Bad Rats" you inadvertantly accepted because it was a free gift...)
But if you absolutely want to, just follow the steps mentioned by Konrad.
Sidenote: Keep in mind that Dragonsphere is no longer free, thus if you change your mind, you now would have to actually buy it.

tritone
Salmon Max
Registered: Dec 2009
From United States
Posted January 20, 2016
This post reminds myself of "me", about 15 years ago. I ritually started getting rid of all the games I "thought" I would never play again, or maybe played them a bit, didn't finish them, and ended up tossing them out. TOSSING THEM OUT! Real, physical, discs and floppies with boxes and manuals! GONE! HOW COULD I BE SO STUPID?
My younger self did a LOT of foolish things. But most of all... I never thought about the future. I never thought, "Hmmm... I wonder if games will start sucking so bad in the future that I'll relish this present-day game? Maybe I should keep it?" Nope, never did that. Never thought that. I just tossed them out.
So now future-me (so much smarter!) ended up (gladly!) repurchasing many digital games I used to own physical copies of, and I never get rid of any digital games. They don't take up any physical space, and who knows what the future will bring? Maybe some Nobody from Pumpkin Center will develop mad mod skillz and take that game you just thought sucked AND TURN IT INTO THE BEST GAME EVER.
So yeah, this post is a little off-topic. But every once in awhile, take a look into the future and never second-guess what future-you is going to want. Or regret.
My younger self did a LOT of foolish things. But most of all... I never thought about the future. I never thought, "Hmmm... I wonder if games will start sucking so bad in the future that I'll relish this present-day game? Maybe I should keep it?" Nope, never did that. Never thought that. I just tossed them out.
So now future-me (so much smarter!) ended up (gladly!) repurchasing many digital games I used to own physical copies of, and I never get rid of any digital games. They don't take up any physical space, and who knows what the future will bring? Maybe some Nobody from Pumpkin Center will develop mad mod skillz and take that game you just thought sucked AND TURN IT INTO THE BEST GAME EVER.
So yeah, this post is a little off-topic. But every once in awhile, take a look into the future and never second-guess what future-you is going to want. Or regret.
Post edited January 20, 2016 by tritone

hedwards
buy Evil Genius
Registered: Nov 2008
From United States
Posted January 20, 2016

micktiegs_8
Pre-Galaxy GOGizen
Registered: Sep 2010
From Australia
Posted January 20, 2016
If GOG were given the option to simply click a button like on Steam, I'd be less inclined to buy here as well. I contacted Steam on the matter of possible hijack, followed by permanent removal and they haven't responded in over two months. I like peace of mind, and I'm pretty tight about security.
The option to permanently remove digital games is just dumb, especially in the extremely 'convenient' method you're given. GOG's methods for hiding, or even tagging (this game is dead to me etc.) are just fine.
The option to permanently remove digital games is just dumb, especially in the extremely 'convenient' method you're given. GOG's methods for hiding, or even tagging (this game is dead to me etc.) are just fine.

Pheace
New User
Registered: Jul 2010
From Netherlands

micktiegs_8
Pre-Galaxy GOGizen
Registered: Sep 2010
From Australia
Posted January 20, 2016


Here I can just look through my hidden 200+ games whenever I want, which I do from time to time if I feel bored. I'll see something I might want to go back to after so long, and all I need to do is download it again.

Nirth
GFN / VR / Switch!
Registered: Oct 2010
From Other

Leonard03
Prepare For Descent
Registered: Mar 2014
From Canada
Posted January 20, 2016

HunchBluntley
language geek
Registered: Jul 2014
From United States
Posted January 20, 2016
They're just making up for all the update notifications we WOULD HAVE gotten if the devs hadn't let the GOG version get so far out of date. :P
Post edited January 21, 2016 by HunchBluntley

Pheace
New User
Registered: Jul 2010
From Netherlands
Posted January 20, 2016

Here I can just look through my hidden 200+ games whenever I want, which I do from time to time if I feel bored. I'll see something I might want to go back to after so long, and all I need to do is download it again.
If you just want to hide your games then of course just use the hide option and check the 'hidden games' section in your library, same thing.
Sachys
Woodie Guthrie's Guitar!
Registered: Dec 2011
From United Kingdom
Posted January 20, 2016

Thus, if hijacked / hacked / phished etc... your games are safe.

micktiegs_8
Pre-Galaxy GOGizen
Registered: Sep 2010
From Australia

rtcvb32
echo e.lolfiu_fefiipieue|tr valueof_pi [0-9]
Registered: Aug 2013
From United States
Posted January 20, 2016
I don't see the point. Hiding the games seems to do the job.