Posted March 20, 2021
rjbuffchix: Well after months of no purchases at all, I did find two must-haves. As I mentioned much much earlier in this topic (before some of your wall of text bickering with each other :p I joke, I joke), my stance of boycotting is that I was only going to go for "must-have" titles to own them (meaning to have the DRM-free offline installers that GOG obscures out of view and seems to direct people away from).
I have to say I felt a little "dirty" (I guess?) making the purchase. Made sure to buy on sale so that GOG received less money, whereas in the past I would buy games at full price without hesitation to support DRM-free gaming as a whole. "Fortunately" I don't have a feeling other must-haves are coming any time soon. I could be wrong. And if GOG gets a Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, GTA, etc, I would again make a purchase.
Get on it, GOG. That's the direction. DRM-free versions of big releases. That is the crystallization of the appeal of your store. Not making "the client to end all clients" so we can buy DRMed games here too. There are enough DRMed stores, thank you very much.
I know boycotting can be difficult and I won't judge. The main thing is that you have significantly reduced your spending, and if enough people do that, hopefully GOG will feel it. I have to say I felt a little "dirty" (I guess?) making the purchase. Made sure to buy on sale so that GOG received less money, whereas in the past I would buy games at full price without hesitation to support DRM-free gaming as a whole. "Fortunately" I don't have a feeling other must-haves are coming any time soon. I could be wrong. And if GOG gets a Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, GTA, etc, I would again make a purchase.
Get on it, GOG. That's the direction. DRM-free versions of big releases. That is the crystallization of the appeal of your store. Not making "the client to end all clients" so we can buy DRMed games here too. There are enough DRMed stores, thank you very much.
Shendue: I don't know if it was reported it already here and I apologize if I'm repeating something already known, but I've read on the community wishlist that Devotion is now available, DRM-Free, for purchase directly from Red Candle games' website.
If you want to support the developer, I strongly suggest to buy their games directly from them: https://shop.redcandlegames.com/
Thanks! I bought Detention from Playism and I am planning to buy Devotion direct from Red Candle this weekend. I'm playing Detention atm and really enjoying it. It's a different and interesting point-and-click horror game and pretty freaky in places! It's very well made and the art style and music combine to make a very creepy atmosphere. It's a nice change from the usual western-oriented games I play.If you want to support the developer, I strongly suggest to buy their games directly from them: https://shop.redcandlegames.com/
Post edited March 20, 2021 by Time4Tea