waltc: I mean, any reason to use it aside from "achievements"--which I really don't care about at all honestly? Elapsed game time is cute, but unnecessary. I've installed it and then uninstalled it a couple of times because my browser actually renders the Gog site better than Galaxy, imo. It seems like pure duplication at best.

And then there's the fact that although I have ~60+ games installed from GOG, Galaxy can't find them on its own--it looks like I'd have to reinstall everything to get the Galaxy client to work--which, eh, I'll pass on...;) Seems like Galaxy should be able to read my Library through my Gog account and then present me with a check-list so that I could tell it which games I have installed--and which not to look for, etc. I also would not mind telling the Galaxy client where each of my installed games is, either, to help it along--it doesn't have to do everything for me as if I am clueless about my computer environment.

So...how much of the Galaxy client have I got right? (Won't be offended in the least if someone tells me I'm all wet...;))

sethsez: Ah yes, I remember the halcyon days of such classics as the Skunny series, (Literally) Impossible Mission, Puck-Man, CD Man, PC-Man, anything ever put out by Acclaim or Accolade, and 90% of the Atari 2600 library. Please, video games have always been a case of digging through dirt to find the diamonds, and for everything that's great you've got dozens (at least) of garage company tripe made to cash in on a recent big release or another half-baked puzzle game nobody actually played. The clones and distribution might look different today, but don't fool yourself into thinking that it was all gold when you were a kid.

I will never understand the grognard mentality of "thing is easier than thing used to be, therefore thing bad and casual now." Yes, I remember the memory acrobatics required to get Ultima VII working back in the day. I also remember how nice it was when it came out on GOG and I bought it, installed it and played it with no additional futzing about required. That's one of the core appeals of this site, and one of the things "abandonware" communities used to make fun of until they realized that nobody actually cared. If someone finds an automated downloader easier, then it's a good thing GOG is offering one. For the rest of us, the website remains as it always has and likely always will. I'm not understanding the vitriol.

nightcraw1er.488: You can download through browser. If you really need to know your game time, buy a stopwatch. If you want achievements, get a job. If you want a social life, there is a thing called the real world.

Kardwill: "If you want to play a game, then gather a few friends around a nice boardgame"

Sorry, I had to do this one. Complaining about useless stuff on a hobby website feels a little silly ^^

PS : And I'm only half joking about the boardgame. In my opinion, videogames' main advantage over tabletop boardgames and roleplaying games is their convenience : No need to gather other players, no need to memorize and apply complicated rules yourself, no need to have some cumbersome thing cluttering your dining room because you didn't finish, no need to prepare a game or create a story yourself (in the case of TTRPGs), the ability to begin and stop your game whenever you want... Convenience. Just like Galaxy is SUPPOSED to be about convenience (although it's still a little raw at the moment). ;)

nightcraw1er.488: Indeed I am now, who is this in reference to, me? Am afraid I can't even understand your post so not sure where to start? The point is, his stance was "not everything new is bad", mine is not everything new is good.

huan: There is still gotcha with the force-import feature. I tried that process on maybe 50 games I had installed pre-galaxy. If Galaxy can recognize the game with top-left + button, there is a good chance that it won't have to download anything additional. Or, it will say that "the version you are currently on is no longer available" in the game details, but will let you keep it that way (you have to go to configuration and enable manual updates to see it, I guess that if you don't Galaxy will eventually decide to update it automatically, but I never let it get that far).

Using the other way to import, there is good chance that it will decide to download the whole game. And there is no way to uncheck automatic updates until the download completes and you get to the configuration screen. If you need to worry about your data cap, you should watch the import process, and when "downloading 20/20GB" appears, you have the option to cancel it. It seem Galaxy won't touch your game folder until the download completes, so it should be safe.

Just tried it on some oldies to be sure it wasn't fixed yet. Divinity 2 - wasn't recognized, importing folder did work and didn't seem to download anything. Both Kings Bounty Legend and Crossworlds were not recognized, and downloaded the whole game when force-imported from library. I made backup of Crossworlds before doing the import, and only thing different are new __redist and _lang folders, about 400MB - nowhere near the 5.7GB downloaded.

nightcraw1er.488: That's fine. you enjoy your world where the seas are filled with disposable plastic waste, half the world is poverty stricken mining or dumping grounds etc. It works both ways you see, there was a lot that was better in the past, but so long as you can play COD20 without having to press any buttons (in fact why not just watch someone else play it on Utube. I remember the whole setup of those things, expanded and extended memory managers, getting drivers to work etc. That hasn't changed, its just been hidden from you, which is why (at least here) there is such a drive to get people to code again as they buy new phones each month and haven't got a clue how they work. So no, I am quite happy with my classics, which a lot are here and one of the reasons why we buy here, which need no client software