Same shit, different month. Technical problems are still plaguing the site, but the new releases are still exciting as always. Hopefully, what GOG said about more games from AAA publishers coming here after Witcher 3 will be true.

how fortunate in many ways that Steam ended up where it did.

can you imagine if it were Microsoft, Apple, Google, EA, Ubisoft, WB, DeepSilver. list goes on. hell might even be TAGES, Starforce, SecurON or SecurNET.

Way to go, Valve. Keep bein' friggin' amazing.

But gog is better :D

When you're playing a game "through" galaxy (or with galaxy on, or I don't know exactly), then I can see which game you are currently playing. I just have to have you in my chat contact list (opening a chat window once, even without having typed anything, is sufficient to have you listed there forever), and your currently played game is displayed next to your name.

steam and gfwl had a brutal battle back in the days , gfwl terrified people so much that after any game launch announcement they would rush to see at the bottom of the game page which logo would show up gfwl or steam.
The forums were battlegrounds as well with gfwl fans aka gamescore boosters constantly flaming steam fans.

Gfwl died out later and lost i guess now its a different battle these days the race to get maximum game releases without any regards.

Feeling good. The sale was great. The library is expanding all the time. New releases I think encourage other companies to do away with DRM when they see how well they sell here.

Still worried about regional pricing and some games not being offered in some countries due to adherence to fascist laws. If it were me, I'd just give double middle fingers and point to any charter of rights.

I still wish GOG would fix the broken chat system. The original PM system was a lot better and I still don't understand why it was changed.

I also wonder if the Enigmatic Hints will ever continue...

Its amazing!!!! Great games added all the time, new client (optional), and cool deals.

The cons are this current sale is way too long, wish i had more money, and would like to see more game unlockables in this sale.

I'd say 50/50.

The good: New distribution deals (LucasArts FTW), a decent compromise for the regional pricing fracas, and the first, AFAIK, actual return policy for digital goods (even if they don't honor it for issues of "compatibility"). And they're still DRM-free.

The not so good:

Movies. Not just any movies, but crappy youtube-quality junk movies. Would have been neutral, but they keep cluttering up the front page. Though if they want to extend into DRM-free epubs, that might be more interesting for me.

Galaxy - Again, it would have been neutral because it's optional, but several of the changes they made to support Galaxy have been net negatives. Specifically, the sloppy way that "unbundling" was handled and the horrible usability issues of the new library for those of us who want to keep using the downloader instead (since Galaxy doesn't support compressed downloads).


So yeah, they've made some missteps, but nothing that has me worried about ragequitting them like I did Steam.

What happened with steam?

Don't you mean "for issues other than 'compatibility'"? The policy is in place for when a purchaser and GOG Support are unable to get a game running on purchaser's computer.

Back when they modified the EULA. Ironically, that happened a week after I decided that I was being unreasonable in avoiding the service, since they'd never made any dirty moves before, so I should just relax and drop 75 bucks on games.

Nope. I was refused a refund on Grim Fandango Remastered, because it wasn't compatible with the video card in my GF's computer (she's the adventure game nut) because of some confusion on my end due to ATI/AMD model numbering. They gave me store credit instead, so it wasn't a huge deal, though I'm more careful and less confident now.

Ah. Well I guess I can't necessarily defend GOG there. I can understand they expect us to do a little research to see if we meet hardware requirements, but your situation sounds tricky as it can be hard to understand graphics cards' model numbering.

Why isnt there a feature where the client or the website lets you know if your system is compatible with a game you want to purchase?

I get that but wouldnt you add a warning pop up or something saying that your backing up or downloading the linux version and your using windows? Im honestly confused I always thought that would be a cool thing to have especially for people who dont pay attention to there hardware specs (me)