I didn't make this thread to automatically criticize or condemn, but I was interested in how people/fellow GOGgers were feeling about what has been going on these past couple months or even mid-2014 until now. We got us some great things and things people view as questionable - LucasArts/Disney and now WB, and plenty of other great games; an upcoming client; still a borky website at times; Linux; support keeping super-busy it seems; slow releases of patches for some games (which bothers some people but not others); indie-ish movies; The Witcher 3 coming soon; regional pricing; site redesign; and other stuff - viewed as good or bad subjectively - I'm probably not thinking of.

Any GOGgers want to chime in?

cant really say i care about the expansion to movies
or the rather bork bork borked website or bare bones forum

but other thent hat i dont have any complaints

Overall I'm happy with GOG and still happy to be here.

GOG is growing. nobody grows perfectly. Nothing that is imperfect right now is a show-stopper for me.

I do like change. I like GOG's changes. I like Galaxy. I like the steady stream of new games on the site.

Overall, I'm feeling it pretty good, particularly with the new games and publishers :)

Just waiting on Galaxy to see what it has to add for single-player gamer like me.

I'm neutral towards the movies and don't care for them one way or another. I never had any major problems with the website or forum.

A lot hinges on the release of Galaxy. My expectations are pretty low; there will probably be more bad than good, at least at its official launch.

Site redesign is shit, inclusion of movies is pointless, site is buggy, forum needs a complete redesign. Lost a ton of games.

Disney and WB are cool though, overall I've been somewhat meh about GOG but hopeful they improve.

The problem is that I don't really feel that GOG is doing anything that makes it truly stand out at the moment.

Linux is all well and good, but it's support has been spotty. That being said, the games that GOG have released for Linux to date seem to all work fairly well.

I couldn't give two shits about the movies. It was clear that GOG wasn't going to get anything of decent quality on board, and the releases smack of desperation.

The website redesign - I thought I'd get used to it, but unfortunately I just find the new navigation too clunky and too abstract. It's alright if I'm looking for a specific game, but browsing is a nightmare.

The indie releases haven't really been that interesting to me. I'll always prefer DRM-free to DRM'd games (to the extent that a game really has to be really fucking special for me to buy it as a Steam-only version, and even then only very cheap), but if I can get a DRM-free version + Steam key for the same price as a DRM-free version, then it stands to reason that I'll get that. I don't hate Steam for Steam's sake - I dislike it because it is abused to eliminate the option of choice.

And the indie titles that GOG releases offer have almost universally been made available on Humble in this form. I recently picked up Raiden 3 and Crimzon Clover here, but outside of these, the last indie I picked up was Doomdark's Revenge back in July (full disclosure: I don't buy that many PC games anymore anyway, but I'm still open to a compelling proposition - unfortunately, like Walter Donovan and his famous PC, I'm "still waiting").

Getting Disney and WBIE has the potential to become a real coup, although I'm somewhat concerned that, like Activision, EA and Ubisoft, this is going to pan out into nothing of any real note. All of the games that have been released here to date can already be bought on disc without online DRM (almost all of them at reasonable prices secondhand, and many of them even new), and I'm still waiting for a firm commitment to DRM-free with the release of previous DRM exclusives like the later Assassin's Creed titles, the Mass Effect trilogy, the Dragon Age trilogy, the Crysis trilogy. In fact, I don't think Activision or Ubisoft have released anything here in over a year(?).

Looking forward to Galaxy though, and I hope that GOG utilises its full potential. I'm not a multiplayer gamer, but it would still be nice to see some kind of DOSBox-game matchmaking in there, especially given the large number of DOSBOX-based games in here. I'm also curious to see what this Steam integration will entail, whether there will be some kind of actual connectivity with personal Steam accounts, or whether this simply means that GOG has made it easier for developers to port directly from the Steam API to the Galaxy API (which is looking increasingly likely).

no problems here. galaxy is optional. movies are ehhh but i dont have to buy them and the game selection is growing even more awesome. gog is the most based digital distribution services and i hope they stay this way

A very strong start for 2015. Now, if they can finally fix all the technical stuff that has been plaguing the site...

I dont understand why people are so demanding like this. Its not as if functionality in most games are every majorly broken requiring major patching??

Other than that, im one of the non fans of indie movies - i doubt this will ever be a big thing :/.Overall with game releases - very surprisingly good offerings so far :).Quite excellent!!.

Overall, it's ok. There are lots of things that need improving/redesign but I'm sure this will be worked on.
The only thing that I find extremely bad is the removing of game components from already paid customers. This is unacceptable.

Very good releases in the past few months in my opinion, both indie and non-indie. Good amount of Linux stuff too. Overall I think they're doing good.

On the negative side, the website needs work. Browsing feels very clunky at times. And the now-even-more-defunct notification system is horrid. It needs to be fixed ASAP.

I don't know if I'll use the Galaxy client but if folks like a client then it's all good. If it works as a Linux native reliable downloader with hash checking, it might be a great little tool that helps with the larger downloads.

What always gets me is that there are still a good few people - or more likely loud minority present on the forum - crying foul when there is no Mac or Linux version. Let's face it: if one of your primary PC uses is gaming Windows will remain the best option for the considerable future. It's a simple matter of compatibility. That's just a fact. Sure, the introduction of WINE was a certifiable boon to both Linux and Mac (once the latter switched to Intel CPUs) as you then have things like PlayOnLinux and Crossover/Wineskin or some rather incredible personal projects like paulthetall's porting kit. That said, there are plenty of games that won't work properly or not at all that way, especially if they look for certain hardware requirements or API calls which may be tough to redirect/emulate. Rather make that every other digital distributor. I have yet to see another one that actually tries not to include every title under the sun they can get their hands on, although I have to raise an eyebrow when titles like the dubious Pixel Piracy or Daikatana make their appearance here. Good thing such are few and far in between. I wouldn't have bought 550+ games here otherwise. Now if I only had the time to play them all. =P

Overall, GOG is developing in the right direction (as a business, if they don't evolve, they'll die). Sure they have flaws because they're always a little bit rookie at things (the recent spambot attack is a good example) but that's part of the charm of GOG I would say (unless I lose games in my library, then I'll be very pissed off ^o^)