The Curious Expedition ... pixelart
Starbound ... also pixelart
Project Zomboid ... yet again pixelart

Terra Tech and Ashes of the Singularity is not pixelart ... because it's 3D.

Why does all 2D games have to be goddamn pixelart? GAH!

But these titles look plenty interesting, though.

Ah, when you said legitimate, I assumed you meant legitimate; such as the service being misrepresented or containing unlawful terms. Concerns that are — you know — legitimate.

Well, will you actually answer his question then instead of handwaving it away?

If you want a finished game, wait for the game to be finished. What's the hurry? Backlog not big enough already?

The entire system boils down to one thing - you are gambling.

Is there a guarantee? Beyond 14 days, no, there isn't.

Will you get your money back if you hold onto the incomplete game for months and it falls apart? No, you won't.

Is GOG going to keep the revenue from every in-development game purchase in its own back account so everyone can get a refund if things go sideways? No, they won't.

Is there a chance that any game you spend money on from Early Access, In-Development or Kickstarter will fall apart and never be completed? Always.
Hell, you can buy retail games that run like garbage, then get abandoned by their developer, leaving you with next to nothing.

If you're looking for anything approaching certainty, don't spend money on those set-ups. You won't get it.
Just keep on buying games when they have their full retail release instead.

And now, for the other questions that are popping up...

Is this the end of the world, GOG's continued descent into becoming a smaller version of Steam? No, it's not.
It's a way for GOG to latch onto a revenue stream that until this point has been almost totally monopolized by the competition.
Like it, hate it, or feel complete indifference towards it, it's a part of the industry now, and it's a whole lot of money sitting on the table.
If GOG backs away, that just leaves Steam to get it all.

Does this mean GOG's going to put DRM on everything eventually? If you think that, you probably shouldn't buy from here since you apparently don't trust the people who run it. If you're just waiting for a business to eventually screw you over, you probably shouldn't do business with them.

Ultimately, this makes no difference whatsoever to the person who's been buying games on GOG for days, weeks, months or years. It has absolutely no effect on you at all, aside from just maybe making GOG that much stronger, with better numbers, more money and more customers, so more of the holdout publishers can see the market they're disregarding, pull their heads out of their asses and finally get on board here.

No, that's just rephrasing "don't like, don't buy it". That's not an actuall answer to anything, as I already explained. Keep trying though.

One change to the T&C's I'd like to see - If the game is incomplete for more than two years from your date of purchase, or if it's gone 6 months without an update, allow people to request a refund at that point.

What do you suggest?

When I look at comments about Early Access or former Early Access games, that's the most common theme. They start out promising and weather the occasional bump. But then something happens behind the scenes to derail everything. A year later a developer drops by to explain they went back to school or took on other work because they ran out of funding. The game dies far short of the original potential.

I don't think most of the Early Access games that get exposure are scams. Their developers just fall victim to the same mistakes and unforeseen obstacles that bring down bigger releases from veteran studios. And since most Early Access teams are small and poorly funded, they suffer far more from individual hardships than a larger, better-funded company. Without some deep pockets and enough people to step in when someone drops out, even a great early effort is likely to fail.

this, please.

Thank you, GOG.

This is one solid move.

Steam is a proven success. This does not mean that everything about it is good though. GOG is a business, not your friend nor is GOG a niche storefront as it once was and nor does GOG want to be a niche store front anymore. Steam does a lot right and there is nothing wrong with GOG taking that and doing it in a better way or the GOG way.

Many of us want GOG to be more like Steam but without the crap that using Steam entails like the DRM free aspect. If we could get every game truly DRM free on Steam, then a vast majority of us would be on Steam and not GOG, which probably wouldn't even be in business.

Maybe GOG just isn't for you anymore... and that's okay, but there is nothing wrong with taking the parts of Steam and trying them here, it is after what makes Steam such a success.

The Curious Expedition ... pixelart
true:D

it seems a game that i might, just migth be able to play i saw some flashes on the mapscreen but the rest seemed okay, but they have 1280 as a minimum screen res. so..... its a no for me
1024x768 should always be a play option aswell among all the larges resolutions.
Anyway... this way it saves cash for me , which i will spent on another nice game now .

I don't like this. GOG rejects many good games but now they bring early access stuff to GOG? That's a waste. Well, those who want to throw their money at unfinished projects can do so. I won't. And I think this decision is another step in a wrong direction.