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General discussionIntroducing: GOG Galaxy, the DRM-Free online gaming platform(917 posts)(917 posts)
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Posted June 06, 2014
Freedom of choice. Optional client. Cross-play. Coming soon to all gamers!

Earlier today (or was it yesterday for you?), during the [url=http://www.gog.com/news/cd_projekt_red_gogcom_summer_conference]CD Projekt RED and GOG.com’s Summer Conference we dropped the news about our next big step forward! GOG.com has always been home to more and more of the the best games in history (for Windows and Mac), both classic and new. Differing in shapes, flavors, and sizes they had one thing in common: they were mostly single-player, and our focus was mainly on the experience of a singular gamer. If that's your thing, nothing really will change. You can always enjoy your favorite games 100% DRM-free on GOG.com, with no need to activate your game online or remain connected to play your single-player title. Just like GOG.com has always been about.. But what if you want to play with your friends?

Today we are excited to announce GOG Galaxy, a truly gamer-friendly, 100% DRM-free online gaming platform that will finally provide the GOG.com community with the easy option to play together online. GOG Galaxy will allow you to share your achievements, stay in touch with your pals and get the updates for your games automatically. We've developed this technology to improve your GOG.com experience. We think GOG Galaxy really deserves your attention and we hope many of you will give it a try! But, here's the great thing: it is totally optional, so it's all up to you! If you do not want to play online, or use our optional client to access these features, then no worries, you will always be able to play the single-player mode 100% DRM-free, and download manually the latest updated version of your favorite title from our website. Now, for one more feature we call cross-play. We always believed in an open world for gamers, with no obligation to be tied to a specific platform or client; and this is why GOG Galaxy will allow gamers to play with their buddies who use Steam, without any need to use any 3rd party client or account, nothing, nada. We’re taking care of connecting GOG.com and Steam players, so just sit back, relax and give it a try.

See the outtake from the CD Projekt RED & GOG.com Summer Conference

Talking of which, we are proud to announce the soon-to-come launch of the beta phase for The Witcher Adventure Game, a faithful adaptation of the board game of the same title. It allows up to 4 players to play together, whether they use Steam or GOG.com. Cross-play at its finest! If you wanna get the chance to try it out, please visit and sign up to get in the queue for your beta access key. You can also simply take advantage of our amazing [url=http://www.gog.com/tw3]pre-order offer for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which includes 2 beta access keys for he Witcher Aventure Game, delivered to you as soon as we start handing them out to public.

We believe GOG Galaxy has the power to provide the best of both worlds. Playing the single player mode of your favorite game, 100% DRM-free, while still having the OPTION to use our soon-to-come client for an enhanced experience (auto-patching, achievements, and much more) or play online with other GOG.com (and Steam) players if you so wish.

There will be more GOG Galaxy titles coming up this year, so stay tuned for more news and get the word around!
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Posted June 06, 2014
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Erich_Zann: OK, playing a bit the thick-in-the-head luddite here, but please bear with me :

- on the whole I don't give a rat's ass about multiplayer
- I don't give a flying fuck about "sharing achievements" or "staying in touch with my pals" (I know how to use email & phone, thanks)
- I am not (that much) mentally disabled, and thus I know how to click the download links in the "My Games" section of the GOG website

So I can safely ignore this, and nothing will change for me as far as using GOG goes, right ?
That would be rad.
I think so. "Freedom of choice" and "Optional client" are two main characteristics of GOG Galaxy, so yeah no need to participate if you don't want to. =)
Posted June 06, 2014
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Trilarion: Just for the record, what do you want?
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Smannesman: Good Old Games.
I want that too. But I'm not mad at GOG because I think they anyway wouldn't get the good old games even if they didn't do the Galaxy thing.
Posted June 06, 2014
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Smannesman: Not what I want from GOG, so -1 from me.
What will it change for you? If you don't want it, you're not forced to use it. It's still GOG DRM-free.
Posted June 06, 2014
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Erich_Zann: OK, playing a bit the thick-in-the-head luddite here, but please bear with me :

- on the whole I don't give a rat's ass about multiplayer
- I don't give a flying fuck about "sharing achievements" or "staying in touch with my pals" (I know how to use email & phone, thanks)
- I am not (that much) mentally disabled, and thus I know how to click the download links in the "My Games" section of the GOG website

So I can safely ignore this, and nothing will change for me as far as using GOG goes, right ?
That would be rad.
Yup. Well it seems that way. If you don't want it just ignore it. I think it's a good idea about time some will start dealing with Steam monopoly.
Posted June 06, 2014
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Smannesman: Good Old Games.
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Trilarion: I want that too. But I'm not mad at GOG because I think they anyway wouldn't get the good old games even if they didn't do the Galaxy thing.
I'm not mad at them, I just don't care for yet another client.
And I'm not mad because they've been going downhill for years IMO, so I'm never surprised when I see them announce something like this.
Posted June 06, 2014
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nuuttiT: ... I think so. "Freedom of choice" and "Optional client" are two main characteristics of GOG ...
But we need to check them from time to time. Even the best have bad moments. For example it will be important to know if installers will be updated too and if automatic updates can be set on an individual basis and if you can turn the bloody achievements off. Freedom of choice it all will be, not will not be.
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Smannesman: Not what I want from GOG, so -1 from me.
I don't really know why people get upset when they are given options. Yes if it was forced on them there is reason. But when they are provided with optional stuff?
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Trilarion: Just for the record, what do you want?
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Smannesman: Good Old Games.
Which are being added to the site constantly, so what's the problem exactly?

If you want moar classics, take to Twitter and bug the big publishers' support profiles about releasing more of their backlog here. That would be more constructive than being a spoilsport in this thread.
Posted June 06, 2014
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Smannesman: Not what I want from GOG, so -1 from me.
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Thistler: I don't really know why people get upset when they are given options. Yes if it was forced on them there is reason. But when they are provided with optional stuff?
I don't really know why people get upset when other people express their opinion.
Like I already said, I'm not upset. It just doesn't do anything for me at all.

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Smannesman: Good Old Games.
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fronzelneekburm: Which are being added to the site constantly, so what's the problem exactly?

If you want moar classics, take to Twitter and bug the big publishers' support profiles about releasing more of their backlog here. That would be more constructive than being a spoilsport in this thread.
Well I disagree about 'constantly', but also it should be GOGs responsibility to add more games.
Instead they use resources on things like this. And why do you have to be such a spoilsport?
I just expressed my opinion, that's what forums are for.
Post edited June 06, 2014 by Smannesman
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nuuttiT: ... I think so. "Freedom of choice" and "Optional client" are two main characteristics of GOG ...
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Trilarion: But we need to check them from time to time. Even the best have bad moments. For example it will be important to know if installers will be updated too and if automatic updates can be set on an individual basis and if you can turn the bloody achievements off. Freedom of choice it all will be, not will not be.
True. Have to keep the postive pressure on.
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Trilarion: I want that too. But I'm not mad at GOG because I think they anyway wouldn't get the good old games even if they didn't do the Galaxy thing.
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Smannesman: I'm not mad at them, I just don't care for yet another client.
And I'm not mad because they've been going downhill for years IMO, so I'm never surprised when I see them announce something like this.
Why all the negativity? You don't like it when it's optional? You don't like the possibility of cross-play, which some people might appreciate? If they've "gone downhill for years", why are you even still here?
Posted June 06, 2014
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Smannesman: ...they've been going downhill for years IMO...
They are different now from their roots. That's true. I always wondered why it is so difficult to sell the good old games that are still unavailable. But then many of them are nowhere else too or are only available with DRM. So I guess that GOG did the best they could do. At least I hope they did. Maybe it's just impossible to get them.
Posted June 06, 2014
Sounds interesting! I can't believe you managed to get cross-play with Steam users. I'm eager to give it a try.
Posted June 06, 2014
Very cool news.
Wonder if this means possible achievements and revived multiplayer added to some of our beloved old games?
Posted June 06, 2014
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Trilarion: They are different now from their roots. That's true. I always wondered why it is so difficult to sell the good old games that are still unavailable. But then many of them are nowhere else too or are only available with DRM. So I guess that GOG did the best they could do. At least I hope they did. Maybe it's just impossible to get them.
Well Nightdive was able to get several of them, so it's not impossible.
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