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The moment we’ve all been waiting for – prepare to don the mantle of Kratos in the critically acclaimed masterpiece, God of War, now available DRM-free! You can get it with a -50% launch discount until March 28th, 11 PM UTC.

This time, the Ghost of Sparta ventures into the realm of Norse mythology, where gods, monsters, and legends collide. Armed with his Leviathan Axe and accompanied by his son Atreus, Kratos embarks on a profoundly personal journey, exploring the tumultuous relationship between father and son amidst the chaos of divine forces. The game’s stunning visuals, immersive storytelling, and visceral combat mechanics promise an unparalleled adventure that will leave an indelible mark on your gaming soul.

Now on GOG!

And don’t forget to tune in on our Twitch channel on Friday, March 15th, at 7 PM UTC, for a God of War staff stream with n_wolf, our Communication Specialist!
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KetobaK: Bad time to not get paid, to my wishlist for some time more :(
Hey, perhaps our generous angel 'Doc0075' will someday grace the giveaway with it :P
( on one hand I hope so, on the other hand I actually hope NOT - it amazes me how Doc isn't BANCRUPT yet, considering how many games they donated over all those years )
You will have to try your luck in 2+ months ( your remaining cooldown ), wink wink nudge nudge? :D

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( THE REST OF MY RESPONSE reg the telemetry, part 2 )

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LegoDnD: The proper way to live in a dystopia is to defy the dystopia.
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WinterSnowfall: But... that why we're all here isn't it? :P Otherwise we'd all be sweating in a far steamier situation.
I could make several sarcastic jokes around your ignorance here, instead I will ask, JUST TO BE SURE:

You are here, on a platform which once publicly BOASTED about being 100% DRM-free, the platform which then proceeded to coverty REMOVE said boasting material, and any public remarks of being "100% DRM-free", the platform which then directly proceeded to shift their focus and provide statements such as this:
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/drm_on_gog_list_of_singleplayer_games_with_drm/post413
the platform which HAS ACTUAL DRM in several products they sell ( therefore NOT " 100% " DRM-free like they USED TO claim ),
the platform which claims it's client app is OPTIONAL, yet for several games the newest, most patched version is ONLY AVAILABLE THROUGH GALAXY ( offline installers lagging behind ) - the " "optional" " client app,
the same platform which is openly bending down to censorship demands of a country far far away from it's base of operations,
the same platform where forum moderation is virtually non existent, and when it happens it's BLIND banhammer swings, ricocheting into innocent bystanders as well?
Same platform where public criticism of said platform is often silently REMOVED? Criticising threads being LOCKED?
Same platform where mentions of it's competition ( topics such as "list of DRM free games on Steam / EGS" ) cause given threads to be artificially locked down?

And you want to oppose who?
Steam?
The platform which actually DOESN'T force any DRM on the developers? Where it's ENTIRELY a FREEDOM for a developer to use OR NOT any DRM?
Where there are hundreds, maybe even thousands of games which after INSTALLING are 100% DRM-free and DON'T require Steam to be running to work? ( which BY THE WAY, GOG now has the SAME policy, like I linked before: which is "it's up to a developer whether they want to have DRM on our platform or not", and some games on GOG DO in fact HAVE a DRM! )
Same platform which DOESN'T force people into exclusivity contracts? It's simply developers CHOOSING THEMSELVES "the most popular platform" and CHOOSING THEMSELVES into NOT publishing their game elsewhere?
The same platform where you can shittalk Gaben to your heart's content and as long as it doesn't break community guidelances, you are free to criticize Valve to no end?
The same platform where reporting a post actually causes it to get removed?
The platform where BOTH the frontend AND the backend are under constant development? ( as opposed to eg GOG's ANCIENT forum CMS with bugs known for YEARS )

If you want to look for gamedev opressing tyrants, look no further than EGS, who is DE FACTO monopoly ( Steam never was, it is not forcing people into exclusivity contracts, UNLIKE EGS, it is simply the most POPULAR ) for the duration of their "timed EGS exclusivity contracts".
If anything, it's THEM who you should have the biggest beef with.

What is it EXACTLY that you are opposing "by being here" ?
You are either uninformed, gaslighting YOURSELF, or are covering your eyes and ears to not notice things going on here, on GOG, for YEARS dude.
No offence. But like for real, open your eyes.
You have been successfully bait and switched, and you're none the wiser. You've been hoodwinked. You either not know ( YET! ) or are choosing not to see that.

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Mori_Yuki: I've attempted to download and install the game twice using the offline installers from the website library, but it doesn't seem to work.
On Linux there's innoextract ( for Innosetup based stuff ), there MIGHT be something similar for Windows which would allow you to unpack the installers directly perhaps...
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Syphon72: What is woke about Dune Part Two?
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LegoDnD: It's only at the very end, but the love interest dehumanizes a tribe to the south of her own and calls them religious extremists; this wasn't at all in the book.
I mean don't they become religious extremists in the future books? We are talking about the fremen?
Post edited March 12, 2024 by Syphon72
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Mafwek: Mate, let's be real here - Sweet Baby Inc are fucking pieces of shit for multiple reasons, but making media woke doesn't actually make it worse, because quality of art isn't tied to its ideology, unless you have personal problem with it. Case in point - Dune: Part Two. I've seen nobody criticizing its wokeness despite it being there.
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Syphon72: What is woke about Dune Part Two?
Chani's character arc. And I am not talking about a race swap, but her anti-colonialism. Original Dune had anti-colonial message but it was done in a subtle way and not through her, she remained loyal to Paul through the book.
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Syphon72: I mean don't they become religious extremists in the future books? We are talking about the fremen?
This trilogy is meant to adapt just the first 2 books, it's poor form at best to retcon a development from the future that might not be shown as already happened. Don't show Chekov's gun if it isn't going to be fired.
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Syphon72: I mean don't they become religious extremists in the future books? We are talking about the fremen?
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LegoDnD: This trilogy is meant to adapt just the first 2 books, it's poor form at best to retcon a development from the future that might not be shown as already happened. Don't show Chekov's gun if it isn't going to be fired.
The Jihad is already in the first book (I count Dune 1&2 as the one book), Paul foresees and dreads it through entire second part, and only gets along with it after his first son is killed in battle (not adapted in new movie).
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You might think that people are happy that God of War has finally arrived, but then you see this thread.

The more you read the posts in this thread the more it is getting inane and insane. What was the thread about? Was there a game release?
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foad01: The more you read the posts in this thread the more it is getting inane and insane. What was the thread about? Was there a game release?
Typical GoG forum behaviour. What did you expect? :D
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foad01: The more you read the posts in this thread the more it is getting inane and insane. What was the thread about? Was there a game release?
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Atreyu666: Typical GoG forum behaviour. What did you expect? :D
I don't know. I've just read that the Epic Game Store is a monopoly and can't stop laughing anymore.
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Two comments.

1.The concern most have about telemetry is not something that happens to help with bug fixes but gathering information that could be used for marketing, to create predatory ads(I am NOT going to dignify bad behavor by calling them personalized ads).

2.One of the people of Sweet Baby Inc. was caught saying racist stuff as well as encouraging people to use certain veiled threats to hire them. That being said I am FOR diversity when it is ORGANIC, with Sweet Baby Inc. and others it is forced and part of a quota in some industries. Look at Hollywood, instead of just funding good stories created by said groups they say let us hire x number of minority group, be it sexual or otherwise. For the pre-existing or soon to be created content, they put the diversity in hamfistedly, some lazily always representing the stereotype of said group rather than a rainbow of types.
An example of good diversity in games is "Never Alone". For movies you have "Moana", "Mulan", "Lilo and Stitch" and "Princess and the Frog" to name a few. The first three were quite successful with "Moana" having plans for a second. Those two are foreign pieces of folklore yet Disney INSISTS on remaking old EUROPEAN Disney animated films in live action with "diverse" characters. This is quota'ing and hand me downs. Just grab more African and Asian folktales/folklore.

As far as new Sony games I would like coming:
1.Returnal.
2.Spider-Man 2018
3.3D Dot Heroes
4.Puppeteer
5.Rain
6.Ghosts Of Tsushima
7.Any of the Siren's.
8.Uncharted: Golden Abyss
9.Bloodborne
10.Deracine if Sony owns it.

Those are in no particular order of preference. I would love 3D Dot Heroes because of how difficult it is for the emulator so if you own it and your PS3 craps out you are screwed. After that I would want Ghosts, Golden Abyss, Bloodborne then Returnal. Spidey might be a bit I worry.
Post edited March 12, 2024 by Sarang
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Memecchi: Let's gooo
I've been playing Trails from Zero / to Azure, so I thought of KeA:
https://youtu.be/LaBsL46mO4Q?t=690

I'm not sure of this one, though, and I'm not seeing a no blood option listed on PG Gaming Wiki :(.
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foad01: I don't know. I've just read that the Epic Game Store is a monopoly and can't stop laughing anymore.
Well, this IS actually funny :D
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B1tF1ghter: No offence.
None taken. But please try to rant less in the future, especially when things are actually quite simple. I'm here for the DRM-free offline installers. I'm well aware GOG isn't perfect, but then again no store truly is. One must pick the lesser of evils, or perhaps a bunch of lesser evils if one can tolerate it.

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B1tF1ghter: Cyberpunk dystopias have futuristic tech and various other things this worldline so far doesn't possess.
I am the ignorant one, allegedly, but not the one who thinks holding a computing device in your hand capable of capturing and reproducing video, picture and sound, and as of late also generating it based on text prompts isn't "futuristic". What did you expect, flying cars?

In the middle ages you'd be quickly classified as a sorcerer and burned at the stake when trying to communicate with the locals in Latin by using Google Translate's instant voice translation. And rightly so, it's the work of the devil after all.

Heck, even someone in the 80s would call you at best a dreamer if you explained the concept of an internet-connected smartphone to them. Have you even seen the original Star Trek series?

The punchline for any cyberpunk dystopia is that corporations make the world go round and are ever encroaching on monetizing your identity and manipulating you through services you can't find (good) alternatives to. And even if by some miracle you do, you'll only barely ever register as a blip in the overall statistics, an outlier isolated from its peers.

This is today. You are welcome.

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foad01: You might think that people are happy that God of War has finally arrived, but then you see this thread.
War. War never changes. :P
Post edited March 12, 2024 by WinterSnowfall
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Sarang: 9.Bloodborne
I don't believe GOG will ever be getting this game (if it ever comes out on PC!), since Fromsoft Souls games are both single and multi player games, and GOG multiplayer support is as good as Rivers of Blood in Elden Ring meta currently. Imagine playing Souls game without all gankers, hackers and exploiters, it's just not the same experience.

I will definitively be getting GoW 4 on GOG tomorrow though.
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Mafwek: Mate, let's be real here - Sweet Baby Inc are fucking pieces of shit for multiple reasons, but making media woke doesn't actually make it worse, because quality of art isn't tied to its ideology, unless you have personal problem with it. Case in point - Dune: Part Two. I've seen nobody criticizing its wokeness despite it being there.
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Syphon72: What is woke about Dune Part Two?
Messing up established Series and even ancient Myths does definitely make it worse.
I don't mind them making new stuff but it's just as with other Media, messing up established stuff is just bad.

As for woke not necessarily bad, generally agreed but I found a lot of woke media focuses on the ideology and the story and content suffers for it. Not to mention it's often extremely cringy implemented.
I'm looking at you BG3.....

Can't speak for Dune 1 or 2 as I didn't watch it and didn't read up on it. Really not interested in the reboot.
Post edited March 12, 2024 by Reaper9988
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Finally! GoW is easily the best narrative action game I've watched in recent years so this is a must buy, especially for that price.

Just a shame what happened to Ragnarok. Those two are almost like night and day, but most of all it feels more like a rushed dlc add-on to the original. Bitter Ratatoskr is the funniest character i GoW, and my wife and I absolutely love that cute squirrel, but then naturally they had to 'distance' themselves with the past Ratatoskr by playing the safe card in Ragnorok.

"Oh, come on, you're FINE! What a dope!"

"That shield is SHiT!"


Also, how did the Freemen managed to infiltrate the land of the Norse?!? That's quite a feat...