That's his schtick. He goes into offended Karen mode if a game doesn't have the same achievements as Steam. He likes to complain. If the Achievements were so important to him, he'd just buy on Steam. But no, he wants everything. DRM-Free and achievements when the reality is GOG probably doesn't generate many publisher/developers enough revenue to justify someone recoding the achievements for Galaxy, and we should really be grateful they let us buy it DRM free to begin with, since that is a dying principle even here on GOG.

True, but then that particular person is also known to demand that GOG shouldn't sell any games which don't have achievements (if the Steam version has them).

So in essence he is demanding that no one should be able to buy the game from GOG, even those who couldn't care rat's ass about the achievements. (I care about them about as much as whether I get free avatar gifs with my games, or not. Wheee! But I digress...)

So, yeah, I think now it is totally fine: GOG is selling the game, and those who care about achievements can pass the game as it doesn't support achievements (which one can see in the product page, as achievements is not listed as one of the supported features of the game).

I sometime really would want to understand, why achievements are so important to some(one), but I don't think I ever will.

appreciate? here, on gog? lol

the gog forum is the land of eternal salty tears and perpetually unmet expectation. :D

To be honest, I also won't buy it on gog for a simple reason: we pay the same amount but receive less features. I am not an achievement hunter but I have principles regarding customer services and fairness, guess because statistics and marketing is my job. We gog users can be happy if we even get cloud saves. The devs of Ion Fury also stated snarky comments regarsing trophies etc. To me, it looks like lazy cashgrabs where the devs can do whatever they want, or what they don't in this case. It's just as annoying as the many games that lack the latest updates and patches that the steam versions have. Maid of Sker is still unpatched to this day and the developers don't care. Broken game but ask for money. Gog needs stricter regulations.

Yes, sure. They have done actual work on that remaster and they are way better than Beamdog. But that doesn't change the different treatment of Steam customers and GOG customers. Steam customers have the choice between the original and the remaster. GOG customers have to get the (more expensive) remaster if they want the original.

My critique was more aimed at GOG than at Nightdive. If Steam can continue to offer the original, why can't GOG?

Using that logic, Steam should not sell any games that are available also on GOG.com.

Why? Because the GOG version has something that the Steam version doesn't: an offline installer. I consider that as an extra feature/service of the GOG version, compared to the Steam versions of the same games.

So by your principles, you should never buy any Steam games either, as the Steam versions are lacking something compared to the GOG version. I guess you simply won't be buying any such games then, that exist both on Steam and GOG...

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I don't use offline installers. I care about how developers act and how they sell lesser versions for the same price. The gog installer comes from the platform, not the companies. The offline installers are probably the reason why companies dislike gog, since these installers made it possible to download every gog game for free, no pirate bay needed. And because steam will always be more profitable. Who comes first, goes first. Higher ups don't care about 2% when 98% buy something on one platform. It's just reality and it should not be like this

Ah, okay - I did not know that and of course I don't think the same way here. While I really would love it if every dev would treat GOG customers the same as they do on Steam I am also aware that this simply won't be the case for each game. So IF the alternative would be to not offer the game at all or offer the game without achievements (or maybe even missing updates) I would also prefer the latter ... nobody is forcing us to buy a game. However I would always say that it should be allowed to criticise such releases.

I remember my first time when I experienced an achievement popping up ... not knowing anything about them I simply was wondering why there was a popup and a "ding" sound. A friend of me explained it to me and I was wondering if there is more to it than "ding" and popup ... I was really surprised that in fact that is all I would get and even more that so many people obviously want those popups/sound combination to appear at all. Now, years later, I figured out that for many it is something that adds additional goals - often in replays - and even though those goals seem to be artificial they are not really since the devs created them as well ... just look at some of the achievement hunters (no, I am not one of them) .... taking so much time and so many tactics to get their achievements to 100% - it is the same as speedrunners ... it's simply an additional way to approach the game. Maybe we should create a thread to discuss the use/meaning of achievements if this question really interests people? Maybe such a thread already exist?

I have good news, one of the developers on Discord has officially stated that: "We are looking to add achievements to the other storefronts in the next update."

To keep you up to date on other games as well you can check out my spreadsheet: Missing Galaxy Achievements

ATTN: If you own the original, BACK IT UP before buying/installing this game so you can at least have the original as well, even if it's installed already on your PC!

Snagging this as I'm an unrepentant collector!

But there was already a mod that changed the original video game textures for HD ones. I don't detract from the work of the developer who has done business with a part of Acclaim's catalogue and other retro video games. Remasters of Remasters there are many today, but to remove the original video game from the catalogue for the ''remasters'' is a sacrilege. And not giving an incentive to owners of the original on GOG is not only a matter of customer dissatisfaction. It's the nerve of having to go through the checkout again. And for the same video game with a few extra additions.

Are you suggesting the original will disappear from the library, if you buy the remaster?

I would be surprised if that happened, but I guess you never know...

are there mods that add modern controller support, add environmental shadows and lighting effects, and add the console exclusive / new content to the pc version? because that's what this remaster does. i'm not being facetious, i honestly don't know as i almost never use mods.

that said, i do actually disagree with removing the original. i think that's boneheaded. but i don't know whether it was a gog decision or a nightdive decision. though i'm aware that the original is still up on steam.