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Posted August 27, 2014
New features, local currency option, new payment methods, store credit, and an updated look for GOG.com!

For almost six years now we strive to bring you not only the best in DRM-Free gaming, but also to give you the greatest experience possible. To that end we're always looking for ways to improve our site and service. Today, we're rolling out a vastly updated version of our store with an improved interface, sleek new look, and lots of handy new features. Let's take a quick tour, shall we?

Video: Welcome to the fresher, better GOG.com!

First of all we are giving you more DRM-free content: movies! We are starting with 20 documentaries about internet and gaming culture but we aim high! You can find more on this in the appropriate newspost, so let's focus on the other features we're rolling out.

We wanted to give you more choice as to how you pay for things on GOG.com. Now it's up to you if you want to pay in US Dollars, or in the currency primarily used in your country, whether it's the Euro, Pounds Sterling, Australian Dollars, or Russian Roubles. That's four new currencies supported by GOG.com for your convenience. Still - the choice is yours, so if you want to stick to US dollars, just switch to it - you find this option at the bottom of each page. To make buying things at GOG.com an even more flexible process, we're introducing some new payment methods: Sofort, Giropay, Webmoney, and Yandex.

All this also means that users for whom the local currency pricing has been enabled will have an option to select one of two different prices for each game in our catalog. Of course, we stand by the simple truth that $1 does not equal 1€, so a game with a $5.99 price tag will cost 4.49 Euro, 3.69 British Pounds, 6.49 Australian Dollars, and 219 Roubles respectively. $9.99 translates to 7.49 Euro, 5.99 Pounds Sterling, 10.89 Australian Dollars, and 359 Roubles. In a perfect world we would apply the same method of pricing to all of the games we offer. However, things are a little bit more complicated, and there are some games in our catalog that follow a different region-based pricing scheme. However, we wouldn't be GOG.com if we didn't find a way to make right by the users who end up paying relatively more for such titles. Here's where the Fair Price Package comes in!

The Fair Price Package applies to all of the titles which we couldn't include in our standard pricing scheme. If you end up paying more for a game than its standard US Dollar price, we'll refund you the difference out of our own pocket. The refunded value will be added to your account in Store Credit in the currency of your purchase. That's right, no more gift codes, you'll be getting Store Credit that you can use to purchase anything on GOG.com or partially pay for an item that's more expensive. More choice, ease of use, and less limitations!

Finally, the GOG.com store has gotten itself a substantial visual revamp. We went for a fresh, mobile-friendly design that should make it even easier to find the games you want, notice the hot promos, and see what's new. The main page, catalog view, product pages, and checkout have been updated and also lay the groundwork for even more overhaul, coming within the next few months together with many of the GOG Galaxy features. We hope you like it!

PS. Unfortunately, we need to drop some titles from our classic catalog. In such cases, we always do our best to give you an advance warning and a last chance to purchase such games - preferably with a considerable discount. Check this news post to find out which titles are being removed from our catalog, when will it happen, and what parting discounts for them do we currently offer.
Post edited August 27, 2014 by G-Doc
Posted October 04, 2014
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euricog: If it gets to the top 10, they will have to answer it at the twitch event.
Well, they promised to answer 'at least 10 of the top-voted questions from the list' (as opposed to 'the 10 top voted questions') so they reserve the right to pick and choose.
Posted October 04, 2014
I've seen people talk about using scripts to get some of the old style for the GoG site back, but i seemed to have missed where you get the instructions to do that, and does it actually work all the time, or something you have to fire up each time you visit the site (as you can tell i'm pretty new to this!).

So any links to help me get the old style GoG back, as it seems this new style is here to stay, and i still don't like it as much as the cleaner, more relaxed original style.
Posted October 04, 2014
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ThorChild: I've seen people talk about using scripts to get some of the old style for the GoG site back, but i seemed to have missed where you get the instructions to do that, and does it actually work all the time, or something you have to fire up each time you visit the site (as you can tell i'm pretty new to this!).

So any links to help me get the old style GoG back, as it seems this new style is here to stay, and i still don't like it as much as the cleaner, more relaxed original style.
Sadly you can't reverse it completely but at least Barefoot Essentials 2 makes it tolerable again. Check it out here.
Posted October 04, 2014
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euricog: If it gets to the top 10, they will have to answer it at the twitch event.
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Lemon_Curry: Well, they promised to answer 'at least 10 of the top-voted questions from the list' (as opposed to 'the 10 top voted questions') so they reserve the right to pick and choose.
Makes sense, they'll most certainly keep dodging away from the issue. Either way getting to the top voted is a good method of getting noticed and showing it's importance.
Posted October 04, 2014
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ThorChild: I've seen people talk about using scripts to get some of the old style for the GoG site back, but i seemed to have missed where you get the instructions to do that, and does it actually work all the time, or something you have to fire up each time you visit the site (as you can tell i'm pretty new to this!).

So any links to help me get the old style GoG back, as it seems this new style is here to stay, and i still don't like it as much as the cleaner, more relaxed original style.
Have a look here, you'll find several of the mentioned scripts and styles.
Posted October 04, 2014
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euricog: Makes sense, they'll most certainly keep dodging away from the issue.
I think it's more a matter of asking the important questions the right way than simply asking those the GOG monks would prefer to answer. They'll be more inclined to reply if you pose a serious question in a polite and respectful manner so that it deserves and perhaps even warrants an answer.
Posted October 05, 2014
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euricog: Makes sense, they'll most certainly keep dodging away from the issue.
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Lemon_Curry: I think it's more a matter of asking the important questions the right way than simply asking those the GOG monks would prefer to answer. They'll be more inclined to reply if you pose a serious question in a polite and respectful manner so that it deserves and perhaps even warrants an answer.
I certainly agree that raging over the matter get us nowhere, but what would it be the serious way of asking why did they messed up the site?

I've put it plain and simple, no expletives or drama. GOG really had a brilliant site and now it is slower, much uglier and more difficult to navigate. This, of course, is not based solely on my own opinion, but shared by a lot of GOG old timers, as you can read in the main "site revamp" thread:
http://www.gog.com/forum/general/welcome_to_the_fresher_better_gogcom

Hence, the question is simple and contains no offenses. Should they not answer it because it is not a pretty question? Or should they answer it since they state that they are always interested on the community's feedback?

It is an ugly truth but it is the truth and an important truth. This is their business and they really should take it more seriously since it has huge impact on user behavior and loyalty.
Posted October 05, 2014
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ThorChild: I've seen people talk about using scripts to get some of the old style for the GoG site back, but i seemed to have missed where you get the instructions to do that, and does it actually work all the time, or something you have to fire up each time you visit the site (as you can tell i'm pretty new to this!).

So any links to help me get the old style GoG back, as it seems this new style is here to stay, and i still don't like it as much as the cleaner, more relaxed original style.
Whhaaat?!? You dislike the newerfresherbetter style??? Then vote here ; )
Posted October 05, 2014
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ThorChild: I've seen people talk about using scripts to get some of the old style for the GoG site back, but i seemed to have missed where you get the instructions to do that, and does it actually work all the time, or something you have to fire up each time you visit the site (as you can tell i'm pretty new to this!).

So any links to help me get the old style GoG back, as it seems this new style is here to stay, and i still don't like it as much as the cleaner, more relaxed original style.
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gamefood: Whhaaat?!? You dislike the newerfresherbetter style??? Then vote here ; )
...and here:

http://www.gog.com/wishlist/questions/why_did_you_ruin_gogs_site
Posted October 05, 2014
THE COLOUR IS BACK! THE COLOUR IS BACK! Is this Barefoot or something, or did they change it? It was really weird, not like the sudden change from B&W to colour in The Wizard of Oz, but "Oh, the page has loaded, something seems weird".
Posted October 06, 2014
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babark: THE COLOUR IS BACK! THE COLOUR IS BACK! Is this Barefoot or something, or did they change it? It was really weird, not like the sudden change from B&W to colour in The Wizard of Oz, but "Oh, the page has loaded, something seems weird".
Kind of - it's transparent now. You can see it while scrolling down.
Posted October 07, 2014
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euricog: I certainly agree that raging over the matter get us nowhere, but what would it be the serious way of asking why did they messed up the site?
It's just that it sounds more like a bitter complaint than an inquiry and I happen to think it's a good idea to elaborate on personal statements if one wants to be taken seriously but who knows? Hopefully, they'll appreciate your no-nonsense approach and answer the question. :)

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Ababeb: Kind of - it's transparent now. You can see it while scrolling down.
It's been like that since day one of the bleakness.
Post edited October 07, 2014 by Lemon_Curry
Posted October 07, 2014
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euricog: I certainly agree that raging over the matter get us nowhere, but what would it be the serious way of asking why did they messed up the site?
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Lemon_Curry: It's just that it sounds more like a bitter complaint than an inquiry and I happen to think it's a good idea to elaborate on personal statements if one wants to be taken seriously but who knows? Hopefully, they'll appreciate your no-nonsense approach and answer the question. :)
I agree. I've added a comment on the question to clarify it:

http://www.gog.com/wishlist/questions/why_did_you_ruin_gogs_site
Posted October 08, 2014
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HypersomniacLive: Here.
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theMole4: Well, thanks HypersomniacLive, even if that's bad news.

GOG, what are you saying? GOG downloader is just a widget, Galaxy sounds more like a platform. Buzzwords aside, Galaxy is easily going to be more cumbersome than downloader. When you announced "Hey, we're going to launch Galaxy", I cheered. "I might check that out, that could be cool", I thought. But now I will have to install it, to retain the same functionality as the nimble GOG downloader. Come on, it makes no sense! It's really that hard to mantain a piece of software that is just a subset of a larger platform?

I really don't understand you, GOG. I thought your customers were happy the way you were. I was. Did someone complain about the site not being enough "mobile friendly"? Did someone complain about the way the site felt & looked? Did someone complain about the GOG downloader, or the lack of a more complex platform? You give the impression of being fed bad advice, that someone is telling you that you have to change to... I don't know, to "keep up with the market", to "survive competition"...

I don't know: except for the freedom of choosing the buying currency, I've got the feeling that you are doing all the wrong changes, for the sake of a stupid, conformist vision that says "business can be done just one way", ignoring the fact that whoever lives in an ecological (or market) niche is almost always better off than those competing in the "mainstream" ecosystem (or market).

Well, TL;DR: just fuckin' leave GOG downloader alone, PLEASE, you've just raped up your site badly enough already!

LISTEN TO US!
If you are a woman of legal age, will you marry me? :p

Basically QFT.


I don't use the downloader and I will probably never use Galaxy since I prefer the download through the browser thing. I already HATE to use any type of client, be it anything like Steam or even lighter like what GG uses or that stupid thing that DD used to use.
I know GOG have said multiple times that Galaxy will not be a necessity for download or playing games, but I have seen in the past how things like this go. As long as there is any level of acceptance, once there is a foot inside, then it gets only a matter of time that a new system is either thrown out of the window or is enforced to everyone, with a myriad excuses going from "this is what we want to do so stfu" to "it's better and we can only afford to do it this way".

I am willing to give GOG the benefit of the doubt, but the second I am required to use any client or DRM in general, I will be out of here quicker than you can say warez.

STOP COPYING THE 800 POUND GORILLA. NOT EVERYONE LOVES IT.
It's like watching World of Warcraft. We get Blizzard making a very successful MMO, and for a decade 99% of new MMOs try to mimic the look and feel of WOW. Because obviously the people who want to play MMO wants to play games that look and feel like WOW. I mean, it's not like these people have any choice if they want to play a MMO. You know, like playing WOW!

Same with Steam.

Anyway, I will be there for you GOG, but if you try to backstab me, only one of the two of us will lose my money.
Posted October 09, 2014
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ThorChild: I've seen people talk about using scripts to get some of the old style for the GoG site back, but i seemed to have missed where you get the instructions to do that, and does it actually work all the time, or something you have to fire up each time you visit the site (as you can tell i'm pretty new to this!).

So any links to help me get the old style GoG back, as it seems this new style is here to stay, and i still don't like it as much as the cleaner, more relaxed original style.
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gamefood: Whhaaat?!? You dislike the newerfresherbetter style??? Then vote here ; )
Oh thanks for the link! I thing almost everyone know dislike this site, doesnt know about this vote!
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