Oh boy, you'r going to love GFWL in 2007 !

What is that? The code name for the next Xbox or something?

Toad?

1. If you buy a game, bring some time

Nope, Toad doesn't have a good jump height, nor can he float over pits.

(Of note, Toad is used in speedruns because he can pick up vegetables and enemies without losing speed.)

Hmm self imposed rules:

- Not spending more than 9.99 on a game here on gog, unless I am blown away by what I see. (Stardew Valley i.e.)
- Not buying a game if I tell myself: Well one day I'll play it, when I got way too many games yet to play
- No RTS, FPS or SCI FI (space) stuff. There are exceptions. They are not genres that appeal to me.
- Read GOG reviews, watch gameplay and if still uncertain, check metacritic for a more balanced score.
- Check my own backlog if I don't already have a game that is quite similar and that I have yet to play. Alternatively if it's a game that does something I've played before which I really like, it's definately an incentive.

That's about it really

Wait for sales and bundles, not anything that I only have just mild interest. Nothing too high end graphics wise since my computers isn't that great.

I'm not really a "make up rules" guy. I get buy with the general guideline of buying low cost and things I think I'll play or my kids will play, but I do continue to accumulate a low cost backlog.

I also tend to follow the 'Android version is good', 'support devs/charity' and, to a lesser extent, 'DRM-free' guidelines. For example I paid a little more to buy a game at Humble rather than Steam because it had a DRM-free version, gave more to the devs, and gave to charity. In general I prefer Humble over Steam or GOG for these reasons.

Actually, I consider Steam keys (and DRM-ed copies of games in general) to have negative value, and therefore prefer buying a GOG copy to a Humble Bundle copy (in the case where HB includes both Steam and DRM-free).

As I said, DRM-free is lower on my list. Humble gives more than GOG to the devs and also gives to charity. DRM-free is just a bonus.

Wow. Sounds like you're not a fan of Steam. I'm not either.

DT, You and I sorta... kinda agree on something. This is very awkward. Please never let it happen again. Go back to demanding that public officials be triangulated hyper sexual mountain goats or something. Your offenses and rabid reactions are so much more soothing to my psyche.

That was clear from the first post. I probably failed to convey that I don't just consider value when buying. Giving to devs/charity has nothing to do with value.

Although I imagine that you just frame that in this particular way. It's not that Steam keys have negative value (which is rather silly), but that you want to support GOG for what it stands for, and prefer not to buy at stores which support a DRM model, even if they also support DRM-free. That would make sense, unlike 'Steam keys have negative value'.

I have rules for purchases in general, while with games (since i joined GoG) i've been buying games a bit more than i probably should. So...

1) Total price (after discounts) is $10 or under.
2) Heavily discounted (Preferably 70% or higher)
3) Not a Point&click
4) Not a series I have no interest in.

My rules in general purchasing (that let me have quite a bit saved in the bank) extends far further and are more strict:

1) If I don't need it, don't get it
2) If I have it already (or does the same job) don't get it.
3) If I can't think of an immediate need or using it for 2 weeks at a time, don't get it (doesn't apply to basic tools).

One rule I impose on myself is No DRM. If it contains DRM, then no thanks.
Other rules include not buying from a developer or publisher who is known to screw people or leave them behind on update, a matter of principle.