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General discussion (archive)Make Transistor become available on GOG!(46 posts)(46 posts)
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Posted May 20, 2014
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darktheory: Nice game, but I think GOG needs more good OLD games these days. :(
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IronArcturus: Why not both new and old games? :)
this ain't a delorean!
Posted May 20, 2014
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IronArcturus: Why not both new and old games? :)
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LesterKnight99: this ain't a delorean!
So are you saying that where we're going we won't need roads?
Posted May 20, 2014
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LesterKnight99: this ain't a delorean!
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IronArcturus: So are you saying that where we're going we won't need roads?
no... we're going to SPACE!
Posted May 20, 2014
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Deloreans are one of the heaviest cars ever produced and even in the future there is no way they could get one of those bad boys off the ground and flying.

No way!

Uh uh!
Posted May 20, 2014
Needs to be on GOG, don't feel like getting this on steam.
Posted May 20, 2014
The Bastion game was really cool, and since the same devs made Transistor I really wish GOG could get it!
Post edited May 20, 2014 by IronArcturus
Posted May 20, 2014
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tfishell:
There it is! I vaguely remembered a reason for their raging hard-on for Steam, but I had forgotten it and filed it into my "never going to happen" folder.
Posted May 20, 2014
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tfishell:
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ShadowWulfe: There it is! I vaguely remembered a reason for their raging hard-on for Steam, but I had forgotten it and filed it into my "never going to happen" folder.
I do wonder how hard it would be to make a stand-alone installer.
Posted May 20, 2014
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tfishell: Looks like it. http://supergiantgames.com/index.php/2014/05/transistor-preorder-soundtrack/ (ctrl+f "drm-free")

However, sad news for people that want installers:

Will there be a stand-alone DRM-free version of Transistor for PC?
"We have no plans for a stand-alone installer for Transistor at this time. The Steam version of the game includes various features that require Steam, such as cloud saves, achievements, and trading cards, and for launch we did not want to create a separate version lacking these features. Note we have put no DRM in Transistor unless you count Steam as a form of DRM. Once you’ve downloaded the game from Steam, you don’t need Steam to be running in order to play."
"cloud saves, achievements, and trading cards"
Personally, I don't care about these "features"
Posted May 21, 2014
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tfishell: Looks like it. http://supergiantgames.com/index.php/2014/05/transistor-preorder-soundtrack/ (ctrl+f "drm-free")

However, sad news for people that want installers:

Will there be a stand-alone DRM-free version of Transistor for PC?
"We have no plans for a stand-alone installer for Transistor at this time. The Steam version of the game includes various features that require Steam, such as cloud saves, achievements, and trading cards, and for launch we did not want to create a separate version lacking these features. Note we have put no DRM in Transistor unless you count Steam as a form of DRM. Once you’ve downloaded the game from Steam, you don’t need Steam to be running in order to play."
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Rusty_Gunn: "cloud saves, achievements, and trading cards"
Personally, I don't care about these "features"
It really makes me sad when game devs go out of their way to add the DRM crap. Bastion is DRM-free now, why not Transistor?
Posted May 21, 2014
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tfishell: I do wonder how hard it would be to make a stand-alone installer.
Bastion had one. Don't see why they couldn't for this one as well.
Posted May 21, 2014
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Rusty_Gunn: "cloud saves, achievements, and trading cards"
Personally, I don't care about these "features"
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IronArcturus: It really makes me sad when game devs go out of their way to add the DRM crap. Bastion is DRM-free now, why not Transistor?
what makes me sad is when devs & gamers think Steam is the entirety of PC gaming
Posted May 21, 2014
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tfishell: I do wonder how hard it would be to make a stand-alone installer.
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Coelocanth: Bastion had one. Don't see why they couldn't for this one as well.
That's true, there was one for the Humble Bundle wasn't there.

F**k it, I've tweeted on several times to SuperGiant over the past few months; I don't recall getting a response. It's between them and GOG now (although fans are welcome to continue tweeting them, w/o spamming).
Posted May 21, 2014
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StingingVelvet: Bastion was DRM free on Steam at least. Is Transistor?
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tfishell: Looks like it. http://supergiantgames.com/index.php/2014/05/transistor-preorder-soundtrack/ (ctrl+f "drm-free")
Uhm no. I mean, you say it:

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tfishell: However, sad news for people that want installers:

Will there be a stand-alone DRM-free version of Transistor for PC?
"We have no plans for a stand-alone installer for Transistor at this time.
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Note we have put no DRM in Transistor unless you count Steam as a form of DRM. Once you’ve downloaded the game from Steam, you don’t need Steam to be running in order to play."
Being dependent on a third-party service to install the game is DRM.

Bastion was DRM-free in a humble bundle. Currently, they sell it through the humble widget and advertize it as DRM-free:
Download Bastion now, cross-platform, DRM free, and redeem it on Steam!
So yeah, Supergiant knows what "DRM-free" means, they just choose to be hypocritical asshats.
Posted May 21, 2014
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Starmaker: So yeah, Supergiant knows what "DRM-free" means, they just choose to be hypocritical asshats.
Well honestly not everyone believes DRM-free to equal "installer file"; some just view it as being able to play offline once the game is installed.

Steam is not DRM, similar to how GOG is not DRM, they're both digital distributors. But the fact that Steam forces a client on you could be considered DRM, obviously.

(And of course I don't think any games have DRM-free installers as a "bonus" on Steam.)
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