I've heard that the steam version has voice acting and the paragraphs are in the game. Is the gog version the same as it?

the steam and the GOG release is identical

Thanks!

The games are Identical except Steam adds its DRM while GOG has none.

actuality the Steam release of Wasteland has no DRM, it's just a distribution platform, they are Identical.

I like not needing to load Steam. I always prefer GOG if I have a choice.

Steam patches games quicker, except for the extras. It took them forever to give us the full version of the Wasteland Survival Guide.

On the whole, I prefer GOG.com's end user license agreements over Steam's. The mandatory binding arbitration clause and other Concepcion v AT&T Mobility language is kinda crass.

Actually; Steam IS the DRM. With that in mind one could argue that the GOG version is superior to the Steam version.

Now, THAT I didn't know. I still count Steam as a DRM when you *must* launch the game through it (not per definition but in practice it's a DRM) but if this isn't the case with Wasteland then I'll go back on my initial statement.

This is hard for me to make sense of. I don't know why Steam would demand you play all their other games through Steam, but then give Wasteland a pass. If it's a DOS game, (despite being a new version), then I get it. They lose some control there. I doubt they are being kind enough to make an exception for a game.

Steam or Valve the company, doesn't care about having control of your game, the individual publishers and developers do. They are the ones who want the DRM. In cases of having achievements, trading cards, and the Steam workshop attached to a game, that would require the Steam Client to be running, though not necessarily "on-line" and connected to the Steam network.

I think there's more than one reason Steam wants control. One is advertising: being able to show pop-ups, DLC links, and so forth. When people HAVE to jump through those hoops, they make money.

And since the Steam client must be loaded for games that can also be bought on GOG DRM-free, it suggests it's not just companies pressuring Valve. Otherwise I could play my Steam bought version of King's Bounty without having to load Steam.

actually Steam is a spyware platform that runs on top of Windows and can control the usage and distribution of any game that you the user licences from them.

That's DRM.

GOG has no DRM. That's not the same.