Pastie: Yeah, I suppose it's just a shame one platform has more support on the road to release - there are people here willing to choose GoG. Nothing against Steam players. Thankfully I tried the demo on ps4 anyway, but it'd be great to see GoG taking up more of these practices and being more in touch with the groups supporting it.

JClosed: Well - It would be nice if we had the Demo version here, but even after the release on Steam a wile ago we still have no demo version here on GOG. It really feels as if we are living in a forgotten corner somewhere...

I am fairly certain this game will be released on GOG sometime after the release on Steam. It happens so often it's almost a given. So when it's released on Steam we probably have to wait for a day or even several day's before we can buy and play the game here. It's sad, but that's the way it is. As I use only the stand-alone installer, I probably have to wait even longer, because the Galaxy client often has absolute priority. So - Yeah...

At the other hand - I own all my Facom games here on GOG, and love to have a stand-alone installer for all those games. It's the main reason I buy my games on GOG in stead of Steam.

JClosed: We will see, we will see. My experience is that these games come on the Galaxy installer first, and as stand-alone installer later. And what's wrong with having the demo here on GOG? If it's in your library after that, it's probably under the full game, so I don't see any problem.

And no - I am not going to buy the game on Steam. I have the whole Nihom Falcom/Xseed games library here on GOG, and I want to keep it that way. I want to have a stand-alone installer for those games. I do not like to have a mandatory client running just to download and install my games (and in some cases even to be able to run my games) like Steam does. That's simply a personal preference. If it's in any way possible I always buy my games in a format that does not depend on any client to install. That's not Steam specific by the way. The same goes for things like the Epic store and other store platforms.

You can argue I still have to download the installer, so I am still depending on a store front. However - Here on GOG I only have to download that installer once, and can store the downloaded files on any medium I like. After that I can install the game on any device I want (that meets the minimum requirements), at any time I want, and without needing any client and without needing any connection to the internet.

TomNuke: Did you even read what I said? Please actually take a breath and look next time before going on a multi-paragraph rant because of something I never said. I never suggested anyone should buy the game on Steam. I said if the demo is that important to anyone they could download the Demo on Steam, and then buy the full version here.

And if you care so much about offline-installers and have all the Nihom Falcom games here on GOG, then please submit a ticket to GOG support about Trails of Cold Steel IV missing the offline-installer for the "Cold Steel III" Costume Bundle DLC.

I'm sure you're aware, but it's a DLC that you can only get if you have both ToCS III and IV, and there's no offline-installer anymore. It's missing now, and GOG support has confirmed the problem, but I would like help to get this issue fixed promptly.

JClosed: Sorry - I indeed was to hasty and read it wrong. My apologies... I feel stupid now...

About the DLC's. Well - As I never do any costumes (especially not the "funny" ones and ride-on's that makes everything silly and no longer serious), I have not noticed it.

LiqMat: Oh cool. I see us lowly GOG folks don't get a demo. Nice!

JClosed: We will see, we will see. My experience is that these games come on the Galaxy installer first, and as stand-alone installer later. And what's wrong with having the demo here on GOG? If it's in your library after that, it's probably under the full game, so I don't see any problem.

TomNuke: Just download the demo from Steam, and if you like the game you can buy it here on GOG.