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You’re in for a treat – we have some fun titles from HeartCoreDev! Synthetic Lover and The Symbiant are coming to GOG with amazing extras!

Synthetic Lover is a LGBTQ+ visual novel that takes place in 2066. Biologically engineered humanoids called “biots” make up a large percentage of the workforce; as a protagonist, you take up the role of one of the boots who, like the rest of his colleagues, lives to serve a single purpose: to fulfill his pre-programmed vocation. It’s a story about an individual who discovers the challenges of being a human, and during his journey navigates through the ups and downs of an imperfect life – learning to understand emotions, forming friendships, and possibly finding love along the way. Apart from the base game, you can enjoy the universe even further: through an Official Choice Guide, Artbook and an Official Soundtrack. All Synthetic Lover titles launch with a -25% discount; the offer ends on February 3, 3 PM UTC.

The Symbiant is, as well a LGBTQ+ visual novel, similarly set in a futuristic universe, in the year 5066. It’s a story of two men from entirely different worlds, embracing their newfound romance – Danya, the protagonist, after a troubled transport gig that left his and his friend’s beloved ship in a need of repair, receives a generous offer of transporting a mysterious alien calling himself Brahve. It is a tale of interstellar friendship and a quickly growing affection between two men. You can find even more content in a few extra titles: Game Choice & Achievement Guide, Artbook & CG Pack, and an Official Soundtrack. All The Symbiant titles launch with a -10% discount; the offer ends on February 3, 3 PM UTC.

If you still can’t decide, try out Synthetic Lover Demo and The Symbiant Demo!
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Waifu4Life: I thought porn week was over?
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MarkoH01: Read the description two times ... where is this porn? Seems to be more about love and romance and in my book that's not the same as porn.
Sheesh, the bad faith of some people....

This is gay porn as is clearly stated on both games' store pages: NSFW, LGBTQ+, FREE Adult 18+ Patch, etc...


Typically NOT what most people signed up on GOG for and have shoved on the main page!
Post edited February 03, 2023 by lis
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N1c3_0n3: You do not get to decide who breaks the rules, nor me. You do not get to "remind" people to know their place, nor me. It's the moderator's job, not yours or mine. Peace
I have to admit that this part of the forum rules was new to me. I'd also like to add that the "ignore" and "let the mods do their job" part would work much better if the mods would do their job better and finally start to moderate such posts in which people got insulted. I was called pervert just a few posts ago ... and I am expected to simply ignore it and tell the mod who would do nothing - as before ... (so far I found several posts in which buyers of nsfw games were caleld sick, perverts, pedophiles and worse and also showed those to a mod ... not a single one was moderated) does not really work well. So while I have to accept that these are part of the forum rules and you are obviously correct - I also have to say that I think that this is one of the more stupid rules GOG invented. WIthout community members reminding others of the forum rules I am pretty sure this forum would be even worse as it is already when it omes to insults and hate speech.
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lostwolfe: you know what makes me a sad gog customer?

shooters. they're so bland. [and it just feels like a waste of a release day, to me. could have been something cool like an adventure game or an rpg, but oh well. it's a shooter. whee!]

but you know what? it's cool that gog releases shooters, because other people are interested in them.
I think the problem with shooters is that they've been done to death (they were essentially the most popular genre to explore first-person perspective with) and the complexity/cost to provide even the most basic of offerings in that genre is high enough to make it less conductive to innovation.

I'll admit it is not the genre that excites me the most nowadays (nowhere close to how I felt about it in the 90s), but I still think the genre has the potential to go to places.

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lis: i have to agree that seeing gay cartoon / hentai on gog's main page is also an unpleasant surprise for me. if some people enjoy those, more power to them, but i just consider that this isn't the same gog that i signed up for

now if your smart solution is for me to ignore the main page, I'd say it is *so* considerate on your side to basically say: "if you don't agree just leave"

now i can see y'all starting to call me names for stating this opinion but in fact i agree with the post above that described this as "propaganda"
I get it. It's something that feels weird and unfamiliar. I grew up in the 80s-90s in North America. There wasn't a lot of that in popular culture when I grew up either and I'd be lying if I said it doesn't feel a little weird to see it in popular culture now.

Just remember that these are people that are that way and they can't change who they are. Just imagine how you'd feel if suddenly, people told you that being sexually attracted to women was wrong and now, only being sexually attracted to men was acceptable. That's what it is like for them.

I think the only feasible course of action is to change our perspective about it, but if they have zero exposure, it will never happen.

Yes, for the sake of roughly 10% of the population (I believe last I checked) and their friends and family, two men holding hands and kissing needs to be seen as normal (yes, here I'm focusing on a very specific part of the LGBTQ+ movement targeted by the game).
Post edited February 03, 2023 by Magnitus
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N1c3_0n3: You do not get to decide who breaks the rules, nor me. You do not get to "remind" people to know their place, nor me. It's the moderator's job, not yours or mine. Peace
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MarkoH01: I have to admit that this part of the forum rules was new to me. I'd also like to add that the "ignore" and "let the mods do their job" part would work much better if the mods would do their job better and finally start to moderate such posts in which people got insulted. I was called pervert just a few posts ago ... and I am expected to simply ignore it and tell the mod who would do nothing - as before ... (so far I found several posts in which buyers of nsfw games were caleld sick, perverts, pedophiles and worse and also showed those to a mod ... not a single one was moderated) does not really work well. So while I have to accept that these are part of the forum rules and you are obviously correct - I also have to say that I think that this is one of the more stupid rules GOG invented. WIthout community members reminding others of the forum rules I am pretty sure this forum would be even worse as it is already when it omes to insults and hate speech.
No worries I feel you.
I edited my previous response a little, sorry I was rude there no reason, lol
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lis: Sheesh, the bad faith of some people....

This is gay porn as is clearly stated on both games' store pages: NSFW, LGBTQ+, FREE Adult 18+ Patch, etc... Typically NOT what most people signed up on GOG for and have shoved on the main page!
Well, it is a patch and you don't need to appy it so I doubt that these games are actual porn games. And I do agree, most people on GOG did not sign because of this stuff since back then it was not even available here. The question is if most of the GOGers would still sign up now that these games are here - and I am pretty sure that they would , since you still can get your games the same as before and all you'd need to do is to ignore whatever you dislike ... obviously this is too hard of a thing for some here. I really don't understand this. It is not as if they would show sexual intercourse directly on the front page. You get a pic of a game you dislike - nothing more. That's the end of the world or the end of GOG? Really?
The typical NSFW thread: 98% whatever, 2% posts about the actual game(s). The recent posts are more or less off-topic. It is still a thread about Synthetic Lover and The Symbiant.



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lis: Typically NOT what most people signed up on GOG for and have shoved on the main page!
Guess what! This store has different groups of customers. One group enjoys playing these games.
Post edited February 03, 2023 by foad01
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MarkoH01: Read the description two times ... where is this porn? Seems to be more about love and romance and in my book that's not the same as porn.
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lis: Sheesh, the bad faith of some people....

This is gay porn as is clearly stated on both games' store pages: NSFW, LGBTQ+, FREE Adult 18+ Patch, etc...
Sorry but none of these tags mean it's porn. To find out if it is, you would have to see for yourself or research it from some other source.

There are many titles in which, for hours and hours of entirely "work safe" content, there's one short scene where they show more skin than you would see on TV in the US of A. And these titles can be sold with some censorship / omitted scenes, because the exclusive purpose of said titles is not sexual arousal (see definition of pornography on wikipedia) and as such, you're not missing much if you play it with that one scene missing or censored. Hence why the optional 18+ patch.

It really would not make much sense to sell pornography that requires a patch to turn it into pornography.

Typically NOT what most people signed up on GOG for and have shoved on the main page!
Why do you feel entitled to speak for everybody?

I signed up for DRM-free games, and am glad to see & buy DRM-free VNs too. Whether said games contain homosexuality or sexually explicit content was never a factor in my decision to sign up.
Post edited February 03, 2023 by clarry
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lis: Sheesh, the bad faith of some people....

This is gay porn as is clearly stated on both games' store pages: NSFW, LGBTQ+, FREE Adult 18+ Patch, etc... Typically NOT what most people signed up on GOG for and have shoved on the main page!
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MarkoH01: Well, it is a patch and you don't need to appy it so I doubt that these games are actual porn games. And I do agree, most people on GOG did not sign because of this stuff since back then it was not even available here. The question is if most of the GOGers would still sign up now that these games are here - and I am pretty sure that they would , since you still can get your games the same as before and all you'd need to do is to ignore whatever you dislike ... obviously this is too hard of a thing for some here. I really don't understand this. It is not as if they would show sexual intercourse directly on the front page. You get a pic of a game you dislike - nothing more. That's the end of the world or the end of GOG? Really?
Once again, your argument of "if you dislike it, just f* off" is very considerate. thx dude, way to go
Also note that the front page doesn't feature these games anymore. There are lots of other games now...

One day of looking at games some people don't like. The horror... LOL.
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N1c3_0n3: No worries I feel for you.
Correction!... Because otherwise it gives the impression that you are possibly groping someone, rather than sympathizing with them or understanding them... :)
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foad01: One day of looking at games some people don't like. The horror... LOL.
Don't like, or triggered by them (for their own personal reasons), who's to know ?...
Post edited February 03, 2023 by Trooper1270
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N1c3_0n3: No worries I feel for you.
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Trooper1270: Correction!... Because otherwise it gives the impression that you are possibly groping someone, rather than sympathizing with them or understanding them... :)
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foad01: One day of looking at games some people don't like. The horror... LOL.
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Trooper1270: Don't like, or triggered by them (for their own personal reasons), who's to know ?...
Triggered by seeing GOG reaching a new low.

Instead of catering to their userbase which was made of PC games enthusiasts, by, I don't know, updating their unpolished DOSBox "ports", adding mod support, improving device compatibility etc. the site is going the "quick buck" way by shoving into our faces the latest trendy crap that sites like itch-io are full of

(edit: except that itchio actually has a functional search engine that gives you accurate results - unlike the vague, inaccurate and changing tags that GOG uses - and itch also doesn't require you to sign up / log in to download free games)
Post edited February 03, 2023 by lis
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lis: Once again, your argument of "if you dislike it, just f* off" is very considerate. thx dude, way to go
So reading isn't your strength? I said IGNORE, meaning allowing those who enjoy a certain genre of games their fun as well. All you have to do for this is to look the other way whenever you see a pic of a game you dislike . This has nothing to do with "f** off", it has to do with being tolerant for the needs and wishes of others as well instead of being egoistical. Sometimes I wonder how young the average GOG user really is ...
Post edited February 03, 2023 by MarkoH01
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lis: Once again, your argument of "if you dislike it, just f* off" is very considerate. thx dude, way to go
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MarkoH01: So reading isn't your strength? I said IGNORE, meaning allowing those who enjoy a certain genre of games their fun as well. All you have to do for this is to look the other way whenever you see a pic of a game you dislike . This has nothing to do with "f** off", it has to do with being tolerant for the needs and wishes of others as well instead of being egoistical. Sometimes I wonder how young the average GOG user really is ...
Why should I ignore the fact that a site that i loved and have supported financially for almost 15 years (just as you, signed up in 2009) is completely ignoring its stated mission?

Let CDPR create a [Removed. Official warning.] page and put its "indie" shovelware there and keep GOG focused on.... good games?
Post edited February 03, 2023 by Clownski
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MarkoH01: So reading isn't your strength? I said IGNORE, meaning allowing those who enjoy a certain genre of games their fun as well. All you have to do for this is to look the other way whenever you see a pic of a game you dislike . This has nothing to do with "f** off", it has to do with being tolerant for the needs and wishes of others as well instead of being egoistical. Sometimes I wonder how young the average GOG user really is ...
You sure do like your sex games, don't you?
Is "Inside Jennifer" a good game? Does it have the kind of content you'd expect from the title?
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MarkoH01: So just that I understand you correctly - and make it easier for the mods - did you just call me a pervert bevcause I like nsfw stuff?

You obviosuly don't know what moderation is. If a community member complains about a certain post and reminding the poster that it is also against the forum policy it has nothing to do with any moderation at all. The sad fact here is that community members even HAVE to remind others about the forum rules - should be a given.
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N1c3_0n3: excerpt from the rules:
"If you see a person breaking the rules, don’t attempt to moderate - let GOG Staff or GOG Community Moderators know and ignore the post(s), threads, etc."

by "letting them know" they mean "report", by "don’t attempt to moderate" they mean exactly what that user was doing here.
Then what should we do? be silent and tolerating every similar post?

What I was doing here is complaining about something bordering hate speech and saying that it even breaks the gog forum rules

You can put it in a balance and think about which one is worse, insults and hate speechs or someone complaining about it?

Too nitpicky from your part because you made the same regarding my post. Advising it was against the rules. With such interpretation of the rules you are trivializing intolerance, colective insults from the past and a potential hate speech

Have a N1c3 day
Post edited February 03, 2023 by Gudadantza