This whole thing (i.e. GOG) is a mess.

I'm so glad I renounced Steam and came here, especially as a linux gamer.

It's been nothing but daisies and roses (with some dog poo here and there).


And 'some' say a LOT without actually saying anything.

Only that it doesn't. Check the posts asking for exactly that, asking GOG to include certain Downloader-features in Galaxy. No, from a customer point of view removing the Downloader doesn't make any sense. And GOG wasn't supporting it anyhow - it was just there and kept working. To the great annoyance of those in GOG who want everyone to use Galaxy. Also they aren't simply stopping to support it (they did that five years ago), they are actively blocking it.

But for me the problem isn't that Galaxy is missing features. For me the problem is, that Galaxy has too many 'features' that I can't deactivate. All I want is a convenient way to download the games I bought here. I don't want any of these client 'features'. I don't want my play-time to be recorded. I don't want my computer phoning home when I start a game. Short: I don't want to use Galaxy and I never will.

The downloader was a convenient tool. It made shopping here more convenient than on other DRM-free platforms. Now that it is gone, there is no advantage that GOG holds over zoom-platform, itch.io, gamejolt and fireflowergames from a convenience point of view. And from a company point of view, this decisions just shows what GOG wants: they want everyone to use Galaxy, whether they want it or not.

Now GOG is STEAM 2.0

I remember using it from time to time. Sure runs a lot lighter on the OS and is reliable. Sad to see it go away permanently :/. Cheers

EDIT: Let’s hope that GOG doesn’t decide to sack downloading with browsers as well. That would mean that the “optional” Galaxy client will be the only way to access our products.

So you can now download your installers directly from the steam webpage, without any clients, install those files, back them up and play the games without any launcehr? Woah, that's a big step for steam. ;)

And that is what I said people should do, instead of demanding GOG to support a parallel client which can be used for the same purpose.

Did the GOG Downloader links keep magically appearing to new games, without anyone in the GOG staff actually having to add them there?

Plus, somehow I feel they have still received support contacts about the client, even if they have publicly said before they are not supporting it anymore.

I am not using Galaxy. No need at this point.

Galaxy does none of those things if you use it only for downloading your offline game installers. You don't have to use Galaxy to install and play the games you downloaded with it (as offline installers).

Galaxy IS the ONLY way you can download now, Works with said crappy bitch internet and works flawlessly except Galaxy 2 now THAT is a bitch can we have an option to switch back to CLASSIC style galaxy in 2.0 PLEASE! FFS some games with MULTIPLE ways to launch the EXE (E.G. dos version quake) don't have a launcher like it did in the original galaxy

It's funny you said that....that is a common excuse some use to justify not reading true/possibly true things they might not want to read.
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That said: I said my peace and stand by it.

No, actually you can buy the DISK version for MUCH MUCH less then steam is selling it (20 bucks for some titles that steam sells for 60) and install them via OPTICAL DRIVE always having a physical back up copy and you just go and get the NO STEAM patch from (places on the web) and play them without STEAM!

The problem with that is that some games download part of the game from steam's servers, making the disc+no cds not good enough in some cases. :|

You forgot the other download apps/scripts and also browser downloads. :)

Galaxy 2.0 is of course an option for those who want it, except of course for linux users (hint hint).

I don't particularly want to get drawn into this again with you, and will probably get in trouble for saying this.

But suffice to say, I immensely dislike this indirect passive aggressiveness you display in almost all of your posts (particularly the last quadruple(!) post of yours).

Where 'some' actually clearly refers to real people that have just said those exact things you attack them for. Just count the number of times you say 'some' in each and every one of your posts, I dare you. Unbelievable, another attack at basically me and many others who might disagree with your posts.

Just because people disagree with you, doesn't mean

a) They are unable/unwilling to read your posts
b) That what you write is remotely 'true' and factual and the only position anyone could hold in this matter

But in your own words, 'I've said my peace, and stand by it'. And at least I was not cowardly and referred to 'some' 18 times in my post...

Little does everyone know this but GOG downloader's code is INSIDE GALAXY, Galaxy just pretties it up with a web window and
Galaxy 1 is actually GOG downloader 2 and galaxy 2 is GOG DOWNLOADER 3

Galaxy 1 was the better variant though where GOG downloader 1 kept janking up the files for me.

Addition: Out of respect for the thread and so as not to derail, this will be my last post on myself/this sub topic ITT.....if you want I can discuss this in my own threads or via PM....have a good one.

To be clear/honest, I do it to be nice to people(I only get rude towards those who insult/are rude towards others, and even then I try to hold back).

I also do it because in the past I was more blunt/open with people and didn't mind HOW I said some things.....some nice people disliked that so I changed(I still say what I want but try to be nice about it).

(I also say some instead of people's names as often what I say applies to more than those I am talking about, and also because some dislike when people are focused on negatively here by anyone & for any reason....including some staff)

What you point out are civil criticisms.....the thing many more used to be able to handle in the past before today's generation where people seemingly cannot handle such without(as you did) calling it "attacks" or "trolling" by default.

(Also if you want to see actual trolling, go on ANY chan site's/similar site's more crude threads/pages...that sort of stuff is attacks and trolling, not what I do/try to do here)

It was just a minor jab at what you said concerning what I had written(seemingly tossing aside dismissively all I had posted by saying I had "not said anything"), not meant to be seen/taken as a full out "attack" of any sort.

True on both counts...still, dismissing/seemingly dismissing what I wrote by calling it "not saying anything" doesn't show what you disagreed with and(from what i've seen irl and online) is often used by those trying to quickly dismiss things they don't want to read/think on by those they disagree with/dislike. Now this is not to say I know you were doing so before, but it came off that way(the same as my posts seem to come off a bit negatively to you, I would expect).

It's not being cowardly.....sometimes my words apply to many people, so I use blanket terms for groups.....also I/others feel it rude to single individuals out unless need be.

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For those who cannot help but be offended/look for possible offense in some things others say/do, there is nothing I could do to fix that(short of not saying my peace on things and denying me the right to say what I want, which I/others would also find disagreeable)...so for them I am sorry, but I cannot/shouldn't be expected to concern myself too much with things I cannot fix(short of not talking at all to/about them).

What's there to see through? I act nice to those that deserve such(most people)....even those I disagree with sometimes.

Also it's better than people being overly crude and rude to each other.

And you could've done all this via another thread or PM.....just my two cents.

I don't think you understand that most people see what you write as extremely rude, as it still targets them.

And to sugarcoat stuff you say by prefixing it with 'some' do this or say this or that, doesn't actually work at all. 'Some' or most people see right through it. How could they not?

Anyways, goodbye, or farewell. Just wanted to call you on this rampant passive aggressiveness.

Carry on people.

Thanks for a reminder. This was one of the reasons why I used to have an older Galaxy client - it was an upgraded version of GOG Downloader by the time I didn't have much free disc space for offline installers. But after Galaxy failed to reinstall a huge game multiple times, because I wasn't been able to update it for a reason I already mentioned, I just abandoned using Galaxy as usual.