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The final free game during the GOG Winter Sale is Daymare: 1998

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Act fast to claim a free copy of Daymare: 1998 on GOG that they're giving away as the final free game in their Winter Sale. Scroll down on the GOG home page when you're logged in, and you'll see the giveaway banner to claim it.

What is it? Daymare: 1998 is a third-person survival horror with hardcore survival mechanics and hard to kill enemies. It requires a strategical approach to combat and puzzles and offers a multi-character point of view on the story, revealing a deep and obscure lore. You can claim the game until Monday, January 2nd at 2 PM UTC. It doesn't have a Linux version but you can use the likes of Lutris, Bottles or Heroic to grab it and play it easily with the Wine compatibility layer.

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A quick reminder of some easy lists to find some good cheap games to pick up during the sale:

The whole Winter Sale ends on January 2nd at 11 PM UTC. 

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dziadulewicz 30 Dec, 2022
No thanks; i rather send my monys to Steam because they have a native Linux client and support Linux in other ways too. Epig (typed correctly) and GOG are out of the question for me until they support Linux in a sound way. Yes.
Arale-senpai 30 Dec, 2022
Quoting: dziadulewiczNo thanks; i rather send my monys to Steam because they have a native Linux client and support Linux in other ways too. Epig (typed correctly) and GOG are out of the question for me until they support Linux in a sound way. Yes.
GOG has Linux games, just not a Linux client. And the vast majority of Steam games rely on Proton (Valve's Wine fork) to run, so I don't understand what you're complaining about.
dziadulewicz 30 Dec, 2022
Quoting: Arale-senpai
Quoting: dziadulewiczNo thanks; i rather send my monys to Steam because they have a native Linux client and support Linux in other ways too. Epig (typed correctly) and GOG are out of the question for me until they support Linux in a sound way. Yes.
GOG has Linux games, just not a Linux client. And the vast majority of Steam games rely on Proton (Valve's Wine fork) to run, so I don't understand what you're complaining about.

Naw naw, not complaining really. This is a choice. Steam has Linux native client and Valve advances Linux gaming. Maybe GOG and Epig change next year. Steam Deck is a massive success and so on. But you do you, i do me. Peace
Kramyugtaht 30 Dec, 2022
But it's free rn so there is no money being sent anywhere....?
ridge 30 Dec, 2022
Quoting: dziadulewiczNo thanks; i rather send my monys to Steam because they have a native Linux client and support Linux in other ways too. Epig (typed correctly) and GOG are out of the question for me until they support Linux in a sound way. Yes.

What's better, a forced client as a form of DRM or (playing a free game with) no client?


Last edited by ridge on 30 December 2022 at 10:27 pm UTC
dziadulewicz 30 Dec, 2022
Quoting: KramyugtahtBut it's free rn so there is no money being sent anywhere....?

That's the point: i like to pay Valve and Steam even 3 times for same shit, just because they TRULY advance Linux gaming. I do understand though, that this is kind of an alternative way. I don't want to "support" Epig nor GOG in any way, until they start to support Linux as first class citizen.
udekmp69 31 Dec, 2022
Quoting: dziadulewiczThat's the point: i like to pay Valve and Steam even 3 times for same shit, just because they TRULY advance Linux gaming. I do understand though, that this is kind of an alternative way. I don't want to "support" Epig nor GOG in any way, until they start to support Linux as first class citizen.

I would say that outside of Steam, then GOG and itch.io are fine as alternatives for offering DRM-free games w/ Linux ports. I would not compare GOG to Epic Games at all. I understand where you're coming from, but GOG at least has something going for it. It's not just another Origin/EA App, Ubisoft Connect, etc.
Linuxer 31 Dec, 2022
Quoting: Arale-senpaiGOG has Linux games, just not a Linux client. And the vast majority of Steam games rely on Proton (Valve's Wine fork) to run, so I don't understand what you're complaining about.

You're like purposefully understanding wrong... Just get your free games aight pal LOL
Arale-senpai 31 Dec, 2022
Quoting: dziadulewiczNaw naw, not complaining really. This is a choice. Steam has Linux native client and Valve advances Linux gaming. Maybe GOG and Epig change next year. Steam Deck is a massive success and so on. But you do you, i do me. Peace
Linux marketshare has always been significantly lower that Windows and Mac, and since there's not that many Linux native games, it doesn't make sense for GOG to put resources towards a Linux client. Also the client actually functions as DRM for several games too, so pretty much no one would use it.
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/drm_on_gog_list_of_singleplayer_games_with_drm/page1

Epic on the other hand, IS actively toxic to Linux as a whole. They made a Wine/Proton compatible anti-cheat, but since Tim Sweeney effectively said he has no faith in it, not many devs use it. But in the case of Fall Guys, they attempted to enable it, but it was removed when they were bought out and made Epic exclusive.

Quoting: LinuxerYou're like purposefully understanding wrong... Just get your free games aight pal LOL

Nah, I'm just extremely dense.
poiuz 31 Dec, 2022
Quoting: dziadulewiczNaw naw, not complaining really. […] But you do you, i do me. Peace
You're joking, right? You are explicitly going into a GOG exclusive news just to whine. You don't contribute one bit to a constructive discussion.

Do as you say & just stay away from, to you, irrelevant information, nobody cares about your opinion!

It's always great to see, how "open" the gaming community is.
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