DRM-free store GOG have recently launched a bit of a refresh of their user reviews system, to make it a little bit more modern and useful. Valve also recently upgraded the reviews system on Steam too.
GOG said it themselves that their review system "hasn’t been ideal" and they're aware of how important reviews are, so they decided to do a little something about it.
Here's what's changed:
- Edit or delete your reviews anytime (with timestamps to keep changes transparent).
- Better summaries with rating breakdowns at a glance.
- Your own review is always pinned on top, so you can find it right away.
- A dedicated “Reviews” tab on your profile (with the option to make it visible or hidden).
- Up to 8,000 characters per review, plus better formatting, smoother scrolling, and dark mode support.
- Improved reporting flow to help keep reviews fair and constructive.
See more on the GOG store.
Do you think GOG need to do more on their reviews system? What's missing from it? Leave a comment and let us know what you think.
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I recently tried GOG Galaxy on Steam Deck with NonSteamLaunchers, but it wasn't a great experience, the games were crashing, store itself is missing gamepad support and it's not great to use it in general.
In the past I also tried Heroic Games Launcher, but the GOG games had so many issues (for example not finding gamepad, even when the game supported it) I just gave up on using it on Steam Deck.
It would be nice if the GOG just started using the work Steam does for Linux and improved their own tooling thanks to that, for now I rather buy games on Steam just because of the support they give to Linux. I actually wonder, given that they are promoting DRM free games, that they don't target Linux as main platform. Because if somebody is interested in DRM free, they will probably not use Windows at all.
In the past I also tried Heroic Games Launcher, but the GOG games had so many issues (for example not finding gamepad, even when the game supported it) I just gave up on using it on Steam Deck.
It would be nice if the GOG just started using the work Steam does for Linux and improved their own tooling thanks to that, for now I rather buy games on Steam just because of the support they give to Linux. I actually wonder, given that they are promoting DRM free games, that they don't target Linux as main platform. Because if somebody is interested in DRM free, they will probably not use Windows at all.
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"Tool to streamline installation, updating, and playing Windows games from ZOOM Platform on Linux using umu and Proton.
The script also helps you run our Windows installers on Linux and comes with some handy features to make sure the process goes smoothly.
That includes safety checks, handling updates, installing DLCs, creating desktop entries, a simple uninstaller, and of course automatically applying protonfixes."
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