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PayPalTime to rip and tear again, as DOOM Eternal has arrived on the DRM-free store GOG from id Software / Bethesda Softworks LLC.
Nice to see GOG continue to get some bigger releases, better late than never. Hopefully sometime soon we'll see DOOM: The Dark Ages arrive as well to complete the modern trilogy.
As for any forced logins or DRM, since it's GOG it shouldn't need any of that. The GOG store page notes: "The GOG version of DOOM Eternal does not require a BethesdaNet account. The startup login popup can be skipped by double-clicking Esc button". However, they also note: "Access to Cosmetic Pack DLCs in offline mode requires launching the game via GOG Galaxy at least once".
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the Steam version technically doesn't require a Bethesda account either, all you need to do is enable Steam Offline mode before launching (can be disabled again afterwards) and the game will be playable just fine
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StalePopcorn 21 hours ago
Nice. Now fans of purchasing from GOG can have their asses handed to them DRM free
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williamjcm 18 hours ago
However, they also note: "Access to Cosmetic Pack DLCs in offline mode requires launching the game via GOG Galaxy at least once".So, DRM.
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If you consider that DRM then having to log in to their website to download it would be DRM. At some point any digital product you buy is gated behind a service you don't control. The difference to Steam is that you only have to do it once, just like downloading the offline installers.
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williamjcm 17 hours ago
Quoting: GoEsrIf you consider that DRM then having to log in to their website to download it would be DRM. At some point any digital product you buy is gated behind a service you don't control. The difference to Steam is that you only have to do it once, just like downloading the offline installers.The point of GOG is that the offline installers should be all you need to access the content you paid for. As such, having to use Galaxy to be able to access cosmetics DLCs you paid for *is* DRM.
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That's a very narrow interpretation. If that was truly the intention then they wouldn't require you to log in to their site to access the installers, they'd just email you a direct link.
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Nice news and all but seriously, where is Rage? Just really odd that has never shown up.
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I wonder if unlocking the Cosmetic Pack DLC by launching via Heroic Games Launcher would suffice, as an alternative to GOG Galaxy.
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Avehicle7887 3 hours ago
Not buying unless they make all the DLC available offline without Galaxy. They knew this would happen and went ahead with releasing it anyway.
It was better to hold off and do additional internal testing than disappointing the customers like that.
It was better to hold off and do additional internal testing than disappointing the customers like that.
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The anti-DRM stance here resonates with me, since I have strong views on Denuvo. But I think we can take it too far as well. I do buy games that have had Denuvo removed, for example.
The view that you wouldn't buy Doom Eternal because you wanted the DLC - that's fine. But the view that you're now disappointed in GOG for releasing the game, but without DLC... that feels like an odd position. GOG are giving you an option to buy a game you didn't have the option of playing. No, it's not ALL the game, but it's still a game.
Perhaps the DLC was simply out of their hands - a literal deal breaker, and this compromise at least gives anti-DRM folk the option to play at last.
What does really get my goat though is that as a Linux-only gamer, I literally can't access this DLC, since I can't run Galaxy. I may as well just buy it on Steam.
The view that you wouldn't buy Doom Eternal because you wanted the DLC - that's fine. But the view that you're now disappointed in GOG for releasing the game, but without DLC... that feels like an odd position. GOG are giving you an option to buy a game you didn't have the option of playing. No, it's not ALL the game, but it's still a game.
Perhaps the DLC was simply out of their hands - a literal deal breaker, and this compromise at least gives anti-DRM folk the option to play at last.
What does really get my goat though is that as a Linux-only gamer, I literally can't access this DLC, since I can't run Galaxy. I may as well just buy it on Steam.
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