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Quoting: fagnerlnBut I noticed that they simply don't care about Linux. A lot of DOSBox games with support only to Windows,

What's the problem with dosbox?

I think the second half of the phrase is the important one here. DOSBox isn't the issue. Based on playing with Lutris, getting DOSBox to run on Linux is doable, but the perception is that GOG can't be bothered to add Linux support to DOSBox games.

If GOG wanted to stay relevant, they needed to be supporting something like Lutris years ago.

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I looked at this, but a lot of the reviews talk about dexterity based mini games that you have to pass in order to proceed.

The developers might be doing this to differentiate themselves from Pokemon, but as someone looking for a Linux-based Pokemon-like game (monster collecting and having that fun and light feel that the Pokemon games have), making me do dexterity based stuff in a turn-based game is a real turn off.

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I too used to be a big GOG backer because of the lack of DRM. I have a bunch of games from them. But lack of any sort of continuing support from them finally drive me to Steam and to order a Steam Deck.

It wasn't just lack of Linux support, I had Windows games that wouldn't keep working -- I was willing to keep a Windows VM around for that. But lack of DRM when you can't get the game to run makes no difference.

I just recently found out about Lutris from this site, and that seems to make GOG stuff easier to run just in general -- even compared to directly on Windows.

I'm a software developer and my goal when playing games isn't to spend time figuring our how to get the game to work. I get paid at work for that sort of stuff. I just want to play my game and relax.

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