Quoting: gomeraSo, are you guys buying games from GOG even though they never finished the promising GOG Galaxy for Linux? For me it's a blocker, I prefer still buying games on Steam because of the simplicity when installing games. Am I missing something? cause installing manually dependencies may be a pain in the neck. Is it just because of DRM Free? Just asking, not trying to impose my idea to anyone.

Quoting: coesetaLet me translate it Liam. They want to build a Linux version for the backers and if we are unlucky there won't be an official Linux build to buy. This kind of makes me worried :/

Quoting: melkemindAre Itch.io alphas like Steam and GOG Early Access where you pay once and get access to all future builds?

Quoting: lejimsterWhen Vulkan was originally announced I was really happy to see it come to Apple and Linux. With Apple Mac having a larger market share (gamer wise) as of right now, it seemed a great thing. Then they had to go their own way with Metal. I just don't understand the thinking, they have made it harder to bring more games to their platform and potentially set Vulkan adoption back at the same time.

So this is a good development, and I hope porters/developers just target Vulkan from now on and ignore Metal as much as possible. I wonder what Feral think of this, since they have been working on bringing titles to Apple with Metal support.

Quoting: [email protected]Omg, that's game is what I was looking for since Sonic all star racing transformer doesn't have a Linus version.

Quoting: adamhm

Spoiler, click me

[users-only]Here's a key for The Witcher Enhanced Edition for whoever's fastest:

echo VGhlIFdpdGNoZXI6IGh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmdvZy5jb20vcmVkZWVtL0NBTlg4Q1FVOFhUU0xXTkIK | base64 -d

It's been sitting out in the open on GOG's forums for ages but I guess everyone there has it by now.[/users-only]

Quoting: GustyGhostDo your scripts remain entirely contained? i.e. WINE does not take a giant shit on the filesystem/DE settings/libraries?

They are prevented from polluting the system's menus and linking the user directories ("My Documents" etc) over, and nothing is installed system-wide by them. You can even put them on a USB drive or so and run them from that (which I often do when testing them on my other systems).

Quoting: GustyGhostEven still, the only way I would try a community WINE wrap is if said game is absolutely gratis. I don't want any money going to tyrant developers.

"Tyrant developers"? I hope you don't tolerate the use of DRM either, as that's *way* more "tyrannical" behavior...

Anyway there are tons of great games that will never see a native Linux release & would be a shame to miss out on. My approach is to only buy Windows games that are old & deeply discounted/cheap enough that a Linux port is likely to never happen and only if they're DRM-free. Full/high price purchase = must support Linux + DRM-free[

Quoting: adamhm

Spoiler, click me

Reposting here as it's still relevant (and I updated all of my wrappers recently):

Older/classic games currently on sale on GOG that I've made Wine wrappers [External Link] for:

Crysis [External Link]
Crysis Warhead [External Link]
Deadly Premonition [External Link]
Deus Ex GOTY Edition [External Link] (flash deal)
Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition [External Link]
Freedom Force [External Link]
Freedom Force vs the Third Reich [External Link]
Hitman: Codename 47 [External Link]
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin [External Link]
Hitman 3: Contracts [External Link]
Jade Empire: Special Edition [External Link]
Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Collection [External Link]
Mafia [External Link]
Mirror's Edge [External Link]
The Saboteur [External Link]
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: The Complete Edition [External Link]
STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl [External Link] (flash deal)
STALKER: Clear Sky [External Link]
STALKER: Call of Pripyat [External Link]
System Shock: Enhanced Edition [External Link]
System Shock 2 [External Link]
Total Overdose: A Gunslinger's Tale in Mexico [External Link]
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition [External Link]

The flash deals seem to be repeating fairly regularly so if you want Deus Ex or STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl you probably won't have to wait too long before they show up again