Quoting: hummer010It's surprising to me how many games are available DRM free from GOG and Humble, and are DRM'ed on Steam. Off the top of my head, both Firewatch and Hand of Fate are available DRM free from GOG, and both are DRM'ed on Steam. I know there's more, but those are the two I remember right now.

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is another one. Buying from GOG simply guarantees avoiding all this mess.

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Quoting: ShmerlI don't really mind copying saves. Never used cloud saving really. I back up important saves anyway.

Do you have a application for it or do you do it manually?

For each particular game, when let's say I finished a playthrough and want to preserve it, I just back saves up manually. Not a big deal I think.

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I don't really mind copying saves. Never used cloud saving really. I back up important saves anyway.

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As I said, that's something developers should fix, whether game or engine developers, whoever is relevant. Bundling it as a workaround is doable (I did that a few times already and I mentioned it in GOG's Linux FAQ thread), but it's quite a clunky fix if that library especially has security issues.

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Quoting: Alm888Objection! Their Linux support is useless and almost in-existent. Every time I asked for help their response was "Use Ubuntu"™.

Do you? You'll get same response from Steam, if you use Arch. Or more likely you won't get any response altogether. I don't personally use Ubuntu, but I don't expect them to troubleshoot distro specific issues either. They have officially supported distros and that's where you can expect support in case it's needed.

Stuff like libcrypto and etc. was removed from Debian testing, and I had to manually fix that. But it's not GOG's problem if developers link against outdated libraries. It's developers' bug. I'd report it to developers to begin with if you want to have it fixed actually.

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Quoting: SolitarySo to me, distrusting Steam seems petty at best and by that logic, GOG really does not offer much, because if the games are DRM free, they are DRM free on Steam too and if they are not, then they aren't and won't ever be on GOG anyway + there is few developer studios that ignore GOG altogether (like the amazing Croteam)

Apparently there are enough of those who don't trust DRMed services, becasue GOG is gradually growing (see their shareholders report). And regarding developers, if they ignore DRM-free users, they'd ignore them in return. For that matter I don't really have anything good to say about Croteam. Yeah, they have some older games on GOG, but they got too dependent on Steam lock-in (Steamworks and such), and that makes their games Steam exclusives. It's not something I endorse. The good thing is, there are great developers who don't ignore DRM-free users. With GOG's growth, it will be Croteam's loss, not the other way around.

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@Solitary: Their Linux support is good, they actually react to bug reports if they can do anything about it. But you aren't from their core audience (DRM-free users). So you see "support" as replicating features you use in Steam and that for GOG isn't a priority as I said (for Linux).

The main problem with GOG so far is not some lack of support, but lack of attention from developers / publishers, who don't bother to release Linux versions there even if they do it on Steam. It's a size issue. GOG is smaller than Steam, and GOG Linux users are a minority in the minority already. So many simply don't care. With growth, this will improve. GOG shows gradual growth every year, so things should get better.

About communication I agree. CDPR are very bad it (TW3 fiasco), with GOG being just marginally better. But for that matter, Valve aren't much better as well.

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Quoting: wolfyrionGOG Connect adds my steam games to GOG Library for FREE but when I want to purchase games from GOG they dont give me a steam key... So Why they dont offer a steam key as an optional option ?

Why should they promote their direct competitor? GOG connect is GOG's effort, backed by their agreement with developers and publishers who allowed it. Steam didn't do anything for that. If anything, Steam could offer a symmetrical service if they wanted to. Unlike Humble who lately are becoming more of a Steam reseller than being an independent store, GOG actually focus on selling games themselves.

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Quoting: SolitaryThat could work if GOG Galaxy worked on Linux...

I'd argue Galaxy is only marginally useful for current GOG users, who come to GOG to buy DRM-free games. But to gain more used to DRM Steam users, Galaxy can help. I suppose GOG don't see Linux Steam users as a major point of focus. I.e. DRM-free Linux users are already using GOG, and Steam Linux users are just a small percentage of all Steam users. So I think it's just a matter of priority. Kind of annoying for Steam Linux users I suppose, but can make sense from GOG's priority perspectives.

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@Salvatos: Nothing stops Steam from arranging the same thing.

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