NDTV Gadgets - I Have Over 300 Games on Steam and I'm Leaving It All Behind for GOG Galaxy. Thanks Cutter.
It's early days for GOG Galaxy but its creators have the right intentions. Their laissez faire approach extends to Steam as well thanks to a nifty feature called crossplay, which lets you play multiplayer games with your Steam friends. And they aren't stopping there either, with overlays, a game invite system, and notifications to be added, all without infringing on your privacy.
Valve's chains were silky and mostly unobtrusive, but they showed themselves every time I was trying to play offline, or was forced into a humungous 10GB update. So yes, I've been a long suffering PC gamer but I have a feeling that's all going to change very soon - and all it took is a little competition.
Verno wrote on May 21, 2015, 10:05:
GOG is cool but Galaxy is way too barebones to use as a primary source of games IMO.
Frags4Fun wrote on May 20, 2015, 20:06:
Do they really not allow us to disable auto-updates? Is this true for all games? What about my modded Skyrim? I haven't been on PC much over the past 6 months so please excuse my ignorance on this.
Jerykk wrote on May 20, 2015, 22:57:
Steam certainly has its faults but it's still the best distribution platform out there (Galaxy included). For every bad feature, there are five good features. Galaxy is pretty barebones right now and has the potential to be good, but the DRM-free stance means it will never have anywhere near the selection of Steam. If you play a lot of games and many of those are AAA games, using Galaxy exclusively just isn't viable.
Frags4Fun wrote on May 20, 2015, 20:06:
Do they really not allow us to disable auto-updates? Is this true for all games? What about my modded Skyrim? I haven't been on PC much over the past 6 months so please excuse my ignorance on this.
eRe4s3r wrote on May 20, 2015, 19:39:HoSpanky wrote on May 20, 2015, 17:52:eRe4s3r wrote on May 20, 2015, 17:37:
So the author only plays decade old games and a few INDY titles? (Next to Witcher 3..)
That's pretty much what I got out of it.
His complaints about Steam are....pretty weak, honestly. "I have to be online to set offline mode!" and "It updates my games without asking me!" (which you can turn off, but he apparently doesn't care to look into things like that). I'm assuming this is a guy with a laptop who travels a lot, and wants to be able to play games when he's on the road. That's fair, but even then, he could hotspot to his phone to set Steam to offline mode.
And, as already stated, the only recent game he'll have to play is Witcher 3. Considering his apparent lack of internet connectivity, A huge solo RPG is likely right up his alley, but once he DOES finish it...then what? It honestly feel more like this was cooked up by GOG themselves, considering how excited he is over a barely-functional games portal.
Addendum: You can't turn auto updates off anymore, only pause them, which prevents your game from starting if one is queued.
Cutter wrote on May 20, 2015, 18:20:
His complaints about Steam are spot on and phrased mildly at best if you've ever had to deal with their shitty, near non-existent CS. The client is a pig, cumbersome and inelegant. It's a reflection of Valve's indifference, nay, contempt of their customer base. I too am one of the many that will be going GoG - and any other service or developer trying to go that route as well. And the nore support GoG gets the easier it will be for them to unseat Steam and power can start to swing back to consumers where it belongs.
HoSpanky wrote on May 20, 2015, 17:52:eRe4s3r wrote on May 20, 2015, 17:37:
So the author only plays decade old games and a few INDY titles? (Next to Witcher 3..)
That's pretty much what I got out of it.
His complaints about Steam are....pretty weak, honestly. "I have to be online to set offline mode!" and "It updates my games without asking me!" (which you can turn off, but he apparently doesn't care to look into things like that). I'm assuming this is a guy with a laptop who travels a lot, and wants to be able to play games when he's on the road. That's fair, but even then, he could hotspot to his phone to set Steam to offline mode.
And, as already stated, the only recent game he'll have to play is Witcher 3. Considering his apparent lack of internet connectivity, A huge solo RPG is likely right up his alley, but once he DOES finish it...then what? It honestly feel more like this was cooked up by GOG themselves, considering how excited he is over a barely-functional games portal.
[VG]Reagle wrote on May 20, 2015, 19:00:
GOG can bite me. Their anti DRM stance is bullshit. DRM is great as it keeps cheaters from stealing games that publishers work hard to make. I have 100 games on steam and NONE of them have DRM problems. So there is no real DRM issue just alot of people that way to steal things.....
So basically GOG is selling that they offer stolen games easier then steam. No wonder you all like it....
[VG]Reagle wrote on May 20, 2015, 19:00:What the hell is this comment.
GOG can bite me. Their anti DRM stance is bullshit. DRM is great as it keeps cheaters from stealing games that publishers work hard to make. I have 100 games on steam and NONE of them have DRM problems. So there is no real DRM issue just alot of people that way to steal things.....
So basically GOG is selling that they offer stolen games easier then steam. No wonder you all like it....
[VG]Reagle wrote on May 20, 2015, 19:00:
GOG can bite me. Their anti DRM stance is bullshit. DRM is great as it keeps cheaters from stealing games that publishers work hard to make. I have 100 games on steam and NONE of them have DRM problems. So there is no real DRM issue just alot of people that way to steal things.....
So basically GOG is selling that they offer stolen games easier then steam. No wonder you all like it....