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PiraHxCx, 3 godziny temu do games w Why do you need a launcher? (asking older gamers actually)

Thanks everyone for the replies. I see there is a lot of features that I have no use for so I never explored (controller stuff, cloudsave, social features, achievements, etc)… I guess auto updates are cool though, but I only play old games anyway :P

Scubus, 2 godziny temu do games w Why do you need a launcher? (asking older gamers actually)

Its for DRM. The easiest way to check if you actually own the game is to have the game contantly ask whether its connected to the server. The server should have your payment info. If thats not found, your game isnt legit.

Thats why GOG is so good, their games dont have DRM. Meaning you (and pirates) have a BETTER version of the game. Let me repeat that, downloading an illegal copy gives you a better running version of the same game you mightve paid for, because it doesnt have to contantly talk to a server before the game will allow you to do anything.

When you pirate a steam game, youre also downloading a “fake” version of steam, a steam emulator. The way they break DRM for steam games doesnt remove the DRM, but it slightly reduces the issues DRM causes because the server it is communicating with is local and doesnt have to index user files. Your game just asks the steam emulator if its legit, the steam emulator doesnt check anything, it just says that whatever got checked was legit.

TORFdot0, godzinę temu do games w Why do you need a launcher? (asking older gamers actually)

I mean steam adds a convenient way to keep your games up to date instead of having to manually patch them. I also was on the anti-steam bandwagon for the longest time until I finally gave in and decided to buy Modern Warfare 2 in 2010. I ended up repurchasing the rest of the Call of Duty games because it was so convenient not needing the discs and not having to locate patches.

Steam is the one launcher I don’t get pissed about having to use because it has so many value add features.

Unlike epic/origin/uplay

flamingleg, godzinę temu do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of January 25th

i’m replaying final fantasy 6 with a retranslation i haven’t played before called ‘revised old style edition’. I’m still in the world of balance but so far the translation is a good compromise between the innacurate warmth of the woolsey script and the dry accuracy of the slattery script. So far it’s my favourite translation, and next up will be the newly translated ‘t-edition’ mod

ZoopZeZoop, 49 minut temu do astronomy w Orion's Treasures over Snowy Mountains

Simply amazing! Thank you both for the amazing photo and the explanation of everything in it. Sharing this with my kids in the morning!

Also, love that we can see Betelgeuse.

Regrettable_incident, 48 minut temu do games w Why do you need a launcher? (asking older gamers actually)

It’s there, and I’m lazy.