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HKayn

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Admin & sysadmin of a Warframe-focused Lemmy instance at dormi.zone.

Developer of a UI mod for Vivaldi Browser: github.com/HKayn/vivaldi-vh

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

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The Heroic Games Launcher can download and run GOG games. It’s a community-run project, but officially affiliated with GOG.

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Nowadays the Heroic Games Launcher is the preferred solution for downloading and running GOG games. It’s a community-run project, but officially affiliated with GOG.

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There really is no difference. For almost all intents and purposes, GOG’s offline installers can be treated the same way as physical CDs of way back then, with one of the only exceptions being that you cannot resell them.

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When have they not had the full package on GOG?

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It’s not legally binding, since it isn’t part of the user agreement you review when buying games on Steam.

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You legally didn’t “own” your physical games either if you haven’t noticed.

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GOG is funding the FOSS Heroic Games Launcher through an affiliate partnership: heroicgameslauncher.com/donate

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The end result is still part of GOG’s revenue going toward the development of Heroic.

It doesn’t meet your high standard and that’s okay. I prefer to count my blessings in this regard.

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Frostpunk 2 is also available DRM-free on GOG!
www.gog.com/en/game/frostpunk_2

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I don’t know how you can say that it’s not a competitor.

It’s because they’re hyperfixated on Linux, just like the majority of the Lemmy userbase.

In reality any x86-based handheld is potential competition for the Steam Deck.

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How did you try to get The Thaumaturge to run? I found that I could run many games on my library without issue using the Heroic Games Launcher, which is arguably the premier Linux client for GOG games.

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Have you tried the Heroic Games Launcher? It’s currently the most advanced launcher for GOG games on Linux, even implementing support for some of GOG Galaxy’s online services. Additionally it’s officially affiliated with GOG, so you can “donate” to the project by purchasing games through the client.

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Well-deserved shout-out for GOG. Its standalone installers make actually owning your games much more convenient than it would be on Steam.

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Wrong.

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Your statement “if you’re on Windows” is still wrong.

Additionally, the Heroic project is officially affiliated with GOG, so saying that they don’t care is also wrong.

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github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/…/v2.13.0

RuneScape is increasing their membership price by 50%, and Reddit is trying to censor it

Runescape is jacking up their subscription prices next month, going from like 12 bucks to 14 bucks a month. The increases range from 20% to 56% in price depending on currency. Players are PISSED about it especially since the company got bought out by some investment firm earlier this year, and they see it as a shameless cash...

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What we should do is blame OP for deliberately choosing a title that makes it look worse than it is.

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GOG exists and has managed to carve out a DRM-free niche for itself for more than 15 years now.

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Don’t confuse their initiative for benevolence. At the end of the day it’s all still for their own benefit and their ecosystem.

The contributions to open source are still a nice side effect.

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If you want to own your games, buy them on GOG.

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Who is against free games?

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Certain clauses may be unenforceable, but not the entire EULA.

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Damn, your machine must have been heavily locked down to be able to figure that out!

Braid: Anniversary Edition "sold like dog s***", says creator Jonathan Blow (www.eurogamer.net)

Finally, on 27th July, Blow noted the “whole industry is having a hard time” and then, when asked how many of his development team are working on the compiler for programming language Jai, Blow replied: “None, because we can’t afford to pay anyone because the sales are bad.”...

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I would have bought it if it landed on GOG, like the original did.

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Explain.

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If the lurkers don’t agree with you, does that make them trolls too?

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It’s easier to make small saves for games like The Pedestrian, because essentially all you have to track is which puzzles you’ve solved.

Whereas in an RPG with a persistent world like Cyberpunk or Skyrim, you have to save the state of every single object and mechanic the player has interacted with during their run, and there are usually a whole lot of those.

Dead Games News: Response from UK Government (www.youtube.com)

From the videos description: News on what the UK government response means on the issue of game destruction by publishers! It’s not all awful, just most of it! Also, some news on how the campaign to end game destruction is going internationally. Relevant links below:...

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I’m currently at work, so disclaimer: the following is an AI-generated summary.

  • The UK government has responded to the petition to stop game publishers from destroying players’ access to purchased games, but the response is complex and not entirely straightforward.
  • The government’s response suggests there may be some legal avenues to pursue, particularly around the requirement for clear information to be provided to consumers about the longevity of online games.
  • The key issue seems to be that most online games do not clearly disclose when their service will be shut down, depriving consumers of information needed to make an informed purchase decision.
  • Pursuing this angle through consumer protection regulations like the CPRs may be more promising than directly trying to prevent game shutdowns, which the government response suggests is not clearly prohibited.
  • However, there are many open questions about the specifics of how to report and pursue potential violations, including around time limits, penalties, and differences between UK and Scottish law.
  • The creator of the video acknowledges this is a complex legal maze, but believes there is potential to do “a lot of damage” to the industry if the right approach can be identified.
  • Gathering more signatures on the UK petition may help, but the creator is skeptical this alone will lead to legislative change.
  • Overall, the response provides some promising leads, but significant work is still needed to determine the best path forward and how to effectively leverage the apparent legal violations.
  • The creator expresses frustration at having to essentially act as “self-checkout law enforcement” to get the government to enforce existing consumer protection laws.
  • Despite the challenges, the creator remains determined to find a way to hold game publishers accountable and prevent the destruction of purchased games.
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I can understand the decision somewhat.

Putting “The Lord of the Rings” first in the title would imply that this furthers the main canon, when it’s actually only set in its universe.

They could have indeed chosen a better subtitle though, like “from The Lord of the Rings”.

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This basically boils down to “read the terms & conditions”, which isn’t unreasonable.

If a game states in its terms that access may be revoked at any time and you buy the game, then you have no reason to be surprised when access is eventually revoked.

Obviously when terms aren’t clear enough or intentionally obfuscated, that’s indeed an issue for legislation to act upon.

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I didn’t say they deserve no protection at all. You are twisting my words because my opinion doesn’t align with yours.

I advocate for games having a clear indicator for any online dependencies. I do not advocate for outlawing said dependencies or mandating “offline patches”.

If you are clearly told that you’re buying an ephemeral product and you are still surprised when it shuts down, then I don’t know what to tell you.

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With GOG, you can at least have full confidence that the game will continue to work without any outside connections.

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All this wouldn’t be necessary if gamers would just stop buying games that are obviously live services with remote kill switches.

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Because most gamers don’t care.

Thanks Reddit. I'll continue to not provide any content since I shredded everything pre-enshitification. (sh.itjust.works)

This just makes me angry. You need to write comments and get likes before you’re able to make posts. Most of the posts in that community could pass as boomer-Facebook-posts from what I’ve seen. The quality definitely went more downhill than Tony Hawk‘s Downhill Jam....

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How else do you expect the moderators of that sub to keep out raiders and spam bots?

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How is Valve using Proton a grey area?

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No one in the comments seems to consider that this could very well be an additional revenue stream that GOG desperately needs.

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Then just pretend it doesn’t exist. I don’t understand how this affects the GOG userbase. All that happens is people speculate about how GOG is out to kill DRM-freedom.

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What are you talking about? GOG has been involved with Amazon for a long time now, and so far it has been exclusively beneficial for GOG users.

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And that was the end of GOG

How?

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You can use the Heroic Games Launcher, which runs GOG games through Proton, offers automatic updates and integrates with GOG cloud saves.

Buying games on GOG through their launcher also gives them a cut of the money!

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There’s little to no business incentive for other launchers to add support for an OS used only by approx. 1.7% of PC gamers.

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GOG is tiny compared to Valve. They simply don’t have the resources to invest in Linux R&D. Expecting them to do so is futile.

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It’s in their latest release notes: github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/…/v2.13.0

It’s also featured on their donate page: heroicgameslauncher.com/donate

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What can you tell me about their refund policy?

You can refund any purchase within 30 days. There are no restrictions on playtime, since GOG can’t feasibly control that.

You can get your refund either as store credit or to the payment method you used, however store credit is usually processed much faster.

Are the results on ProtonDB just as reliable for GOG versions as they are for Steam versions of games?

I can only vaguely answer this by saying the games that I tried (mainly indie games like Dead Cells and One Step from Eden) worked flawlessly.

Heroic Games Launcher has a Mastodon presence, so you can ask them there! mastodon.social/

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You’d be doubling your building, testing and supporting efforts for a ~1.8% increase in sales at best.

Granted, these numbers are just rough estimates based on Steam’s hardware survey, but that’s the ballpark we’re finding ourselves in.

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I could never get the hang of motion inputs in Street Fighter, so this is definitely intriguing me. Can’t wait to play it.

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Is it the only site? No. Pick another one. Problem solved.

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