• Gmr Leon@mstdn.social
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      6 months ago

      @JulesTheModest Er…How do you mean? The Galaxy app has its issues, but I’ve not run into this one.

      Biggest issue I ran into was years back trying to point it to my existing directory of GOG games from before Galaxy to get it to recognize them without reinstalling them, but eventually I just decided to reinstall whenever I felt like playing them again (and uninstall from old location).

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          6 months ago

          It’s decent enough to consider it, I’ll give you that.

          Something worth adding, I think:

          I mainly play smaller games (like ≤ 10 GB, often below 5 GB at that), with few bigger ones in the mix, which is why I even considered this method.

          Also back when GOG Galaxy was being introduced, GOG had fewer big games, I think. If not then it’s that I lean towards smaller and older games in general.

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            6 months ago

            I wish more games were small. Talos Principle 2 is 70 gigabytes, first one was more like 10. Bigger games is a problem for people in poorer areas.

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              6 months ago

              I agree, and strive to remain cognizant of how both game size and digital only games serve to widen the digital divide.

              Appreciate your reply compelling me to elaborate, as without I see where it can read like, “why not redownload several 50+ GB games” which unfortunately is increasingly people’s situation with games. 😟

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      6 months ago

      No need to use the app at all. The games on there are drm free. Run the game any way you want. That said, I like gog galaxy cos it keeps all the games I own on every platform together, and I use the search function to find the game I want and hit play. Or just hit view all and browse.