Comment on GOG summer sale is live

ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Habahnow@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’m glad you mentioned that, I want aware

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• arudesalad@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I haven’t used heroic, how good is the wine integration? Is it as seamless as proton? I want to know if I should wait for the steam sale or buy some games from gog instead.

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  • ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You boot up Heroic, you point it at your GOG account, then you go to the clearly labeled Wine Manager in the left panel. Choose the latest Proton-GE (Glorious Eggroll fork) or a version of your choosing. Then go to library and download the game you want. It will prompt you to choose a Wine version that you’ve already got installed, and it seems to detect the ones you have installed via Steam and via their Wine Manager; I recommend sticking to Proton-GE. The installation process for each game works much the same as any other launcher you use.

    If you want to try the game on GOG first, they have a 30-day no questions asked refund policy, since they can’t exactly track how many hours you’ve played. It’s just kind of on the honors system that we’re not abusing it as customers, or maybe if you do it too much. Most games just work, but I have found the odd exception. For some games, like The Thaumaturge, I had to run Winetricks to download some VC++ runtimes to get it working (which I was only able to deduce based on the depots visible on steamdb.info). I nearly bought a copy of The Alters today, but early reports on ProtonDB are that it’s got some crashing issues, so between Valve and GloriousEggroll, I figure that problem will be solved in the next couple of months.

    The refund policy on GOG is so good that you can just try it first and buy the Steam version instead if it doesn’t work out. The 10% referral code that benefits Heroic shows GOG how much of their customer base are on Linux, and it should enhance the Linux experience via funding at the same time.

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    • ipitco@lemmy.super.ynh.fr ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      since they can’t exactly track how many hours you’ve played

      They can and do if you use the client

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      • ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        But since you have the option to play without the client, they can’t and don’t use it to restrict refunds.

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• JustARaccoon@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  If only the store UI wasn’t buggy lol

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  • ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    GOG’s? Which part of it?

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    • JustARaccoon@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Trying to buy gog through heroic, I have no issues with using gog in a browser

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      • ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        What bugs do you run into? I just click on the store button, and it basically is just a browser.

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• dom@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Is that GOGs own launcher?

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  • Montagge@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It’s a 3rd party launcher that can do GoG and Epic games. 10/10 for GoG, but I wouldn’t touch Epic with someone else’s computer

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    • zewm@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Man epic gives out free games every Friday. I haven’t spent a dime but I have amassed a massive catalogue.

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      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Same, and I’ve even played one or two!

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    • Creat@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      … and Amazon games. People who have or had prime accounts often have large amounts of free games on there from claiming them in the past (often via twitch).

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      • themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Yeah especially considering I’m not touching the amazon launcher with a 10 foot pole.

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    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      How is it different than Lutris?

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      • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Because you don’t actually have to install the shitty launchers

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      • Montagge@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        It actually works? I’ve always had issues with getting anything to work in Lutris.

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      • ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        It’s got a controller semi-friendly interface, so it’s better for the Steam Deck, and it isn’t so much running compatibility scripts but just leveraging APIs inherent to each storefront to download and install the same way that GOG Galaxy does, more or less. It’s got achievement compatibility and beta cloud save support.

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    • Coelacanth@feddit.nu ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I tried using Heroic to install Alan Wake 2, but it didn’t recognise me owning the DLCs. Only worked through the actual Epic Launcher. YMMV

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• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’m still mad Galaxy doesn’t support Linux. I’d probably still use Heroic, but the mere fact of being a second class citizen doesn’t feel great.

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