Comment on What's up with Epic Games?

• B0NK3RS@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  GOG Galaxy let’s you combine most of your game library in to one but it has it’s issues. GOG, Epic and Microsoft Store all work great but the other clients aren’t officially supported.

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  • ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Epic doesn’t have the game time sync, but that’s an Epic issue I believe.

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• brawleryukon@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don’t remember but I heard it’s like an aggregator of some sort too, right?

  GOG the store is just that - a store. They only sell games that have no DRM at all, which means a couple of things. One, they almost never get AAA games at release (the exception being games developed/published by CD Projekt, as CDP owns GOG), and two, there’s a high likelihood that GOG will offer game versions that are out of sync with or missing features from the same game sold on other platforms (for example, if a game uses Steamworks for its multiplayer, many devs will just strip out multiplayer altogether for the GOG version rather than patching something new and store-agnostic in).

  What you’re thinking of with the aggregator is GOG Galaxy, which is their (completely un-required) launcher software. Unlike Steam and EGS, GOG’s DRM-free nature means you can just buy games on their site, download the installers directly, and go on about your business. Downloading games, starting games, etc., is all just done manually. If you want a dedicated launcher software similar to the Steam and EGS clients, that’s what GOG Galaxy is for. And as a value-add, they implemented aggregator features where you can have it pull in your library from Steam, EGS, EA/Origin, Ubisoft, etc., and just view and launch everything from the one spot. I’ve generally found Playnite to be a little better at being a one-stop launcher, though everyone’s mileage will vary of course.

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  • SaltySalamander@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They only sell games that have no DRM at all

    This isn't really true anymore.

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  • Cybersteel@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What installer? You mean like apps?

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    • brawleryukon@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The actual .exe that installs the game.

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  • ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Playnite looks interesting.

    Does it have support for linking Backloggd accounts or similar such platforms?

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  • Carighan@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah after using both Playnite is better but GOG works a bit better as a ready made experience tbh. Both are great!

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• mateomaui@reddthat.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Playnite is a better free option for a library manager and the steam integration doesn’t break constantly.

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• ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Edit 2: (replied because I got some error when editing comment a second time…) Okay nevermind. Thought it was too good to be true… why open with an in-app browser?

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  • B0NK3RS@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is to be expected and don’t let it turn you off using Galaxy. Once set up you can automatically launch (and close) the game and client from here without seeing the other apps.

    It does work with Steam, Ubisoft etc but the login will expire every week and need reconnecting.

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    • ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oh yeah. No, absolutely not… I logged in…

      I installed one game, uninstalled another.

      Waiting to get time to play using GoG soon.

      Also, do we know if there’s any integration with services like IGDB?

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  • Carighan@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s the only way they can ensure it works, I suppose. They might need to control specific cookies and reported supposed clients depending on plugins, and so a packaged in-app browser for the login is easiest. Playnite does the same thing.

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