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On GOG, you can just download the standalone installers, they are all DRM-free. That's why I prefer buying there.

coffeebeqn 1y ago
Don’t many of them still phone home to fetch your player data when you log in etc. often when the servers go down even if you they’re not core to the experience no one thought to make a “offline” mode work
- nottorp 1y ago
  Most games are still single player. It's the big predatory names that tend to go multiplayer first, or require players being online even for single player. Fuck you rockstar btw, for lying on the steam page that a rockstar club account isn't required for max payne 3 single player.
- tremon 1y ago
  I run my GOG games in a networkless namespace (only loopback available) for pretty much that reason, and I've yet to encounter the first game that has in-game issues about it. The worst result I've seen is that changelogs or devlogs don't render.
- kaycey2022 1y ago
  Phoning home isn’t wrong. Ideally in the case of the crew, if the management had an ounce of brains they would have got a couple of devs to patch that code such that it wouldn’t make the game inoperable even though the servers don’t respond. But then some idiot executive might have opposed that patch saying we cannot remove “DRM Protection” from our properties. The problem here is that company executives and leadership, especially in outfits like Ubisoft, have no vision no skill. They are just MBA grifters who are milking brands and pretending they are looking out for the shareholders. These parasites would simply move from company to company, spreading their poison everywhere. And now there is crazy talk of forcing code to be open source. Absolute madness.
smusamashah 1y ago
Gog library is very limited. Lots of games are steam only. Pirated copies are a blessing. I haven't used those in very long time but I will though whenever I felt I am about to loose my bought copies. Steam has had a long life and will probably be here for very long from now but only for a limited time.

Don’t many of them still phone home to fetch your player data when you log in etc. often when the servers go down even if you they’re not core to the experience no one thought to make a “offline” mode work

nottorp 1y ago
Most games are still single player. It's the big predatory names that tend to go multiplayer first, or require players being online even for single player. Fuck you rockstar btw, for lying on the steam page that a rockstar club account isn't required for max payne 3 single player.
tremon 1y ago
I run my GOG games in a networkless namespace (only loopback available) for pretty much that reason, and I've yet to encounter the first game that has in-game issues about it. The worst result I've seen is that changelogs or devlogs don't render.
kaycey2022 1y ago
Phoning home isn’t wrong. Ideally in the case of the crew, if the management had an ounce of brains they would have got a couple of devs to patch that code such that it wouldn’t make the game inoperable even though the servers don’t respond. But then some idiot executive might have opposed that patch saying we cannot remove “DRM Protection” from our properties. The problem here is that company executives and leadership, especially in outfits like Ubisoft, have no vision no skill. They are just MBA grifters who are milking brands and pretending they are looking out for the shareholders. These parasites would simply move from company to company, spreading their poison everywhere. And now there is crazy talk of forcing code to be open source. Absolute madness.

smusamashah 1y ago

Gog library is very limited. Lots of games are steam only. Pirated copies are a blessing. I haven't used those in very long time but I will though whenever I felt I am about to loose my bought copies. Steam has had a long life and will probably be here for very long from now but only for a limited time.