I only remember how horrible Deus Ex: Mankind Divided ran during the Steam Free Weekend and uninstalled it within 15 minutes. That was my last contact with DRM of that kind.
GOG thread (2) - DRM free games to consider.
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Well i relented, in part as some changes have been made on the site (no auto-play video's now on the front page (still get them in the 'Store' though) and a new link to the appropriate forum on a games info page) so i felt GOG were at least listening and responding to their customers concerns.
£25 got me, Aven Colony (been keeping an eye on this since it appeared) and a bunch of Star Wars stuff (4 games) and Imperium Galactica II.
£25 got me, Aven Colony (been keeping an eye on this since it appeared) and a bunch of Star Wars stuff (4 games) and Imperium Galactica II.
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So GOG has Diablo, which is kind of cool, just don't try to play it using the online match making mode (you'll need to read through the second half of the article for the details as to why):
'Blizzard has handed Diablo 1’s keys to GOG, and you can buy it right now':
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019...ale-for-10-drm-free-but-not-on-blizzards-app/
'Blizzard has handed Diablo 1’s keys to GOG, and you can buy it right now':
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019...ale-for-10-drm-free-but-not-on-blizzards-app/
Meh, it's just a worse Gauntlet II. [yesnod]
Indeed, you aren't required to install GoG Galaxy at all.
The same can be said for any pirated title. Plenty of people with exactly the same de facto degree of ownership of non-GoG, formerly DRM ridden, games than you have over your GoG originating titles.
Ownership has legal definitions, but they are hardly the only definitions.
It's about convenience.
I pay for games on GoG because they don't have obtrusive DRM that gets in the way of my use of the titles.
I rarely buy non-MMO games from other sources because the the negative value of the DRM exceeds the positive value of the game in almost all cases. I can do without, and even if I couldn't, I'd rather steal a copy than see those responsible for annoying me with DRM it get a single cent.
Many are non-transferable licences, but they are bound to the original purchaser, not any account.
However, many of the licences are also the ones the games originally had and many older titles do allow transfer of the licence as long as no copies are retained by the former licencee.
The first Diablo was the only one I liked. Had a lot of atmosphere and was an improvement on the old Gauntlet formula in many ways.
Second game was alright, but it was a bit too fast paced to really have similar flavor. Never even considered the newer stuff.
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I think it will take more than getting Diablo to 'save' GOG though.