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I'll believe it when I see a Linux version of their Galaxy client.
They should financially support Heroic Launcher and add it to their website. Why invent something that already exists and is open source?
If you open the GOG website inside Heroic, it acts as an affiliate link and the HGL team gets a revenue split. An official partnership would still be better, but it's something.
(edit) Further details here: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/support_heroic_launcher/page1
And Heroic's GOG affiliate link: https://heroicgameslauncher.com/donate (it uses Adtraction and might trigger some ad blockers)
Wasnโt aware of that. Thank you for the info.
Did not know that ! Will make sure to do that next time I buy something from gog !
He did just reacquire ownership of GOG. Porting software can take time, but this actually might happen in the near future, at least a beta version.
You don't need Galaxy. Use Heroic or better yet, don't use any launchers. GOG games are DRM-free.
Having a client that's actually integrated with your account, with the ability browse, purchase, and download games, is going to be a requirement to complete with Steam
I suppose but the only reason I use gog is to download games without having to use a goddam launcher
Iโm sure many people want a launcher and as long as I can keep not using it I wonโt care
But not using a launcher is the reason I have a gog library
TBH the only reason I even want a launcher is that game achievements require it. AFAIK this is possible with other launchers like Heroic, but I never bothered setting it up for the GOG games I do own.
Ah well imo achievements have been a monumentally bad thing for gaming and culture so I have to say I hope they disappear anyway
I like achievements. Outside the feeling of completion, they allow me:
LOL, I'm sorry, what? :D
Please elaborate!
Thankfully achievements can typically be ignored, at least in single-player games that I play. So not sure what's so radically bad about them.
But, the funniest achievements system that I've seen was in the original โAssetto Corsaโ, the racing simulator. It goes like โwin with this car on this track against these other carsโ, and then seven hundred of these, vaguely mirroring the pseudo-career mode that the game has. I had a chuckle seeing that, and paid no attention to the achievements again. The cherry on top is that basically no one plays the original โcareerโ, driving mod cars on mod tracks instead.
Can't say that you're wrong ...
I have a GOG library specifically because it's not tied to a stupid Valve Epic Games Uplay Launcher. This is their competitive edge. Plus, all of what you mentioned can be done with GOG through any semi-modern web browser.
but I want it
You're right but the good point of the HL is the convenience and fast of use. On my Deck is the best way to have all my GOG and (freebie) Epic games with one click, dlc included.
Nah, wine prefixes are good
I guess since GOG doesn't have an official launcher, we will be like, very totally unable to create and use wine prefixes. No siree.
Laughs in Heroic Launcher
Iโve used gog launcher before, years and years ago (13? 14 years?) so maybe itโs better now, but it was bad. Really bad, I had to get rid of it and just use the offline installers.
Heroic on the other hand is very good.
I'm genuinely curious, I've never really used any launcher other than steam (it's not blind loyalty, my steam lib is just bigger than I'm ever likely to play already and my gaming heyday came before launchers).
Steam on the surface of it doesn't seem like an inordinately complex piece of software compared to say, a game or package manager etc. What is it that makes other launchers so shit?
I didn't dislike it, but I don't remember anything about it that would make me want to use it instead of Lutris.
Genuine question as a Linux user.. Why would I want their client unless they are going to build proton/similar into it?
Even if Galaxy is running under Wine:
Besides, a Linux-native port doesn't need to package anything. It can simply mark Wine/Proton and various compatibility solutions as dependencies. Lutris, for example, is still a great utility even if it doesn't use the packaged Wine versions: all it really needs to do is execute some program in the correct runtime environment with the correct arguments.
I think reinventing the wheel is pointless. Just indicate that Heroic Games Launcher fully supports GOG, put that on GOG's website, job done.
I'd assume that would be part of it, yeah. But that may indeed be a faulty assumption. Anyway, achievements don't work without a client even if they're native Linux titles.