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DalekFlay

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GOG needed to make a play, and they're making the "one client to manage all your bullshit" play. Interesting. Will have to see how it works, but since the vast majority give in to exclusives, despite what the Steam fanboys think, I could see a large consumer demand for an all-in-one manager.
 

FeelTheRads

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So... let's see. Suppose you get a Ubishit game on Steam and then you add it to Galaxy.

Then, you launch it from Galaxy, which launches Steam, which launches Uplay, which launches the game.

I can see the benefits of adding another launcher on top of all the others. :kingcomrade:
 

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Is there a way it could launch Steam/Origin/Whatever for DRM purposes but keep it in the background somehow so you don't need to deal with it? That's the best people could hope for, I'd assume.

Also the last few Uplay games I bought on Steam activated straight on Uplay and don't even use Steam at all if I don't want them to, so GOG could take advantage of that.
 

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And once again, Galaxy is not available on Linux. Now there is no excuse really. The store sells Linux games, but they're supported like shit. Steam, sadly, is a better option.
 
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I'm not sure I understood this correctly... would this Galaxy2.0 Launcher replace other launchers? So when I have Games on Steam/Ubisoft/Origin/Epic, I could just access them via Galaxy2.0 and install them? None of these other clients needed anymore?
 

CryptRat

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Then, you launch it from Galaxy, which launches Steam, which launches Uplay, which launches the game.
Hey, that's incline, this kind of things actually changed my life.

I explain. I bought HoMM6 on Steam, had to make a Uplay account I think on top of the Steam one then the game would just crash on launch. I also bought a boxed copy of some version of Dragon Age that is unshamefully sold while the game can't work at all (all you can do is download an online version of the game and use the register key that you get with the box). Then I just stopped caring about big publisher gaming altogether and henceforth also avoid anything except for a buying a DRM-free version of a game as much as possible, which is what any sane person would do.
 
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theSavant

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I'm not sure I understood this correctly... would this Galaxy2.0 Launcher replace other launchers? So when I have Games on Steam/Ubisoft/Origin/Epic, I could just access them via Galaxy2.0 and install them? None of these other clients needed anymore?

I guess I found the answer:

https://af.gog.com/forum/general/bg...n_one_place_copy3_f000a/post132?as=1649904300

If you want to get access to any features specific to that platform, (like installing or auto-updating games, cloud saves, etc.), that gaming client will still have to be installed on your PC :)
GOG GALAXY 2.0 will launch the other client for you in the background.

What a useless piece of shit.
 
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Nah, definitely a step in the right direction. If you can access everything from the gog launcher and the other launchers stay in the background it's finally a good solution to have all your games organized in one place. Better than having to look for a game in your Steam library, your gog library, your d-fend library and whatever shit you guys use.
I just hope it can list the game even if not installed on your pc.
 

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But hey I'll get to customise my game library finally and hopefully get it straightened out the way I want. Maybe.

I don't know. I just don't know. Maybe it'll turn out great. We'll see. Fingers crossed. :|
 

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Some people try to downplay this news, but this is a huge deal. I can't count how many times I heard that it would be great if we had only one launcher, which is connected to every other libraries. GOG Galaxy 2 will be just that and it will be great if they can pull it off. Obviously if you want to use a specific feature of that other platform, you have to download their client, circumventing that would be impossible. But I don't care about achievements and stuff, so I will be happy if every game would be available to launch from GOG Galaxy.
 
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A step in the right direction maybe, but unless it can replace other clients at their utmost essential feature (which is installing the game), it's imo not worth. Furthermore I cannot see any progress beyond the point of only importing "friendlists" or "gamelists" to actually installing those other games, because then the other platforms would lose a lot of their "power".
 

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This will have to be designed well to suit their interests but if they can design something that will help them be successful at their DRM-free storefront initiative and combine the many PC gaming launchers? This is big.

Not to mention it's a damn good looking launcher that I'll use on that basis alone. Waaaaaaaaaaaaay better than the Steam overhaul UI we've seen.

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