GOG's new client Galaxy enters public beta

[Huw the Poo]

Exciting times!

Click the link and by all means sign up first, but after that, I urge you to watch the video.  It sounds awesome.  When it's fully released Valve are going to have some explaining to do...

[Jarhead0331]

I have to take the time to watch the video, but at first blush, I find it odd that anyone who has beef with steam, would want to use something like this. Its still a client. Sure, its optional and "DRM free", but then it does not really offer developers the same benefits that the steam platform does. As such, I think the library will always be limited.

GOG seems to be taking what is so great about steam and simply applying it to their model. A good idea, but hardly anything revolutionary.

[Huw the Poo]

Even if I didn't have any problems with Steam - and I do - I still think it's foolish to put all your eggs in one basket.  Galaxy has many of the advantages of Steam minus some of Steam's disadvantages.  There's certainly no cause to dismiss it out of hand and I remain pretty excited about it.

[Martok]

Actually, this does rather sound like "Steam, but better".  Thanks for the heads-up Huw! 

[Philippe]

Depending on how this goes I may start buying more games from GOG.  Looking forward to how this pans out. I don't mind having games that I own on Steam, but I don't really like buying from them.

[Nefaro]

I got the impression that this GOG client was primarily intended to make multi-player matchmaking for old games (that no longer have such support) easier.

[ArizonaTank]

I got the impression that this GOG client was primarily intended to make multi-player matchmaking for old games (that no longer have such support) easier.

That would be worth installing it for me anyway...

[Staggerwing]

I got the impression that this GOG client was primarily intended to make multi-player matchmaking for old games (that no longer have such support) easier.

That would be worth installing it for me anyway...

Right. Imagine if you could actually play Silent Hunter 2 on your computer while someone else played Destroyer Command and the two games actually linked up the way Ubisoft promised they would.  Ah, if only...

[GibbyG]

Maybe I'm missing something but it just looks like a way to buy and install GOG games which means you are still limited to the games GOG sells.  So, very few new games and a lot of old graphics and such.

Don't get me wrong, I have a bunch of GOG games, but I still buy far more new games.

[Huw the Poo]

I think you can use it with non-GOG games too, just as with Steam.  Also I assume they're making a push to sell a broader range of games now that Galaxy is available, but time will tell of course.

[Jarhead0331]

I think you can use it with non-GOG games too, just as with Steam.  Also I assume they're making a push to sell a broader range of games now that Galaxy is available, but time will tell of course.

Impossible. No way AAA developers are going to release "drm free" versions of their games. The catalog for Galaxy is inherently going to be limited. The very thing that is good about it is the very thing that is going to hold it back.

[Huw the Poo]

That's an incorrect use of the word impossible, Jarhead.  Maybe publishers will jump on board, maybe they won't.  Only time will tell.

[Jarhead0331]

That's an incorrect use of the word impossible, Jarhead.  Maybe publishers will jump on board, maybe they won't.  Only time will tell.

Yep. We'll see...

[BanzaiCat]

I have about a dozen GOG games...I might try it eventually.

[Nefaro]

I have about a dozen GOG games...I might try it eventually.

I think it only supports multi-player for a very small handful of titles right now.  Stuff I don't play IIRC.  Don't expect much.