Here are 2 new good looking games at gog

[BanzaiCat]

I have Galaxy and have been using it since almost the first day it came out. I honestly prefer to use it instead of the other way, manually downloading and installing everything.

If you have downloaded and installed Galaxy, you can buy a game on GOG.com and go to Galaxy and install it there, if you want. You can, of course, buy a game through Galaxy and download/install it there, too. I believe whatever game you purchase, regardless of through Galaxy or their website, will appear in your library in both places. So, buy a game in either place, you can download it either way.

If you run the game directly off the hard drive, you don't need Galaxy open.

I haven't had an issue with games not running through Galaxy...at least, not yet.

[gameleaper]

well I buy games on my secure PC with latest anti-virus etc... but I play game on PCs not connected to the Net because the games reduce security, I also browse on my secure PC, so galaxy would mean I need to connect my game PCV to the Net. I don't know how the games industry gets away with making you activate etc... and play on a PC that's not as secure as a PC used for putting your credit details in.

[BanzaiCat]

I never save my payment information online, anywhere. Steam is a pain in the butt, both to have to enter my credentials every time, but there's no question of me ever trusting them to 'save' my payment information (and that option is ALWAYS checked at check-out, so I always de-select it). Steam gets hacked every so often and it's just not worth it. Same with GOG Galaxy.