GOG have joined in on the Early Access hype and have opened up their store to allow a few select titles in. They even offer a 14 day refund option for titles in development. This refund option is a no questions asked deal, which is pretty awesome.
Titles available
Starbound (-33%)
Project Zomboid (-40%)
The Curious Expedition (-15%)
TerraTech is also on GOG, but no Linux version on GOG currently. I guess they found issues during their testing, but who knows.
Now, hurry up with GOG Galaxy.
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I'm confused.. Doesn't "GOG" stand for "Good Old Games"? How does early access factor into that?
Not that it matters, more stores selling newer games on Linux is always a good thing.
Not that it matters, more stores selling newer games on Linux is always a good thing.
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Yet no news on the Linux version of the Galaxy client...
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I'm confused.. Doesn't "GOG" stand for "Good Old Games"? How does early access factor into that?
Not that it matters, more stores selling newer games on Linux is always a good thing.
They dropped that slogan a long time ago.
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I'm confused.. Doesn't "GOG" stand for "Good Old Games"? How does early access factor into that?
Not that it matters, more stores selling newer games on Linux is always a good thing.
I believe they started as a service that sells old/classic games but eventually expanded to the full fledged digital distribution service.
Last edited by jgacas on 28 January 2016 at 4:52 pm UTC
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Games like Xonotic, SuperTuxKart, Unvanquished, and 0 A.D. could be put on GOG as well now, right? They are all still under development.
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I have never had luck with the Linux version of TerraTech. The payload terminals simply don't work - they only present empty lists, no parts available - maybe the GoG testers experienced the same?
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I'm already not really interested by early access games, but without the Galaxy client... How do they handle updates? Incremental patches?
When a new game version is available, GOG puts both a new full version and a smaller patch for those with bandwidth constraints.
I personally prefer downloading the new full version every time, my laptop more often than not is without internet so I find it handy.
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Yes, they should put their efforts in the Galaxy Client for Linux now. Otherwise they become less attractive. Especially if I see Games now, for which I need the Client to play them. Wonderful so we have DRM back on GOG too. Selfmade, ok, but still DRM :(
But I have to disagree with you on that topic. Sure that is the risk if you buy EA-Games. But don't blame all of developers for a few idiots. Most developers deliver what they have promised and still adding features and content to it after release.
And about Early Access I don't think it's a good feature. I think these Early Access stuffs most of the times makes developers lazy and abandon development.
But I have to disagree with you on that topic. Sure that is the risk if you buy EA-Games. But don't blame all of developers for a few idiots. Most developers deliver what they have promised and still adding features and content to it after release.
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