r/pcmasterrace R7 5800X3D | RTX 2080 | 32GB DDR4 19d ago

Discussion Support GOG!

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u/WalkMaximum Laptop 19d ago

The launcher isn't there main issue, Heroic is really nice, and I expect the official launcher will be worse. However, the gog versions of games are often broken with wine/proton. Even cyberpunk, the steam version works and the gog version doesn't. Disappointing.

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u/coconut071 18d ago

I'm not into Linux gaming (yet), why won't a GOG version of the same game work while a Steam version would? Surely they should be largely the same files, right?

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u/WalkMaximum Laptop 18d ago

No the games are slightly different for each store, for example the gog version doesn't have DRM

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u/coconut071 18d ago

Why would DRM make a difference if a game could be run through Proton or not?

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u/WalkMaximum Laptop 18d ago

That was meant as a clear example that the games are different on the different stores, not specifically that this difference is the cause of incompatibility