Steam vs Origin vs Gog

Chiakuu · October 17, 2019

I wish to get Lego Star Wars The Complete Saga on PC, but I do not know which store to go with. They are all the same price (20$). My understanding is that Steam and Origin give you licenses to play, not licenses for the actual game (so you do not own the game you own the right to play). From my vague knowledge about Gog, it has fixes for older games to work on new hardware (steam has issues with this game) and that you own the license for the game instead of the license to play like steam and origin. Is that true? And importantly, is Gog trustworthy? I heard bad things about its trustworthiness before but do not know if those hold water. Thanks

Tristerin · October 17, 2019

I keep hearing GoG is the best. If I keep hearing that I may have to switch over.

Zando_ · October 17, 2019

1 minute ago, Genwyn said:

When you buy a gog game you get the option to run it via their launcher or to just download an exe. This exe is an installer and it can be used by you as many time as you want to install the game on as many systems as you personally own. There is no key, there is no internet requirement or account needed.

If those are the 3 services offering the game then GOG is always the best option.

^^^ this. Used GoG's lack of DRM to have fun with my siblings, I was able to install Battlefront II 2005 on multiple laptops so we could have LAN games together. Steam would have forced me to make 3 more alt accounts and then buy it on all of those to do that.

As for being trustworthy, it's run by CD Projekt Red, the guys who made the Witcher series (I own the Witcher 3 on GoG as well), and are making Cyberpunk 2077. They're solid as all fuck from what I've seen, and you get the good feeling that you're supporting one of the good ones, they don't push a lot of the bullshit other publishers do.

1 minute ago, Tristerin said:

I keep hearing GoG is the best. If I keep hearing that I may have to switch over.

Dewit, if a game is available on GoG then yoink it there. GoG Galaxy (their launcher) is pretty good, and you can install without it if you want to. Also no need for always online stuff unless the game itself were to require that.

They also were the ones who patched Battlefront II 2005 for Multiplayer AFAIK, and got servers up and running, and then shared that with Steam so there's crossplay between the two. Their versions of old classics like KOTOR and such (according to reviews on GoG) run better than the Steam versions do and already have some slight fixes for more modern rigs.

Praesi · October 18, 2019

Steam. Everything in one Place, including a Forum. Best Plattform for me.

Taja · October 18, 2019

Gog is literally a store: you get the game FOR REAL. No drm, no nothing. And its run by CDPR so its very trustworthy.

Paul Rudd · October 19, 2019

On 10/17/2019 at 1:02 PM, CrazyBrick15 said:

I wish to get Lego Star Wars The Complete Saga on PC, but I do not know which store to go with. They are all the same price (20$). My understanding is that Steam and Origin give you licenses to play, not licenses for the actual game (so you do not own the game you own the right to play). From my vague knowledge about Gog, it has fixes for older games to work on new hardware (steam has issues with this game) and that you own the license for the game instead of the license to play like steam and origin. Is that true? And importantly, is Gog trustworthy? I heard bad things about its trustworthiness before but do not know if those hold water. Thanks

First of all, you can choose whichever one you wish. They all run pretty much the same on either platform. Secondly, only a sucker would pay $20.00 for the complete saga when it hits $3.98 to $$6.99($7.99 at most) every single month on either Steam, Origin, GOG, Humble or GameBillet...

You're in luck because it has yet to hit $3.98 to $$6.99 in October. Which means it's guaranteed to do so within the next 2 weeks. My guess would be during the Halloween sales. Expect $5.99 to $6.99, tough to predict which one.

P.S. Steam, GOG, Origin, UPlay, Humble, GreenManGaming, Fanatical and IndieGala are very trustworthy. Been using them for years. I have yet to use GameBillet but I would lean towards them being trustworthy as well as a cheap option throughout the year.