No Man's Sky - STEAM or GOG?

[JJBTEXAS]

Who's buying No Man's Sky and what service are you using?  

[ShadowCaptain]

3 minutes ago, JJBTEXAS said:

Who's buying No Man's Sky and what service are you using?  

Going forward I plan to use DRM free as much as possible so GoG

[roylapoutre]

Neither because NMS looks really empty and boring to be honnest ! 

[vorticalbox]

8 minutes ago, roylapoutre said:

Neither because NMS looks really empty and boring to be honnest ! 

I don't know it could become awesome, right now it's basically a find and sell game in a massive universe. 18 trillion planets I believe.

[JJBTEXAS]

22 minutes ago, ShadowCaptain said:

Going forward I plan to use DRM free as much as possible so GoG

I'm a huge fan of the DRM free obviously, but some of Steam's features are just so darn convenient.  For example, if they later release a Linux version, I would have both.  I don't think GOG does that.  Also, Steam Link to the bedroom TV!

21 minutes ago, roylapoutre said:

Neither because NMS looks really empty and boring to be honnest ! 

I'm on the fence.  The delay of the PC version didn't even bother me because I was going to wait for reviews of the game play.  Depending on which reviews you read, the most consistent complaint seems to be about graphics (draw distance, textures, etc).  I'm hoping the PC version really gets to stretch it's legs a little more with the much stronger hardware.

[ShadowCaptain]

1 minute ago, JJBTEXAS said:

I'm a huge fan of the DRM free obviously, but some of Steam's features are just so darn convenient.  For example, if they later release a Linux version, I would have both.  I don't think GOG does that.  Also, Steam Link to the bedroom TV!

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True, but you can add any game to steam and stream it through steam link without owning a steam version

 

but I agree, steam cloud saves, steam link and others are all great

i mean currently 98% of my pc games are through steam and I have like 650, so i guess it seems pointless to move towards DRMf ree

[JJBTEXAS]

51 minutes ago, ShadowCaptain said:

 

True, but you can add any game to steam and stream it through steam link without owning a steam version

 

but I agree, steam cloud saves, steam link and others are all great

i mean currently 98% of my pc games are through steam and I have like 650, so i guess it seems pointless to move towards DRMf ree

Yeah, cloud save is amazing.

 

I wonder if it's ethical to get it through Steam, but download a DRM free version for safe keeping.

[ShadowCaptain]

1 minute ago, JJBTEXAS said:

Yeah, cloud save is amazing.

 

I wonder if it's ethical to get it through Steam, but download a DRM free version for safe keeping.

Eh, if it comes to it in the future im sure you can download something if steam ever shit down, but they have a plan for that apparnetly, so it might never matter

Ethical? eh kinda, on the fence

[AresKrieger]

I have less interest in it than I did before since most people are not happy with the game, but if I buy it it will be GOG

[Halo Spartan128]

I bought the Witcher 3 from GoG (the price was incredible for all the games in a bundle) and my love GoG. But for a game like NMS Ifeel like the GoG "advantages" are not super big compare to Steam cloud, achievements (trading cards maybe?) number of hours played, steam overlay etc. etc. etc. 
I mean the biggest advantages is to play the game on 2 computers at the same time...? (Which is not accepted into the end user agreement of GoG if im right)

(Me i would like to have a steam version with all the bonus from steam and a standalone game like GoG if im offline but sadly this isnt really possible except if i buy both games version.)

 

Im all in to own my games at 100% but what are the advantage you guys find that make the switch worth it to you?

 

 

[typographie]

If/when I do buy it, my choice will probably depend on whether the best price available is a Steam code or a GOG code. All things equal I'd rather have the GOG version of a game, but I probably wouldn't buy No Man's Sky while all prices are equal.

[leelaa14]

I would go for steam, lately gog has let you redeem games that you already own on steam there too, so there's a chance that may happen in the future for this title too.

[Misanthrope]

Steam simply because GOG still can't do regional pricing so it's literally double the price on gog.

[Praesi]

If and thats a big if atm. Steam. But what i have seen so far, is very repetitive and becomes boring very quick. I wait with NMS.

[Praesi]

1 minute ago, Praesi said:

If and thats a big if atm. Steam. But what i have seen so far, is very repetitive and becomes boring very quick. I wait with NMS.

 

[roylapoutre]

18 hours ago, vorticalbox said:

I don't know it could become awesome, right now it's basically a find and sell game in a massive universe. 18 trillion planets I believe.

Yes I know but I feel like it was sold solely for its huge universe. I mean, more is not always better if you have nothing to do ! I prefer a smaller universe, but a rich one rather than what seems to be NMS... And believe me, I find the concept of an entire universe to visit awesome but I want content and some changes in the world. NMS feels empty and repetitive, and it was only sold as an infinite universe, but nothing else. If you look at the gameplay itself, it's pretty simplistic and lazy. 

[Thozi]

Not buying it yet. I want to see some footage from it on PC and maybe a little bit of the end-game. 

[leelaa14]

1 hour ago, noobadin said:

I'll be torrenting it and saving $60 USD.

The devs are happy to release it drm free on gog on day one and bell ends like you abuse it.

[Techicolors]

i have a couple of games bought on GOG already including witcher 3, and all work pretty well (though a few of them still require some hoops to go through). steam's cloud save i don't like as much anymore cause some games don't support it. and if my pc gets screwed over, but i didn't back up my saves... it already happened with Dark Souls 3 and plenty others. neverthless, i'll miss steam link and possible linux support. 

 

28 minutes ago, leelaa14 said:

The devs are happy to release it drm free on gog on day one and bell ends like you abuse it.

let's face it - there'll always be pirates. maybe devs should be more creative when people pirate their games, and i think a few games already do some pretty funny stuff in pirated versions. 

[JJBTEXAS]

Glad I didn't pre-order this haha.

[CrackheadKyle]

GOG is good in it with DRM and cloud saving however it requires hoop jumping (No prepaid cards, PayPal obviously limited unless tied to your BANK! and I have trouble trusting services with my debit card) and sales MAY not be as impressive than Steam. Steam is easy, convenient and you could catch a good price especially during sales but DRM is real and cloud service MAY get flakey but remember NMS uses there OWN servers for that. But honestly I can't get myself to buy it No Man's Lag aka So Arkham Sky is just not good performance wise and will get boring after 5 hours of gameplay

[GarnetDevil]

 

On 8/11/2016 at 4:31 PM, Thozi said:

Not buying it yet. I want to see some footage from it on PC and maybe a little bit of the end-game. 

 

And the graphic of this game is no better than 2008 games

[blindnoir]

On 8/11/2016 at 5:53 PM, leelaa14 said:

The devs are happy to release it drm free on gog on day one and bell ends like you abuse it.

That's why I like Steam. 

[sgtcool]

On 11. 8. 2016 at 10:08 AM, roylapoutre said:

Yes I know but I feel like it was sold solely for its huge universe. I mean, more is not always better if you have nothing to do ! I prefer a smaller universe, but a rich one rather than what seems to be NMS... And believe me, I find the concept of an entire universe to visit awesome but I want content and some changes in the world. NMS feels empty and repetitive, and it was only sold as an infinite universe, but nothing else. If you look at the gameplay itself, it's pretty simplistic and lazy. 

 

On 10. 8. 2016 at 3:55 PM, vorticalbox said:

I don't know it could become awesome, right now it's basically a find and sell game in a massive universe. 18 trillion planets I believe.

Elite Dangerous has 400 billion systems and thats already too much, also there is more to do in Elite than nms ,its also cheaper

[U.Ho]

5 hours ago, GarnetDevil said:

 

 

And the graphic of this game is no better than 2008 games

Could be wrong but I think there's some other kind of issues with the game than performance issues, which just seem like FPS dropping and such.

 

My 750TI - i5 4600 rig is rocking the game with way higher settings than the "optimized" settings determined by nVidia, and I don't see my FPS dropping that much yet no matter what I've done. Truth be told I haven't really measured my FPS and being pretty much blind as a bat when it comes to over 30 FPS I think I might even be somewhat wrong when I think I don't get any issues.

But overall the complaints about not being able to run it with "good setup" are in my stand point probably just compatibility issues and glitching.

Edited August 13, 2016 by U.Ho