MajicMan: Nobody is arguing against Galaxy or GOG having a client. It is only that Galaxy is now forced and no longer optional.

I downloaded Kerbal and of course it didn't run without Galaxy, because you know GOG had to F*** it up. I

I finally got Galaxy working, and a (not so) funny thing I noticed - even though I only launched it once and never signed in at all, when I closed Galaxy it was still running, Yup, it was closed and I had no programs opened, but check in the process section of Task Manager and that Mother F*cker was still running and chewing up resources.

As of right now, myself and nobody else can just download our games DRM free anymore. And GOG saying they need time make a "Classic" download option is total horse sh*t. Every game on GOG didn't have Galaxy prior so now all the other versions are gone? BS.

UnrealDelusion: You do know there is an option in the settings of Galaxy that when you close the client it also no longer runs in the background, don't you?

adaliabooks: Actually they removed that option (for some reason) when it came out of Beta...
But you can still close it from the tray as usual.

UnrealDelusion: But still it doesn't run in the background for me when I close the client. I don't know how people close the client but when you click the x in the top right corner then yes the client keeps running but when you click on the arrow right of the gog logo above your installed games and choose exit the client closes and doesn't keep running.

UnrealDelusion: Just checked the settings in the client and you are absolutely right so my apologies to the person I responded too in a less than nice tone.

But still it doesn't run in the background for me when I close the client. I don't know how people close the client but when you click the x in the top right corner then yes the client keeps running but when you click on the arrow right of the gog logo above your installed games and choose exit the client closes and doesn't keep running.

I hope this was less nasty since english isn't my native language so sometimes I come across in ways I never intended.

Lifthrasil: ... GOG has started out with many customer friendly principles, which they have abandoned one by one. (One-world, one price, only complete games, no region-locking, no in-game transactions... etc.) DRM-free is the last vestige of the originally good intentions and with the way GOG tries to push Galaxy it is quite clear that they want it to be mandatory. They just don't dare to go there yet. But they will eventually. They tested the waters with the 'let's include Galaxy in every offline installer'. This time, the outcry was big enough to make them row back. But they will keep testing and keep pushing Galaxy step by step until it becomes a mandatory client. Which is DRM.

Primo_Victoria: Yes, some programs have started doing that, but it doesn't change the fact that the X is supposed to close the application, not hide it.

UnrealDelusion: I'm not gonna get in an arguement about something as minor as this. All I'm gonna say about the matter is lots of programs do the same thing when you don't close them properly so why you are singling out Galaxy for this is beyond me. Other than that I want to say you have a right to your opinion and views but this is one we probably won't see eye to eye on.

If you would like X to terminate the process of Galaxy I can see your point but I'm the wrong tree to bark up to :)

timppu: Vote with your wallet.

Primo_Victoria: You can defend the idea as much as you want, but they're just trying to force the program to be open on your computer with no benefit to you. There's already a button for minimizing the program if that's what you want to do.

Klumpen0815: It really isn't absolutely DRM-free anymore, unless you don't care for DRM in multi-player modes.

ShadowAngel.207: Well, Steam is better than gog in just about anything. It's not even a real comparison:
- Separate forums for every game and not "let's lump 10 games of a series into one forum so it will be a complete mess"
- Community created guides
- Screenshots and Artwork showcase
- Workshop
- Proper customizable Profiles where you can display stuff and actually see what games your friends own
- Better chat
- Community groups
- Bigger emphasis on the Community with the Activity tab where you can see screenshots from your friends, what games they bought ,their game reviews and you can comment on all them or they can post music videos and stuff there. With gog you feel like it's the 90's: No internet and barely any interaction with your friends.
- Easier to start multiplayer games
- Built in streaming capabilities so friends can watch you play without having to use third party websites or tools
- Built in FPS Counter, very handy
- Steam starts up way faster than Galaxy, even though with Galaxy i only have about 200 games installed on one Hard Drive but it takes 2 minutes to start, whereas i have 308 games on Steam installed across 2 hard drives and it takes about 15 seconds to start and drop me in my library
- more games available
- Valve is willing to give small companies a chance, whereas gog pissed off quite a few people here in the forum when certain games were deemed "not to our liking", "too indie" or "not good enough", even though there was some demand.
- Better account protection

Don't know how anybody can honestly say that gog is better, except using the beaten dead horse "argument" named DRM.

gog is more on the level of EA and Origin, both are pretty crappy, slow, have next to no features, don't wanna integrate the community...well at least on gog you can actually write reviews at least. yay.