Difference between revisions of "Store:GOG.com"
(fixed old GOG.com forum link) |
(Restructure key points in an effort to be more informative. VERY tempted to slap a cleanup tag on this (despite the size) as a lot of content below the key points is overly verbose and/or redundant.) |
||
Line 8: | Line 8: | ||
'''Key points''' | '''Key points''' | ||
− | {{ii}} | + | {{ii}} [[DRM]]: [[:Category:Digital Distribution|Digital distribution]] platform with optional [http://www.gog.com/galaxy client] and [http://www.gog.com/downloader downloader] officially providing DRM-Free games. Some games have DRM in practice, particularly multiplayer where [http://www.gog.com/galaxy GOG Galaxy] and/or third party DRM is often required. |
− | + | {{ii}} Refund policy: 30 days if not downloaded or for technical issues; see the [http://www.gog.com/support/website_help/money_back_guarantee 30 Day Money Back Guarantee] page for details.<ref>[http://www.gog.com/news/state_of_bcustomer_experience_b State of Customer Experience ● GOG.com]</ref><ref>[http://www.gog.com/support/website_help/money_back_guarantee 30 Day Money Back Guarantee - FAQ - GOG.com]</ref> | |
− | {{ii}} Refund policy: | + | {{ii}} Some games sold through third parties activate on GOG.com; see the [http://www.gog.com/reclaim Reclaim Your Games] page for details. |
'''Official Links''' | '''Official Links''' |
Revision as of 02:10, 6 August 2015
300px | |
Release dates |
---|
Key points
- DRM: Digital distribution platform with optional client and downloader officially providing DRM-Free games. Some games have DRM in practice, particularly multiplayer where GOG Galaxy and/or third party DRM is often required.
- Refund policy: 30 days if not downloaded or for technical issues; see the 30 Day Money Back Guarantee page for details.[2][3]
- Some games sold through third parties activate on GOG.com; see the Reclaim Your Games page for details.
Official Links
Community Links
- PCGamingWiki's GOG.com Enhancement Project - A project which aims to create PCGamingWiki articles for all games available on GOG.com.
- GOG Community Wiki - a large wiki for every GOG.com product, founded by forum community members. Registration closed due to spam, must contact a sysop for an account.[4]
Service
GOG.com primarily sells classic PC games, although as of March 2012 they became committed to providing newer titles too. All GOG.com games are released in a single self-extracting installer and contain no DRM; an internet connection is only necessary to buy and download a game. There is no client, although an optional downloader is provided.
Downloader
GOG.com does not supply a client like Steam, but does provide an optional downloader. The downloader installs to your computer and downloads are added via your GOG.com shelf. The downloader also supports downloading extras.
Updates
Games are rarely updated on GOG.com, but when they are, the entire installer is re-compressed and published quietly, usually with no notification. The GOG.com Downloader will download and replace your old installers, provided they are contained in the same folder they downloaded to. You must manually add a game to the downloader and simply see if it downloads to determine if it has been updated.
Free Games
While the vast majority of the available games on GOG.com is made for the reasonable prices of $5.99 and $9.99, as well as having weekend bundle sales, GOG.com has a small but reasonable amount of games that are available for free:
Issues fixed
Can't extract BINs manually
- Newer multi-part Windows installers cannot be extracted with innounp or innoextract due to using password-protected RAR archives (
.BIN
).[5] - Archive protection is due to be removed.[6]
Instructions |
---|
References
- ↑ GOG (Good Old Games) to offer classic PC DRM-free games for download
- ↑ State of Customer Experience ● GOG.com
- ↑ 30 Day Money Back Guarantee - FAQ - GOG.com
- ↑ http://www.gog.com/forum/general_archive/gogwiki_gone_live/page1
- ↑ On GNU/Linux, has anyone be able to extract the RAR InnoSetup installers?, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
- ↑ On GNU/Linux, has anyone be able to extract the RAR InnoSetup installers?, page 24 - Forum - GOG.com