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[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 12 points 19 hours ago

To anyone with Linux gaming experience, how is gog gaming on Linux? I'm aware of Lutris, but is it quite as seamless as Steam?

[-] zod000@lemmy.ml 17 points 19 hours ago

It isn't as seamless as Steam, but using Lutris or Heroic are the way to go if the games doesn't have a native Linux version available on gog

[-] something_random_tho@lemmy.world 8 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

I would so much rather buy games from GOG but their Linux integration is just so much worse than Steam Big Picture, and I only play games using Linux from a couch with a controller.

Yes, it works, and I can and have done it for some titles, but it’s nowhere near ideal.

[-] zod000@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago

I agree with you fully, sadly. I still buy a portion of my games on gog, especially during their seasonal sales, but more "just in case Steam dies" and to give financial support to gog so that they can stick around and keep doing what they are doing. Hopefully they (or a third party like Lutris or Heroic) will eventually get playing gog games on par with Steam.

[-] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 16 hours ago

i use Heroic Games Launcher, and while the experience isn’t as seamless as steam (or GOG Galaxy on windows), it works pretty well!

it does the 3 things I need most from a game launcher well: install games, manage games, play games

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 11 points 19 hours ago

Use heroic if you don’t want to manually install

[-] utjebe@reddthat.com 2 points 18 hours ago

Just tried Cyberpunk, so not generaly speaking, the only extra step was that I had to select what I wanted to download.

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