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I just wanted to ask if it's possible to add a few more filters to the store to help us find games we might like.
The types of filters i most would like to see are filters for the years, either an option per year or just a few groupings like 1990-1995, 1995-2000. etc.

It's quite good as it yes, you can for instance go to the action category and then sort by oldest first. however this is not based on release date it looks like. For instance, hitman 2 will come up as older than dragon's lair trilogy for some reason.

Recently i've been on a mid-90's binge and i've noticed that here on my favorite platform it's not that easy to filter the store down to just those games.
(at least it's not intuitive and easy to spot if the option is there, which is then something to address.)

Thank you for your time. (I've marked this as a question since i interpreted the option as fitting since i'm asking gog for things,)
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The filters are broken. First of all if they please could fix the existing ones. Then make sense of the rest and then add more.
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kelzter: I just wanted to ask if it's possible to add a few more filters to the store to help us find games we might like.
The types of filters i most would like to see are filters for the years, either an option per year or just a few groupings like 1990-1995, 1995-2000. etc.

It's quite good as it yes, you can for instance go to the action category and then sort by oldest first. however this is not based on release date it looks like. For instance, hitman 2 will come up as older than dragon's lair trilogy for some reason.

Recently i've been on a mid-90's binge and i've noticed that here on my favorite platform it's not that easy to filter the store down to just those games.
(at least it's not intuitive and easy to spot if the option is there, which is then something to address.)

Thank you for your time. (I've marked this as a question since i interpreted the option as fitting since i'm asking gog for things,)
Sorting by oldest and newest IS based on release date -- it's just that a lot of games have things set wrong behind the scenes, or (in some cases) have no release date set at all. Also, in the case of games that have had a remastered (but not entirely remade) version released, or have had a compilation of base game + expansions, it's a crapshoot whether they'll use the original release date, or the release date of the remaster or "gold edition". The whole thing's a terrible mess.

And they did have filters for time periods, just like you're suggesting; however, those went away in the most recent redesign. No doubt the GOG marketing department has some wonderful rationalization for why materially harming the usability of the search function is actually a good thing.
There's probably still a way to implement the year filters in the search page URL if one knows the right phrases to insert; I can't help you there, though. :(
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Add to URL one of these:
&release=p2000
&release=2000_2004
&release=2005_2009
&release=2010_2014
&release=a2015

For example: https://www.gog.com/games?page=1&sort=popularity&release=p2000
https://www.gog.com/games?page=1&sort=popularity&release=2000_2004,2005_2009
I would appreciate a DRM filter, since there are now three types of games distributed by GOG:
_games fully DRM-free
_games with some content gated by DRM (mostly multiplayer)
_games fully locked by DRM
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InkPanther: Add to URL one of these:
&release=p2000
&release=2000_2004
&release=2005_2009
&release=2010_2014
&release=a2015

For example: https://www.gog.com/games?page=1&sort=popularity&release=p2000
https://www.gog.com/games?page=1&sort=popularity&release=2000_2004,2005_2009
Heh, I guessed someone would've documented these -- I just didn't count on them being posted so quickly. =)

Oh, and to clarify what a couple of those tags mean: "p2000" is "pre-2000", and "a2015" is "after 2015". (I'm sure most people could figure them out, but one never knows.)

Edit before posting: Actually, what about the older tags? I know there used to be a different set of years (I think the most recent category was "after 2005" for along time, and I could swear the "pre-2000" category was once "pre-1995" or something). I wonder if there's any way to get those working on the current version of the site?
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vv221: I would appreciate a DRM filter, since there are now three types of games distributed by GOG:
_games fully DRM-free
_games with some content gated by DRM (mostly multiplayer)
_games fully locked by DRM
"Fully locked", you say? Which ones might those be?
Post edited October 28, 2018 by HunchBluntley
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HunchBluntley: Heh, I guessed someone would've documented these -- I just didn't count on them being posted so quickly. =)
I'm not that crazy. ;) Several days ago somebody asked about it and I've checked web archive.

The stupid thing about it is that there's no option to apply those filters, but there are indicators in filter list if you modify URL.
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vv221: I would appreciate a DRM filter, since there are now three types of games distributed by GOG:
_games fully DRM-free
_games with some content gated by DRM (mostly multiplayer)
_games fully locked by DRM
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HunchBluntley: "Fully locked", you say? Which ones might those be?
Right now I only know of one game you can’t even download without using Galaxy (Gwent), but I’m worried that now that there is one more will come at some point.
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HunchBluntley: And they did have filters for time periods, just like you're suggesting; however, those went away in the most recent redesign. No doubt the GOG marketing department has some wonderful rationalization for why materially harming the usability of the search function is actually a good thing.
There's probably still a way to implement the year filters in the search page URL if one knows the right phrases to insert; I can't help you there, though. :(
sad they took it out for the sake of streamlining, should have been fine to just hide it under a little dropbar like "click here for even more filters"
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InkPanther: Add to URL one of these:
&release=p2000
&release=2000_2004
&release=2005_2009
&release=2010_2014
&release=a2015
This will do as a solution for now, wish they had more than just "pre 2000" though for the old ones.
i guess we can always hope they'll fix the search engine up in the future and make it a little bit more intuitive and effective!

Thanks guys ^^

edit :
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InkPanther: The stupid thing about it is that there's no option to apply those filters, but there are indicators in filter list if you modify URL.
That's really weird/stupid. it's like they had it in mind but just hid it.
Post edited October 28, 2018 by kelzter
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HunchBluntley: "Fully locked", you say? Which ones might those be?
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vv221: Right now I only know of one game you can’t even download without using Galaxy (Gwent), but I’m worried that now that there is one more will come at some point.
It is an online-multiplayer-only game that uses (and thus requires) Galaxy for its entire multiplayer infrastructure; I can't imagine what good it would do being able to download an offline installer.

I assume there probably will be more such games here eventually (though I doubt there'll ever be many of them). But as long as it's only multiplayer stuff that requires Galaxy, I will continue being fine mostly ignoring such "DRM", just as I did with the various games here that required a serial key or an account with a third-party service for their online multiplayer modes before Galaxy was ever a thing.
Post edited October 29, 2018 by HunchBluntley
Wouldn't be a good idea to add custom tags as well? It would be nice and it will help to filter the games.
Maybe you can make that only the owner of the games could add custom tags if you're afraid of a bit of chaos :^)
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Almuyadin: Wouldn't be a good idea to add custom tags as well? It would be nice and it will help to filter the games.
Maybe you can make that only the owner of the games could add custom tags if you're afraid of a bit of chaos :^)
For your library, tags are already supported.
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vv221: Right now I only know of one game you can’t even download without using Galaxy (Gwent), but I’m worried that now that there is one more will come at some point.
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HunchBluntley: It is an online-multiplayer-only game that uses (and thus requires) Galaxy for its entire multiplayer infrastructure; I can't imagine what good it would do being able to download an offline installer.
Well, it would allow us to play it through LAN, or direct IP connection, or unofficial servers…
You know, all of these *DRM-free* multiplayer methods that are available in games developed by teams caring about their users freedom ;)

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HunchBluntley: I assume there probably will be more such games here eventually (though I doubt there'll ever be many of them). But as long as it's only multiplayer stuff that requires Galaxy, I will continue being fine mostly ignoring such "DRM",
No problem with you or anyone being OK with this kind of games being sold here, but don’t you agree that labelling them honestly (like Humble Bundle does for example) should be a given?
Yeah, I have the problem when I view this forum in galaxy it's TOO small to see anything!

everything else is perfect with Galaxy!
Post edited October 29, 2018 by fr33kSh0w2012
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HunchBluntley: It is an online-multiplayer-only game that uses (and thus requires) Galaxy for its entire multiplayer infrastructure; I can't imagine what good it would do being able to download an offline installer.
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vv221: Well, it would allow us to play it through LAN, or direct IP connection, or unofficial servers…
Not without the devs adding those multiplayer options, it wouldn't. And they're almost certainly not going to do that for Gwent itself because (wait for it...) the whole point, as far as they're probably concerned, is creating a ranked online community. That sort of game may not be an MMO exactly, but it nonetheless uses the same sort of development model, and has a similar focus (and thus similar limitations in what one can expect to be able to do with the game).
Maybe there's a chance of an offshoot game in the future offering the sort of multiplayer modes you mentioned -- maybe a free update or paid DLC for Thronebreaker, maybe a completely standalone title. In any case, I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for it coming anytime soon, or for such options coming out for the main Gwent game at all.

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vv221: No problem with you or anyone being OK with this kind of games being sold here, but don’t you agree that labelling them honestly (like Humble Bundle does for example) should be a given?
Not gonna argue with you over the definition of DRM in here. I'll just point out that I'm pretty sure GOG's definition has never included any of the measures I mentioned in my previous reply as DRM, as long as they only apply to multiplayer (which is certainly the case for Gwent, as well as the formerly-In-Dev-but-currently-not-for-sale title Descent: Underground, which hadn't had the single-player mode added yet, so it was multiplayer only, and that likewise required Galaxy).

Also, the Humble Store's filters (much like GOG's) aren't always all they're cracked up to be, including with the "DRM-free" tag. :)
Post edited October 29, 2018 by HunchBluntley