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Posted April 29, 2020
Across the years, Dungeon Siege and Deus Ex series gathered a massive fanbase among the gamers worldwide. Today Dungeon Siege Collection, as well as Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director’s Cut and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided arrive on GOG.COM in all DRM-free glory.

Dungeon Siege Collection (-85%) includes three parts of the cult fantasy RPG series, along with the DLC titled Treasures of the Sun. The Dungeon Siege series was born in 2002 from the Gas Powered Games studio members' passion for the RPG genre. The title captivated gamers around the world with its rich fantasy world, beautiful 3D graphics, and mechanics that were easy to grasp even for the beginners in the RPG domain. It was only a matter of time when the sequel was released in 2005 with the expanded world and a more complex storyline.

Over the years, Dungeon Siege became a cult classic. This led to a movie adaptation of the game featuring Jason Statham and, finally, to the third part of the series. This time it was created by Obsidian Entertainment (veterans of Baldur’s Gate) and published by Square Enix. Released in 2011, Dungeon Siege III introduced gamers to an innovative combat system that made the gameplay even more dynamic and engaging.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution (-85%) is also a good example of revamping a cult series. After Deus Ex (2000) and Deus Ex: Invisible War (2003) made a lot of fans thanks to the cyberpunk setting and RPG elements, the series went into a hiatus for nearly a decade.

Human Revolution lets us revisit the same dystopian universe of the future, albeit its story is set a few decades earlier. The world is divided between the supporters and opponents of human augmentations. The main protagonist, Adam Jensen, is a former SWAT member and the head of security at a tech company. He is being cast into the above-mentioned strife after suffering heavy wounds and being biotechnologically enhanced in order to save his life. During the game, the player can expand the main character’s augmentation further, making him even more lethal.

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (-85%) further expanded on adventures of Adam Jensen, merging action elements with RPG decision making, that changed the face of the storyline. One of its highly praised elements was the so-called Breach - an alternative game mode set in the virtual world. On top of that Deus Ex series was even further expanded with the successful comics series.

Now you can revisit the fascinating universes of Dungeon Siege and Deus Ex once more, thanks to the Square Enix Publisher Sale on GOG.COM featuring deals up to 89% off until 4th May 2020, 1 PM UTC.
Posted May 02, 2020
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Grargar: Well, you just made me remember that No Man's Sky Galaxy-only multiplayer was called DRM-Free...
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HypersomniacLive: Not sure I follow; elaborate, please.
Probably because that game along others requires galaxy in order to use MP features (or MP in the first place at all).

Can't say I like the idea, but it's probably to make life "easier" to these devs used to steamworks, making MP a possibility even on GOG releases, instead of having their MP portion outright stripped, or the game not releasing anymore at all (like the senran kagura case).

Still, it sucks.
Posted May 02, 2020
So, I've just requested a refund. Please do the same if you don't want to accept this violation of DRM-freedom.
Posted May 02, 2020
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Grargar: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/no_mans_sky_next_update_now_live_08fb8

Take a look at the thread's title and first post.
There you go, you proved me right that they already do.



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Kyousuke.: Probably because that game along others requires galaxy in order to use MP features (or MP in the first place at all).

Can't say I like the idea, but it's probably to make life "easier" to these devs used to steamworks, making MP a possibility even on GOG releases, instead of having their MP portion outright stripped, or the game not releasing anymore at all (like the senran kagura case).

Still, it sucks.
Well, turns out that's not exactly what Grargar meant.

Regarding the point you're making - I've said a few years back that Steam single handedly created lazy devs and lazy gamers. Probably not a popular opinion, but I still believe it.
Post edited May 02, 2020 by HypersomniacLive
Posted May 02, 2020
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TheMonkofDestiny: It isn't even the first time. I keep bringing the corpse of SecuROM in the first F.E.A.R. game up as a good example (complete with GOG going on record about that game and its DRM), but others have talked about other titles as well.
Securom leftovers that are totally dormant and do nothing are a lot different from a Galaxy requirement on DLC, IMO.
Posted May 02, 2020
I'm quite sure this will be fixed, though probably not until next week. You'll have to decide whether or not this is acceptable to you (via the consistency future purchases here, and letting GOG know your decision if you decide to spend less money here).

edit: and it's almost midnight in Poland I believe
Post edited May 02, 2020 by tfishell
Posted May 02, 2020
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StingingVelvet: Securom leftovers that are totally dormant and do nothing are a lot different from a Galaxy requirement on DLC, IMO.
The section of the post I responded to was the fact that it's being sold in a game at all, whether it's actively peeing on parades is another matter. The validation check on the Mankind Divided DLC is indeed heinous, though.
Posted May 02, 2020
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TheMonkofDestiny: The section of the post I responded to was the fact that it's being sold in a game at all, whether it's actively peeing on parades is another matter. The validation check on the Mankind Divided DLC is indeed heinous, though.
Fair enough. I just know I buy games on GOG, despite some disadvantages, because I want offline complete installers I can backup and maybe one day run on a Windows 7/10 legacy machine. If I am not offered that, I'd rather just have the Steam version which could have more support and features. If GOG starts making Galaxy necessary for singleplayer, it ruins the whole point of their existence for me.

However I assume this is a fluke that will be fixed, so I'm not getting histrionic... yet. ;)
Posted May 02, 2020
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I've championed GOG for many years,and I started when you guys were nothing but a website and now you are allowing DRM in games. WHAT IN THE ACTUAL HELL? The whole purpose of GOG is to provide DRM free games and now you guys do this.

Please don't say it was an oversight because you guys had to know it was there.
Posted May 02, 2020
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StingingVelvet: However I assume this is a fluke that will be fixed, so I'm not getting histrionic... yet. ;)
Hopefully that's the outcome. Not being a Galaxy user myself, I could be angry over this but I'm willing to give GOG the room to breathe and possibly fix it.

Unless someone gets an actual support response that starts down familiar territory glimpsed in the F.E.A.R. case... then I'll just add another log to the disappointment fire.
Posted May 02, 2020
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scrubking: I've championed GOG for many years,and I started when you guys were nothing but a website and now you are allowing DRM in games. WHAT IN THE ACTUAL HELL? The whole purpose of GOG is to provide DRM free games and now you guys do this.
You are a little late, It already happened multiple times in the past (e.g. The Escapist Walking Dead, For the King, etc... and now for a weapon DLC for DXMD). Until now it has always been fixed soon after it has been discovered and reported, it will most probably be the case this time too.
Posted May 02, 2020
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scrubking: I've championed GOG for many years,and I started when you guys were nothing but a website and now you are allowing DRM in games. WHAT IN THE ACTUAL HELL? The whole purpose of GOG is to provide DRM free games and now you guys do this.
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Gersen: You are a little late, It already happened multiple times in the past (e.g. The Escapist Walking Dead, For the King, etc... and now for a weapon DLC for DXMD). Until now it has always been fixed soon after it has been discovered and reported, it will most probably be the case this time too.
It's not a weapon DLC for DXMD. The 3 story DLCs cannot be accessed without Galaxy. They simply will not work.
Posted May 02, 2020
I assume this is an oversight but imo it is a bad one and indeed worth contacting Support over. Consider that the game For the King is now fixed but for months apparently had some kind of glitch where non-Galaxy users couldn't get past the title screen. I know times are crazy for everyone but I am hoping this new DRM glitch with Deus Ex doesn't take months to fix.
Posted May 02, 2020
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So the reason was found out by a cracking group called Plaza. Which for the first time actually cracked a Gog Galaxy game by emulating Ghost a protocol used by the EXE to wrap steam calls into galaxy to activate DLC.

Here is the basics:
This is a very interesting case. Square Enix/eidos gave GOG the unprotected binary but they left all the Steam stuff intact, probably because Square Enix didn't want to waste any of that sweet MTX money on dev work. So GOG had to add a platform bridge called Ghost to the game. It's a wrapper that translates the Steam calls and redirects them to GOG Galaxy so the DLC gets unlocked. This brings us to the unique situation where a GOG game, for the first time ever, actually needs a crack, which is essentially just a normal Steam crack without custom platform bridges. Enjoy!
Thats directly form the Cracking crew that popped the Ghost wrapper bridge developed by GOG. Hope that helps everyone know whats going on and why. Blame the Square Enix/eidos, but also blame GOG for not telling us.

All GOG needs to do is say: The below DLC will only work with Galaxy installed, that should cover their butts. The rest of the game functions without issue at all. I would love to see them actually fix it but i doubt they can. unless they dig into the Plaza crack and copy what they did.
Post edited May 02, 2020 by Starkrun
Posted May 02, 2020
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racofer: It's not a weapon DLC for DXMD. The 3 story DLCs cannot be accessed without Galaxy. They simply will not work.
Ok, I thought I read in the DXMD forum somebody saying that the story DLCs weren't the issue... honestly I haven't tested yet... but anyway it's something that hopefully will be fixed soon.

EDIT : I re-read the whole thread and apparently it was a misunderstanding on my part and the story DLC are impacted as you said.
Post edited May 02, 2020 by Gersen
Posted May 02, 2020
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HypersomniacLive: Well, turns out that's not exactly what Grargar meant.

Regarding the point you're making - I've said a few years back that Steam single handedly created lazy devs and lazy gamers. Probably not a popular opinion, but I still believe it.
To be fair, it's not that valve created lazy devs, it's more that devs abused these features making it a standard, which is an issue when some features of a game works around it (ironically though, steam emulation has reached a point in which you can do this without steam, unless these MP features use external components on top of steamworks lobby system).

As or lazy gamers, it's not valve's fault either. We have way more casual gamers then before, or even worse, those who just want to play a game, regardless of anti consumer tactics or system threatening these protection can get: have you heard about the serious issue regarding the valorant anti-cheat protection? And people are DEFENDING this BS!
Post edited May 02, 2020 by Kyousuke.
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