Posted July 18, 2015

mqstout
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real.geizterfahr
Grumpy Old Gamer
Registered: Apr 2010
From Spain
Posted July 18, 2015
Or you could save yourself some weeks of endless mail conversation and simply download everything you want from torrent sites. An illegal copy of a game is an illegal copy of a game. So... I don't think this would be a real problem.
Post edited July 18, 2015 by real.geizterfahr

oldsxcool
Former User
Registered: Jul 2013
From United States

0Grapher
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Registered: Jun 2014
From Germany
Posted July 18, 2015
GOG guarantee that in a 30 days period you can get your money back for whatever reason as long as you haven't downloaded any files and they guarantee that your game will run.
Steam guarantees that within two hours after your purchase you can get your money back for whatever reason but you have to put up with DRM.
Both methods have their benefits and drawbacks. You have to decide which option is better for you but you can't argue that GOG's lie about their policies.
I understand that you are discontent with the support because they didn't even attempt to fix your issue.
The way I see it, though, it is your best interest you are compromising with the decision you've just made.
Steam guarantees that within two hours after your purchase you can get your money back for whatever reason but you have to put up with DRM.
Both methods have their benefits and drawbacks. You have to decide which option is better for you but you can't argue that GOG's lie about their policies.
I understand that you are discontent with the support because they didn't even attempt to fix your issue.
The way I see it, though, it is your best interest you are compromising with the decision you've just made.

oldsxcool
Former User
Registered: Jul 2013
From United States
Posted July 18, 2015
low rated

0Grapher
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Registered: Jun 2014
From Germany
Posted July 18, 2015

If I'm not mistaken you can only refund your game for two hours on Steam.
I'm pretty sure that most bugs you are going to encounter will become apparent after two hours. Good luck getting any support on Steam.

tiny E
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Registered: Dec 2012
From Other
Posted July 18, 2015

We're barely 200 years old and we've been in 9 major wars I can think of off the top of my head (I'm sure I missed a few). XD
All we do is fucking fight! :P
Sparta didn't attack shit as much as we do.

oldsxcool
Former User
Registered: Jul 2013
From United States
Posted July 18, 2015
low rated

Steam guarantees that within two hours after your purchase you can get your money back for whatever reason but you have to put up with DRM.
Both methods have their benefits and drawbacks. You have to decide which option is better for you but you can't argue that GOG's lie about their policies.
I understand that you are discontent with the support because they didn't even attempt to fix your issue.
The way I see it, though, it is your best interest you are compromising with the decision you've just made.

tiny E
Find me in STEAM OT
Registered: Dec 2012
From Other
Posted July 18, 2015
low rated
When you went to your "old school" did you ride on the small brown bus?

oldsxcool
Former User
Registered: Jul 2013
From United States
Posted July 18, 2015
low rated


We're barely 200 years old and we've been in 9 major wars I can think of off the top of my head (I'm sure I missed a few). XD
All we do is fucking fight! :P
Sparta didn't attack shit as much as we do.
Personal attacks. Great argument there genius.
Post edited July 18, 2015 by oldsxcool

tiny E
Find me in STEAM OT
Registered: Dec 2012
From Other
Posted July 18, 2015
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Yes it was a personal attack, but it was a really funny one. :P

0Grapher
[ʔoʊɡɹæfə]
Registered: Jun 2014
From Germany
Posted July 18, 2015
Man, I pity you.
I really hope you're acting in your best interest.
Obviously, it is a great idea informing people what to expect. If you had been informed before you might have still continued to use GOG and just begun to inform yourself beforehand.
I am not entirely sure how you could expect not having to have to inform yourself about that sort of thing on GOG (contrary to Steam) because I was given the same information as you and didn't jump to that conclusion.
For some reason you implied that Kristian is comparing apples and oranges. This is what you're doing imho because you've had a non-issue that you can resolve at least as easily as restarting your game and you're comparing that to a game-breaking bug.
I really hope you're acting in your best interest.
Obviously, it is a great idea informing people what to expect. If you had been informed before you might have still continued to use GOG and just begun to inform yourself beforehand.
I am not entirely sure how you could expect not having to have to inform yourself about that sort of thing on GOG (contrary to Steam) because I was given the same information as you and didn't jump to that conclusion.
For some reason you implied that Kristian is comparing apples and oranges. This is what you're doing imho because you've had a non-issue that you can resolve at least as easily as restarting your game and you're comparing that to a game-breaking bug.
Post edited July 18, 2015 by 0Grapher

oldsxcool
Former User
Registered: Jul 2013
From United States
Posted July 18, 2015
low rated
I discovered the music problem with Outlaws within the first 5 minutes of gameplay. Good luck getting any help from GOG that you can't already get from community message boards. I had a problem with MDK 2 that I bought here on GOG that GOG had no clue about, but the fix was reveled by a member of this message board. I've had a problem with massive color problems on both X-Wing and Tie-Fighter that I bought from here that GOG had no information on. I fixed them both myself. Don't tell me that GOG is some great help. I've already been there done that.

0Grapher
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Registered: Jun 2014
From Germany
Posted July 18, 2015

Edit: When recommending GOG I'll be sure to also warn people that the support won't solve all issues.
Post edited July 18, 2015 by 0Grapher

oldsxcool
Former User
Registered: Jul 2013
From United States
Posted July 18, 2015
low rated

I really hope you're acting in your best interest.
Obviously, it is a great idea informing people what to expect. If you had been informed before you might have still continued to use GOG and just begun to inform yourself beforehand.
I am not entirely sure how you could expect not having to have to inform yourself about that sort of thing on GOG (contrary to Steam) because I was given the same information as you and didn't jump to that conclusion.
For some reason you implied that Kristian is comparing apples and oranges. This is what you're doing imho because you've had a non-issue that you can resolve at least as easily as restarting your game and you're comparing that to a game-breaking bug.
About my non-issue, at the time I placed the service ticket I did not know it was as easy to workaround as it was, and neither did GOG Support . GOG told me that they knew about the problem and that they were sorry for my inconvenience. They didn't ask me to try anything to remedy or to work around the issue. Basically I waited almost a week for someone to tell me I was SOL. At that point I was already looking further into a possible solution since it was looking like I was SOL. I've fixed and worked around many issues with GOG games myself before, this one just took me a little longer. Still GOG's attitude that "we know it's broke and we can't fix it and couldn't care less" is what became the problem after I found the fix. Understand my problem is not the game, it's GOG.