Comments aimed at GOG asking them to undo their broken Dragon Age 'fixes' aren't "being negative", people just want the same non-broken product they paid for (and previously enjoyed) before GOG's 'Bull in a China Shop' approach. The game isn't some fringe case that needed single core affinity forced, it was literally praised at launch for how well it scaled on Core2Quad vs Core2Duo and AMD X4 vs X2 CPU's of the era, and still runs flawlessly on 12-16x thread CPU's today, ie, GOG's 'fix' that rendered it unplayable on many older PC's by crippling it all the way down to 2x threads (which on many CPU's is actually 1x Hyper-Threaded core), was and still is completely unnecessary.

And you are not helping anyone being one of the two well known resident forum Super-Karens (the other being foad01) constantly trying to smear and misinterpret absolutely any (entirely valid) criticism of GOG's reluctance to fix their own unnecessarily introduced bugs as "hate" that it simply isn't, also like a broken record.

So yes, another "OMG How Awfully Negative Of Me!" vote here for fixing Dragon Age Origins, please GOG.

It's a different game, but I liked Ultima 9.

And here we go. :)

Edit: Looks like the game was not fixed.

^ Precisely my point ;-)

I'm glad you agree. It's always good to be aware of yourself. You do realize Super-Karens fits more with you than dose with me.

And here I thought you were the better man. Lol

Doesn't Karn mean this?

Karen is a slang term often used to describe a middle-aged women who is perceived as obnoxious, angry, and entitled, particularly in situations involving public interactions.

Sounds lot like you.

Neither have I commented the Dragon Age situation nor have I commented any update of the GOG Preservation Program. If there are problems with updates I think GOG, the developers or the publishers should fix them.

I think all many of us want is for GOG to start fixing rather than ignoring problems and to be able to ask for that without drama queens like yourself getting triggered on an almost daily basis.

"I get tired of hearing about complaints of unfixed bugged games / Galaxy bugs, etc, so I'll constantly insinuate that anyone making them must all be haters and keep up the low-key personal attacks" - Syphon72, almost every day. If you're frustrated hearing about constant "negative" complaints, then perhaps adding your voice to encourage GOG to actually fix the bugs they negatively put it in the first place, that people are widely complaining about will be far more productive for you than your own constant negative daily addiction to shooting the messenger...

The main problem with the negative criticism here in this forum is the exaggeration. Some people here like to blow everything out of proportion. Something is not working right with GOG. GOG is dying. One game is not patched correctly. The whole GOG Preservation Program is a failure. This is combined with a very aggressive undertone. Freaking out in the forums will lead to nothing and isn't helpful at all.

You are the one who constantly complains in GOG forms. There is a difference between constructive criticism and simply whining. You consistently post negative comments, it comes across as whining rather than being helpful.

I've never seen you contribute positively to the forums. Unlike you, I have added my voice to help GOG improve and fix things. Maybe we don't agree with everything, but I report any bugs I find to GOG. I agree on multiple things GOG should fix or improve. I just don't whine 24/7 on forms about thing's.

But I'm not GOG, and they work on their own time when it comes to fixing things. Consistently being a downer all the time doesn't help, either.

I'm pretty you're great guy in person but on forms you a downer.

Also, pointing out how some user are on these forms is not attack. It's oblivious true because you took the time to reply to me.

You stated before you don't like GOG in the past.

I get that's true of some. Thing is, it's also true of those who love to pigeon-hole anyone with any criticism into "The usual suspects" as a convenient ad hominem attack label as Syphon72 does almost daily. I've re-read the thread, and no-one's saying "The Preservation program is dead because of Dragon Age". So your response itself is "forum exaggeration". Most people above (High Rated posts by the way) are reminding GOG to fix it because... they still refuse to fix it... rendering it unplayable on many older systems.

The Preservation Program also isn't a failure. It has some marketing value in exposing GOG to the press more. But a lot of people do think it's more a marketing gimmick in that it really doesn't do noticeably much more to "preserve" games than GOG were already doing just "selling" them with exactly the same patches. In fact 75% of "updates" so far have been non-updates. Like GOG is just running around stamping a fake update for the sake of adding a badge to game cards for games that already worked fine. As for "Freaking out in the forums will lead to nothing", I agree that it shouldn't but the "wall of silence" as a standardised customer response to almost anything, flaky forum, slow downloads, Galaxy wrapper bugs, etc, is so prevalent that it seems to literally take screaming "Fire" in a crowded theatre just to catch their attention on almost any topic. Communication certainly needs to be improved.

You mean like helping people with GPU drivers, or helping people with account issues, and things like that? Or perhaps you mean 'anti-GOG' post like this? Definitely seems to be a case of "Syphon72 constantly sees only 'negativity' in others no matter what they post, and has developed an unhealthy selective memory around that..."

This thread is calmer than usual. Yes. Other older threads leave a certain impression, especially the aggressive posts. When you see a constant repetition of certain things here than this impression is still a part of it. This is probably the reason for "The usual suspects" comment.

I am not saying that people here need to stay silent about problems. Some people here are spreading the word that GOG is dying because they have a shitty internet connection to GOG servers. Should GOG improve the situation of their servers? Yes. The doom and gloom part of that criticism is simply not helpful at all.

Look at AB2012's posts. AB2012 stays calm and depicts the problems as they are. This is much more helpful. Even for an idiot like me. :D

I also consider the Preservation Program primarily a marketing ploy, but it's actually starting relatively early (!) before Windows 10 support comes to an end, which should ensure compatibility with Windows 11. Personally, I think this approach makes sense, even if the majority of games (maybe ~75%, as you mentioned) don't receive proper updates. Personally, I believe this work should be part of GOG's standard repertoire and doesn't require any showmanship.

Regardless of that, I agree with foad01. Unfortunately, there are always individuals who exaggerate, constantly spread negativity, or even have destructive intentions. However, many criticisms are entirely justified.

It helps me focus on this wonderful hobby, and if there's nothing interesting on sale (like this time, unfortunately) or a particular game continues to have bugs, I play the numerous others. Stay positive :-D

You know I'm talking about GOG, when you're negative. Stop pretending you're not. Helping users has nothing to do with what we are discussing.

Thanks a lot GoG team, you are and always be the MVP.

Edit: This was duplicate post.