https://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/enhance_gogs_communication_with_its_users_and_be_more_transparent

Now that you say it - it's 13 for me too .... well, the number of posts is what counts and this should be the same for everybody :)

It did (for me anyway) show how many games were updated. Then go to https://www.gog.com/account click the arrow next to My Collection > Updated ... to view the specific games.

But it only told you how many games were updated and not which one. To download them you needed to know which one and therefore you still needed the website to figure this out.

Sure, I was just trying to say that you could find most of the updated ones without that forum topic (though it is a nice extra).

The Downloader wasn't obsolete for me - I was using it. Well done for annoying one of your customers.

i don't know why people are upset about this. Maintaining obsolete software is against any company's regulation. They probably did the risk assessment a while ago. Beside, built-in web browser downloader has come a long and generally stable nowadays. I never have any needs for third party downloader since 2010. GOG is being transparent and honest here.

Now, now, give GOG some credit - they annoyed a whole lot more than just one customer.

I have been a member since July 2013 and have 503 games through gog.I used the downloader for every game i purchased.
I load multiple games onto the downloader and leave a laptop at my friends house overnight to get my games. What am i supposed to do now? Hit download on every part individualy and wait,fingers crossed that it doesn't fail? If i can't get my downloads in an easy manner then why should i keep buying here?
I'm not interested in galaxy,I want my games backed up and ready to install when i want them.

Bring the updater back and keep it up to date!

use galaxy and do exact lee teh same thang

wow
if you complain about not wantin' to use it, thats your prerogative
but you have options

"i want to back up my games in bulk but in this wai not that wai!"

sympathy lost

Maybe use the archive feature in Galaxy? Since it can do exactly what you are asking and then you don't need to use Galaxy to even play the games. The logic is: I would use GOG Downloader to get my games for offline installation, but I wont use GOG Galaxy to do the same thing?

Eventually API's need to change. They dropped support for the Downloader 6 years ago, in the meantime they have created another very simple way to achieve the same result that fits with their new API structure.

What is all this "Not interested in Galaxy" from people who obviously don't know anything about GOG Galaxy? I know this post will get "low rated" because you crybabies think everyone and everything needs to cater you your every demand. How about you all go buy your old, obscure games from somewhere else that will give them to you DRM free. Oh wait.

Personally, I don't get the hate for this. I never used it, not even once. Up until the beginning of last month, I just downloaded my GOG games directly through my Games page. Now, I tend to use Galaxy 2.0. Why is it such a big deal to people? If you don't want to use Galaxy 2.0, just download the offline installers, it's not that difficult to do.

Because in spite of being given five years advance notice of pulled support for the GOG Downloader, none of them had considered that yes, the part the staff had said at the time was true.

And in spite of having at least three options to pick from, many of them seem to be afraid of things like python scripts and being logical alternatives.

Obsolete = depends on definition. As long as there is no true alternative that can do exactly the same I won't consider it "obsolete".

Galaxy is not able to do the same that Downloader did which has been said multiple times.

Just because YOU don't need it does not mean that others did - have some empathy, please!

GOG is not trnsparent because they never told us a true reason why they did remove it. Many tried to explain instead of GOG but GOG itself was not transparent and only gave us some PR explanation that did not explain much at all.

And yes, I've said this already multiple times but seeing as the new posters here obviously did not read the thread before they post I thought I better post this again so we don't continue arguing about the same things over and over.
You (once again) forgot that Galaxy is not showing updated games that aren't installed. You (once again) forgot to mention that Galaxy is not recognizing if the game has been downloaded already.

I guess "sympathy lost" as well?

Oh come on, Darvond. Stop it or bring TRUE alternatives. For those who don't want to download EVERY game but only the updated ones split on several external HDDs (like I do) GOGRepo is not the way to go - I tried it myself. Galaxy is not a true alternative (see above) and browser downloads are not able to queue downloads and they are not building automatic folder structures as well. If Galaxy should ever receive the missing features (and get rid of this temp folder zthat is created with each installer download) you could call it an alternative - but you also could not deny that it is a much bigger tool taking far longer to start and that it sprerads information people might not want to have spread - especially on GOG.

It would be so great if those who are always talking about alternatives but then don't offer true alternatives could finally quit this discussion and go back to their scripts and browsers. "We" don't want them to quit using their scripts anymore (which they are used to) we just try to tell GOG that we dislike their decision to take us the opportunity of using our prefered way to download. And yes, I know that our chances are slim (no need to tell this over and over again) but why aren't we allowed to tell GOG that it is not just one or two people they offended with this? What is eating at those "use alternatives" people that they can't stand or even understand how people would try to fight just because they want to tell GOG that they disliked what they did?

What's so wrong about trying to fight for something you like? I'll tell you: nothing. But what could be wrong in trying to prevent others to fight for what they want? Everything, because no matter if GOG should redecide or not it won't harm you "I never used Downloader" people at all! Is this so hard to understand?