Basically GOG got up one day and say... "You know how people keep complaining about stuff on the website? Let's do something about it... and change the website so they can find NEW things to complain about." It's like they change the looks of it every one or two years.

Good answer.

I can only give you one +, but it's bigger on the inside.

I was lost in the ass off the universe!

Don't you worry, one year later and the elitist gatekeeper old farts are still here and still feeling so good to be "opressed" by GOG "not catering to poor little them".

You'll fit right in.

Darn tootin'!

; )

That's how I do it in my marriage. I purposefully give her little stuff to gripe about so she doesn't go out of her way to find other, bigger things to gripe about.

The sales are fucking trash that's what happened.

Yeah it was like someone was like "yeah let's redesign the store page" and then the other guy was like "yeah, let's do it!" and then they were all like "yeah, let's!" and then someone BOOM just did it and they were all like "awwww...".

And that's how we are here now. Who the heck knows what the future holds for us.

Other than that, I myself don't really have an opinion on the recent changes yet. I noticed though that now I couldn't quickly figure out how to see the game page youtube videos in fullscreen. I was able to make it show it bigger (with borders), but then there was no sound and there was a price tag obstructing part of the video.

Dammit, I just wanted to re-watch the Starpoint Gemini 2 trailer because it is so kickass!

https://www.gog.com/game/starpoint_gemini_2

EDIT: Ok, somehow I now figured it out. Clicking on the video snapshot on the media banner started it with sound this time, and there was the normal maximize button there. Worked ok this time.

Yep, where are
those days? :)

Oh, I see how things are going. I take it that we can expect 2-3 weeks of daily posts, about how people hate the new look, and they are leaving GOG, because it's becoming like Steam and THE END IS COMING...

Inflation. She's a nasty lady.

Well, I got my towel, so I won`t panic!

Meanwhile, purchasing and downloading games works pretty much exactly like it did before. So Same Process + Different Appearance = The End Is Near.

Basically, yeah.

It all boils down to this: they did a facelift on the website, there were some (mostly cosmetic) changes, some changes happened. But the forum whiners? Nah, those never change, they're like the Fallout narration by Ron Perlman.

I understand when people got angry at GOG when the whole "fair price" debacle happened; heck, I was mad, too. But then I just stopped visiting the forums, because I couldn't stand the fear mongering and the slippery-slope fallacy scenarios that sprouted from there, the whole persecutorial crap of "THE END IS NIGH! IT'S BECOMING STEAM!" and the "I'm entitled to this being a small store for elitist douchebags like me who just masturbate over the nostalgia-imbued 'good old days' and I hate change because it frightens me".

Anyway, just wait a couple of weeks and it'll subside when they find another thing to complain about, maybe the next roguelite, the next pixel-art game, the next Devolver-published title, the next "why is this game here instead of [insert specific game that person wanted]?", the next "woah, GOG, this is borderline DRM because it requires Galaxy for online play".

So, notwithstanding the fact that your bias against old-school minded users who made this site what it is, is also a form of "gate-keeping" (as you put it), I feel I need to address your above quote in particular. Because Galaxy-only multiplayer is not just "borderline" DRM. By logical standards it fits the criteria of DRM. It is not all GOG's fault; I blame developers, Scheme, and modernists who gush over every change. That is why we're at this point already

Galaxy-only multiplayer is only good for as long as you can access the internet, as long as Galaxy continues working, and as long as GOG is still around. Now, I hope GOG, meaning this store of standalone offline installers, is around forever. But hypothetically speaking, what do you think happens to Galaxy multiplayer if GOG were to someday years from now close shop, or change to a new business venture, or no longer be what it currently is for whatever reason?

I embrace the principles put forth by GOG on FCKDRM.com, because I believe game preservation is important. I am sure this probably just makes me an old fuddy-duddy stick in the mud square or whatever other pejoratives you want to throw at the scant few of us left who dare to want to have control over the things we purchase. But here is relevant language from FCKDRM.com, accessed today, just now.

"Digital Rights Management, DRM, is a really broad term for tech that controls how, and when, digital content can be used – like your games, music, video, or books.

Games with DRM include a layer of software or code on top of what's needed to just play the game. Nowadays DRM will send your information to an online server, it could run checks to see if you touched any files, or outright refuse access unless you're logged in somewhere.

Sure, DRM might not affect you right now, but corporations hold the key and they'll only let you in as long as you can repeatedly prove ownership. As long as you're connected to the internet. As long as their DRM works without fault. As long they're still around.

Support digital preservation
By choosing the right sources, you know that the content you bought will remain with you – no matter when it was created or for what hardware."

Sure sounds like the antithesis of Galaxy-only multiplayer to me.