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Posted January 26, 2011
i noticed gamersgate has a few games steam dont but i know nothing about them bar the fact they exist, any info you can divulge is appreciated
Post edited January 26, 2011 by ShogunDarius
Posted January 26, 2011
Your account lists all the games you have bought from them and you can download them from their website. The download is in fact their download manager which will download the game files and run the actual installer.

Most of the time it is possible to copy the actual installer files at that moment and therefore their download manager is not useful anymore. It is quite handy for drm free games.

I've bought several games from them and I didn't have any problem with them.
Posted January 26, 2011
I have used Gamersgate a few times and found it to be a fairly easy experience.

In similar style to GOG, your games are stored in an online account and can be downloaded at any time. The files are delivered via a piece of download software which gives you the choice off keeping the files on your pc, or deleting them after installation.

As far as I am aware all their software still retains the DRM however.

Thanks
Posted January 26, 2011
You can circumvent their in-house DRM though, by simply "tricking" their downloader into unlocking -> starting up the installer, then copying the unlocked installer file(s) into another directory, and presto you have DRM-free games. Not every game can be circumvented, though to date I haven't had a problem with this unofficial trick yet.

The best thing about Gamersgate is their support, which is class. They're really friendly, and they actually take the time to reply appropriately. If you tweet them, Angie will reply to your tweets quite promptly (usually within a working day or so); if you email them, either Dany, Andreas or Ashot will reply you in just a few days. It's really cool, and in the support emails corresponded to and fro, we've even thrown in a few miscellaneous remarks and statements too. In a nutshell, what's neat about GG's support is that they really treat their customers with respect, and I think they're aware of it too. If Steam is to be an analogue to Walmart, then GG is the digital distributor equivalent of a large, well-off mom-and-pop store.

The next best thing are the blue coins, which you can accumulate and redeem games with. Through reviews, ratings and game tutors, I've netted a good 25k or so blue coins already, which is the equivalent of USD25. Really cool stuff.
Post edited January 26, 2011 by lowyhong
Posted January 26, 2011
Gamersgate owns. If GOG doesn't have it yet, I go to Gamersgate.
Posted January 26, 2011
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Mentalepsy: Gamersgate owns. If GOG doesn't have it yet, I go to Gamersgate.
Angie :D
Posted January 26, 2011
If Gamersgate and Steam both have a game I want and the Gamersgate version is very slightly more expensive then that's still the place I'm going to be getting it from.

Gamersgate have their problems, like third party DRM, regional prices and regional restrictions. But Steam has all those problems and many more besides. At least Gamersgate tell you about the DRM they use and will offer a refund in the worst case scenario. That's not something that's easy to get Steam to do.
Posted January 26, 2011
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lowyhong: You can circumvent Gamersgate in-house DRM
That's why Gg is far better than Steam.
Posted January 26, 2011
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lowyhong: Angie :D
Angie!
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lowyhong: Not every game can be circumvented, though to date I haven't had a problem with this unofficial trick yet.
Sometimes I feel a bit bad about ripping out GG's protections, since the team is so uncommonly eager to please, but the thing is, the fact that I can do that is the biggest reason I spend so much money there. Losing that extra layer of DRM is worth money to me, especially when it comes to games that don't have publisher DRM, because that means the game becomes totally DRM-free. If they locked up their installer more tightly, I would be much more reluctant to shop there.

It's not as if I'm distributing their games on torrents, after all; I strip out the installer solely for my own sake, and I pay for everything fair and square.

Besides, left as-is, the installer is a damned irritant when you're trying to make backups, due to the peculiar directory structure and the fact that it requires write access to the disk.
Post edited January 26, 2011 by Mentalepsy
Posted January 26, 2011
Got the Elven Legacy Collection and the X-Com Collection from GG (and some more) and no reason to complain. GG delivers good service and indicates DRM in most cases. Prices are okay, only slightly higher or equal from my experience than Steam prices (when both have a sale, e.g. the christmas sale). Apart from that I read the reviews of the customers sometimes before buying (I do the same here).

The only thing I don't like: regional pricing with 1$=1€ in many cases.
Post edited January 26, 2011 by Trilarion
Posted January 26, 2011
GamersGate is a pretty damn good service. It is a very good alternative to Steam, even if some of their games have DRM other than the basic one from the service (which can be circumvented)

On the other hand that is also true of Steam. You won't get achievements or some of the social niceties of Steam (even if you can add them tothe steam client as shortcuts to get the overlay and whatnot)
Posted January 26, 2011
I believe that any other download site(Direct2Drive, Gamersgate, and GoG) is a better alternative to Steam. Gamersgate is not perfect since I had a technical issue with a download that took a few days to resolve. The 'support' was useless and I was able to resolve the problem myself.
Posted January 26, 2011
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Mentalepsy: Gamersgate owns. If GOG doesn't have it yet, I go to Gamersgate.
Same here. I buy boxed copies whenever possible, but if the game is online only Gamersgate is my first stop... no store DRM added, no client, good prices.
Posted January 26, 2011
I'll just say that I'd rather give my money to GamersGate than to Valve. Which is why I so happy that GamersGate are now selling Steamworks titles.

In regard to support, when I had a problem with a game that didn't work at all on Steam, they proceeded to ignore my support tickets for over two years. Never once offering a refund.

When I had a game on GamersGate that didn't work, they gave me a few things to try (which didn't work) and on shown proof of the problem via a screenshot, gave me a full refund within 3 weeks -- the process would have been far faster had the game not been one with a serial key and had the problem not occurred during their winter break.
Posted January 26, 2011
well i'l; give them alook, they have a few rpgs that caught my eye is all
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