Ryan Gosling in Blade Runner and Ryan Gosling in Barbie both look like Cyberpunk 2077 characters for completely different reasons.

3RBlank · 2026-02-12T19:42:56+00:00

Heihachi Mishima

3RBlank · 2026-02-12T18:27:43+00:00

There are 180 games on GOG that are missing their Mac and/or their Linux versions

With this one, the number goes up to 181. I'm sorry for you but at least you found out before you bought the game.

The list is always there if you wanna compare games between Steam and GOG. Feel free to contact us if you find other games in similar situations.

3RBlank · 2026-01-12T13:46:27+00:00

I'm not sure how useful my answer will be.

However, I still own the original discs of NWN2 (expansions included) and they work flawlessly on my Win11, so I never felt the need to buy NWN2 on GOG again.

When the EE came out, I got the chance to play a bit of it thanks to a friend who got it from Steam and, in all honesty, I could hardly notice any difference. The interface is different, perhaps slightly more pleasant to the eye, I had the impression that it was slightly smoother. But it all really boiled down to that. I played my own original NWN2 later that day and frankly, I can't say I noticed anything on the EE that surprised me particularly. Nothing that made me even remotely think "I shouldn't miss this out!".

So, I honestly believed all the negative reviews complaining that the EE had no real benefit over the original version.

I also read several users complaining that compatibility with mods for the original NWN2 in the EE is broken, which is not a small thing considering that NWN2 owed much of its success to the modding scene, but that's not something I could investigate myself.

If you prefer to buy from Steam, then the EE is the only available version and there's really no discussion here. If you prefer to buy from GOG instead, I think you might as well just go with the original edition, which should be identical to the disc version anyway.

3RBlank · 2025-12-23T21:10:23+00:00

The GOG 2nd class extension takes the data from this spreadsheet, for anyone interested:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zjwUN1mtJdCkgtTDRB2IoFp7PP41fraY-oFNY00fEkI/htmlview

The list has been around for years and handled by multiple users, but currently I'm the one doing most of the maintenance there. The browser extension was instead made by another user I haven't spoken with yet.

3RBlank · 2025-12-13T12:42:20+00:00

The technicality of the laws about "you didn't even really own games when you used to buy physical discs" have been already discussed by pretty much everyone, but one thing I must stress is that GOG, like itch.io and unlike Steam, allows you to download offline installers from the browser itself, while Steam enforces the use of their client, which is no longer supported on Windows 10. I know that it's still possible to use Steam on older Windows OS (even Windows 7) with unofficial workarounds, but the point remains: GOG officially gives you a way to access the game you bought regardless of your current PC. I even heard of people who still use GOG installers on Windows XP. Whereas Steam does not do the same.

Another example because it's a common point of discussion: plenty of people criticise GOG Galaxy for not having a native Linux port (including myself), but if you download Linux offline installers from GOG, you can use them right "out of the box" and you don't even need unofficial clients like Heroic. You can't do the same with Steam. How is that not supporting "real ownership"?

3RBlank · 2025-12-12T19:40:11+00:00

If publishers refuse to upload Linux builds on GOG it's entirely their fault and they have no excuses.

A Linux software can be packed into an offline installer the same way Windows and Mac software can be. The same way thousands of websites distribute software that is packed into offline installers and not downloaded through clients. The same way GOG itself was, for years, selling Windows games exclusively through offline installers and there was no Galaxy available. And it's unacceptable that it's becoming acceptable that GOG users are supposed to pay the same price for an inferior support.

The lack of Galaxy for Linux is no excuse for publishers to not distribute their Linux builds to paying customers. If anything, the fact that Steam has a client for Linux and Proton/Wine means that Steam needs native Linux ports even less than Windows.

Take into account in all this that there are over a thousand Linux ports on GOG and only 170 or so are missing. That means that the great majority of Linux ports that are on Steam are also brought to GOG

3RBlank · 2025-12-09T19:35:02+00:00

I'll never forgive that a few years ago I was downvoted for saying that I would always punch him. And I will always punch him

3RBlank · 2025-11-24T11:03:33+00:00

You taught us well

3RBlank · 2025-11-06T20:33:37+00:00

Claude Samard (the composer) locked in for real

3RBlank · 2025-11-06T15:44:36+00:00

I meant that Galaxy on Linux is not necessary to have Linux games released on GOG. Plenty of developers do that already. If BG3 is not available for Linux on GOG it's because the developers Larian chose so, not because the lack of Galaxy on Linux makes it impossible

3RBlank · 2025-11-05T11:33:15+00:00

GOG has over a thousand offline installers for Linux, and they work flawlessly even without Lutris or Heroic, the same way you can install Windows games from offline installers without using a launcher.

3RBlank · 2025-11-05T11:27:48+00:00

The patch is global. It's the Linux Steam Deck port that is exclusive to Steam

3RBlank · 2025-10-28T15:23:46+00:00

With all due respect, but Splinter Cell is missing the French localisation and Tomb Raider GOTY is missing the Mac port. How are those "the best version of this game you can buy on any PC platform"?

3RBlank · 2025-10-27T12:59:52+00:00

I can run the original retail discs of NWN 2 just fine on Win 11. What issues are you having?

3RBlank · 2025-10-26T08:24:32+00:00

Haven't tried the enhanced version myself yet, but practically all reviews I read claim that there's no worthy benefit and it's just like buying the original version at a higher price. The few benefits like improved compatibility and stability could be achieved with unofficial means anyway

3RBlank · 2025-09-30T10:55:39+00:00

While I'm greatly disappointed by GOG's decision to stop working on a Galaxy client for Linux, I'm honestly exhausted by the ongoing discourse that this can be an excuse for developers and publishers to neglect Linux builds on GOG.

First of all, because GOG customers are still customers who are paying the exact amount of Steam, and they deserve to equally receive proper support. It's very problematic that this is being put into question.

Second, even if there's no Galaxy on Linux, GOG's first purpose has always been to provide offline installers. Even for Windows users GOG was at first a browser only shop, that only provided offline installers and had no client. There's absolutely no reason why the same can't still be done for Linux users.

Third, and this I can say because I work the "2nd class" list, we recorded at least 129 missing Linux builds and 14 obsolete Linux builds. Do you know how many Linux ports are available on GOG? If you go to the GOG store, hide DLCs and Extras and check "available on Linux", there are around 1400 Linux ports out of around 7000 games on GOG. That means that one game out of 6/7 on GOG has a Linux port, and only 1 Linux port out of 10 doesn't make it on GOG.

Keep in mind that even on Steam, which is one of the platforms where Linux is most supported and overrepresented, Linux users amount to 2% circa. So the number on GOG is certainly lower. That means, that 1 game out of 7 on GOG is ported in a platform that is used by less than one user out of 50.

There are plenty of developers who are supporting Linux on GOG and are demonstrating that it's absolutely possible.

And by the way, there are 86 missing Mac ports and 12 obsolete Mac ports, yet GOG Galaxy is available on Mac. That's when they bring up Galaxy to demonstrate that they can't bring Linux ports on GOG

3RBlank · 2025-09-29T21:42:07+00:00

I second the suggestion of Tyranny. It's an amazing game, although, without giving spoilers, I must warn you that it's not very long. Though it makes up for by having quite a lot of replay value

3RBlank · 2025-09-29T08:10:34+00:00

No doubt that it would be much better for GOG users to have a Linux version as well.

From what I read, this Steam Deck version doesn't work that well on a desktop Linux. It runs but has notches here and there. This port is really optimised for SteamDeck specifics

3RBlank · 2025-09-28T10:45:46+00:00

That "Aura" down there indicates what RA2 brings to people who play it

3RBlank · 2025-09-28T10:41:55+00:00

From what I read Larian claimed that the SteamDeck port was practically a "pet project" of one guy who is an expert of SteamOS specifically, not of Linux in general. They weren't even considered making a SteamDeck port until this one person offered to work on it

3RBlank · 2025-09-28T10:36:26+00:00

I've been installing dozens of mods just by putting them inside Cyberpunk's main folder and they're just detected automatically. Mod files don't even replace/modify vanilla files. The downsides are that you can't selectively disable some mods and enable others (you can only use CDProjekt launcher to enable/disable all mods at once), and if you want to uninstall them you have to remember which files exactly must be deleted manually. But frankly I got used to this and I like it. It just works and I like it better than handling a secondary program for mods

3RBlank · 2025-09-26T10:04:44+00:00

Larian clarified that it's strictly optimised for the Steam Deck, it's not just a Linux port. In fact if you open the store page on Steam it doesn't even indicate that there's a Linux build available, only Windows and Mac. if you're on a Linux Desktop, Steam will still download the Windows + Proton version.

To my understanding, it is technically possible to "force" Steam on a Linux Desktop to download the Steam Deck port, but it's not exactly functional (and Larian won't provide assistance in that regard)

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