Comment by 2OEH8eoCRo0
1 day ago
Same but I strangely miss the social aspect of achievements on Steam. I prefer GOG but wish the achievements synced.
1 day ago
Same but I strangely miss the social aspect of achievements on Steam. I prefer GOG but wish the achievements synced.
You are the first person I hear that seems to care about that.
I typically think of myself (and try to act like) a rather rational person. The amount of hours of my life that I've done silly, mindless and occasionally annoying things because some Steam achievement required it is something I can't quite square with that. There's something oddly satisfying about getting them.
It's certainly not a primary purchase decision factor but I've not bought games because they did not come with steam achievements.
I can take them or leave them, but maybe because I don't care much I feel like I get net enjoyment from them. Especially the funny ones (e.g. dying in an unusual way).
This is yet another reminder for me that the world is full of different people.
I view achievements as one of the most annoying developments in games (and unfortunately some productivity software these days, in the shape of "badges").
They're yet another gamified growth/engagement pattern to contend with in life.
Its one of the main reasons why I buy on steam. Makes games much more engaging, especially for me because I prefer hard action games with little to no story.
I care about it a little, not comparing with friends, but I do like the "X% of players" stats.
It seems to me (speaking from a non-gamer perspective) that Steam has nailed down the "app store" vibe better than GOG. I haven't looked much at GOG Galaxy, but AFAIK it's not a Steam-like app to search, buy, install and update games and DLC. I think that's a big part (the only part, maybe?) of Steam's value proposition.
Galaxy is a woefully unmaintained product. It's had known and unfixed CVEs for years now.
https://app.opencve.io/cve/?vendor=gog#:~:text=The%20GalaxyC...