Does anyone have experience with playing Baldurs Gate 3 from GOG? (feddit.de)

submitted 1 year ago by Gnorv@feddit.de to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

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I have read it runs fine on steam but would rather buy it on GOG due to the lack of DRM.

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[-] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago

The steam version is also DRM free IIRC.

Why does that make you able to play co-op over LAN?

[-] Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

The steam version is also DRM free IIRC.

steam IS drm...

[-] schizosfera@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

No, Steam is a store and a content delivery mechanism. It has the option to add DRM, which developers may choose to do, but don't have to. There are games which can be purchased on Steam and which can be launched without the Steam client, just like any normal program.

[-] Privatepower42@fosstodon.org 0 points 1 year ago

@schizosfera @endDRM could use your thoughts on this.

[-] schizosfera@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Are you being sarcastic or are you asking for assistance? Please clarify.

[-] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Because she has my copy of the game installed on her PC too, so with one copy we're able to play together on two different computers instead of sharing a screen.

The lack of DRM means GoG doesn't care about whether I'm online on more than one PC. Steam does, meaning one of us would need to be in offline mode. In games that implement the Steam DRM this would mean that the person in offline mode wouldn't be able to play multiplayer.

Apparently that isn't the case with this game but I didn't realize that.

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