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[–] dragnansia@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (15 children)

If like you say Steam is only garbage, make a list of good alternative.

Epic Game (worst)
- Launcher -> horrible and worst than Steam. Actually you can use heroic games launcher (less problems)
- Store -> really bad
- DRM
- Need update to play game
- Only Windows / Mac (i don't care about mobile for the small amount of game)
- Not version for Linux and Tim Sweeney not like Linux and say a big amount of stupidity.
- Doesn't have all the tools and feature for dev like Steam
- No Workshop alternative
Gog (need more game and feature)
- Gog galaxy (latest test in 2022) -> good launcher but no Linux version
- Games for Windows, Linux, Mac
- Not all game can be found here because it's only DRM free game
- Doesn't have all the tools and feature for dev like Steam
- No Workshop alternative

From what i can see, Steam is not perfect but it's better than Epic for sure, and have more feature and game than Gog. I don't include itch because for me it's not a gaming store.

If anyone have another store, or want to correct anything.

[–] Asetru 2 points 2 months ago (12 children)

What about... Physical media? Like, ordering a dvd from amazon with your game on it that you then play on a machine that's not even connected to the Internet?

[–] rivalary@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I remember the physical media PC game days. At the end, the games had horrible copy protection/DRM. I remember not having an internet connection for a while and I went to buy a game that I could play. All the games on the shelf had a notice on the box that said "internet connection required". Single player games needed to be activated, and if you ran out of activations you either had to contact the company to reset it or you were shit outta luck. I far prefer the combination of Steam and GoG.

[–] Asetru 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I remember the physical media PC game days before those days when CDs had a copy protection that barely worked and nothing else. I got a game, headed home, installed it and played the whole afternoon without being online once.

[–] rivalary@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

That's true, but those days are long behind us. Now, games are released in an unfinished state and require, at the very least, a day-one patch for any hope of a non-buggy experience. It's sad affairs everywhere in all aspects of the industry.

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