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Is there any way to get achievements working on GOG pirated games? (lemmy.today)
submitted 2 weeks ago by JohnDarlen@lemmy.today to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Steam has Mr. Goldberg emulator which makes it possible to register the achievements in a .txt file automatically.

But what about GOG? Afaik they only provide such features if you buy from their site and use their launcher, or am I wrong?

This kind of defeats the purpose of free DRM games, I want the achievements working too if I'll pay for it, I want the whole experience.

It seems you need to have the game linked to your account then launch it via their launcher, why can't we just import the game and get things working as if it was bought? That's something weird I think about GOG and that's why I don't believe too much they're that much pro consumer.

I was thinking about start buying some games but if I can't have the whole experience I don't see a reason for it. I don't want to be vendor locked by some launcher. Using Steam + Goldberg emu I can have everything including achievements in a very simple format that can be parsed by any simple program.

If GOG can implement achievements why don't they embbed it with the game .exe itself?

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[–] Meridula@europe.pub 24 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I sometimes have trouble understanding the need for achievements like that and trying to make a big deal out of it working or not. If its important, take a sheet of paper, write the achievements from steam on it and cross it from the paper once you are done. Doesnt matter if the machine lets it count, you know you did it and cross it off, right?

[–] JohnDarlen@lemmy.today 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I see achievements as a path made by the devs to guide you throught all the game features, I want an official way to know I did something. Kill X enemies with Y gun, ok, they probably want me to experience using some specific gun they worked on it but they don't want to make it mandatory use inside the game.

There's you explanation.

[–] mohab@piefed.social 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The people you're replying to clearly don't care about replayability; I'm guessing they want either a sandbox environment with no rules or to beat a game once and move on. Don't bother arguing back. It's a waste of time.

[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You're qualified to pidgeonhole everyone else's game preference based on whether they care about achievements, but I'm the arrogant, ignorant one?

[–] mohab@piefed.social -2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Hey, fight fire with fire. I'm attempting to cancel out your unwanted noise.

OP's question was regarding GOG achievements, you have literally contributed nothing related to the discussion thus far and never will because you have nothing of value to add. Pack it up and go play your achievement-less games in peace.

[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

By making an ass of yourself rather than contributing in any meaningful way to the discussion

[–] mohab@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

What kind of games do you play? If the game you play has any complex mechanics, you may be thinking you're doing something right when you aren't. Achievements checks help with that.