GOG Galaxy 2.0

GBRusty · 25 Jul 2019 at 12:47

Eaxctly the same boat as you.

I thought I'd signed up for the beta but maybe I forgot...goes to look at the GOG website to check

EDIT: Ah, my workplace firewalls/web virus checker won't allow me to load it.
Then I probbly forgot to try it at home.

styuR · 25 Jul 2019 at 15:53

I do wonder if Steam will reciprocate the compatibility and let you see GOG games in your Steam library.

chroniclard · 25 Jul 2019 at 16:14

Slightly interested, if it works well.

Currently have a batch file that runs all my launchers at once, launch it once a week or so just so all the games update.

seabiscuit · 25 Jul 2019 at 17:07

styuR said:
I do wonder if Steam will reciprocate the compatibility and let you see GOG games in your Steam library.

Can't you already do this through the "Add Game - Add a non-Steam game" option?

chroniclard · 25 Jul 2019 at 17:15

seabiscuit said:
Can't you already do this through the "Add Game - Add a non-Steam game" option?

Yeah but you would hope it offers a bit more integration/functionality than that, including friends and game updates etc.

Tombstone · 25 Jul 2019 at 18:07

Ahhhh, so thats what this is. I saw Cohhcarnage using this on his stream a few weeks ago and wondered what launcher it was.

Pretty nifty, I'll give that a go too

TheSwede · 6 Aug 2019 at 14:11

JunglistE said:
I'm 21 hours behind you, so hopefully neither of us have long to wait

I got the invite an hour ago or so, you might see yours soonish as well then.

Got a bit of a scare after having clicked on the Download link, it says **GOG GALAXY 2.0 requires Windows 8 or newer.** But, I tried and it installed just fine on Windows 7 as well !

For others that are waiting, I signed up on the 23rd of May, around 15:00 UK time. From what I understand having read over at GOG forums, they sending invites out in the order people have signed up, so if you signed up in June you be waiting for some time still.

Marky · 6 Aug 2019 at 14:41

After a little bit of playing around, I think it looks great and works pretty well. Still most definitely a beta though - Hopefully they can get it together quickly (although, I wonder if they'll wait until Cyberpunk's release to go gold on Galaxy 2)...

COYS · 7 Aug 2019 at 10:00

Does anyone know yet, if i link my Steam account to the GOG launcher and I then install a Steam game from within GOG, does it save my Steam game files to the GOG folder or still save them in the Steam folder?

mark43 · 7 Aug 2019 at 21:04

COYS said:
Does anyone know yet, if i link my Steam account to the GOG launcher and I then install a Steam game from within GOG, does it save my Steam game files to the GOG folder or still save them in the Steam folder?

It will save it to your steam folder, it will pop up with the usual steam install dialogue box so you can select which steam install location to use if you have multiple setup. Steam is still doing all the work and needs to run, this is just pointing to it really, and letting you see and manage it all in one place.

Spacedeck · 8 Aug 2019 at 16:25

How does it work if you have the same game across multiple platforms?

TheSwede · 8 Aug 2019 at 16:33

Spacedeck said:
How does it work if you have the same game across multiple platforms?

It shows both games. You can view them in either grid or listed, if in grid (picture of game only) you need to hoover the mouse over the game and then you see if it is with Steam or GOG. If in list view, at the end of the list you have the Steam or GOG icon.

d_brennen · 8 Aug 2019 at 17:10

JunglistE said:
I tend to forget the games I have on Origin/Battle.net/Uplay as I rarely only load Steam up by default.

Same. Fancied playing Far Cry 3 the other day and was shocked by how many games I have in uplay not touched since 2013/14

COYS · 9 Aug 2019 at 17:09

mark43 said:
It will save it to your steam folder, it will pop up with the usual steam install dialogue box so you can select which steam install location to use if you have multiple setup. Steam is still doing all the work and needs to run, this is just pointing to it really, and letting you see and manage it all in one place.

Thanks mate. Installed it and like it so far

TriedandTested · 17 Sep 2019 at 22:25

Got an invite to the beta today.

Malevolence · 17 Sep 2019 at 22:44

Still can't figure out the benefit of this as it still has to launch the other clients in order to launch games. So instead of having a single client open, you now have two open.

hyperseven · 17 Sep 2019 at 22:51

Malevolence said:
Still can't figure out the benefit of this as it still has to launch the other clients in order to launch games. So instead of having a single client open, you now have two open.

I suppose its a nice looking GUI for all your desktop shortcuts so you have a list of all your titles in one place. Been using Playnite which I suppose does a similar thing.

Tombstone · 17 Sep 2019 at 23:03

Malevolence said:
Still can't figure out the benefit of this as it still has to launch the other clients in order to launch games. So instead of having a single client open, you now have two open.

I think (and I might be wrong on this) that it puts all your friends lists in one place, so instead of having some friends on steam and some on uplay and some on origin and needing all of those clients open to see what each friend is up to, you can just have GOG2 open and have everyone in one list. Maybe someone who has it could confirm if thats the case.

dante6491 · 18 Sep 2019 at 18:47

I received my invite yesterday. God knows how to actually install it though. Windows keeps reporting I do not have permission, then the file deletes itself.

McPhee · 18 Sep 2019 at 20:35

I've barely used it. Been installed for weeks now, but I just don't really have any use for it besides looking at the cumulative monthly gaming hours (quite shocking

).