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Is there any way to get achievements working on GOG pirated games? (lemmy.today)
submitted 4 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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[–] lyralycan@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Pretty much everything I owned in 2000-2020:

  • Left 4 Dead series
  • Life is Strange series
  • Rocket League
  • Mirror's Edge
  • Gears of War series
  • Minecraft on X360, XOne, PE and Java (Windows and Bedrock are abominable)
  • Saint's Row series
  • Fable III
  • Assassin's Creed series
  • Portal series
  • Trials HD, Evolution, Fusion
  • Guitar Hero series
  • Fallout 3
  • Resident Evil 5
  • BioShock series
  • Geometry Wars
  • Halo 3: ODST (completely failed Legendary)
  • UNO and World Series of Poker on Xbox Live
  • Slime Rancher
  • Fall Guys

I deleted my first account while reducing my connection to corporations, but here's what I got on my secondary account:

-- And well, any popular game sold on Xbox 360. Call of Duty.. Got WaW and BO1 completed, and BO2 half the camos toward diamond.. What broke me was when I spent - no, worked - 9 hours a day, 6-7 days a week on the Modern Warfare reboot (2019), collecting as many calling cards as possible on my way to 10th Prestige L70(?) and unlocking every weapon and fancy badge.. After overworking full time, and completing the Season Pass, I had four days left until the next season started. Something like two months on for four days' break. It basically turned my passion into an addiction.

I still complete puzzle games on my mobile, but I almost exclusively play Zen or story-driven games on console and PC now

[–] mohab@piefed.social 5 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah, that makes sense. Glad you moved on from that.

RPGs tend to have a lot of meaningless collectathons and I see why getting wrapped in that can lead to burn out. Games with FOMO cycles are a whole different breed, almost, or rather straight up, predatory.