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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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[–] LemmyEntertainYou@piefed.social 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I really hate achievements. I spent so long grinding 360 and PS4 games for the sake of completion. PC gaming is so much more relaxing. Steam doesn't display any achievements totals on my profile so I don't feel inclined to get them and just play a game through to the end and move on.

[–] Datz@szmer.info 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Toby Fox was a wise man for getting rid of that shit, and OMORI taught me that they can hamper the experience, because now I know I missed out on feeding a cat fish on day 1. Even on Steam, I don't like the game's profile taunting me every time I look at it - can you turn that off?

Never had that problem playing Nintendo games besides the occassional in-game achievement lists, which are easier to ignore. Just give me a piss-colored title screen as a completion reward. Wouldn't even know about it without the Internet.