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[–] maus@sh.itjust.works 44 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

>sees GOG mentioned in title

>Furiously rush to the comments, "gib linux client"

Classic.

[–] msage@programming.dev 22 points 22 hours ago

I mean, that's the only issue.

I put Steam on my Gentoo. Because it works, and I get 0 hassle gaming experience.

Guess who gets my money?

[–] LunaChocken@programming.dev 5 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] mcv@lemmy.zip 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, I don't really understand that either. What's wrong Heroic? It's not quite Steam, but pretty good. And no DRM is definitely a plus.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

What’s wrong Heroic?

Not officially supported. Using the GUI with a controller is wonky.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev -2 points 7 hours ago

Big Picture mode in Steam is wonky as fuck for me