GOG has launched the Freedom to Buy initiative, offering delisted or controversial games for free to protest silent censorship and promote access to legal, responsibly made titles.
I think it’s de-emphasized because part of the GOG appeal is that you don’t need a launcher and can grab direct DRM free installers. The launcher just exists for convenience.
The great thing about GOG is you don’t need the launcher, you can use a third party launcher like Heroic or just download the installers directly from the GOG website once you log in.
Now download them before they have GOG do age verification. The EU overwhelmingly voted to implement it on platforms that offer content not suitable for children.
People have said depending on where you live you might need a VPN to access it and I was getting errors when trying to claim it so I found a reddit thread with a “fix”
I used to live in Tucson, I knew a couple guys at Running with Scissors and yeah this doesn’t surprise me. Dudes are pros at getting their names out there free of charge. When there’s any sort of controversy of even the slightest thing in the games industry they WILL try and slap Postal on it. it works. they’ve been around for like 30 years now and have made like what? 4 postal games? and then remastered the others a few times that they had other devs work on. Completely independent too. They’re not a huge company but everyone that works for them has been comfortable without much effort for some time now.
I legit thought this was a joke at first. They really said here have all these porn games. Not that I ever paid for them anyways, or played them even …
You should: Being a DIK is a masterpiece. The erotic content is really just one aspect of a topnotch visual novel. Great story arcs. DrPinkCake absolutely knows their stuff!
Just getting around to trying it now. Will update with further info.
Very first impressions:
Yep, its sexo pokemon snap! If you’re into furry or pokephilia, and enjoy photography, this’ll probably be a fun time. It seems like it is more anthro focused though, not that I’d be a good judge of any of this or anything. >_>;
Right off the bat, the walking animation is very janky, but otherwise it seems surprisingly polished. The tutorial is a bit info dumpy, but it’s not that overwhelming.
Just starting actual gameplay now.
Edit 1: Managed to soft lock myself on the very first quest. Got stuck in a tent flap. Lol. Fixed with a reload.
Edit 2: Now I can’t find this expedition log for the 2nd part of the first quest. This does not bode well. I swear I should work in QA, as I can’t find anyone who’s had this problem.
I’m giving up for tonight. It kinda feels like nobody play tested this.
Great catch! Thanks for sharing! As if I needed any more reason to respect GOG more than I already do. GOG always have been the OG GigaChads of online game merchants.
So, there’s this game still on Steam called Slaves of Rome that is the definition of non-consentual NSFW games, and it’s also an open-world action RPG, so the format is very accessible and also not badly done for an indie. So, it has me very confused why it was spared.
Just in case, no, that was a joke about Voltaire, the philosopher.
The phrase “Holy Roman Empire” is most commonly used for the German empire that went from Charlemagne to 1800-ish (long after the fall of the “other” Roman Empire). Voltaire criticized the HRE of his time calling it “neither holy, nor Roman or an empire”.
This quote is kind of a meme among Crusader Kings players for example because HRE is kind of a pain in these games.
This is the rare case where at no point was a clear coherent statement ever made, and yet everybody knew exactly what your frustrated ranting mumbles meant.
Plot twist - what Collective Shout wanted all along was to get these specific games for free (and more importantly - without official transactions to prove they’ve bought them)
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if I could even download gog galaxy. there’s no download link on their webpage and neither anything on the web. But pretty cool of them
The link is in the webpage, but it might be bugged? It’s not visible in vanilla chrome or firefox for me (or maybe just not visible on linux).
https://webinstallers.gog-statics.com/download/GOG_Galaxy_2.0.exe
That’s from the page’s source.
It’s not available for linux. That’s the problem.
Yeah but it’s totally optionally, so in that case I don’t care much.
Heroic Games Launcher ftw!
I can’t even log in, because their 2FA system is overwhelmed. I’ve been waiting almost four hours for an email code to hit my inbox.
They no longer require authy for time based codes, so I would update to use an authenticator app when you next get in.
I think it’s de-emphasized because part of the GOG appeal is that you don’t need a launcher and can grab direct DRM free installers. The launcher just exists for convenience.
The great thing about GOG is you don’t need the launcher, you can use a third party launcher like Heroic or just download the installers directly from the GOG website once you log in.
This is disgusting. Can someone please tell me what game this is…so I can avoid it?
You can claim them here
Now download them before they have GOG do age verification. The EU overwhelmingly voted to implement it on platforms that offer content not suitable for children.
I was really surprised when I saw this
The exact list of games is as follows:
fuck… I missed the giveaway. 🙁
It’s still up, you have to go to a different website. As of writing this you still have 12 hours
https://items.gog.com/freedomtobuy/index.html
People have said depending on where you live you might need a VPN to access it and I was getting errors when trying to claim it so I found a reddit thread with a “fix”
Have the site open and be logged in then click this: https://www.gog.com/cart/add/1486951595
Then go back to your cart and refresh if you need to.
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Postal 2?
Is that weird? I only copy pasted this from the article.
Haha it’s a little fish weird! Postal 2 isn’t a porn game, but is ultraviolent and has been generating controversy for 20 years!
Still got it, Postal Guy
Maybe giving away the old game is their way of advertising for the remake of postal 2
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/postal2redux/postal-2-redux
Free marketing for Running with Scissors.
I used to live in Tucson, I knew a couple guys at Running with Scissors and yeah this doesn’t surprise me. Dudes are pros at getting their names out there free of charge. When there’s any sort of controversy of even the slightest thing in the games industry they WILL try and slap Postal on it. it works. they’ve been around for like 30 years now and have made like what? 4 postal games? and then remastered the others a few times that they had other devs work on. Completely independent too. They’re not a huge company but everyone that works for them has been comfortable without much effort for some time now.
That is kind of amazing! Good for them for playing that hand well!
I legit thought this was a joke at first. They really said here have all these porn games. Not that I ever paid for them anyways, or played them even …
You should: Being a DIK is a masterpiece. The erotic content is really just one aspect of a topnotch visual novel. Great story arcs. DrPinkCake absolutely knows their stuff!
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Okay?
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Is Sapphire Safari… a furry porn version of pokemon snap??? I’m going to try it for shits and giggles because I adore pokemon snap. Wish me luck.
Please report back your findings troopers 🫡
Just getting around to trying it now. Will update with further info.
Very first impressions:
Yep, its sexo pokemon snap! If you’re into furry or pokephilia, and enjoy photography, this’ll probably be a fun time. It seems like it is more anthro focused though, not that I’d be a good judge of any of this or anything. >_>;
Right off the bat, the walking animation is very janky, but otherwise it seems surprisingly polished. The tutorial is a bit info dumpy, but it’s not that overwhelming.
Just starting actual gameplay now.
Edit 1: Managed to soft lock myself on the very first quest. Got stuck in a tent flap. Lol. Fixed with a reload.
Edit 2: Now I can’t find this expedition log for the 2nd part of the first quest. This does not bode well. I swear I should work in QA, as I can’t find anyone who’s had this problem.
I’m giving up for tonight. It kinda feels like nobody play tested this.
Great catch! Thanks for sharing! As if I needed any more reason to respect GOG more than I already do. GOG always have been the OG GigaChads of online game merchants.
I haven’t played a porn game since I was a teen in highschool. 20-odd years ago. Now I own a whole mess of the things.
Most of them still trash
Good trash or bad trash?
Except for that one scene 💦
So, there’s this game still on Steam called Slaves of Rome that is the definition of non-consentual NSFW games, and it’s also an open-world action RPG, so the format is very accessible and also not badly done for an indie. So, it has me very confused why it was spared.
Let’s not speak of it before it gets swept up
Eh… I am not gonna protect games fundamentally about raping people. And would ask that you maybe not associate that with smut and art games.
Anything that praises the holy Roman empire gets an automatic pass.
Voltaire just got banned from Steam.
The vegan vampire? I can still see and buy it.
… How is that the name of an actual game?
Just in case, no, that was a joke about Voltaire, the philosopher.
The phrase “Holy Roman Empire” is most commonly used for the German empire that went from Charlemagne to 1800-ish (long after the fall of the “other” Roman Empire). Voltaire criticized the HRE of his time calling it “neither holy, nor Roman or an empire”.
This quote is kind of a meme among Crusader Kings players for example because HRE is kind of a pain in these games.
In the wide world of indies, no name is too weird to use.
I did think of Voltaire the person, but I wasn’t aware of the Crusader Kings connection.
Being a DIK is definitely worth playing.
Watching the Game Grumps do House Party is also pretty damn funny but playing the actual game is…less.
The grumps are also featured in the game now.
I am the gayest gay who ever was a gay. And I apparently own these things now. In solidarity with the goons! Freedom!
Nice 😆 thx
I feel like this is going to be a trivia question.
“Who was the gayest gay who ever was a gay?”
“JohnVanDenver?”
“No, I’m sorry, the answer is JimVanDeventer.”
Someone called out the name “Archie” and I turned around to see who wanted my attention. Call me whatever you want; it apparently doesn’t matter.
Fuck Google and its fcking recaptcha with its fcking traffic lights, fcking crosswalks, fcking hydrants, fcking bicycles and fcking CARS! FCK!
This is the rare case where at no point was a clear coherent statement ever made, and yet everybody knew exactly what your frustrated ranting mumbles meant.
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I know—not even one em dash!
The bundle is mid at best. You don’t even have to try and convince anyone.
I think 4 of those games (including Postal) look very decent/promising, others either not my style or looking too generic/slop.
I said mid, not terrible.
I mean the real challenge is to play one handed
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Nice, a reason for me to log into gog
Strange. I redeemed the code, it shows in my purchase history, but none of the games show up in my collection. Oh well.
It says on the post-redeem page that it can take a while to show up
And after a night’s sleep, there they are!
Plot twist - what Collective Shout wanted all along was to get these specific games for free (and more importantly - without official transactions to prove they’ve bought them)